The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-02
VETERANS LEI AVE
| 0NN0RTHERNT TRIP
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Members Of A. P. Hill Camp Ex-
pect Royal Welcome in
Springfield.
DEATH AND BIRTH REPORT
Trap Shooting Event-summer
Normal Closes-Per-
sonals.
DEATH AND BIRTH REPORT
Times-DisDatch Bureau,
100 North Sycamore Street.

" a., ooAy -
Fearing aloft the flag OF virginia,
and amidst the cheers, GOOD WISHES .
and good zbys OF crowds on the streets
eeyenty-five uniformed veterans OF A.
p. Hill Camp headed By their fine drum
corps marched from their camp hali
at 3 o'clock this afternoon to the Nor
folk and Western Station and started
on their trip to Springfield, Mass. AT
Norfolk they took the Old Dominion
steamship Jefferson. Arriving In New
York Tomorrow afternoon at O'CLOCK,
they Will be met by delegation or
Wilcox Post. q. A r., whose guests
they are to be. and escorted to Spring
field. A dozen or more citizens OF
Petersburg. not members of the camp.
! accompanied the veterans on their
| trip.
| This visit of Confederate veterans to
! the North as special guests of their
erstwhile foes, the veterans of the
Grand Army OF the Republic, is going
| to be a memorable one, not only in the
elaborate reception to be extended to
| the Southerners, but In the effect 1t
Will have in restoring friendly feeling
between the two sections. 1t is stated
| that such interest has been aroused
| In the North that Grand Army posts In
| every New England State have written
/ " dohiii6 Liz ptiFlicGc w.
| sending delegations to join in the re.
tception OF the Confederate veterans and
unite with them in celebrating the Ma
tional Independence Day
1 In New York the Confederate yeter-
ans are to be taken from the pier to
the railroad station in automobiles.
Immediately after their arrival in
/ Springfield they are to be given ban
quet, and during their stay there they
/ are not to be allowed to open their
purses.
Beginning Monday morning with the
celebration of Independence Day, public
every hour OF every subsequent day of
their stay. which will include the great
er part. If not the whole. of the week.
A P. Hill Camp has often in past
years entertained Grand Army men in
Petersburg and thrown open their camp
/ hall for the use of the Northern SOL
diers. When the latter have unveiled
monuments to their dead. the Confed-
crate soldiers have aided them in the
ceremonies and have never failed ir
, extending the courtesies due from brave
! men to brave men. They are antici.
pating a delightful visit to Massachu.
setts. a great crowd, among then
many women. saw them off at the de.
i pot.
a telegram received this morning b.
! Commander George S. Bernard, Of A
P Hill Camp, from James Anderson
commander of WILCOX Post, G. A R.
Springfield, Mass, read: Read Luke
J fourteenth chapter. last clause seven
teenth verse" This clause is: Come
for all things are ready"
+ Before leaving for the train Com
mander Bernard briefly addressed thu
veterans. advising them to renlembe
the high record of the camp and t,
conduct themselves accordingly.
!! Death and Birth Report.
The report OF the Board of Health
for the month ending June 26 show
a total of seventy-one deaths in TIL
city, including two of non-residents Fl
, the Petersburg Hospital. OF the dece
{ dents. thirty-eight, or over one-hal,
were infants, ranging in age from
few days to five years. and nine wer
/ of persons ranging from sixty to eight
years or more. The number OF bodie
brought from other points to the cit
! for burial was seventeen; the numpe
. removed. twelve. tuberculosis elaine
four victims. meningitis three. pneumo