The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-24
ny REV. JAMES POWER SMITH. ID. d
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eeThc bear came over the mountain
TO see what he could find.'

!, On Monday the command made a
Z forced march from the vicinity of Cen
3 treville through Fairfax to Four-Mile
Run, about twenty one miles. If not
A quite the longest 1t was the most
trying. The road was hilly and rocky,
and the sun blazed down on the stone
road In the middle of the day a rest
Of three or four hours was taken on
the outskirts of Fairfax Courthouse.
( While the boys rested and slept under
z the trees and the teams We're fed. the
cooks made great Brunswick stew,
abundant and beyond description. 1t
Will live among the lasting memories
OF the march of 1905.
lit was about IL o'clock when our
! strenuous captain told the bugler to
call halt. 1t was in the silence of
night that this movement in force APP
preached the peaceful city of AleXan-
dria. 1t was not long before tents
were pitched in the darkness. and the
young bugler. Cowardin, sounded taps.
Sleep came at once when the head fell
upon its pillow, q folded Jacket. 1t
was the last night of the march. and
the boys fell asleep thinking of home.
and their good beds
Leaving camp at A. M, the COM
pany In an hour more reached the
railroad station at Alexandria. There
were two hours of hard work in load
ing horses and mules, wagons and
stores on the special train to bring on
home to Richmond in the afternoon.
Reception mt Alexandria.
The reception rendered the battery
and its guests by the Lee Camp Con-
ftrderate Veterans and the Daughters
of the Confederacy of Alexandra was
the close and the crown of our long
march At II NJ. on Tuesday. the 2Sd,
the Howitzers and their guests and
friends We're welcomed at the Lee Camp
Hall by large assembly of the ladies
and veterans The home is large and
handsome mansion. with spacious
apartments, which have been beauti-
fully fitted and furnished. When the
Howitzer boys marched in they We're
received with hearty applause. Colonel
Smoot, of Lee Camp. introduced Mr. j..
r. Johnston, who in the most cordial
terms expressed the sentiment of Al
exandria and its ladies in giving the
freedom Of the city to the Howitzers.
He said that Alexandria had been the
home of the two greatest rebels In all
history. Gcoge Washington and Rob
ert Il. Lee
graceful terms. thanking the good peo-
pie! of the city in the name of his
young soldiers. Captain John Lamb
spoke eloquently for the veterans and
other guests who were members of the
marching. force and the chaplain. af
firmfng that he was one of the boys
of the company, told of their manly
spirit and their soldierly discharge OF
iutN- ne &utGldItd# lnuI lle captain
himself was the hero of the march.
/. which was followed by long continued
applause from the men.
Got p ZINE .I,inncr.
The dinners''wlfch followed was one
2 that cannot be compared 10 any other
city. 1t was just the thing needed by
the company coming out of camp, and
was served in most tasteful style. The
era s and old ham. the ice cream and
cake, followed by coffee and cigars
made a sudden changeein the manner
of life: but the boys showed no re-
4sluctance, and the ladies continued their
assiduous attentions.
a burst of song from the Howitzer
boys were the impromptu expression
of the perfect satisfaction with their
fcondition and surroundings.
The Bear Came Over the Mountain"
was sung with variations, one line of
which was:
eve would like to stay where we are"
And 1t was hard to get away. Amid
shout and songs the special slowly
pulled out about half-past in the
! afternoon. The way was enlivened
tby the happy, home coming boys, and
lwhat made fine variety show on
Wheels.
I. What the March shows.
What the service march has been
and we may expect it to be, may be
briefly told.
TWAS a superb outing for eighty or
tninety city boys; the march and the
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