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nor's Horse Guard, of Atlanta, were enthusiastically greeted by the veterans, who remembered him as leading them on many a glorious field.

CONFEDERATE CHAPLAINS.

Dr. J. William Jones was greeted by a number of his old com- rades as he marched in the ranks of Lee Camp. One said : " You brought me off the field at Cross Keys, where I lost my arm," and the Doctor replied, ** I take off my hat to * brave old Tom with the empty sleeve.' '* Another said : ** I have at home now the Bible you gave me at Petersburg," and several others : " You baptized me in the army.''

Rev. Dr. James Nelson, of Staunton, who was chaplain in the Forty-fourth Virginia, after serving in the ranks of the Twenty-third Virginia, and Rev. Dr. C. F. James, of Roanoke, who was a private in the Eighth Virginia regiment, marched in the file with Dr. Jones the latter part of the march.

lee's daughter weeps.

When the statue was unveiled amid salvos of artillery and the shouts of the crowd Miss Mary Lee was seen wiping away the un- bidden tears. She was doubtless thinking not of the great soldier, but of the tender, loving father, who used to be the joy of the dear old home at Arlington and Lexington.

PLACING WREATHS.

The Lee and the Jackson Monuments were decorated by members of the Louisiana Division, Army Northern Virginia of New Or- leans. Colonel T. A. Faries, Colonel D. A. Given and C. S. Caw placed wreaths of white immortelles with purple letters on each of the monuments.

SOLDIERS PRESENT A LAMB.

Company " E," of the Fifth regiment of Maryland, presented Company E, of the First regiment of Virginia, with a beautiful little white lamb, which they brought from Baltimore, which uniquely represents an emblem of peace. The Virginia company returned the compliment by tendering Company E, of the Fifth regiment, a handsome reception in the evening.