Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-16
Stauntolt Spectator.
WEDNESDAY, MAY16
MARY WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
Cerem onies AtrendIngi its Unwilling

was crowded with strangers, gathered
to attend the ceremonies of the dedica-
ton of the Mary Washington monu-
ment. The city was deliberately deco
rated and the weather was all that
could be desired The Governor with
his staff aud the military companies
from Richmond arrived shortly after
$50 o'clock that morning, and about
an hour afterwards the train with the
President and his party and the Alex
andria Light Infantry and Alexandria
Washington Lodge of Masons arrived.
They were enthusiastically received
and a salute was fired in honor of the
President. In the Presidents party
were Secretary and Mrs. Gresham,
Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle, Secretary
and Miss Morton, Secretary and Mrs.
Lamont, PostmasterGe Bissell,
Private Secretary and Mrs. Thurber
and many distinguished men in public
life. They were met at the station by
a committee who escorted the special
guests to the Mary Washington house
where an informal lunch was rendered
to President Cleveland.
The Governor and his staff, at the
head of the State troops, were drawn
up in line to receive the Presidential
party. All the local organizations
were formed ready to move as soon as
the President and his cabinet entered
carriages.
After short wait the procession
moved through the principal streets OF
the city.
The military were in command OF
Adiutant-G General Charles j. Anderson.
The military were as follows: Govern
or's escort, Richmond Light Infantry
Blues and band, Capt. Cutchins; Com
pany F, Alexandria,, and drum corps,
Capt. Geo. A. Mushbach; Company f,
and Company G, of Richmond, and
drum corps, surgeon and hospital
corps in command of Capt. &. W.
Anderson; Battery A, Richmond
Howzers, and band, Capt. John A
Hutcheson. The procession moved as
follows -
1st-Ladies OH horseback, Miss Rosalit
Bankhead of Stafford county, in command
CoStume-black habit and hat with plume
and continental colors buff and blue.
2nd-Grand Marshal and staff.
3rd-The Marine Band.
4th-Representatives of the National and
Mary Washington Monument Associations
and Mr. / G. Ora wfOrd architect
5th-PreSdent and Vice-President of the
United States and Cabinet. Mr.. Chief Justice
and the Justices of the Supreme Court.
6th-United States Senator John w. Daniel
the orator of the day, and Mr.. Lawrence
Washington, descendant of Mary Washing
ton. la
7th-The Governor of Virginia and staff.
Sth-Military.
9th-Mayor and corporate authorities anc
ex-Mayors.
10th-Bowering' Band.
11th-Sons of Veterans.
2th-Odd-Fellows.
13th-Knights of Pythias.
14th-Uniform Rank, W. J. Pittman Di
vision X. of z.
15th-Old Veterans.
16th-Senior and Junior Orders of United
American Mechanics.
17th-Masons.
The dedicatory exercises were as fol
lows
Prayer by Rev. James P. Smith
D. ID.
Address Of welcome on the part o.
the city by the Hon. P. A. Rowe
Mayor
Address of welcome on tie part O
the State by Gov. Charles T. O'Ferrall
=.
President Cleveland's response.
In his speech Mr.. Cleveland said =
Il speak for those who are to day
greeted as the official guests of Vir
ginia and fredericksburg, when | re
turn sincere thanks for the hearty
welcome that has been extended to III
in behalf of both the State and city
Our appreciation of the warmth o
your reception is not diminished by
the thought that in the light of the
highest meaning belonging to this oc
casion, there are no guests here. We
have assembled on equal terms t.
worship at a sacred national shrine.
while these exercises cannot fail tC
inspire us anew with reverence fol-
American motherhood, we will remem
Der that we are here to do honor to the
woman who gave to our nation it:
greatest and best citizen, and that we
have the privilege CT participating il
the dedication of a monument erected
by the women of our land in loving
and enduring testimony to the virtues
of the mother of Washington.
LET us leave this place with oul
love of country strengthened, with {
higher estimate of the value of Ameri
can citizenship, and with a prayer tt
God that our people may hold fast to
the sentiment that grows out of love
and reverence for American mother
hood"
Masonic ceremonies.
President Cleveland then introduced
Mr.. Lawrence Washington, of Alexan
dria, descendant of Mary Washing
ton, who delivered a short address
and at it's conclusion the President
introduced the orator of the day, Sena
tor John W. Daniel.
Senator Daniel in his address paid a
graceful tribute to Mrs. Waite and the
ladies of the Mary Washington Associ
alton whose pious hands had reared
''The first monument on earth erected
by women to a woman" He said =
This stone represents two ideals
womanly excellence and patriotic duty
You have reared this beautiful obelisk
to one who was the light of the dwell
ing in plain rural colonial home
Her history hovers around it, She
was wife, mother and widow. She
nursed hero at her breast At hel
knee she trained to the love and fear oil
God and to the kingly virtues, honor
truth and valor, the lion of the tribe
that gave to America liberty and indie
pendence. This is her title to renown
1t is enough. There were ten thou
sand Mary Washingtons among the
mothers of the Revolution, and honor
ing her we honor the motherhood oil
heroic days and heroic men,"
Hetraced the history of the mother OF
Washington from her birth on the Both
of November, 1905, at the plantation
home of her father, Col. Joseph Ball,
in Lancaster county, Va, on the banks
of the Rappahannock, and through
all the eventful years of her life down