Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-12-02

perste. Bnt the or,ier i Imperative
and it Is no, their part TO question
only to obey. Our gallant brigadier.
with full heart. passes along the line,
changes the direction. sees that all is
ready. then. with bright blade waving
high. with clear command cries For
ward, aud leads the way.
IL was but little way 10 60. As
the line. well preserved, passed into
the opening just beyond, burst Of
J -ilame aud shot and shell seemed 10
Keep the devoted baud from earth.
To advance was impOssible--the odds
ahead were too fearfully apparent; to
reaaain was simple madness. There
ssss- 40 alternative Aaa 30 thss-as4lss
TO retire Was given, and when the
little handful Was assembled, under
the command OF the gallant Torsch,
further down the slope the survivors
looked around with wonder that even
they were left alive. Of the leo who
started to climb the slope more than
2uU fell; some, In the confusion of the
night engagement, had Wandered into
the enemy lines; al! Of the staff and
Murray, the first captain gone, Murray
dead nearly AT the loot oi the entrench-
nents. Such is the simple story that
this tablet tells.
Comrades, We have together shared
tills and dangers that knit our hearts
as one, by ties the strongest that man
can Know, and Of all the memories
that cluster abou. our hearts there are
none that appeal more strongly to our
tenderest affections and to our pride
than those that are immediately re-
called by our cermonIes of today, and
| cannot but feel and give expression
10 the feeling that have been honor
ed far above my deserving in having
been selected as the organ Of Your
feelings and affections on an occasion
such as this. Conscious OF the many
obligations under which your unvary-
ing kindness and goodwill laid me
when associated together in the hon
ora ole career OF arms, retv upon your
Kindness and iOrbearance II | have not
come up tc the luii measure uf Your
expectations, la few and simple words
! have recalled the story We would
not willingly let die. 4 tongue more
eloquent and heart less full might
have done 1t ampler justice.
Comrades, We 10 TO oar homes when
our ceremonies are over conscious of
having performed "a most sacred duty.
la the time 10 come some one OF us
may stand under tie shadow of tins
monument TO tell Of the labor and
WORK OF dear companions gone to those
who know Of our days OF sacrifice and
devotion only As matters Of old tradi-
tion, and the reply may rise to the
lips, And yet YOU failed, and YOU
shall say, Not SO; not SO. Failure Is IN
duty lett undoue. Oheying the call
of sacred obligation, w did our part
a. best We might. trusting for cur
justification to the God that ruled our
hearts and had our cause in hand. TO
Hun and 10 llI- viii We bowed.
And how, sir, II Is my duty aud nv
great pleasure to turn over to the
charge of the association which you
represent this memorial Of the deeds
Of the sons of Mary land whose cause
was lost in the clash 0: arms. You
will guard it we'll, not as tribute to
the cause that's dead, but as an added
ptge to the gre 1t record YOU have in
charge record which belongs to no
section and TO no time. the JOINT he,l-
tage Of the North and OF the South,
and Of right to be transmitted in all
Its fullnes to the ages yet 10 come.