Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-06
NOTES OF THE REUNION.

good as half dozen dead men yet"
Jack" oBrien of New Orleans. one
Of the few survivors of the noted
Louisiana Tigers" entertained a group
or OF veterans at the camp near the Capt.
they wiped us out after our desperate
charge at Gettysburg" he said. but
they We're mistaken. 1t is true we did
we furnished tigers for number Of
Confederate regiments and put some
vim In them. There were many Irish
men like myself in the Louisiana
Of French extraction. Our slogan was:
Wen fght 1t out while there's a man
Of us left and we lived. up to 1t, even
If many of the boys died for it,
The infantrymen of stonewaIl jack
sons command were designated as .fcot
cavalry" because Of the rapidity Of
his batteries were known as dying
artillery" Attending the reunion is
served in Rice's Battery. McIntosh's
Battalion. under Gen. stonewall Jack
SON.. This battery participated in all
the hard-fought battles of the Army of
Northern Virginia and lost by death
Capt. Rices and Capt Wooding. Capt.
Price was the last commander at the
surrender Of Gen. Lee.
Perhaps the youngest member Of Gen.
Forests Cavalry Corps. J. C. Hooks
OF Luray. Va, is reunion visitor. He
says he was little over twelve years
Of age when he enlisted in Company
fore his enlistment he says he was
hung by the neck by detachment of
Federal cavalry in trying to extort
from him some information concerning
Forests men. who were then not more
than fifty miles away. He was not
seriously injured. but determined to be
come one Of FORESTS men in gray.
The wild and woolly Texas Rangers
Of the civil war are represented at the
reunion by several gray-haired, gray
coated rough riders of Dixie One OF
them. Daniel Harrison Of near Fort
Worth. was with Gen. Jeb Stuart when
he made his raid around McClellan's
army: Later he was captured within
the Union lines and tncarcerated in the
old Capitol prison in this city on sus-
night that he was kindly treated by
young woman named Easily while
here. and II she is living he would like
Wheeler's noted cavalry corps is rep
resented at the reunion by several
Fighting joe" One Of these is David
B. Morgan, who, with Mrs. Morgan is
stopping at the st. James Hotel. He
served in Company I. 9Th Georgia Cav
y
engagements while following Gen.
Sherman's army on its march to the
sea and back again. participating in the
closing scene at Bentonville. N. c.. in
the fight there with Kilpatrick's Fed
eral Cavalry.
Two appointments made at a meeting
Of the Ridgely Brown Chapter. U. D. c..
of Montgomery county recently were
Miss Maria Waters of Germantown,
Md. as sponsor, and Miss Louise Crit
fifth Mobley as maid Of honor. Miss
Waters is a cousin of Miss Sellman,
president Of the chapter, and Miss Mob
ley is granddaughter Of the late
Judge David Griffith, who was first
cousin of Col. Rideely Brown. for whom
the chapter is named. and who was In
his company-A, LIST Maryland-during
the civil war.
Gen. and Mrs. Frank A. Bond have
arrived in Washington from North
Carolina for the reunion, the general
representing North Carolina as COM
tain Of Company A, LIST Maryland. when
Col. Ridgely Brown was colonel. and
was afterward adjutant general of
Maryland under John Lee Carroll
The presentation of the badges for
the ladies of the Louisiana division Of
the United Confederate Veterans, who
arrived yesterday. took place in the
at 7:30 o'clock.
Gen. George H. Tichernor. command
err of the division. personally made the
presentation to Miss Adelia Laycock of
Baton Rouge. La, sponsor for the divi-
sion. Representative ]. Y. Sanders of
who once was Governor of
made the presentation to
Miss Bertha Bolton of Alexandria, La,
first maid Of honor. Senator J. K. Rams
dell made the presentation to Miss
rD nf To
second maid Of honor. Representative
H. Garland Dupree made the presehta-
ton to Mrs. H. L. Cranberry, chaperon;
Representative Albert Estopinal made
of Lake Charles. matron of honor. and
Lazarro made the pres
to Miss Bessie Madison, alter
nate maid of honor.
feature of the exercises was the
recitation Of an original poem by Miss
Clara Killian.
Gen. George Fl. Tichernor, command
ing the Louisiana division. brought on
his train to Washington III veterans of
his division. Seven veterans from the
Soldiers Home at New Orleans and
eleven members of the Association of
the Army of Northern Virginia. Army
of Tennessee and Washington Artillery.
with others from Louisiana. swelled the
number to $50.
Confederate veterans are strong for
the Red Cross They are very appre- |
ciative Of arrangements made by the
District Chapter of the Red Cross for
their comfort and to render first aid in
and cases of exhaustion or overexer- |
ton A first-aid station has been es- |
tablished at Union station for the entire |
week of the reunion and every effort
Is being made to give medical and nurs- |
ing service, day and night. The Ter
minal Railway Company and its medi- |
cal STAFF have heartily co-operated In
assistance. The doctors from private |
practice who have donated their time
in maintaining this service are Drs. r. |
A. Fisher. F. w. Braden, Francis Nc |
Qufllan, G. c. Clark, ]. H. Digges, ]. F.
Hilton, A. n. Valentine. n. f. Webb, r.
F. Dunmire, r. c. Ruedy. NJ. H. Pros |
peri. w. P. Wood. F. H. Miner and Louis
mittee.
The Red Cross nurses assigned to the |
relief station for duty are Miss Marie |
st. Sebastian and Mrs. Grace NJ. Saffell |
The Confederate veterans receiving
treatment at the service station are
very enthusiastic In their praise of the ,
American Red Cross.
James A Bet me of Camp No. III.
y. c. ", of {. . District. calls atten-
ton to the following facts about the
bronze crosses worn by the Confed-
crate veterans on the left lapels of
their coats:
The crosses are made from bronze
cannon captured by the Union soldiers
the war of 1S61-1S65. When the United
Daughters Of the Confederacy per-
fected their organization after the war
the federal government gave these