Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-13
BIG CROWD TO ATTEND
CONFEDERATE REUNION
Special Trains for Birmingham, Ala,
Leave Here Sunday md
Monday.
LEE CAMP NAMES DELEGATES
Grays Leave Monday and Will Stop
Over Tuesday in Chattanooga.
Boy Scouts to Look After Conn
fort or Veterans.

The vanguard OF delegates from
Richmond and Virginia 10 the Confcd-
crate Reunion. which will be held in
Birmingham on Tuesday. Wednesday,
and Thursday. will leave Richmond to-
morrow afternoon at $50 o'clock i'm a
special train over the Southern Rail
way. The veterans. sponsors and
maids OF honor to the reunion. and
the H. = Chew Camp. Sons OF Con-
fcdcratc Veterans. of Frcdcricksbur-
Will travel on this train, arriving i'm
the Southern city Monday afternoon at
a:tJ O'Clock.
There will i'c about 100 Veterans and
maids from Richmond, and about tho
same number from Frederick shurc
The II. T.. Lee Camp, Sons Of Cunfcd-
crate Veterans, which will be we'll rep
resented at tho reunion this YEAR has
invited number OF veterans from the
soldiers Home 10 he their guests ON
the trip, and these are cNpcctcd TO
accompany tho Sons Local passenger
officers of the railroads reported YES
to-day that large number Of rcScr-
rations arc being made daily. and he
tween 400 and GOO people arc expected
TO 60 from Richmond
y provisional company of the rich
nIond Elucs. about sixty men. and the
Eoy Scouts will leave this city Mon
,daN afternoon at o'clock arriving in
birmingham Tuesday afternoon At $50
o'clock. Both tho veterans train and
that on which the Blues will make
tho trim will be run directly south
through Charlotte and Atlanta. ON
tho return trip the veterans arc still
contemplating stopping over ono day
either in Atlanta or Charlotte. Tho
Scouts will act rs escorts to tho vct-
Grams on their way home.
RICHMOND GRANS
LEAVE MONDAY NIGHT
The third special train. that OF tho
Richmond GrayS Battalion. departs on
Ing through hshcvillc TO ChattanooSa.
| where practically all of Tuesday will
he spent, leaving late that night for
Birmingham. The battalion will spend
| "Wednesday and Thursday at tho re-
union. Friday in Atlanta. and Satur-
day in Charlotte. taking part in the
exercises held in that city on May 20
in celebration Of tho signing Of tho
Meckleuburg Declaration Of Indcpend-
cncc.
The final inspection OF tho Soy
Scouts Drum Corps will lac made this
evening in tho Capitol SQUARE by Colo
rcl 10 Ian, Stern, Colonel &. \. Demp.
sey. Major i. Fulmcr Bright and SOW
-ral other military Observers Mayor
Ainslie and others have been invited To
attend tho inspection.
As a rumor has hccn circulated in
Richmond to Tho effect that Veterans
will not he allowed To- wear cotton
union, Airs. J. El,dcrs Robinson. who is
in charge Of tho badges in this city, re-
Gues!ed the COMMANDMENT chief Of tho
veterans General Bennett II. Young,
through Mrs. w. J. Bchan, to issue
special order permitting the wearing
Of the badges by tho soldiers in gray
Ms Robinson received the following
reply Yesterday from Mrs. Bchan:
Just received following telegram
From Louisville signed Bcnuett H.
Young, No order necessary. \ veteran
has a right to wear any badge he
! Plea
GRAND PARADE: TO BE
HELD ON THURSDAY
The sponsors ball at the reunion will
Re held Tuesday night, and the reunion
ball Wednesday night The business
sessions of the reunion, for tho purpose
Of making reports and for tho cleo
tion Of officers, will be held Tuesday
and Wednesday, Thursday will he tho
big day. with parade that will equal
ii is said, tho one III Richmond last
YEAR. pr. j. Garnctt King. commander
IF tho Virginia Division. Sons Of Com
fedcratc Veterans. Will accompany tho
Richmond party leaving tomorrow
afternoon at $50 o'clock.
Announcement was made yesterday
ot the delegates TO tho reunion from
tho Grand Camp Confederate Veterans
OF Virginia, as follows:
Maj General j. Thompson Brown.
Virginia Division United Confederate
Veterans and RriGadicr-Gencral w. r.
Freeman. First Brigade. Virginia pivi-
sion, United Confederate Veterans. Tho
delegates from II. L. Lee Camp. No. l..
as follows:
pcleGates-John Lamb. w. Nick.
Evans, g. *. Roper Frank RI. Rahm. j.
u Taylor Stratton, David a. Brown. Jr.,
j. Tyler Jobson. W. Miles Cary, r. n.
Taylor. j. Taylor EIlyson, George l..
s Christian and ]. W. r. Farrar.
I Altcrnatcs--A. G. Pcay, n. NJ. Wal
3 thall T. Scott Gibbs, W. u. Wood. A.
T c. Wren. George r. Dean. j. Henry
+ krackc. w Il. Hall. w. y. Lightfoot.
d !. g. Robertson, J. J. Brewer and w.
[ T.. Moore.
Ieutcrant-G General Julian S. Carr. OF
Il Durham y C., commander Of the De-
g rartm"nt Of the Army Of Northern Wiz
= Sln'a has announced the names OF the
Il officers who will compose his staff at
n the reunion as follows:
. James Macgill. acknowledgement and
! chief "f staff, Ashland: y. II. Boydcn
assistant adjutant- general, Salisbury.
i, ~ 6. ~ Atkinson. assistant adjutaut =
general Petersburg: w. Mex Evans
assistant adjutant-Ecnerai. Richmond
Mortimer NJ Rogers. assistant adju-
tant-gcneral. Roanoke: y :. Pollock.
assistant adjU,ant general Pulaski: J.
w. Hamilton. uuartcruas tcr- general
= Durham. C.: W. shelton assistant
1uartcrma stcr- general. AshIand: s s.
Irookc, assistant uuartcrnaStcr-gc gen
q erai. Roanoke; NJ. n. IIarman. assistant
:. duartermas tcr- general LcXineton <
q C.: -. X flunikcn, assistant quarter
mastcr-Scntral. Columbia, S G.; G. IT,
, Han. commssary-G general. Red Springs
;, y. G.: 6. w. Woodward. assistant
= conmissary- general. Durham. y. c.:
;, ;. w. Paulottc. assistant comnissary-
!, general. Farmvi!c, Va: j. w Cline
!, dirst, assistant commSsary- general
- Now Market: W. u. Starting. assistan,
Co'u'nih3aiN-g Columbia, s. C..
NJ NJ. Euford, assistant comInissary
general. Newborry. s. G.; NJ. l.. lar
% rrt,. surgeon general Jarrcttsviilc
Is Md; Joshua lockwood. assistant sur.
8. gcon- general. Charleston. s. C.: Virgin
= JUS Harrison. ASSISTANT surgeon Scncr-
II al. Eichmonh: Elliott DcJarncttc as
j. s!Stant surgeon general. Ashlaud Ed
- ward Moore, chief Of artillery. LeXirg.
" ton: Boyd Smith. chief glncer, Min.
cral; J. Taylor Ellyson. inspcctor-gcn.