The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-07
'PLIN|s COMPLETED
FOR blues DAY.
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NLOnIinued7 from AstSt rags
armory, which lends itself most read
NY to ornamentation Of the most elab-
i pirate srHfe. wifi be a=f.uttrr wittr
bunting. flags and gay with flowers
and potted plants. Decorators are
now busy dressing up the rafters ana
posts. and the .ioor has been waved
until its surface shines Ike a MIR
ror fer the german 70 bE 1is,d there
Tuesday night.
Whole City Interested.
Not only are the Blues ranks all
agog over the coming festivities, ana
each and everyone of them resolved to
DO his utmost toward making the visit
of the New Englanders q most com
ptete military aud social triumph, but
all Richmond has had Its pulse quick
ened In anticipation OF the event.
Many OF the soldiers who will come
% Richmond have many friends here.
and where their fathers laid siege Il
government ana property they have
waged sentimental campaign. Mo-
than one feminine heart In kichnioE.
Ii beating more rapidly than normal,
and number Of the best frocks in
the capital city have been given q
final surrey and pronounced fit.
The New Engianders will charge
upon Richmond 500 strong. There are
$50 sehtlefnen whose ancestor. came
over on the faaytiower IN each OF the
companies Of Foot Guard, IFS la the
artstocratic Rhcda Isla.ad Light In
aantry. and - or n.orN ir tire deiega
= Won of TIE ancient and Honorable Ar
tiiIery. In addition to these, there Will
& be hnEdfed or n4tre civilians frcni
Boston. Providence, Hartfof,a aad New
Maven. VINO assisted in entertaining
the Eiues In New England Ia lsos. and
the guests CT the Biuta.
The program consist of sight see-
ing, banquet. reception at the gov
ernors mansion, parade and german.
WIN many TncidEntEfs-
Arrive Monday Morning.
at o'clock Monday morning the
Blues VIII assemble in their new ar
rnory, in their dress uniforms and white
belts, and march to Eiba station to
meet the incoming visitors. who viii
form In line on Bread street BY 8
o'clock the two governors and all the
soldiers will have arrived In Richmond
With the Blues band playing Dixie
the soldiers viii be escorted to the
arnory. There they wiiI be welcomed
BY Mayor Richardson and, fiEurativeiy,
given the keys to the city. Half an
hour later the visiting miiitiamen viii
stack their arms In the armory and
march to the Jefferson Hotel, where
breakfast win be served
One hundred automobiles, loaned by
citizens OF Richmond anxious to assist
in entertaining the visitors, will take
the chief executives and soldiers ON "a
sight seeing tour around Richmond's
principal streets. and thence through
Ginter Park TO Lakeside. The visitors
will arrive at the park at noon and
spend two hours and half forgetting
A dull care and revealing In good fellow
ship as soldiers know how.
Reception by Daughters.
After their return to Richmond and
furnishing up their spectacular uni
forms. the soldiers and the governors
viii report at the armory and form In
body to march 10 The White House
Of the Confederacy'' 1.-THE Confederate
Museum,. where they viii attend u re
cesMion given by the Daughters of the
Confederacy. This function begins at
3.36 o'clock and will probably last
two hours. All the visitors win be
escorted through the building by menu
bers of the Daughters of the Confed-
eracy and the Blues.
Governor and Mrs. Mann will hold
a reception In honor OF the New Eng
land chief executives and the soldiers
nj o'clock Monday night. the festivi-
ties to last until 10 o'clock. Gov
ernor Mann will be assisted by his
staff OF colonies. twenty-five strong.
and AIRS, Mann viii be assisted by a
score or more OF the most prominent
social leaders In the State. The re-
ception. eoiored and tinted with the
uniforms of the Blues. the red and
white uniforms OF the Foot Guard,
the Colonial uniforms Of the Light
Infantry and the Ancient and Honor
able Artillery. and tho conventional
black OF the governmental dignitaries
promises to be one Of the most brill
liant in the social annals OF the State.
Immediately after the reception the
governors and soldiers will repair to
the Richmond hotel. where they vi.
be the honored persons at huge mil
ifary banquet, at which Major +. w.
Bowies. commanding the Blues Bat
TALON. will be toastmastsr. The gov
ernors and commanding officers OF the
visiting military organizations and
Adlutant General William Wilson Sale
viii be called upon tp make adj
dresses.
Features OF Tuesday.
After breakfast at the Jefferson Ho-
tel at o'clock Tuesday morning the
visitors will enter the 100 automo-
biles and be whizxed through the
business districts of the city to lac
shown the commercial and Industrial
enterprise of the ea<itai city They
viii also be taken through the Pat
eefson and LaruE Hros.' tobacco
plants experienced employees in both
establishments ma sAs been designated
10 serve ms guides for the visitors
At ] O'Clock Tuesday afternoon a
A lunch will be served the
visitors In the armory- when the
!. soldiers have finished their repast,
Major Chcny. First Company. Gov
ernor's Foot Guard, Will make d
speech. In which he will formally pre-
scnt the bronze tablet which has been
placed In the second floor hall of
the armory, and Major Bowles win
respond Tor the Blues.
The principal public axent- Incident
to the visit of the distinguished dig