Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-04
TIDE OF TRAVEL NOW
AWAY FROM RICHMOND
Speeding Trains for Points Far ana
Near Carry Reunion Wis.
itorS HOmeward.
EXODUS STARTED WEDNESDAY
Weather Too Much for Many ve,-
Grams, and Rather Than Stay and
Face II They Departed-Transnor
tation Problem Well Handled.

The survivors of the gray ,r,,
the South, after three DAVIS s,a,
around rekindlcd camp-nres In Rio,
mond-days th&S We're full of enio,
meht. no matter IL the weather rnd,
seemed TO have conspired to break M
the great annual Confederate pathor"
ihs-turned their faces homcward. Tho
drum beat that fcw days before .i.
naiized their arrival on scores OF sno
cial trains, yesterday Afternoon and Ia,
night marked their departure from ~
capital Of the Confederacy. WHARF -
unions always have a Significance thai
a. 10 them at no other place
lheir memories charged with scone.
and incidents that will linEer long an ~
source OF joyous reflection the prizzIoJ
ora veterans from all quarters or ,bn
CITY moved toward the various railroad
stations. many Of them baggage In
wrapped In army blankets 70 shiei,
,hcm from the cold and drizzlinr r,jr
ana boarded their trains for the tour
ney home TO await the return n ,ho
tme Tor the next reassembling. wbich
aias Tor many OF them. will probahl,.
never come.
EXODUS OF VISITORS
BEGAN ON WEDNESDAY
Inc exodus OF the veterans really be-
gan on Wednesday. For many OF tbe,,
the weather proved hardsbIo 49,,
great TO be borne and sooner than thev
had planned with many of the antici
patch pleasures untastcd they rath.-ea
up their belongings and FASTENED IN
start ior the comforts and convenicrces
OF home. Not a murmur was heard as
to tho entertainment given nv ptcb
'nond. but with all that human inrnrr.
itE could devise the depressing lnru
encc OF tho ncvcr-ceasing rain could
hot out be felt. and hundreds Of vet.
Grams ana visitors left sooner than
they had Intended. every out-coir,.
train Wednesday and "Wednesday night
having extra coaches crowded ,yiib
people bound for points far and nn,r
all through the south
but the great tide Of travel did not
get under way until late yesterday ar
ternoon and last night. Thousands had
waited TO be in or 10 witness the CRANE,
parade Al Main street station. at
inc BYRD street station. and at the tenn
porary passenger station OF the south
ern Railway at Fourteenth and cary
streets there was sccthing ,hrong OF
people many OF them gray-clad, wait.
ing for the trains TO roll in that would
convey them homcward. Every regu-
lar train had extra equipment and a
number OF special trains carried their
quota or passengers. Thousands moro
OF reunion visitors will take their de-
parture to-day. and by nightfan the
population Of Richmond will be ap-
preaching normal again.
TRAIN SERVICE a STRONG:
FEATURE OF THE REUNION
The train service was one OF the
strong features Of the big annual cele-
hration. Tens OF thousands Of people
were handled on special and on regular
trains without single serious acct
dent occurring. \ few trains were de-
laycd In reaching here. owing partly 10
the extraordinary heavy business, but
in the main they came In on schedule
time and brought patrons satisfied with
the treatment accorded them by tho
transportation compa MES.
y small army OF railroad representa-
tves representing nearly all depart
ments OF the transportation business.
but particularly the passenger depart
mcni. were assembled here during the
reunion, working like Trojans 10 cope
successfully with the big problem that
confronted them.