The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-04


'1,,re Of their great chieftain gag
m down upon them: militia. bands
ARTILLERY, cavalry. members of the Leg
Mature and City Councilmen Boy
3 scouts and automobiles by the nun
1fed filled with Daughters of the Con-
Ietleracy, brigade sponsors. maids OF
honor. chaperones and members ci
memorial associattens--teu thousand
persons marching TO the memory oil
the valiant OF fifty years ago, and to
s. che shouts OF those who know OF. those
1 stsrring days only by tale of veteran
or pen of historian.
Shortly after he bead of the column
reached the reviewing stands i be-
ran to drizSie and then to rain as II to
pour. Few left the lines along the
avenue, and women dressed FOR. fair
weather met foul with a laugh on
s their lips and the Esht of enthusiasm
IA their eyes Thoughts of dress ap-
parentiy weighed not at ali and
4 hravely as their sires had me; storm
Of shot and shell they met the attack
OF nature. continuing. with the pro-
s cession or remaining IN the review
ing stand until the line had passed 10
Its destination Back 10 the ives.
around Stuart Monument the head n
The procession then came. after cir
cling the Davis Monument Out Win
ii. to the corner ~ Monument ANCUu"
and the Boulevard q great portion "t
the crowd wendell its way through the
rain to witness the ceremonies on IN"
site Of the proposed Jackson Mont
ment.
Lay jackson Cornerstone.
~ There, while the rain descended.
Nasons gathered around the corner
stone. and while beneath am breilas
or without thousands stood before the
platform or seated themselves upon
its uusheltcred seats the program
was carried uu; Major William A.
Anderson member Of IN" famous
stonewaIl Brigade. immortalized in
song and story, %tood bareheaded to
pay his tribute 20 his great leader
Back 10 Broad Street came 3 por-
tion Of the crowd. while the rest made
their way home 10 a late lunnch or
early dinner. Then Broad Street from
Ninth 10 the West again took On its
old guiSe of throhhing center of Rich
rnond and through other lanes of
humanity the floral parade made itS
way The rain had stopped by that
time and q further posiponemcnt OF
This feature II the reunion was made
anne4ressary. Twenty beautiful he
Powered machines moved slowly Zip
the street while the spectators
voiced its delight and admiration.
This parade completed. the last out
ioory feature Of the reunion came To
an end Last night in their ar1orv
the Blues gave hail IN honor OF
Governor Marcus Holdcomh, of Con
4 nst,ticuta and the Governors Foot
Guard, of Hartford. while at the
Seventh Street Armory the grand re-
.nnion hall took place. attended by
SPONSORS maids of honor and others
usa fnv n tickets nile
from the balcony the veterans looked
Adowu upon the scene Of beauty, their
feet keeping time 10 the strains OF
ssThe Bonnie Blue Flag" Dixie and
other tunes TO which they In their
prime had danced and fought.
Great Reunion Ends.
So ended the great reunion, In
one important respect It was a dis
tlnct misfortune. The weather for
the entire time was most unpropitous,
6reary rain faliuk nearly every hour.
Early yesterday though the clouds
hung like pail OF smoke over the city,
they held their store of moisture,
but while the grand parade was In
progress the old story of the two days
previous was repeated. It was not
until late in the afternoon that the
rain stopped and during the early
evening and night the atmosphere was
heavy with dampnFsSt
This weather kept the crowd off the
streets and diminished the attendance
at meetings II kept thousands away
and caused thousands To leave before
the end
Nevertheless. in spite of il all. the
reunion was a success. The widest
enthusiasm prevailed at the meetings
/ Of the veterans in the City Auditorium.
the scene of Tuesday morning being
one that viii long be remembered
From the opening of that meetinS Ia
the adjournment for lunch order was
never completely restored The shrtll
rebeI yell rang out in volumes in the
beginning and kept MP intermittent
" throughout while quaVering voices
raised in song mingled with the
shouts,
Great Business Meeting.
The afternoon session of that day
was not so well attended, but again
"Wednesday morning there was an co.
fhuaias,ic meeting and Wednesday ar
ferncon, when officers were elected
4 there was anothr great meeting
The grand concert "Wednesday nleh'
packed the Auditorium 10 the -four
sails and hundreds were turned away
In the hotel Hobbies there was scarce
4 Is room for movement during any
hour Of the day. especially when some
one OF the various bands attending
!. the reunion gave a concert.
Last night officers Of the local ar
Management committee expressed them
selves as wei pleased with the reunion,
exec t for the gloom of the weather
They were disappointed, of course
but hid their feelings the best they
could, looking forward 10 clear skies
at Birmingham IN 1918.
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