Luncheon served.
After the reception,
General Wheeler and his party were conducted to the luncheon, under the escort of the Board of Directors, who are
Mesdames Archer Anderson,
L. L. Lewis,
T. William Pemberton,
Miss Claire Guillaume,
Miss Jane M. Rutherfoord,
J. Arthur Lefroy,
Reginald Gilham,
Christopher Tompkins,
John Hunter,
William L. Sheppard,
F. D. Williams,
H. W. Hazard,
Edmund Strudwick,
Miss Margaret H. Lee and
W. D. Thomas.
Here
Mrs. William Sheppard and
Mrs. A. E. Warren were on hospitable duty, and were assisted by
Mrs. Thomas Jeffress.
Chocolate was served by
Mrs. R. B. Munford, coffee by
Mrs. John W. Harrison, meats by
Mrs. Lewis Aylett, oysters by
Mrs. Horace Hawes,
Mrs. William Parrish and
Misses Berta Wellford,
Margaret Branch,
Mary Lewis, Louise and
Adele Williams.
The following gentlemen of the Advisory Board were present:
Messrs. Virginius Newton,
Peter H. Mayo,
Colonel Archer Anderson and
Mr. Reginald Gilham.
There were many callers.
A reception was held at the
Confederate Museum from 4 to 8 o'clock, and many citizens and veterans availed themselves of the opportunity to greet the gallant hero.
General Wheeler, with
Mrs. Joseph Bryan,
President of the
Confederate Memorial Literary Society,
Mrs. James H. Dooley, and the ladies representative of the several State rooms—the Advisory Board and representatives of the
Veteran Camps and of that of the Sons—received the admiring host which continually thronged the
Museum building.
From the Museum,
General Wheeler returned with his party to Murphy's Hotel, and after partaking of supper, drove to the
Byrd-Street Station, whence he returned to
Washington.
To the gentlemen who accompanied him to the depot he expressed his pleasure at the ovation accorded him here, and said he hoped soon again to visit
Richmond.
