Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04
OLD MEN AND BOYS,
MATRON AND MAID.
PAY THEIR HOMAGE
Military Pageant Closes
Twenty Fifth Reunion of
Confederate Veterans.
FEEBLE MEN MARCH ONCE
MORE TO SOUND OF DRUMS
Clouds Hold Their Moisture I'm
til Last Detachment Passes
Reviewing Stand.
NORTHERN TROOPS WELCOMED
connecticut Governor and Foot
Guard Salute Memorials to
South's Heroes.
NORTHERN TROOPS WELCOMED
Connecticut Governor and Font
Guard Salute Memorials to
South's Heroes.

Men schooled in the art of lifting
iances FOR their countrys sake and
boys who toddled with wooden guns
paid their homage yesterday afternoon
as they passed the statue of General
Robert E. Lee in the twenty-hfth an.
nual parade of the United Confederate
veterans. 1t was such a pageant as
Lee would have wished had he been
victorious on the fields Of Appomattox
ana Pickett have asked. perhaps, had
MS cavalry broken through the lines
at gettysburg and not been thrown
back In bloody heaps beyond that
orchard wall of stone Here in Rich
mond yesterday were gathered as n,anv
men as Lee commanded when he laid
down his arms But they had lived
through bitter years and come to n
better day.
In the line that passed from the
Eapitoi square to Monument Avenue,
"here Lees Statue .rears itself to sun
ana storm, was Northern command
the Governors Foot Guard Of Connect;
cut. 1t was the first time in the his.
tory of the twenty-five reunions of
those who survived the War Between
the states that n military organization
from the sons Of their ancient foes had
oeen invited to Join in such a parade
NORTHERN TROOPS FIND
WELCOME IN SOUTHERN PARaDE
IL was, perhaps. the first time that
command having it's home bevond ,ba
Mason and Dixon line would have com.
10 southern hearths and homes unon
such an occasion. 1t was Significant
that IT was not merely a reunion ne
confederate veterans: it was as we'll :,
reunion or those who had once been
'h' pitlerest toes. 1t meant that the
anIiene hurt was healed, that no moro
"t '"e SOUND or civil strife be heard
IN tho land where all people find
! home. " c.
me procession was the real fnaIo os
the reunion. The morning had haan
dark and drear with the threat or rain
ana the parade was postponed from ~
O'CLOCK until /. Even then the threat
renamed, but the parade was done and
the last salute had been fired befora
| the rain began.
TWO hours it required for the pro-
cession to pass the reviewing stand
"here sat Governor Stuart. OF Vir-
sinia; Governor McCreary, of Ken.
lucky; Governor Elect Nat 1, Harris
or Georgia; Governor Manning. or
south Carolina; Mayor Preston, of Bal
tlmore' and Governor Marcus Fl. Hol-
comb OF Connecticut. the first Gov
efhor OF Northern State ever to
"atch Confederate march in times
OF peace. For him there were as MANY
cheers as for those Southern Governors
who had passed through wars bitter
travail and still remembered the suc-
| ceeding days.
VETERANS MARCH BETWEEN
STREETS LINED WITH PEOPLE,
From Capitol Square. which had
peen thronged all day. up Grace Street
to Fifth. and from Fifth to Franklin
and out to Lee Circle. in Monument
Avenue. the streets were lined with
more than 100000 people There were
solid aisles. standing upon curb and
paving. on porch and in window and in
door When the first bomb fired by the
Signal Corps starting the parade was
sounded the cheering be6an, and the
rebel cry loosed in Capitol Square was
taken up until IL reached The stand at
Lee Circle. where the childten's human
flag was formed
Here around the statue to Leo and
as far east as the monument to Stuart
every stand was filed. More than
10000 men. women and children were
gathered on the seats and in the parked
spaces. So large were the thronss
'hht inc ponce. assisted by the Roy
Scouts. had difficulty in keeping them
behind the ropes.
Leo Circle was surrounded by stands.
bleachers and seats improvised in the
greenway. Southwest of the monu-
ment was constructed the stand for
the human flag. composed OF 500 chill
dren, so arranged as TO form n perfect
resemblance of the Stars and Bars
From ii o'clock in the morning until
the parade was ended these children
remained in their seats and sang
Southern songs. On the south side OF
the monument. inside the circle, was
reared the reviewing stand Other
stands encircled the monument Seats
were given to the veterans after the
long parade. so that they could view
in co1fort the passing OF their sons
RICHMOND GR.AYS HAVE
PLACE OF HONOR
at the head OF the brave procession
marched the Richmond Grays. under
command Of Major Lawrence T. Price,
and behind them came the remnant of
every command which has made ita
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