The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-23
THE COMING UNTEILING.
Additional Replies to the Invitations Sent
Ont by the Committee.


Captain Thomas Elicit. Of the Execu-
tive Committee Of the Private Soldiers
and Sailors Monument Association. has
received letter from Thomas +. Proc
tor. commander Of Maury Camp, No ,
c. v. at Fredericksburg. stating that
that organization will attend the unveil-
ing OF the monument. II win bring about
thirty members. Similar information has
been received from the Greenville Guards.
OF Greenville S. c., who viii arrive here
on May 30th al A. NJ over the Rich
mond and Danville railroad Sergeant
Major /. VI. Wingheld. Of Weimeyer
Shaw Camp q. V, at Berkeley Norfolk
county. writes that his organization will
be present. with from twenty-five 10
thirty veterans and forty or fifty junior
veterans.
Senator John ". Daniel accepts the in
vitatiOn 20 be present with pleasure. but
regrets that he is physically unable TO
serve on General Lees staff
Colonel c. A. Nash. who. on behalf Of
the Fourth Virginia regiment. Of Nor
folk. declines the invitation, writes the
following:
owing to the many memorial ser
vices that occur within the next week, one
here on the 22d. in Portsmouth on the
that IL viii be impossible 10 get the
men of 90 visit you on the 3Oth Nothing
would give us more real pleasure than
O. have the opportunity 70 do honor TO
the private soldier and sailor. They who
l.d the real fighting for our lost cause.
am still making an effort. and possibly
TWO Of my companies may come up"
Major Baker Z. Lee. member of the
House Of Delegates from Charles City
county. sends the following reply to the
invitation:
y have received notice OF my appoint
me1t as aid on the staff OF the chief
marshal for the ceremonies Of the 3Oth
instant with a warm sense of gratif-
cation, for the unwilling Of the COnfeder-
are Soldiers and Sailors monument at
tie capital Of the Confederacy will be
or the occasion I'm itself marking a day
ia this epoch Of Nirginia's history as
one " the brightest Of the bright days
associated with the memories of the
darkest period in her past. That monu-
meni announces 20 the world that thirty
years after the fall Of Richmond and
ine ath Of -he Confederacy the heart
70 the old South still turns in tender
ublte 20 tn fidelity. the valor the
loyalty, and the love Of native land, as
m4ichless eXeIaplihed in the soldiers and
t-Lors who gave 10 these southern States
of This American Union a fame that will
i1t only never fade. but will continue 70
grow and glow as intelligence increases.
as Justice is freed from prejudice. and as
ruth is more and more sought by the
sraroher Of history, and the unbiased
enquirer tracing in logical line the Ameri-
can character as unfolded and evolved
RON the revolution onward.
Ifnf monument a., T{lhv nm xyf
ieI proud story 10 posterity. even
"-en history shall have begun 10 lose
.~ri 30 tradition. that will bring out
ne romance OF our war with a tenderness
Ual VIII touch the heart Of all the
"'fll as perhaps 1t shall never have been
touched before"
Ialor Lee regrets deeply that he will
"'l hr able 20 be present.
'''onel Thomas Smith, chief justice Of
a." Mexico, also sends his regrets that
"e VIII not be able 10 attend.