The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-04
THE YANKEES AnE COMING.

The town of Richmond will be filed
with Yankee soldiers next week. They
will carry arms on their shoulders, but
love in their hearts They are coming
here from Connecticut and Rhode Is
land on a visit to the Richmond Light
Infantry Blues and to take part in
the dedication of the new armory of
this ancient and honorable military or
ganization. They Will find a most hos
pitaI welcome and will breathe into
their Puritan souls the sweet and
wholesome air of this historic city.
and depart hence with the feeling
chow good and pleasant it is for
brethren to dwell together in unity"
The visiting military will consist OF
the First Company of the Governors
Foot Guards from Hartford, the Sec
ond Company from New Haven and the
Providence Light Infantry of Rhode
Island. The Governor OF Connections.
Frank b. Weeks. and the Governor of
Rhode Island, Aram j. Pothier, with
their respective staffs, will accompany
the soldiers to Richmond. The Foot
Guards will be quartered at the Jefier-
son Hotel and the. Rhode Islanders will
travel III a special train of pullman
cars and will have their headquarters
at the Byrd Street Station. 1t is as
sunled that the visiting Governors will
be the especial care of the Hon. Will
liam H. Mann, Governor of the State
of Virginia; but, however this may be
they and their gallant troops will holt
the town against all Corners during
the two or three brief days of theil
occupation.
An elaborate programme has been ar
ranged for their entertainment Ii
will be made UP of all sorts of things
of a military and affectionate order.
There will be great banquet at the
jefferson Hotel on Monday night, a
grand military parade on Tuesday and
a review of the troops by the three
Governors Tuesday night there will
be the dedication of the Armory and a
reception there whereat the beauty
and chivaIrY of this Capital will be
gathered and the lamps will shine
brightly on fair women and brave men
and music with its voluntuous swell
Will rise. and all the rest.
While they are here the Governors
and their colonels and the lighting
men viii be taken to some Of the most
important of the historic places, 10
the White House of tho Southern Con
federacy. to the battlehelds where our
fathers fought so bravely and where
men died, thousands of them, for prin-
ciple. Few, If any, of the men now
composing the three commands which
will fraternize on this sacred soil next
week ever met in battle; but they
cherish the memories of the past and
Would emulate, the example of their
brave progen!.ofs.
Nothing is here for tears, nothing to
wall
Or knock the breast, no weakness, no
contempt.
Dispraise, or blame-nothing but we'll
and fair
What glorious thing it is to be a
soldier and soldier of the immortal
commands with which our visitors and
our own Blues arc connected! Com
mands which go back to the great war
for American Independence, which
was achieved by their daring; COM
mands which have never failed the call
of duty in all the wars since that won
derful struggle of selfrelant peo-
pie for freedom. Hosts and guests,
they are alike in noble aspirations, in
conspicuous fidelity TO duty, and here
in this devoted town they will shout
der their muskets and march together
to the music of reunited country.
Glory be. Amen.