The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-11-12
Gen. Humphreys MOnu-
ment Dedicated.
5000 PEOPLE PRESENT
Interesting Exercises Distinguish
ed Men Make Addresses Big
Parade-fifteen hundred in
Line, Etc Etc., Etc.

Ii may truly be- said Yankees captured
Fredericks the .,cJHd time on We'd
nesday. Nov l. For three lays the
members Of tn regiments 4 Hcmphrey-'
Pennsylvania division, which rtOrm.d
the Heights # Fred, ick >hufg ur zee IL,
1852 have beeu comiLg 10y every tram.
Probably 900 hal arrived up 20 Tues
day night ~ niue o'clock Then a hand
some special train Of three Pul.Lians roll
ed iuto the depot, bringing prrsideut
Geo +. Baer. OF the IN iad-i1 hia and
Reading K r.. auc - barge parry This
train consisted Of the piiva,eclr Read
ing. the sleeping car Atls- ano e dining
car Philadelphia.
The courthouse building bs1 been
handsomely decorated with ila;r. hunt
ing. etc, and here several huncled gath
cred Tuesday night AMI were ~ by cit
izsns and several hours speat s,c.e,iy
fighting the BATHS OF 1862 ~ agaln
Ia friendly manner.
At 6 O'Clock Wednesday morning two
trains arrived. One train IL five Pull
mans from Harrisburg, Pa, III which
was Governor Edwin ) Stuart and
Slall, III 1 CuGtf lNo uttt AhhA q POI -
ladies and 0entlamen Ira this p irty were
President Geo. f. Beer aud wife. Charlie
magne Tower, Ambassador 10 G-rmaay
and wife, Admiral Schley, Robert Shaw
Oliver. assistant secretary OF war, ard
wife. NJ and Mrs. ". y Appel OF Lar
caster. Pa ; Mr. and Mrs. ". IL Smith,
Reading, Pa; Father Brennan, Reading,
Pa William Withrow Uni son. Pitts
burg, Pa; Capt James NJ Clark, wiie
aud daughter. New Caste, Pa; Mr.. and
Mrs. Cisy W. Evans, PottsNllle, IA,
and ". [. Warner, assistant secretary
to President Baer.
The other was eighteen passenger
coaches from Pi-tsburg. bringing eizht
hundred members Of the DIVISION. IN
swelled number Of visitors 10 over thii-
teen hundred At early dawntne street {
were filed with men who wore m" blue
and the greeting uetween th'r. some ~
OF whom had not III { si1ce thsy perted
in 1860. was particularly rouch'ug.
They scattered over the city md virwtd
the points Of interest until a rain sci IN.
which dampened th,ir ardOr To some ex-
tent and caused fOrebodinc- for The sue
cess OF the day Later however. tie >un
shOne out.
At $50 Tsnsills band. OF Is pieces
from Washington. gave a concert IN
front OF Exchange Ho'el and then went
to the x F. 4 P K Il depot, whore the
special trains Of President B8er and Gov
Stuart had been sidetrscked. This dis
tlnguished party was escorted TO the
courthouse. in front OF which tie process
sion formed.
THE PARADE.
Major ". Clay Evans, Of Pennsylvania.
was chief marshal, and Capt NJ. b.
Rowe. of fredericksburg, ASST ant mar
shal. which at 1870 proceed 10 the
National Cemetery in the following order:
Tansills band from Wash' ston, ] =
pieces; Washington Guards. Cept. I. NJ
Larkin: Maurv Camp Confederate Ve'er-
ans. Mai A. Il. Bowering; K ;. Chew
Camp 5. c. Y Commander v. IL. Hur.
kamp: members of Frederick burg Bat
ftlefeld Memorial Commission. II Penn
sylvanla. I'm carriages, aud Gov Edwin
:. Stuart, Of Pennsylvania eni sttii; IN
ylted guests: veterans In regln'ebSbl lot
nation. Line 81 march vas up Pm cess
Anne street TO Commerce, down Ton
MERGE to Main, down Main % Prussia
M Prussia to the National boulevard
thence to the National Cemetery
The sidewalks were throuR4d with cit
liens and many we're anxious to get a
look at GOV. Stuart and Admiral Schley
The parade was a mile long There
were over 1900 men in line.
AT THE MONUMENT
At the National Cemetery, 10 its centre
and Immediately facing the monument
a stand decorated with flags " it'll seat
ing capacity of hundred p-ople had
BEEN erected There were about 3OOC
people assembled around the stand
/ Here the exercises, presided overb by Pres
ident Geo f. Baer, who was captain o.
Company f, 133rd Pa, commenced al
lila 10. A bugle sounded and the lnvo
cation was pronounced by Rev. } Rich
ards Boyle, ID. d who was captain anc
assistant quarter master u. > Nolun
teers. The hand rendered Nearer MY
God to Thee" Then Major Robert W
/ Hunter, representing Gov. Claude A
Swanson, delivered the address OF wei
come. which was a gem and was received
with SO much enthusiasm that at times
he had to pause for quiet.
Music followed, my Country, lis o.
Thee"
The address OF welcome on behalf o
the Coniederates was delivered by Judgt
John T. Goodrich, Of Fredericksburg II
was happy effort and he was the re-