Annual reunion.
After the services at the monument were over,
Mosby's men met at their headquarters and selected the old officers:
Lieutenant Ben. Palmer,
Commander;
Private John H. Alexander,
Lieutenant-Commander; and
Rev. Syd.
Ferguson,
Chaplain.
They passed resolutions of thanks to the ladies and veteran camp at
Front Royal for their entertainment, and ordered a telegram to be sent
Colonel Mosby regretting his absence and renewing their assurance of love and admiration for him.
The Camp also endorsed the action of the committee in locating the monument where it is, and thanked them for their labors.
The next reunion was voted to be at Fairfax Courthouse.
Altogether it was a delightful occasion.
Among those present, besides
Major Richards and
General Payne, were
Captain S. F. Chapman, who commanded the
Confederates at
Front Royal when the men were captured who mere hung and shot;
Captain Fountain Beattie,
Captain Joseph Nelson,
Lieutenant Frank Rahm,
Lieutenant Ben. Palmer,
Lieutenant John Page, and
Colonel Thomas Smith, of
Warrenton.
