Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-01

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THE FINAL RESTING SPOT.
leans to Richmond, though only bunch wild Of
| flowers, having been carefully preserved and
carried out to the cemetery in carriages to DO
| laid in the grave.
| This lies on plateau which sweeps gently to-
ward the James on one side and toward some
rising ground on the other. To the left. as one
faces the river, the little plain slopes easily to-
ward woods, through which roads can be
seen descending toward Richmond. Toward
the right is bold bluff.
On this bluff the cavalry and artillery were
drawn up, the view on that side resting on
long line of the plumes and guidons of the
former and the caissons and guns of the latter
arm, the pieces being numbered, ready for the
funeral salute The infantry were drawn up
extending to the woods
Between the in ner circle of dignitaries and
delegations and the outer circle OF troops asso-
citation after association of confederate veterans
formed a third ring Of large proportions. Nine
out Of ten Of these organizations wore gray uni
| forms and light SLOUGH hats. The South Caro-
metto rosettes. The Maryland veterans had
the quaint but handsome black and yellow col
ors of Baltimore, which are taken from the
armorial bearings Of Lord Baltimore. Most
every camp had u battle flag and a fife and drum
corps.
The display of veterans WAS undoubtedly
much greater than at the unwilling of the Lee
monument, and never since the war have so
many confederate soldiers been seen in one
body in Richmond: They marched in fours
headed BY mounted officers, and swiftly and
steadily assuming the places assigned them,
seemed to come in endless succession. Except
for the absence Of muskets and swords it was
as if the confederate armies we're OIL the march
once moro.
As the veterans poured by the carriage in
which Miss Winnie sat one fife and drum corps
after another softly played a dead march. But
when the Maryland men came up their band
gave Nearer, My God to Thee, and the daugh-
ter of the confederacy burst into tears and hid
her face in her handkerchief.
sEvENrY-FIvE THOUSAND PRESENT.
When the military movement was complete
the coffin. the open grave and the family were
surrounded by three solid walls of men Out
side this triple circle dense crowd Of
thousands upon thousands.
There were fewer military present than there
were at the Lee monument unwilling i'll 1890, but
| the number of veterans was much greater. and
the popular, outpouring Of today perhaps
tive estimate is that $4,000 people were on the
streets and in Hollywood cemetery.
AT Tue GRAVE.
| Arriving at the grave the military formed in
| the avenue to the right. overlooking the bluff
| The veterans assembled in the avenue to the
left. The ladies' auxiliary camps occupied the
section east Of the grave. The family of the
deceased. pallbearers, escort OF honor, officers
| and the officiating clergvmen took places
around the grave. The other organizations in
the procession remained in their respective po-
sition until the services were over.
As soon as everything was in readiness the
Stonewall Band Of Staunton played n funeral
dirge composed by Prof. Jacob Rinehart. Rev.
VIM. Munford then read selection OF Scripture.
Bishop Thompson of Mississippi was to have
taken part in the services. but he was unable to
come. Rev. DIR. W. W. Landrum then read the
hymn ''How Firm a Foundation" which was
sung by the crowd.
DIR. HoGE's PRAYER
At the close of the hymn DR.. Hoge stepped
forward and said: Let us pray" and nearly
every head in the vast assemblage was bowed.
DR.. Hoge said:
30 God. most high most holy, most merci-
full, with lowly reverence of spirit and with
hearts subdued by the halowed memories Of
the past and the tender offices of the hour. we
invoke Thy gracious presence and benediction.
Beneath these quiet skies which bend
| over us like the hollow of Thy sheltering
hand. in Thy good providence we
gather in this consecrated place Around
us rest all that is mortal of patriot
sages and soldiers whose virtue and valor
gave luster to our historic annals and who. at
the call of duty, having consecrated their
lives to the tolls allotted to them, died, COM
| hitting their souls to God and their
memories to us who survive them. BY
| Thy help, Lord God of truth and Justice,
! we will be faithful to our trdst We will per-
| fnafn of oil vho nv si,,fa Tod
| service and heroic sacrifice struggled to MAIN
| tain the empire Of principle in the world, and
| who with honor stainless and conscience in
| violate fulfilled their task.
Now numbered among the immortal dead,
| they still live enshrined i'll tho souls of those
who love them all the more for what they suf-
fered and who cherish their memories with I'M
| dying devotion.
accept our thanks, gracious Father that we
have accomplished the sacred undertaking of
giving to our. honored chief his appropriate
resting place among those who shared with him
| the joys of victory and the sadness of defeat
| and who followed the banner, now forever
furled. with the fortitude which no reverse
| could shake and which no disaster could ex-
\ tinguish.
| down beside the river whose waters sing their
perpetual requiem and amid the flowers which
speak OF the resurrection of the Just and of the
land where death never withers the affections,
| which bloom III beauty and fragrance ever
| more.
| I'VE look up from the open grave to the open
| heaven where Thou dost live and reign and
| where all who have died in the true faith do
live and reign with Thee in glory everlasting.
| 'In this, the hour of their freshly awakened
sorrow, . Father, most tender and loving in
the plenitrde of Thy compassion, remember
and comfort Thine handmaiden and all dear to
her. Thou husband of the widow and father to
the fatherless, be Thou their strength, their
| song and their salvation.
| Lord God of hosts! We beseech Thee to sus-
! tain and cheer the veteran survivors of the
war, who, with ever diminishing numbers and
with ever ncreasingburdens OF age and infirmlty,
await their final discharge and inal recompense.
Almighty God, author of peace and lover of
concord, now that the sorrows and desoatlons
| Of war have been for so many years exchanged
| for the blessings Of peace, may all animosities
be buried in the grave, and may all the inhabi-
tants of this great land, from north to south,
and from east to west. learn more and more to
cherish the relations which unite them as chill
dren of one Father. and as citizens of one
country.
"May mutual regard for each others interests,
happiness and rights become the noble law of
national life. May freedom, founded on justice
and guarded by constitutional law. with religion
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