Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-20
IN MEMORY or LEE.
Tributes to His Worth Paid to Him By
Friend and Foe.

Tributes to His Worth Paid to Him BY
Friend and Foe.
Many tributes to the memory Of Robert E.
Lee were paid last night. r. E. Lee Camp,
Confederate Veterans, Of Richmond, gave q
banquet There were only four set toasts,
which were responded to as follows: 1.-THE day
We celebrate" Maj. Charles y. stringfellow;
Virginia" Gov. p. W. Mckinney; 'Rich-
mond, )" Mayor J. Taylor Ellyson; 'Iee Camp,
Commander Alexander W. Archer.
Gen. Lees birthday was celebrated at Fred
ericksburg yesterday by o military and civic
parade. Many of the houses werc decorated
with the stars and stripes and the confederate
battle flags. The stars and stripes were carried
in line by nearly all of the parading organize
tons. Capt. D. NJ. Lee was chief marshal.
In Petersburg at sunrise a salute of thirteen
guns was fired at Central Park by the r. E.
Lee battery Of artillery and another salute of
forty-three guns at noon, and at sunset there
was salute Of fifteen guns. At II o'clock
there was parade Of the military. The exer-
cises at the Academy Of Music consisted Of
prayer by Rev. G. ]. Gibson, DID,, and an ad-
dress by Mayor Charles F. Collier.
The procession at Norfolk was composed Of
civic societies. military and ex-confederate
veterans. There we're ex-confederates in line
who had not appeared in line since the war
The banks at Danville were closed, but
otherwise there was no formal observance of
Gen; Lees birthday. Very few people took a
holiday and business went on much the same
- usual.
Lees birthday, which is a legal holiday in
Georgia, was celebrated at Atlanta under the
auspices OF the Virginia Society. Banks and
public offices were closed and the post Office
kept regular holiday hours. Tonight at the
burg, Va, delivered an address to the public
upon ''Lee and the Defense of Petersburg"
Yesterday was observed as a holiday in Sa-
vannah and the different exchanges were closed.
There was an enthusiastic celebration last
night at the Carrollton in Baltimore under the
auspices Of the Maryland Society Of the Army
and Navy Of the Confederate States Gen.
Wade Hampton was the lion Of the evening.
Congressman Hooker of Mississippi, Col. Henry
Kyd Douglas, Private James r. Wheeler, Col
J. Thomas Scharf, Gen. Joseph L. Brent and
Maj. Wigfall were the principal speakers after
Senator Hampton. Prof. F. Nichols Crouch,
author Of Kathleen Mavourneen," wore the
gray uniform in which he fought as a member
OF the Richmond Howitzers. Confederate and
federal songs were heartily sung. Gen. Brad
was presented with q massive gold badge Of the
society.
The first annual dinner. Of the Confederate
Veteran camp Of New York at the New York
Hotel last night brought together many promi-
nent men from all parts of the Union. This
e0nP 40 sauu W De the ufst eX-cOnIeuerate Or
ganization north Of the Potomac since the war.
Col Dickinson made the opening address and
the following toasts we're responded to: "The
memory Of Lee," Col. Chas. Marshall of Balti-
more; LET us have peace" Gen. Sickles; 1.-THE
confederate veterans" Gen. VIM. C. Oates of
Alabama; Sour Countrywide United States"
Col. Chas. 7. O'Ferrall Of Winchester, Va.
The soldier journalist Of '61'65," Col. John A.
Cockerill; "Our old home-the SOUTH" Hon.
Benton Mcmillan of Nashville, Tenn, and "Our
soldier dead" was drunk in silence. Miss Win
ME Davis was a spectator.