Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-31
GRAVES0F OUR DEAD
THOSE AT HOLLYWOOD DECORATED
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
PRAYER by DIR. Hoge Governors Mckinney
and Fowie and General Fitz
Lee the Speakers.

Beautiful HOLLYWOOD was VlsiJeu yes'oi-
day By thousands of people.
Never before was there such gathering
in those grounds OF veterans. young SOL
diers. and fair women TO do their part In
perpetuating the memory of those who
died while defending a cause dear to all
southern people.
In the morning many old soldiers went
out to the cemetery and looked with tear
full ewes upon the graves of Pickett, Hill,
Stuart, Pegram. and other noble leaders OF
the Confederacy. But 1t was the spot
where sleep 1900 southern dead that was
dearest to the hearts of the Veterans.
DECORATIONS.
In the early afternoon people went out
to the cemetery by the hundreds and thou;
sands. The crowd probably numbered
10000 when the public exercises began.
Many of those who went In the afternoon
carried fragrant flowers to add TO those
which in the forenoon had been placed
upon the graves.
The granite pyramid erected by the
Ladies' HOLLYWOOD Association to the
memory Of the fallen braves was the point
around which the people thronged- Inc
absence of notices was noticed, but III thelr
stead Confederate colors foated proudly
fusion of flags emblematic of the Lost
Cause. and these, with the coat-of- arms OF
each southern State upon q white flag with
blue border. made very pretty decoration
for the granite pile. All through the SOL
die1s' section we're Confederate colors:
Around the Pickett monument and tho
monument to the Otey battery were on
! twined wreaths of evergreens. and from
their tops foated the Confederate colors.
A sTRIKIS0 scESE-
Long before the procession arrived the
/ soldiers section was a mass OF humanity.
Men, women, and children found resting
places in the cooling shade and under every
tree. and on the slopes OF the hills they
gathered and waited the arrival of the pro-
/ cessiOn. -.
The little stand from which the public
/ exercises always take place Is on the hill
4 near the Pickett monument. II was deco;
/ rated very nicely with colors of white and
red.
The stand was in the hot sun with no
| shade within one hundred yards of 1t, ana
| the people, with few exceptions, Kept tnat
distance from il until the music OF the
/ bands announced that the procession was
| approaching. when they made break to
/ pet as near a. possible to the place from
! which the exercises would take place. A
wire was stretched around circle OF about
! half an acre and no one was admitted INTO
! the reserved space until those partlcl-
pating in the parade had been given the Ia
vored positions.
The PARADE.
The military and veterans who were, TO
! take part i'll the parade began TO rendez-
/ vous bv o'clock end half an hour later
they were in position ready for the forina-
tion of the line.
Colonel ]. V. Bidgood was chief marshal
| of the parade. His assistants were Mayor
j. TAYLOR Ellyson. Judge L. G. Minor, Ma
| Tor Thomas A. Brandcr, Captain A j;
/ Wray, and Colonel John Murphy; General
Charles j. Anderson commanded tho mill
tary
and Sons of Veterans formed on the south
side of Broad street between Sixth and
! Seventh, facing north, with right resting
| on Seventh street.
The brigade and regimental stats and
the First regiment formed on the north
! side of Broad street between Fifth and
Sixth, the right resting on Fifth street.
THE MARCH.
Ats o'clock TO the minute the line be-
can TO move in the following order:
Brigadier-tieneral c. J. Anderson and stafl ;
Chief Marshal bldgood and aides First kes,
meut Band L. u Gam drum-msJor; colonel
/ n. q. jones' First Virginia regiment and stan ;
First Virginia regiment, A Company. Fist Lieu
tonant &. G. Garrison COMMANDING: COM
pany. Captain +. Leslie Spence ID company
/ Captain Gssser. B Company. Captain j. T.
! Christian Z Company. Captain " Jones; Hos
! pital Corps. Lieutenant :. J. Dosweh, non,
mmissioned stan color guard blnes
Light Infantry Blues, Captain sol. Cutchins; 4.
L. Les Camp Confederate Veterans, second
| Lieutenant Commander A. O.. Evans commbhd-
| ing: Sons Of Confederate Veterans, Captain
I Ha ID.
federate Veterans, +. Z. Reeve commander.
The route of the procession was down
Fifth to Franklin. to Laurel. to Floyd ave
nue., to Cherry street, and thence to Holly
wood.
TIE LADIES.
The ladies of the Hollywood Memorial
Association and invited guests, in car
riages, awaited the arrival OF the military
at the of First and Franklin streets.
The line of carriages extended up Frank
lin street beyond Jefferson, and fell into
the procession in rear of Pickett Camp:
In the front hack was Governor and Mrs.
Mckinney and friends; IN the second DR..
Minnigerode and wife and DR.. Hoge. IN
the third General and Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee
and Others. and in the fourth Governor
! Fowle. of North Carolina.
HURRAH FOR JOHNSTON.
While the line was in place rest on
Franklin street awaiting the falllng-in OF
the carriages General Joseph Z. Johnston
stroled up the street alone. He was recog-
niZed at once by the veterans. and many OF
them, after giving three hearty cheers,
ran up and shook hands with him.
Just before the entrance to Hollywood
was reached the command trail arms
was given. the band played Nearer, Ny
| God, TO Thee" and the drums sounded the
long roll.
THE ARRIVAL.
The Blues, headed by their band and
| followed by the Lee and Pickett Camps OF
Veterans and the Sons of Veterans, entered
| bv the Beverley y-street gate and marched
into the circle and around the stand The
other part of the procession came In AZ
the main entrance and along by the sol
diers' monument, and when all participa-
ting in the parade had gotten within the
reserved space the people on the outside
were admitted-as many of them as could
get standing-room within the circle.
ON THE STAND.
The following persons occupied the seats
on the stand: Governors Mckinney and
| Fowle. General Fitz Lee, Rev. Drs. Hoge
and M,nnigerode, Misses Mildred and Mary
Lee. Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee, Mrs. w. II. +. Lee
Mrs. b. II. Nash, and Mrs. p. ". McKin-
new.
Governor Mckinney, VINO nad Deen re
uuested by the Hollywood ladies to pre-.
side, called on the people to be silent, and
DR.. Hoge was presented to make the
prayer.
DIR. HoGE's PRAYER.
DR.. Hoge said
o God most high. most holy, most mer:
ciful, with lowly reverence of spirit and
with hearts subdued by the hallowed me.
mories of the past and by the tender offices
Of this hour. we come to present to Thee
our humble homage.
Beneath these clear and quiet skies
which bend over US like the hollow of Thy
protecting hand, we gather in this conse-
Grated place, where so many dear to II:
have been laid to rest, to be reminded
afresh of our obligations to those who at
the call of duty perilled all. and for the
principles dearer to them than life sacri.
feed all and died, committing their soul:
to God and their memories to us who sur
vive them.
We would be faithful 10 the sacred trust
We would perpetuate the story of their
patriotic valor, their devotion TO honor,
truth. and freedom, not only by the flowers
we scatter on their graves-prophetic OF
the resurrection of the just and of the