Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-14
VETERANS OF RICHMOND
! LEAVE FOR BIRMINGHAM
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ellyson Heads
Advance Guard Bound for
Reunion.
EXERCISES BEGIN on TUESDAY
Maids of Honor and Sons
Go This Afternoon, While Blues,
Grays and Boy Scouts Will Depart
To-Niorrow Night.

The advance guard from Richmond
to the Confederate Reunion next week
composed of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES J..
Taylor Ellyson and others, left this
scity yesterday afternoon To assist in
completing final arrangements for the
scomfort Of the veterans before the
farrive in Birmingham. In this metro
spolitan city OF the South or Tuesday,
"Wednesday and Thursday there will be
held the annual reunion of those who
thought for the Stars and Bars.
Around tho camp fires at the reunion
tales of fighting and camp life will bo
sretold, and the veterans will 1.-Two over
again the days that tried mems souls.
Estimates made last hight from reports
/ by the local railroads werc that be-
tween 900 and 600 people from Rich
mond would attend the reunion, travel
Ing in special trains.
The Veterans. Sons Of Veterans,
sponsors and maids Of honor will leave
Richmond tonight ut ESQ o'clock in
"a special train, arriving in Birming-
ham tomorrow afternoon ut !:i5
o'clock. The Il. s. Chew Camps. Sons
OF Confederate Veterans. OF Frcdcricks-
burg. Will also travel on this train.
which will give the wcarcrs of the
gray time to get u night of unhroken
sleep before the reunion opens on
Tuesday.
ACCA TEMPLE BAND
WILL GO WITTY TRAYS
The provisional company OF Blues
and the Fife and Drum Corps OF tho
Roy Scouts Will leave tomorrow after
|3noon at q o'clock, travelling direct to
Birmingham. The Richmond Grays de-
Ipart at 1880 o'clock tomorrow night,
travelinG through AsheVillc and Chat
tnnooga, stopping on Tuesday in the
latter place. This battalion has cX-
blended n number Of invitations to city
%officials and others to liz their guests.
and several are cXpcztcd to
1t.
Announcement was made yesterday
that the Acca Temple Patrol Band
would the CrayS and act
as their escort in the parade on Thurs
day. The Grays, who will stop in At
1anta and Charlotte on the return trip,
will carry their own caterer and sleep
OF the train.
About fifty members Of tho 10y
Scout Buele. Fife and Drum Corps viii
make the trip. taking part in all cclc-
brations at the reunion. Accompany
ing the Rlucs, they Will he in charge
Sof Scout Executive &. l.. Weaver. Drum
Major 4. S. MacFarlano and BUSINESS
Manager T. Q. Heinrich. They will hc
in their cars. which VIII hc
parked at tho station.
The final inspection OF the corps was
made yesterday afternoon NJ 5 o'clock
Hin Capitol Square, where they were put
throuEh a vigorous test by Colonel 10
lane Stern and Colonel G. a. Dempsey.
The troop made an excellent showing.
JUDGE GOoLRICK WILL
DELIVER FAMOUS ADDRESS
The reunion will he formally opened
on Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock In
the Biiou Theatcr, where the Veterans
Sons of Veterans, and members of tho
Confedcrated Southern Memorial As
sociation Will be welcomed to tho city
on behalf of Birmingham, the State OF
Alabama, and every organization in the
city. There Will be more than Il dozen
welcoming addresses, which will, how
lever, he limited to short talks
s Featuring the afternoon session will
abe an address on the "Contcderate
Soldier" by Judge John II. Goolrick,
of Fredericksburg. y reunion OF the
VETERANS will be held late in the af-
ternoon at Capitol Park, n banquet on
Tuesday night in honor OF the presi-
d~ent-Ecneral OF the United Daughters
OF the Confederhcy, and a ball at TO
O'CLOCK to tho veterans, wives. daurh-
ters, sponsors and maids. The annual
Grafton will be delivered by Irwin S.
Cobb, the well-snown writer.
Wednesday will be devoted to huai-
ness sessions, interrupted at the noon
hour by the memorial exercises TO he
held under the auspices OF United Con-
federate Veterans. The official parade
of the maids and sponsors will be hold
IN the afternoon, and a thcater party
and ball at night.
The grand parade OF the veterans
Sons OF Veterans sponsors and maids,
and other orFaEAzatf ons. Will be held
at 10 o'clock on Thursday morning.
with a sham-battle at the fair grounds
at 5 O'clock in the afternoon, p@artici-
Datcd in 10y the Alabama National
Guard, field artillery and the First
Texas Battalion OF the United Con-
federate Veterans.
SONS OF VETERANS
WILL ALSO HOLD SESSION
The Sons Of Confederate Veterans
kwM also hold their twenty-first an
nual reunion. meeting tomorrow even
ing. Rev. j. Cleveland Hall, OF Dan
willie. will deliver the invocation.
The Confederated Southern Memorial