The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-18
WHOLE CITY TO HONOR
MEMORY OF GEN. LEI
Military Parade to be Big Feature-Crosses Of Honor To-
Presented at Camp Fire at Lee Camp Hall

Men. women and children will unite |
in the celebration of the birthday of
General Robert +. Lee on Thursday.
All public schools. banks and State
and city Offices will be closed for the !
day, which will be generally observed
as a legal holiday. There will be
parade of veterans and military In
the afternoon and q camp fire at Lee
Camp Hall Thursday night. when
crosses OF honor will be presented to
a number of veterans and their de-
scendants.
j. Thompson Brown. brigadier gem
eral. commanding First Brigade, Vir-
gfnia division, United Confederate
Veterans, will be chief marshal of
the parade, with Lieutenant Colonel
William Il. Freeman as adjutant gem
eral and chief of staff. Assembling
promptly at o'clock. the line of
march will be directly up Franklin
street and Monument avenue 10 the
of the Soldiers Home will form
circle around the base of the monu-
ment, within the enclosure. and the
Daughters OF the Confederacy Will
form the outer circle around the
monument, also within the enclosure.
Next to the enclosure and on the
outside the veteran camps will halt
on tNe east size Oh the
and the militia will form a hollow
square about the veterans and monu-
ment. When this formation has been
| effected. the bands will play Hail to
| the Chief" which will be followed
by an artillery salute of seventeen
guns. The bands will then play
America" and the military and vet
Grams will salute the monument. the
former by presenting arms and the
lnxyarirD Nd In nv fnf-
/ fing their hats.
| Military Formation.
! Following is the military formation
for the camps and organizations,
which are requested to form prompt
| " at o'clock
| r. E. Lee Camp. No. /. Confederate
Veterans Colonel John W. Gordon
commanding. will form on the north
vine of Franklin street. right resting
( on Fourth street. facing south.
| George E. Pickett Camp, No. 9.
Confederate Veterans. w. F. K. Hop
kins commanding. viii form on left
OF r. E. Lee Camp. No. l.
/ r. E. Lee Camp. Sons of Confed-
crate Veterans. Branch r. Morgan
commanding. will form on left OF
: Pickett Camp. All visiting camps ana
veterans are invited to assemble at
the above time and place. where they
will be assigned to position in line.
The veterans of Lee Camp, Soldiers
Home. Colonel r. r. Graves COM
manding, will assemble at Lee monu-
ment. where they will be assigned
place within the enclosure.
The Richmond Light Infantry
Blues Battalion, Major E. w. Bowles
commanding. viii form on the north
lire OF Grace street. right resting on
Fifth street facing south.
The First Battalion. First Regiment
| Infantry, Virginia Volunteers. Major
Lawrence Price commanding. win
form on the west line OF Fifth street.
right resting on Franklin street. fac
ing east
| The Richmond Howitzers, Captain
William NJ Myers commanding. will
form on the south line of Grace street,
! right resting on Fifth street. facing
north.
In the formation of column the
| Richmond Light Infantry Blues will
| take the right of column, followed
by the Richmond Howitzers. The
! First regiment viii form a special
escort to the veterans in line preced-
ing the camps. and following in
column the Rtehmosd HewitzeFs.-
TO Be Given Crosses.
The celebration at Lee Camp Hall
will be presided over by the com
mandant OF the camp. and crosses OF
/ utHOI VIII US pIteSHteu W INC AoI-
lowing veterans and descendants by
the Richmond chapter, Daughters of
the Confederacy.
John 8. Bagby, wright's virginia
artillery: William r. Grettor. First
Richmond Howitzers: John Fl.
Hatcher. Third cavalry. Wickham's
brigade: Thomas r. Harrison. Second
Richmond Howitzers: r. b. L. NAVAL,
Company A. Fourth Virginia cavalry:
A. w. Miller. Company G. First Nir-
ginia cavalry; Sam r. Nunally, Com
pany C, Fifty-third Virginia: Henry
c. Orme Company b. Thirty-fifth
battalion. Virginia cavalry: August
Pfril. Company G. Sixth Louisiana IN
fantry; Charles Selden, Company E..
I Fourth Virginia cavalry: William N
Vaughn. Company A, Nineteenth Vir-
ginia infantry; George Watt, the Salem
Flying Artillery.
Descendants: Mrs. S. ]. Royster.
widow James A Royster Company q,
First Virginia infantry: A. H. Seay,
son Phillip g. Seay. Company c, Four
teenth Virginia. Armistead's Brigade:
Richard c. Walden, son of Richard
C. Walden. Crenshaw battery, Peg
rams battalion.
Confederate songs will be sung by
the entire assembly and several veto
rams will make impromptu speeches
of three minutes. All Confederate or
ganizations of the city are invited 70
attend this camp fire, which in its
informal and retrospective character
will be one-nf- the NEST delightful
features Of the day.