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The Momiment to General Robert K Lee, 283

Wise's brigade, Thirty-fourth Virginia, General Peyton Wise in command ; A. P. Hill veterans; Great Southern's Band and veterans of the Fifth Maryland regiment ; Ed. Murry Camp of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, commanded by J. B. Trulock ; Confederate Veterans of Alexandria, with flag of Alexandria' Light Infantry ; Carpenter's Battery and Stonewall Brigade.

MEXICAN VETERANS.

The following is a list of the Mexican veterans who joined in the parade : Robert G. Scott, captain Company A, First regiment Vir- ginia volunteers ; John Poe, private. Company A, First regiment Virginia volunteers ; Josiah Heller, Company H, First regiment Vir- ginia volunteers ; James,H. Barnes, Company E, First regiment Vir- ginia volunteers ; Theoderick Nunnally, Company G, First regiment Virginia volunteers; William M. Yates, Company M, First regiment Virginia volunteers ; W. H. Britt, Company D, First regiment Vir- ginia volunteers; Charles A. Jones, Company C, First regiment Pennsylvania volunteers; Robert Thomas, Ruggle's battery. United States army; John Rutter, Voltigeur regiment. United States army; Henry J. Richardson, United States navy ; James Levar, Company A, Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteers ; Andrew L. Crouch, First Alabama regiment ; Charles J. Jones, Company I, First regiment Virginia volunteers.

These veterans were commanded by Captain Scott, first captain of the Richmond Grays, and who volunteered for the Mexican war. There are few of them residents of this city, but among them are Generals D. H. Maury, B. D. Fry, D. A. Weisiger, Dr. J. L. M. Curry, and Major John Poe, all of whom were in the procession.

J. Bowie Strange Camp, Confederate Veterans, 200 men, General T. L. Rosser commanding, Charlottesville, Va.

Camp Garrett Veterans, 30 men. Captain C. L. Thompson com- mander, Huntington, W. Va.

Winchester camp. Colonel E. Holmes Boyd commander, Win- chester, Virginia.

Louisa county, Virginia, 82 men, Colonel T. Smith commander.

Frederick county Maryland camp. Rev. C. Randolph Page com- mander.

Thirteenth Virginia Infantry, 210 men, Major R. O. Peatross com- mander, Caroline county, Virginia.

Randolph Thirtieth Virginia Infantry, 30 men. Lieutenant M. H. Wilson commander, Beverley, West Virginia.