The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-02
INVITE CONFEDERATE
VETERANS TO RICHMOND
Lee Camp Leaves for Jacksonville
Reunion Monday After
noon.
WILL TRAVEL by SPECIAL TRAI,
Mayor Ainslie and Dusincss Manager
Dnbney to Extend CIty's Invitation
for 1915 Reunion.

II. II. Lee Camp, No. 1, United Con-
Tolerate Veterans. with forty-fvo vet
Grams In line, will leave for Jackson
vile. Fla, on Monday afternoon aboard
special train to attend the annual re-
union OF the United Confederate Vet
Grams. The camp will be accompanied
by Mayor George Ainslie and Business
Manager w. t. Dabney. of tho Chamber
OF Commerce. who go to tho reunion to
invite tho veterans to meet In Rich
mond in the spring of 1915.
On the special train, as tho guests OF
the camp. will travel General j. Thomp-
son Brown. commander of the Virginia
Division, and his staff. and General w.
b. Freeman, commander OF the First
brigade, Virginia Division, and his stan.
The sponsors OF the Virginia Division
VIII also make the trip South on board
the veterans train.
Tho train. which will run over the
Atlantic Coast Limo Railroad, will be
made UP OF one tourist sleeper and two
standard sleeping cars for the use of
Lee Camp, and two sleeping cars to be
occupied by tho veterans from Roa-
noke. 1t will start at $50 O'clock from,
tho BYRD Street Station, putting tho
veterans in Jacksonville at noon on
Tuesday. The reunion is scheduled to
como to close or Friday.
Military Escort to Trnin.
The Richmond Light Infantry Blues
Battalion and the Richmond Howitzers,
battery, with military band, will turn
out In fuii dress escort to the vet
Grams from Lee Camp Hall to the Byrd
Street Station. The veterans in the
gray uniforms have been ordered to
rail- In at the camp at $3.50 o'clock on
Monday afternoon. The military es-
cort VIII arrive at the camp at the
same hour, and promptly at $40 O'Clock
the parade will move on toward the
station of
TO take place at the station when the
sponsors are introduced to the camp,
and the camp greets General Brown
and his stan.
The following members OF Lee Camp
Will go to Jacksonville: Delegates
Edgar d. Taylor. ]. Taylor Stratton.
ID. ~. Brown, Jr., j. Thompson Brown.
w. Is. Freeman. George l.. Christian
Thomas j. Davis, ]. Tyler Jobson, j.
Taylor Eilyson, w. L. Moore. John
Lamb, James p. Smith, +. Fl. Rahm.
L. "A. Catlln. Alternates-J. T. Robin
son. George 7. Dean, J. H. Krackc, Fl.
c. Wren, w. &. Lightfoot. w. r. Hail,
Farrar, J. ]. II. Brewer, j. C. Robert
son. Il. S. Gibbs and Charles A. Har
rington.
To Bring Veterans Here.
determined effort will be made by
Lee Camp to bring the 1916 reunion
OF the United Confederate Veterans
to Richmond. Already the hotel head
quarters OF the camp has been decor
ated with blazing banners bearing the
motto: "On to Richmond" and this
slogan Will be adopted by the local
delegation during it's visit. From In
dicatlon given. the veterans look for
ward to n reunion In Richmond next
year with keen pleasure. and although
there Is certain to be some competition.
II, 49,, II
of winning a victory.
Mayor Ainslic has been commits
stoned by the City Council to attend
the reunion, and to present to the
veterans formal invitation to be-
come the guests OF Richmond in May,
1915. Business Manager w. II. Dab
ney has been instructed by the board
of the Chamber of Commerce to pre-
sent an invitation to come to Ricl.
mond on behalf of the chamber and
the other commercial organizations of
the city.
The camp adopted resolutions last
night requesting Lieutenant Governor
j. ray!or Ellyson, one of the delegates
to invite the United Confederate Vet
Grams here next year.
Commend DIR. smith.
l.: unanimous vote the camp last
night adopted resolutions thanking
Chaplnin James Power Smith for his
" Dc"'1i Vi the StoneWall
saei;non MonuHsent The camp con-
graduated DR.. Smith on the success
OF his labors. and individual members
voiced high appreciation of the good
work no has accomplished. DR.. Smith
IS the sole surviving officer of Gen
eral Jackson's STAFF.
P"ter- j. White was designated bv
t tne camp TO act as chief marshal for
IN" parade on May on tho occnsIon
OF INC lakewood Memorial Day. un
was empowered to name his own star
Ihe camp adjourned to meet again
Two weeks from last night.