The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-23

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| YOU will be denied the privilege OF minis
| terIne 10 them. you will be doing your
/ dutv I'm the field. or having done IL faith
| fuIiv viii have crossed over the river
| near wife. dear mother dear sister
| ,.ours Is the hardest part. TO wait ana
20 watch. 10 suffer and 70 toih 10 pray
| s,d "a smile. and then at last. Oh, God.
xour husband. son. brother or father dies
In the fight or in the hospital. Break
heart. break nerves: but no. the woman 3
| fortitude comes for there are others stiii
| for you 20 care and suffer Tor, ana theh
| this thought comes TO strengthen
r'rhere Is a future, oh. thank COD,
OF life. this is so small part;
| ''TYs dust 10 dust beneath the sod.
But there. up there. tits heart TO heart. -
Then follow Seven Pines, the Seven
Days' Fights around Richmond. Cedar
Mountain. Second Manassas, Sharpsburg
Uarper's Ferry. Champion Gap. Mine
Run and Fredericksburg. on all these
CAPTAIN Walker. Of Purcells Battery, mas
been so actively present that ne IS pro-
NOTED to be Colonel of Artillery for gal
Iantry. and the campaign of 1867 Is ended
The spring OF 1865 comes with Chan-
cellorsville's three days in the leao, theh
Brandy Station, Gettysburg. Nliiiails-
nort Failing Waters. and Bristoe sta
tion FOR the first time doubts of final
success arise. for Jackson is Killed py
orr own men at Chancellorsville; ana NJ
Gettysburg. Notwithstanding the unpre-
cedented storm OF shot and shel OF ar
tilerv and the immortal charge OF flch-
etts men. Lee feels his loss
Dur soldiers have seen hard service
many times baptized with fire, are vet
Grams but fiercer yet Is 10 be the nv,
and harder yet TO be the service, lot tlle
can paign Of 1864 Is upon us; the crack
ling flames of the wilderness lick win
f.rlsed tongues the dead and dying; Lee,
with 70 900 men. holds Grant as IN wise
with his $50 900 men: Longstreet is wound
I'd Jeb Stuart killed at Yellow Tavern
snottsylvania Courthouse follows; Dru-
rvs Rluf and Second Cold Harbor. ana
Grant had lost more men that Lee had'
and vet Lee holds Grant as in a wise,
Jackson and Stuart dead. bchssueeI
wounded. "Marse Robert masters every
difficulty. and Grant has to hght IL out
on tIat line all the summer then comes
the Crater. Ream's Station ana burgess
Mil. and the greatest campaign OF me
war is closed and we greet our comrade
as General Walker. one Of three Generals
Of Artillery I'm the whole army.
SUFFERING HOME CRY.
God help the widows and orphans suf-
ing. bit still defiant old mother. Nearly
three wears have passed since our boys
marched away; letters come TO them
around Petersburg telling Of the suffering
and want OF their loved ones-childrcn
CRYING for bread-wcmen going hungry
70 he'd that the little ones may not starVe
oh. the anguish in those trenches.
Comrades you could stand rain and
cold and snow. bullets and shapnet
crap. canister and shell. unsifted corn
meal. half rations and fat pork. quarter
ration bare feet and scant clothing, mud
and mire. but the suffering home cry
great God. is II not past human endur-
ance? Furlough. impossible; deseruon
and dishonor on one hand stern lhneN-
ihle dutv. hearts sacrifice. but honor on
the other and the ragged soldier savagely
a-rasps his bright musket and now the
campaign Of 1865 opens with Hatchers
Run then the evacuation of Petersburg.
Five Forks evacuation of Richmond
Amelia Courthouse, Sailors Creek. High
Bridge. Farmville. and Sunday. the 9ih
Of April. 1863 AppomattoX, where lee
surrenders but few more than oNv
nuskets still bright. TO Grant ana MS
more than 100000 men. On these helds our
hero has borne himself sloriously. ana
the day before the surrender, win MS
artillery corps, undlutus iSP"i''" ~ -
tack of Sheridan's cavalry.
The name and memory OF General bilu-
say Walker are immortal
GENERAL, RHODES PORTRAIT.
The picture Of General Rodes was me
gift of Major Phil Sutton. who served on
the Generals staff. 1t was the WISH Oh
Major Sutton and Colonel W. r.. ou',
shaw who also fought under General
Rodes that Colonel Thomas II. Carter
should make the presentation speech
lie was unable to accept. but wrote let
tor euIogizing General ROdes. whom he
declared was one Of the greatest ofiicers
in the Army Of Northern Virginia. This
letter was read in lieu of presentation
speech
DIR. JONES LOUDLY CHEERED.
Rev Dr. ]. william Jones accepted the
nortrait on behalf of the camp. In the
begir ming of his remarks he SAID that on
coming back to Richmond TO reside after
am absence of a number of years there
wa, Iothlng thas gave him more pleasure
Than Lee Camps pictures OF heroes OF
the Confederacy
After paying a handsome tribute 10 the
artillery officers of the Army OF ->orthern
Virginia. Dr. Jones went on TO speak Oh
General Rodes' military career.
DIR. Jones look duNdHt"oN "a W. Nfi
tunitv TO give some interesting war MS
tory, and his hot shots at those VINO seek
10 rob the Confederates Of their glory
aroused much enthusiasm
The Doctor had something to say too.
of Barnes History. He said this book
that the people of Virginia have been
fools enough fools, he declared, was the
only term that would fit the case) 10 al
low their children TO study in the schools.
gave undue prominence to Sheridan's
Valley campaign. He declared Phil Sheri-
dan. instead of being promoted, should
have been cashered for allowing Jubal
A. Early and his handful Of men to hold
his army of 100000 in check. Right here
the Doctor paid a handsome tribute 10
General Early as a soldier and a general
In concluding his remarks DR. Jones
said he hoped the parents would bring
their children into Lee Camp Hall and
tell them Of the heroes whose pictures
hung upon the walls. for" said the Doc
tor. the children cannot learn the true
story of these great men from Barnes
History"
DR.. Jones was cheered for fully min
ute when he closed his eloquent address
COLONEL DUKE SPEAKS.
Colonel r. r. w. Duke, of Albemarle
was called upon. and responded in a brief
talk. i'm which he related incidents in the
lives Of General Walker and Genefal
Rodes.
At the close Of Colonel Dukes address
the camp adjourned.
GEN. WALKERS CAREER.
Reuben Lindsay Walker, Brgadier Cen
eral of Artillery, c. S A. was born at