The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-05
VISITORS TO REUNION
DEPARTING FOR HOMES
Thirty thousand Had Left Richmond
BY Midnight Last Nixht-Others
Go Today.
VISIT THE NETGHBORTNG
RATTT4EFTELDs OF WAR
Many Remain Over to Take Advan.
taRe Of First Day of Good Weather
Fireworks Display Gives spccsacu-
lar Wind-Up.

Heavy trsfic over all the railroads
leaving Richmond Yesterday marked
the real, following the official. close
OF the twenty fifth annual reunion
OF the United Confederate Veterans.
Twenty-Five thousand people. &C
cordlng TO estimates of railroad Of
ficials. had left Richmond by mid
night last night. many of them taking
late trains after the display OF fire.
works at the State Fair Grounds last
night
Fully fifty thousand veterans and
visitors attended the reunion from
other points. in spite Of the rain. which
kept at home thousands in Virginia
who had intended 10 come for the
final days festivities In noint OF at
tendance IL was one of the greatest
reunions ever held in Richmond. and
hut for the Indictment weather un-
doubtedly all records would have been
broken.
The Irony OF Fate.
IL was the IRONY of fate that yes-
terday, the day following the reunion.
and Monday. the day preceding, were
characterized hvssunshine ard splendid
weather. Neither seeS warm nor too
cool. those two DAYS. between which
were sandwiched three days OF rain
ideal for the reunion exercises and for
the comfort OF visitors Many disap-
pointed in not being able TO go sight
seeing during the three DAYS of the
reunion, remained In Richmond yes
terday for the purpose. and all day
long visitors were to be seen at the
many points of interest and on all
cars to Seven Pines and the trains TO
Petersburg were strangers going TO
view the battlefields in the vicinity
of the two neighboring cities.
Among them were manv veterans
who had marched and fought for
months over the same ground they
were now covering after a lapse Of
half a century. The promised dis
play of fireworks last night also kept
many in the city, and though railroad
officials estimated last night that about
SO or 20 per cent had left, those
figures show fully fifteen to twenty
thousand still In the CITY at an early
hour yesterda morning
Last Reunion Feature.
The reproduction OF the Battle of
the Crater at Camp Stuart last night
was witnessed by a large crowd or
people. among them several thousand
veterans who had not vet left the
camp. This the last re"nion fea-
ture postponed from Thursday night
because OF the weather. signalized the
end 1t was the drop of the curtain.
TODAY the official order to break
camp will be discussed and - night the
Fair Grounds. called Camn Henry c.
Stuart during the reunion In honor of
the Governor of Virginia. a nephew
of General Jeb Stuart will be de-
serted
The last of the reunion guests will
leave TODAY and tomorrow. There
will bg comparatively few visitors
In Richmond when another Sunday
morning dawns and by Monday the
reunion will he a thing of the past.
Last night headquarters of all the
committees were closed Their work
done. the employees were let go and
the heads conducted what few labors
remained in their own offices or In
their homes Headquarters commit
tee In the Mutual Building was still