The Washington times., 1917-06-04

At noon the women o. Manassas
will serve q luncheon for the veterans
Automobiles and carriages VIII BE
provided to take them over the battle
zelda
The secretary Of the reception com
naittes is Lieut.. George c. Round, q
Union veteran and keeper Of the Man
assaS battle grounds.
The veterans are looking forward
TO the visit TO Bull Run with the
keenest anticipation. as hundreds Of
them saw service there.
WITH THE VETERANS
Jus, Some sidsIishts on Capitals
Honerod Visitors.
obadiah Jenkins, eiehty-two, who
arrived from Chattanooga. Tenn,
well remembers his age, but not
his regiment Jenkins said today that
he was shifted around among 90 many
campo during the civil war that he
has forgotten come OF their designa,
tions. He gave q realistic account Of
the battle of Gettysburg.
q. w. Roper, OF Sylvester. Ca, has
arrived, Sylvester was the nag nag
De4EGE IN SDAApang e. AhAA1 SSNA . -
Infantry, under General Beaureguard.
He still carries Z wound received
while holding the nag Of the Third"
on high.
W. w. Gibson, from Biloxi, is an
other recent arrival At the Union
station. After taking q view OF the
Capitol. 0ibson made straight for the
~tent city"
ssThs Confederate veteran" the
official magazine Of the soldiers In
gray, received q wide sale today At
stores.
Henry A. Lee. q veteran OF the
Richmond campaign. and his black
bulldog "RebeI" reached town yester-
day from Atlanta, Ga
Late arrivals at the Union Station
include @. W. smithson. Rocky
Mount, n. C. Joel Lee, Camp No. 20,
Besiey. n. C, and W. H. Lipseomb,
Richmond Va
Bob" France, Of the Fortie.n vir-
Einia Infantry, Confederate Army.
landed in town yesterday.
Rev. DIT. Randolph MeKim, chaplain
Of Camp III. OF the veterans,
has announced that a room has
been set aside for the use Of his
comrades In the parish hall of the
Church Of the Epiphany on q street
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets northwest.
Major Pullman will augment his 20
lice force for the handling OF the big
Confederate parade on Thursday with
100 men from the police force IN Bal
timore. Detectives from all parts of
the country have promised to be on
hand to aid Inspector Grants force to
protect the visitors and residents OF
the city from crooks.
Gen. J. Cotton Lynes. former adju.
tant general OF the Georgia division.
L. c. v, and a member OF the stan Of
commander-in-chief Harrison, Is stop
ping with N. L. Henderson, zoos
Eleventh street north vest.
Somewhere in washington Is a Con
federate veteran who. though eighty.
i've years OF age, IL today bowed by
grief, not by his years. w. S. HALEY
r. his name and he halls from Cincin.
natl, Ohio. HALEY lost his tickets and
other credentials while on the train
coming here for the reunion. Con
duetor c. F. Carper. who lives at 7a5
Third street. fortunately found the
papers. but has been unable to locate
Haley.
The special committee named by the
North Carolina Society TO arrange for
the entertainment OF visiting veterans
IL composed Of DR.. Wade H. Atkinson.
chairman; Mrs. II. 81. Moselsy, Mrs.
II. z. c. Bryant. j. Roy Price. Peter
n Wilson. Thomas II. Robertson. SEN
ator George B. Mcleod. Samuel I.
Rogers. Whitehead Kluttz, W. w.
Scott. Dr.. Thomas Linville, and Col.
Robert w. Lassiter.
George II. Anderson. Of the Virginia
cavalry, from sumniersviile. W. va
who has attended nearly ali on tbs
twenty-Beven reunions. said this
morning that he was convinced that
the one here will be the finest"
The last time Capt Maurice 7.
Camp. veteran from Granville
county. North Carolina, was here
the Capitol was surTounded with
shrubbery, he Informed his eompan-
ions this morning. Suns hot" he