The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-09
MILITARY LEAVE
FOR JAMESTOWN.
assemble at the armories at 4 o'clock
in the morning, the men preferred to
stay up rather than sleep.
Presents for Blues.
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At the Blues armory perhaps q
hundred men spent the night, singing
and telling war" stories while walt
ing for daylight. Major sBowles was
present. giving his personal attention
to the arrangements for embarking.
A number Of presents were received
from friends of tho battalion, gifts
that gladden. the heart and disappear
In smoke
In the Blues staff and three com-
panies are 10 officers and 195 men, with
five horses and seven servants.
From the appearance Of two bag
gage cars attached to the train, it
not suffer for food during the encamp-
ment.
The Blues. under command of Major.
BoWles marched to the station over
200 strong. This crack battalion will.
be assigned to the Seventy second
Regiment under Colonel Leidy, who
has in compliment to the high repu-
tation of the organization assigned s It
to the position OF honor.
The regiment will use the Blues
Band.
Major BossieuS, the senior officer or
the Seventieth Regiment, who was in
command until the arrival OF Colonel
Perry, received many compliments Con
account OF the excellence Of his COM,
mand, and the manner in which he
had prepared his battalion for the
trip. Adjutant-General Anderson, COL
Dempsey and Col. 10 Lane Stern. ac-
companying tho troops and will be in
camp at Brigade Headquarters, where
General G. c. Vaughan, commanding.
will have as his guest Governor Swan :
son.
Trninloatls OF Soldiers.
!. wy -.
taking their Sunday morning trip in
the land Of Nod in the early hours Of
this Sabbath day tho military forces OF
tho State were making mareh
through the city. Between tho hours
of and s this morning tho streets
were alive with military .men, but
only tho policemen and newspaper
men, who never sleep. knew OF It,
They We're marching from depot to
depot on their way from their local
.habitats to tho great encampment at
l"Camp John Smith," otherwise known
al the Jamestown Exposition Grounds.
AS early rlscrs Will bs reading this
paper, tho Atlantic Coast Line and
| be starting out from Richmond thirty
or more carloads Of military
The first train was scheduled to
I.leaye the Byrd Street Station ut $3.50
this morning. and the second at 9
O'clock Each train will carry not
| less than fifteen cars. all Of which
will be loaded down with soldiers, their
baggage, their horses and their other
belongings.
| The forces embarking here at this
unreasonable hour arc members OF the
Seventieth and Seventy-s second Regi-
ments of the Virginia military contin-
CONT. oil en- route to Jamestown. In
cluded are the three companies OF tho
battalion OF tho Richmond Light In
fantry Blues, together with other
richmond companies md tho COM
panies from beyond Richmond. making
In all twenty companies of as flne
soldier boys as over camo up from the
four quarters OF any State In tho
Union.
The ont -of-town companies that
came in by tho Chesapeake and Ohio
ana the Richmond. Frederick sburg and
Potomac roads to Join the Richmond
boys hero and go with them to James,
town over the Coast Line and tho Nor
folk and Western arc tho companies
from Staunton. Front Royal, Harrison
burg, Warrenton,# Charlottesville, Alex
andria and fredericksburg. At Peters,
burg about o'clock this morning they
will be Joined by companies from
Roanoke. Lynchhurg. Farmyille and
Petersburg. and al together they will
Journey OH to Norfolk and to Camp
John Smith. making inall an imposing
military force OF twenty-f four COM
fpunies
Therailway official. have made every
| provision to land the soldier boys at
I the camp In due time. and 1t Is likely
I that by noon to-day the whole force