Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-09-20

thSts s"tWtsH f,VVu Ou
dat her veterans are c''ei for her"
ANNUALLY.
| After many years purN modelled
Indian canoes. padded b. offspring OF
fsires deceased from. the days OF Poca'
hontas and PowhaIan. again glide
over the placid waters of che Hampton
Roads front of this establishment.
And again does the str"lling vettr-
ans smell the bacon frying and tn"
smoke soaring upwards from WOO"
fires in the cabins close by: also, the
homely hiss of the baking buckwheat
cake.
Girl visitors from the towns near by
who looked SO repuls:ve In the Merry !
Widow mOnStesity the past season, ,
now makes facinating appearance in
the new style Of dinky hcadsear.
CAPTAIN Francis w. Work. of n
company. performed the duties oil
assistant adjutant and quarterffaster
general of the G. A. II. Department OF
Virginia and North Carolina at III"
forty second annual encampment OF |
the national order, which was recently
held at Toledo Ohio.
Captain John r. Clifford, formally
|ouartermaster here. is frequent
visitor to these grounds. He Is so .
journing at Old Point. and still holds
his own in physical visOr, and mental
|alertness.
Blue in different shades largely pre- /
dominates in this population. 1t al
ways was fine color. whether IN tht
autumn skies, in the eyes CT sweet I
hearts. or in the Sarb Of the hundreds /
of well preserved relics o fthe moa-
|ern praetorian guard who so grace !
fully adorn this command. |
Watching jumping mullets along tie
Hampton Roads front throw somc'-
sets and catch mosquitoes, while IN
transit. is a favorite pastime OF ex-
sheriffs. town supervisors. BANKERS. |
and ward statesmen of the initiation
era which followed in the wake of our
somewhat ancient civil war. in lasting
retirement here.
With the falling OF the leaves the
wounds and other permanent mfirna-
ties are asserting themselves among
the veterans Of this command. Thefe .
Affections get an acute move on s"i'h-
annually and operate to incr"a"' tho
receipts in this revenue district TOT
,.,rps and malt and spiritic Us liluO. 3.
40 the offenders docFct AMI the
incubation in the cemetery NEARBY anu
|ttcse at a distance.
Excessive piety will not 10 assoc'-
ated with the manners and CUSTOMS
of about twenty per cent. Of the act've
veterans in this command next week. |
They will be financially inflated ara
indulge in lilac -hued dr. ans. ana
after awaking, retire into semi-s
tlrsion for periods ranging fr1m ::
loo days.
An active veteran here displays
10, year old gait when he lines M tor
/, arsion nav. muster and when mating
liar the popular exit heref.,,h. AZ
= ,,l ing hours or anacute iuaran.in :. !!
AT al, other times. such as attending
10 a detail going to meals and stroll
ling about the grounds. he cleans
space at the rate OF two mics d"
hour.
Notwithstanding every hedstead IN
the active companies is furnished WIN
three army blankets. and THAT s'ea"
| is On in the barracks all night In So
we're weather. fully 20 per eeBf OF ,ne
veterans purchase "'
! "a sbioned comforters and quilts IN
ltae fall. and give them away al sp',ns
cleaning time. There are about wv"
ac,iv. veterans here. and q! thcse
about 80 per cent were raised U"
farms.
Ancient IandIubbcrs sitting in tn
sb,aox of the trees along our Hamr-
tor Roads front. are greatly amuseh
a, the cnryuIsicn efforts 81 pre-adam-
| ITO sailors To name the last two mast
m the six mastsd schooBers IN the
lNoets which sail along that front 10
and from Newport Ncws. No tFo"p''
l. s experiepccd in naming the frsi
fsur by. an acute attack Ct nervous
nrcstration and a resulting thirst ]"
1.-The Ha-Iid bans 81 CIR CHRISTIAN c"'F
liza,;oo. follows a prolonged effort 70
evolve = name for the two last masfs.
|, Adamapfean-scatgrcd veterans IN
t,.her branch homes are cratuitonsi'
advised that this Is the season WREN
l,hc active veterans of weiI-rccuiairn
Ih,ti,s here rcvcis in the succu'cnt 'is
In;clod tight from the tree: also. IN
Min direct from an uncurricd COW.
1sbr with expansive horns and IN
,o,,cb Nth a pas,urc the year round
Roth are reached about the big houses
ant harouiaI cabins nor,h and W. on
this Plant. and frequent visits TO fhe''
ri tho vt<1fNf