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Misunderstanding at Richmond Blues' military reception led to Captain Patton's reply to W. W. Seaton's welcome and J. H. Bradley's Fair speech being prematurely cut off by the escort's hasty march command.
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An acknowledgment was certainly intended to have been made by Captain Patton to the neat and felicitous speech of Mr. Seaton, and the fact of none being made might make the Richmond company appear to a disadvantage, and we state this fact as due to them, that the command to march was given entirely too soon, and the Blues might rightly have wondered into whose hands they had fallen.
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speeches by captain patton and j. h. bradley were cut off due to premature command to march, potentially making the richmond blues appear at a disadvantage.
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At the military reception of the Richmond Blues, either through misunderstanding or precipitancy of the escort, Captain Patton's reply to W. W. Seaton's welcome speech at the depot and J. H. Bradley's intended speech at the Fair were unceremoniously cut off. An acknowledgment was intended by Captain Patton to Mr. Seaton's speech, but the command to march was given too soon.