The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-02
.HOW|TzERS BACK
FROM LONG TRIP
Return After Spending Week at
Confederate Reunion in
Chattanooga.
VETERANS ALSO RETURN
ETERANS ALSO RETURN
Party Enthusiastic Over Recep-
ton Given Them in Carolina
and Tennessee Cities.

I1red, but enthusiastic over their
trip, the Richmond Howltzers arrived
home yesterday morning from Chat
tanooga. Tenn, where the battery acted
ms escort to r. +. Lee Camp, United
Confederate Veterans, at the twenty
third annual reunion last weok The
special train bearing the party reached
this city at Sis o'clock over the
the baggage upon waiting wagons the
artillerymen marched to the armory.
There they were dismissed. and after
donning citizens clothes hurried home
to catch up some of tho lost sleep
before returning to work this morn
ing.
On the same train with the militia
men were the returning veterans and
several of the Virginia sponsors and
maids of honor, as we'll as the women
of the Howitzers' party. General Theo-
dore S. Garnett, OF Norfolk. commander
OF the Army of Northern Virginia
and his staff were members OF the
party on the entire trip All left for
their respective homes before the
Howitzers detrained.
One Strenuous Week.
In their full-dress uniform of Con-
federate gray with red and gold trim
mings. and carrying light officers
sabres, the Howitzers marched up
Main Street to Fifth. out Fifth to
Broad and down Broad to Eighth.
thence to the armory. Before dis
missing the battery Captain Myers
thanked the men for their attendance
at the reunion and for tho behavior
on the trip. Gathering in a ring the
had neglected his candidacy for the
Legislature to accompany them
Tho Richmonders left homo last Sun
day Mt Z o'clock. Tho first stop was
made mt Burkeville. where supper was
had Early the following morning
breakfast was served at Ashevllle n
G. That afternoon, as guests Of the
BOARD OF Commerce, the party laid
over at Knoxville for three hours An
informal reception was followed by a
trip In special cars to the site OF
the National Conservation Exposition.
which opens in September.
Made Hit in Parade.
Chattanooga was reached Monday
night Mt o'clock. and the Howitzers
took up quarters in the City Hall,
having carried their own bedding and
equipment with them. The veterans
and women went to the hotels to
which they had been assigned. Four
days were spent In Chattanooga The
Howitzers participated in two parades
and were the military hit OF the re-
union Inc balance or the time was
| taken UP with Sightseeing and social
activities One OF the most pleasant
days was spent at Fort Oglethorpe,
Georgia. where. as the guests OF Troop
/. Eleventh United States Cavalry, the
artillerymen were given n royal wel-
come. They were entertained at din
ner and were fitted out In service uni
forms and mounts and spent four hours
viewing the battlefelds of Chicka-
manga.
En- route homo stops were made in
Asheville and Salisbury. In both cities
the party was given a rousng recep-
ton. The Howitzers were the guests
OF military organizations in both places,
while the veterars and women were
entertained by the civic bodies of the
cities
Sixty four men and four officers were
carried by the Howitzers on the trip
Lee Camp was represented by thirty
nine members, while several other vet
Grams were In the party. Eleven wo-
mn and two children made the trip.
During the week there waE not n sin
gle mishap and not member of the
party suffered the slightest indisposi-
ton. Although worn out By the siren
uous week, all are eager to repeat the
experience.