Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04
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FIVE days on rotten cornmeal and more
rotten carcasses Of cats when they
were slowed away in a Northern prison
Yet the men who had lived on cats
divided their rations with their dumb
beasts and haived an ear of corn for
dinner.
CHILDREN SING
SONGS OF SOUTHLAND
And when these veterans came into
sight where the curve around Lee Cir
Gle begins. the younger generation,
gathered on curb and pavement and
housetop. remembered. and gave vent
20 the sympathy which every heart
holds for him and her who have suf.
fered. whether it be for love or faith
or that dearer thing called country.
The children-soo of them-who had
waited 70 patiently all day for the
strains of Dixie" stirred the people TO
frenzy. and the sadder sound OF
"Suwannee River" My Old Kentucky
Home" and Poor Old Uncle Ned
brought the older people to tears Emo
ton changed with the changing pha-
lanxes.
AS the veterans were remindful Of
saddcr days. SO were the Grays, the
Blues, the Cadets from the Virginia
Military institute remindful of the hope
which stirs all the American people in
the present hour of stress. SO were the
Governors Foot Guards. of Connect
cut. in their Colonial uniform, a uni
form once OF the British army. iHdica-
tive OF the new spirit of reunion. But
II was the Little Boy Blues. esandsons
OF veteran sires, who filled the evening
and gave the proper finishing touch.
They fell in line not far east Of Lee
Circle. They trudged along, with their
wooden guns. Indifferent TO the ap-
plause dinned into their ears had
marched the veterans when they awoke
from hivouac to the battle call.
Each division and command was
headed by its corps of sponsors. riding
in automobile or carriage. All heads
were barred as they passed, and every
man gave tribute.
PARADE is DELAYED
BY FEAR OF RAIN
After a delay occnsioned by the fear
that il would rain. the procession
started from Capitol Square at LES
o'clock. The head Of the column
reached the reviewing stand at $40
o'clock. First came the Richmond
Grays, acting as the escort OF honor.
nant OF cavalry, headed by Miss Looney.
of Nashville. sponsor. Troop a. of For
rests cavalry. followed on foot. and in
its ranks marched two negroes. negroes
o! that school which still keeps its
faith in the South. and which. In Its
day. protected the homes Of the white
men when they were at the front
One OF them carried a rooster under
each arm. foraged, not from Richmond.
but from some alien farm. No doubt
that negro dined we'll when the march
was done.
Followed then the East Lake Indus
trial School Band, OF Birmingham. Ala.
which had so much to do with aiding
Congressman Helm in gaining the next
convention for Birmingham. and then
came the Alabama division. with the
few survivors OF the Confederate States
Navy just behind. Members of the
Confederate choir. led by Mrs. Osborne
followed. and then came the division
from Tennessee, led by the Memphis
Fife and Drum Corps.
Mississippi and more of Tennessee
came. and then appeared the veterans
from Georgia. led by negro fife and
drum corps
VETERANS HERE FROM
ALL PARTS OF SOUTH
South Carolina, North Georgia, with
Miss Hail. historian general OF the
Florida. and the Department OF the
Army of the Trans mississippi. in
charge of General K. NJ. Van Zandt,
followed by the divisions from Mis-
souri, and Kentucky and the Immortal
Six Hundred: former Governor Will
liam Hodges Mann, the Confederated
Southern Memorial Association: the
StoneWall Jackson Monument Associa-
ton. with Rsv. James Power Smith.
D. D.. and Judge George L. Christian
In charge; members Of the Virginia
sion, under General w. b. Freeman,
divisions from Maryland, Texas and
Georgia: r. E. Lee Camp, of Richmond.
and the A. p. Hill Camp, of Peters
burg; delegation of "TarheeI women
In wagon and auto; the Mecklenbure
Camp. the Pacific Division, the Sons
OF Veterans. escorted by the Stone
wall Band, Of Sfaunton; the Arkansas
Division. the aids OF the chief mar
shall. led by Colonel H. NJ. Boykin and
Captain Morgan r. Mills: the V. NJ. I.
cadets. acting ms personal escort to
Governor stuart; Governor Manning Of
South Carolina, and his staff. leading
their State division: the North Caro-
lima Division; Governor Marcus H. Hol-
comb OF Connecticut, and the Foot
Guards: the Richmond Blues under
Major E. w. Bowles: Mayor Preston, of
Baltimore, a future candidate for the
ice-presidency; Governor Stuart and
his staff Of colonels: Adjutant- General
w. w. Sale and his stan; Brigadier-
General c. c. Vaughan and his staff,
and the visiting companies OF the
three Virginia regiments. Followed
Corps, under Captain Frank S. Splatt
and IJeutenant Earl I,utZ. the Iittla