The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-19
LEES BIRTHDAY
WILL Be HONOREO
Men Who Fought Under Him
and Soldiers of Later Day
Will Parade.
GIVE CROSSES OF HONOR
Capitol, City Hall, Banks and
Schools Will Be Closed
for the Day.

| lOf inc LAY.
! In honor OF the memory Of General
! Robert T. Lee. all Richmond will unite
/ to-day in celebrating the birthday of
/ the beloved leader OF the Confederate
| states Army. The occasion will he
! marked by program which will be
carried out by r. r. Lee Camp. No. !
| and Pickett Camp. No. s. United Con-
tolerate Veterans, and the Richmond
| Chapter of United Daughters OF tho
| Confcdcracy. All banks. state and city
| offices Will he closed. while some OF
! the business houses plan to give their
! employees holiday
! The most conspicuous feature Will
be the parade this afternoon of this
| Veterans Sons of Veterans and the
! local state militia organizations Tho
parade will form at , o'clock Mt Fifth
and Franklin Streets The line Of
march VIII he up the latter thorough
fare and Monument Avenue TO Lee
Monument.
Surround Monument.
Here the veterans from the Soldiers
! Home will form about tho base of the
monument. within the inclosure The
members of the various camrs will halo
without the Enclosure while square
will he formed about the aged war
riors in gray by the miitiamcn.
RriEadier-General !. Thompson
Brown commanding tho First Bril-
gadc. Virginia Division. United Confed-
crate Veterans. will he chief marshal
Of tho parade. while Licutcnant-Col-
oncl William b Freeman VIII act as
adiutant- general and CHIEF Of staff.
Orders for tho formation OF tho line
have been issued by General Brown.
as follows:
Il. E. Lee Camp. No. !. Confederate
Veterans, Colonel John W. Gordon com
7 III We m io
of Franklin street. right resting on
Fourth street. facing south
George T.. Pickett Camp. No s, Con-
Tolerate Veterans. W. + * Hopkins
commanding will form on left OF r. T.
Lee Camp. No. /.
r. y Lee camp. sons OF confed-
crate Veterans Branch r. Morgan
commanding Will form on left OF Pick
cit Camp.
Tho veterans OF Lee Camp. Soldiers
/ Home. Colonel T. II. Graves command
| Ing. viii, assemble at Lee Monument,
where they VIII be assigned place
within the Enclosure.
MilitIas Position.
The Richmond Light infantry Blues
Battalion. Major L. w Bowlcs com
handing. will form on the north line OF
Grace street, right resting on Fifth
Z street. facing south
The First Battalion First REGIMENT
/ Infantry. Virginia Volunteers Major
Lawrence Price commanding, Will form
on the west line of Fifth street. right
resting on Franklin street. facing east.
Tho Richmond ITowitzers. Captain
William NJ Myers commanding. VIII
form on the south line Of Grace Street,
north
In the formation of column the Rich
mond Light Infantry blues Will take
the right OF column. followed by the
Richmond Howitzers. The First Regi-
ment will form a special escort 10 tho
and following IN column the Richmond
Howit2ers.
The column is expected to move
promptly at , o'clock.
salute TO Commnndcr.
Exercises at Lee Monument VIII
consist of salute of seventeen guns
by the Howitzcrs and the playing OF
the national anthem by the band
Crosses of honor will be presented
tonight at $50 o'clock In Lee Camp
Hall to veterans and descendants This
feature Will be in charge of the Daugh-
tcrs of the Confcderacy. The ON
blcms will be presented to the follow
Ing veterans and descendants:
Veterans--John S. Bagby; Wright's
Virginia Battery; William p. Grettor.
First Richmond Towitzers: John II.
Hatcher. Third Virginia Cavalry. Wick
hams brigade; Thomas Il. Harrison.
Second Richmond Howitzers; r. .. L
Macrae. Company a, Fourth Virginia
| Cavalry; a. w. Miller. Company @.
First Virginia Cavalry Sam T.. Nun
nally, Company c. Fifty-thlTd Virginia
Infantry; Henry C. Orme, Company B.
Thirty-hrst Virginia Battalion. Viz
ginia Cavalry; August Pfrll. Company
c. Sixth Louisiana Infantry; Charles
Selden, Company T.. Fourth Virginia
Cavalry; William H. Vaughan. Com
pany A. Nineteenth Virginia Infantry:
George Watt. Salelc Flying Artillery.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, S. j. Royster.
widow OF James y. Roystcr. Company
, G, First Virginia Infantry: a. II. Scay,
son OF Phillip G.. Ssay. Company C,
Fourteenth Virginia Infantry; Richard
G. Walden. son of Richard C. Walden,
! Crcnshaw Battalion.
Informed Affair.
The exercises here will he Informal
Several brief speeches will he made
by veterans while songs by the entire
| assembly will be a feature
All of the public schools VIII DC
closed to- day. In honor of the Occasion
exercises concentrating Lees birth
day were carried out Yesterday by the
| pupils OF the John Smith School. 1t
/ consisted mainly of songs and recita-
/, lions by the students. Thosa who par
| ticipatcd includcd Phillip Foreman.
/ Merle Franck. Lucille Coleman, Win
| free Smithcrs, John Bawsel. Marion
| Gary, Inez Price, Robert Hatcher
| Clemme Sisson. James LAWYER. Martha
LaTouche, Irvine owens and Pete
| Sperati.
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