The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-05

Ill EAST BROAD STREET.
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
militia officers we're out during the
forenoon on tactica1 rides.
Hear Lecture.
Weather conditions to-day are Ideal
for the manoeuvres All Of the troops
have entered into the work with a zest
The afternoon win be devoted to
troop battery and battalion drills. Last
night In the camp chapel chaplain
James Power Smith. of Richmond, at
ts ched to the First Battalion, Field Ar
ttlIery, delivered a lecture on the char
acter of "Stonewan" Jackson, several
hundred soldiers crowded the big tent
and heard many interesting phrases Of
the famous generals life. made known
By Chaplain Smith through intimate
assncia ton with the great man.
1t Is planned by the officers Of the
virginia brigade 10 formally pay thrfr
respects 70 General Wotherspoon to-
night.
Virginia Troops Under Review.
with spick and span khaki uni
forms breaches neatly tucked In can
vas leggins and with a flourish OF
arms. the Virginia brigade. two reg
iments and a troops Of cavalry OF
4
lars and two squadrons OF cavalry OF
the United States army yesterday fore
noon passed in review before Briga
! der General w. w Wotherspoon and
his STAFF Of majors and colonies rep
resenting all arms OF the service.
To the strains of Dixie the boys
from tho Old Dominion, under com
3 mand OF Brigadier General c. c.
+ Vaughan. Jr.. passed beneath old
Glory and before the reviewing Off
GERS, while nearly a thousand visitors
cheered the tramping soldiers. All
! Virginia troops, and especially the
First Battalion, First Regiment. sta
toned at Richmond and under com
mand of Maj Lawrence T. Price, made
a splendid showing.
Being on foot, the First Battalion
Field Artillery. Virginia Volunteers
did not show up with the snap of the
infantrymen.
Held for the Place.
The Virginians held fourth place
in the parade, OF nearly four thous
and guardsmen. They were preceded
by the Second United States Infantry
Twenty~ninth United States Infantry
and corps Of United States army
engineers. The Second Regiment lee
the Virginia brigade. followed by tht
Fourth. with the First bringing w
the rear. The brigade was followed
by the First Maryland Infantry, Fifth
Maryland Regiment and the Virgins
field artillery Company C. Hospita
Corps. was newt In line, with the Thirc
Field Artillery, L. S. A, mounted
following. and the Fifteenth United
States Cavalry and Tra2p A. Mary,
land Cavalry. ending theT line.
The Fifteenth Cavalry is the IA.
nous command from Fort Myer, Va.
noted for their splendid drilling
Troop A, Of Maryland, is the craci
military organization OF the Bay State
II is estimated that nearly thous
and visitors from Baltimore. Wash
ington and points in Maryland. Wiz
ginia and Pennsylvania viewed tn,
brilliant pageant, which took NOR,
than an hour to pass a given point.
However, there was one distastefu
feature to the Nfrginians. The Negro
cavalrymen detailed from the Wa
College at Washington were stationed
as a guard or patrol to keep bacl
the crowds which surged near divi
sion headquarters. But there was M
difficulty between the races.
Inspected by Army Officers.
General Robert Shaw Oliver, Assist
ant Secretary of War. and Genera
Nelson A. Miles. who arrived In caml
= Sunday, were interested spectators o
the review. General Wotherspoon de
clared himself to be much pleased
with the success which attended tn,
review. 1t was carried off withou
hitch.
Referring TO the report which ema
mated from Richmond before tn,
troops departed for the encampment
TO the effect that the Fourth Virgini,
Infantry would be brigaded with
battalion of negroes. Secretary olive
stated that the War Department de
plores the incident. Though he dit
not say SO, the Secretary intimatet
that the department should be givei
more credit for diplomacy. But
nevertheless, he let II be understood
/ that II the War Department so de
; sired To handle troops they woul,
| not hesitate to mix the whites an,
} blacks.
Negroes Arc Too Near.
7 Quarrels between members OF tn
First Virginia Regiment and the ne
gro cavalrymen are not infrequen,
The latter are camped within abou
hundred yards of the Virginia ms
but a hedge or thicket separates them
Some OF the Virginia soldiers al
l. iege that the negroes have been steal
: ing from them. especially horse trap
pings. This has not tended TO smoot
over the difficulties of last week
The Fourth OF July was quietly oh
served In camp. The review consti
tuted practically all OF the work O
the militiamen. After noon the sol
diers were given general liberty unit
retreat was sounded
A salute was fired at noon by Bat
terry r, Third Artillery. L. s, A.
General Vaughan and his staff off
GERS during the afternoon made a
inspection OF the three Virginia regi
ments and found everything In salts
factory shape.
Captain Thomson. OF the medics
, corps of the bureau OF militia officers
, arrived In camp Sunday night. an
, is now engaged In making inspection
. OF the hospitals OF the State troop.
Todd Goes Co Philippines,
. Major Henry Todd, of the geners