The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-25
Trip Of l59 Miles Through
Valley Of Virginia to Be
Taken Next Month.
WILL CAMP AT. NIGHT
ON BATTLEFIELDS
Campaign Of stonewall Jackson
to Be Studied on Ground
Where Famous General
Led Troops-State
Asked to Assist
Battery.

| AuAeNA
the plans projected by Capt. VIM.
NJ. Myers. of the Richmond Howit-
| zers, and enthusiastically lndorsed
! Il by the men in the ranks materialize,
mer one OF the most interesting
and extensive movements ever un-
dertaken by volunteer military orr
ganization, not excepting the now
famous march to the Jamestown Ex-
position in June OF last year, when the
Battery won recognition throughou1
| the country for Its remarkable ana
spectacular work.
In brief, the movement will mean
journey OF 4oe miles. 247 by rail and
.15s on foot. the whole to be accom-
will be from staunton to Alexandria,
up the Valley of Virginia. along and
through the battle-ground that Stones
wall Jackson and his soldiers made
historic in days OF 81. Camping In
these fields at night the men will hear
lectures describing and discussing the
battles. the campaigns and the great
generals who led them.
How They Will Go.
The plan of Captain Myers is to take
the battery by rail to Staunton. de-
train at that point and march by coun-
| ty road up the valley via Mount Sidney
and Mount Crawford to the battle-
fields OF Gross Keys, thence by way OF
Harrisonburg to the battle-ground at
Lacy Springs and thence to New
Market.
From New Market the column will
move east. crossing the Massanutten
Mountain and the South Fork of the
| Shenandoah River. to Luray. Pushing
| =, ,,,tJ tha
scene to the battle grounds Of Milford,
thence on the Front Royal, where the
column will change direction to the
east again and cross the Blue Ridge
4 Mountain through Manassas Gap. camp
ing on these battleflelds and those of
Linden. In the Valley, between the
!. Blue Ridge and Pignut and Bull Run
Mountains. the Howitzers will visit
the towns Of Delaplane. Rectortown..
Marshall. Blvoir. The Plains and Broad
/ Run. and will then cross the noun
tains through Thoroughfare Gap to.
Thoroughfare. and from this place
/ will go over the Thoroughfare Pike
to the fields of Haymarket, then to
| those of Gainesville. and over the War
renton Pike to Groveton and Centre
VILE. crossing the principal battlef1elds
OF Manassas.
From Centreville the column will
move over the Warrenton Pike to the
battlef1elds OF Germantown and Fairs
fax Courthouse. Then the journey
i will lie via Amandale. Munson's Hill
and Bradley's Cross Roads to the city
of Alexandria, at which point the bat
terry will entrain and move to Rich
mond by rail over the Washington-
i Southern and Richmond. Fredericks-
burg and Potomac Railways.
i The distance to be covered will be
247 miles by rail-, and 15s miles over
country roads, making the total dis
tance Travelled 406 miles
/ Want Help OF State.
4 The Howitzers compose one of the
most enthusiastic and enterprislnE or
4 ganizations In the State military estab-.
4 lishment. and officers and men in the
:. franks, moved always by the desire to
4 "do hing worth WHILE" prefer a.
march, with all its hard work, to a
stay In camp For that reason they are
planning to cover the entire distance
Of 247 miles by rail, and 159tmiles by
I country roads over the Virginia moun-
tains. In ten days-a record of which.
they may we'll feel proud and some-E
4 thing we'll worth the effort. Should
the project work out the battery Will
: leave this city early on the morning OF.
! June l4th, and will return to Richmond
! on the evening Of June 23d.
InaC a movement Ol sl!lS Siie1i q StCA
will have beneficial effect, not only
4 upon the ,Howitzers. is agreed by mil-
/ 1tary men. For the manner In which
they accomplish results, II they do so,3
the enthusiasm they put into the effort.
and the success with which they eXe-
cute the problems. are certain to stim-
ulate the state forces at large and spur
them on to similar attempts. In view
of this 1t is held by those interested In
!, / =, hoft hat
afford to use portion of the national
! funds to assist the Howitzers in per.
! fecting their plans for the march, as
!, the strenuous work they Will have 10
4 do during their ten days tour, let
4 alone the matter of paying their own
4 expenses, will be such as to tax th eirs
4 energy and enthusiasm to the utmost.
Series OF Lectures.
1, The Flowitzers will make the trip In
heavy marching order Just as II they.
4 were Ia active war operations, and the
men will bivouac each evening With
only the small shelter tent as protec-
tion from the elements. Regular field
rations will be used and cooked each.
day en- route,
Captain Myers Is determined that the
greatest amount OF good possible shall
result from the trip, besides that OF
hardening the men for field duty and
II CedCnlns tHcNl tIc pAo1'Sll NshAS "
. selves on the march and In the field,
|It is his intention to make the journey
. interesting for the men In many ways.
] and the ten days OF living with nature"
i, In the healthtul and most beautiful
hpart Of Virginia will be Of much physi-
cal benefit to the members OF the CONS
mand.
, From tactical stragetic and his.
y torical point OF view the march viii
also have its advantages, as there Wilt
be a series Of lectures. one to be given
!, each evening, on the movements OF
: the armies In the war OF 1s6l-65. which
passed many times over the ground tho
i Howitzers will cover.
The Great Rattles.
!, A few miles out Of Staunton the
Howitzers viii take up the march q
. EGeneral Stonewall jackson when ha
,eft his position AT Mount Scion. and