The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-22
COMMANDER RODGERS ISSUES A
GENERAL ORDER REGARDING
GETTYSBURG TRIP.
SPECIAL AGENT SHOT
WHILE BRINGING IN NEGRO ON
THE A. G.. l.. RAILROAD. HIS
PRISONER TURNS AND
FIRES AT HIM.

Virginian Bureau,
Mechanics Building,
Room ais.
PETERSBURG, VA, Feb. 21.--
Commander Samuel .. Rodgers. yir-
GINA Division, Sons OF Confederate
! Veterans will today issue the follow
ing order:
Headquarters, Virginia Division.
I Sons of Confederate Veterans,
Petersburg. Va,
Feb. 20. 1913.
General Orders, No. 2
/, To the Camps Composing Virginia
/ Division, Sons Confederate Vete~
1t lis ordered by the division COM
/ mander that you co operate with the
/ Veteran Camps In Virginia Division
I In their efforts to have appropriated
/ free railroad fare to every Confederate
! veteran who desires TO attend the re-
/ union of the Blue and the Gray. on
/ the occasion of the nftieth anniver-
sary OF the Battle Of Gettysburg, at
/ Gettysburg, Pa, July /, 2, ard 4,
| 1913.
| At this time the cornerstone of the
| Great Peace Monument being erected
1 by the United States government to
/ the men OF '61165 Will be laid, and 1t
/ is hoped that the equestrian statue of
! General Robert T. Lee, now being
/ erected on the battlefield of Gettys-
( burg. will be ready for unwilling.
/ The commander of Virginia Division
/ urges that all Sons Of Veterans,
i whether members of organized camps
/ or not, aid the veterans in obtaining
! the necessary funds 10 defray the re-
/ duced travelling expenses to and from
/ Gettysburg and to this end attention is
-, EN-, Ny.ER
the legislature of Virginia at It's last
session.
/ Page s5s. Acts of Assembly. vir-
/ ginia, 1912.
/. Be 1t enacted by the general
! assembly Of Virginia that the board
4 of supervisors of the several counties
! of the State of Virginia are hereby
/ authorized to appropriate money to
4 defray the expenses of the said conn
! Confederate veterans of the said coun-
/ ties desiring to attend the celebration
! of the fiftieth anniversary of the bat
| tie of Gettysburg, to be held at Gettys-
burg, Pa, on the LIST, 3D. Sd and 4th
! Of July, 1919.
The time is short. The division COM
mander urges that prompt action be
| taken, appealing to the board of
! supervisors of your respective coun-
ties to make such appropriation for
the railroad fare az is necessary
Other expenses for the veterans have
been provided for by the State of
Pennsylvania and the United States
government.
No veteran should be denied this
great celebration, who desires to at
tend and Is physically able to make
the trip.
1t is ordered 2: That Sons of vete-
rams assist all veterans who are un-
able to provide themselves with uni
forms In obtaining the regulation
| TnifnrfrH nF hn FaJ ~
SAMUEL d RODGERS.
Commander Virginia Division.
DAVID A. LYON. JR.
Division Adiutant and Chief of Staff.
Special Agent Shot.
, Special Agent Barley, of the At
iantic Coast Line railroad. was shot
and painfully wounded last night at
, Dunlops. the junction of the A. c. l..
l belt. and main line in Chesterfield
: county, by It negro whom he had
arrested. The detective had his pris-
oner in charge, taking him to a shift
ing engine to bring him to Petersburg.
- The negro had filled two suit cases
with shoes from the car in which he
was caught. Mr.. Bailey made him
throw these across his shoulders and
march in front of him. He turned
4 upon the officer suddenly, and fired,
:. evidently intending to kill him. The
. ball passed across Detective Bailey
l. err The detective was knocked down
5 by the force Of the ball, and the ne
: gro made his escape in the darkness.
Bailey fired at him twice, but 1t is
Q not thought that his shots struck
:. thar mark, The wounded officer was
! brought to the Petersburg hospital
I. for treatment. His wound is not con-
sidered dangerous
: Struck BY Car.
, Mr., r. j. Rose, who received a
; severe shock and many bruises yes
terday when a street car of the Wash
ington street line collided with his
wagon, is better today. He is at his
q home in Washington street, near the
scene OF the accident.
Mrs. Valentine to Speak.
\ Mrs. b. 3, Valentine. of Richmond,
will give talk on Equal Suffrage
- Tuesday evening next, at s o'clock, in
0 the auditorium of Lee school. Mrs.
E Valentine delivered an address at the
I suffrage meeting held in Lee school
G several weeks ago. and left favor
}, able impression. 1t is expected that
e some other prominent speakers will
be with MI Valentine.
2 MIR. klnse Reappointed.
Mr.. r. w, Kinse. who has served
upon the ELECTORAL board of the city
Tor nine years. was today reappointed
a for a term Of three years by Judge
: Muilin. The other members of the
boar7 are Samuel w. thinner and
e Robert G.. Bass
Coiored Janitor Dies.
Cornelius McCray. colored, aged
4 eighty-one years, died this morning
4 about 2 o'clock at his residence on
Jones street. Cornelius was a highly
respected coored citizen. For about
\ twenty-five years he had served as
tanitor of the Jones street public
\ school.
4 Petersburg his home for the past
n twelve months has resigned his posi-