The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-12-16

the hero of IundyS Lane ""' = >rou,
Jackson, OF Tennessee, the heio -
Crtaons and the victor in many o'nei
saneuinary battles. Also prominent a'iio.-7
the actors in that war were MAJOR 80,
erala Thomas Pinkney, Wade Hampto"
ana George lizard, of South Caroilha, !
James wilkinson, Of Maryland an"
Thomas Fournoy. OF Georgia, zooh |
I'm cur war with Mexico II Wa 10
Tavlor. of Louisiana. who won Palo ALTO; !
Resaca De Ia Palma, Monterey, ana !,
Buena Vista, and it was Scott OF VI
oinia who led our armies in their III
umphant victories from Vera cruz 10
,ho Citv of Mexico. Prominent In that
struggle. also. was the gallant Gultmah,
OF Mississippi. Twiggs, OF Georgla' Anu
pillow, OF Tennessee, ana our Sou'ncl"
| troops I'm that war suffered proportloh-
/ atcly much greater losses IMAM ulu ''o''
Of any other section.
"In the war Of 1916 the hltiu't
! snirit of the Southern people was most
| signallv demonstrated. The entire couh-
try rose to arms. the able-bodled men
| of the Southern States focking 10 one
| or the other Of the standards OF the con-
! tending hosts. the records showing thdt
! the people Of the save-holding states
| were almost equally divided. those VINO
! fought under the stars and stripes Of the
! Union, being fully equal In number 70
| those who arrayed themselves under the
| stars and bars Of the Confederacy.
| "When the call 10 arms was sounded
| a few months ago, the people OF no part
| OF our country responded with more fer
| vor and devotion than did those OF the
Southern States, and none We're more
| anxious than they 10 encounter their
| country's foemen. The first oihcer 10
| give m his life upon the sea was the
| gallant Bagley, of North Carolina. ana
the first officer to fall in battle on land
was the gallant Capron, from family
| proudly claimed by the State OF Fiorida-
| that land of sun and flowers. While II
is true that there was no distinctive
| Southern organization I'm the Cuban cam
paign. yet every State In the South was
| represented i'm the regular regiments and
the first volunteer cavalry. The same
IS true regarding the regular regiments
which were at Manila. while one Of the
best regiments of our army I'm the Philip
pines was the First Volunteer Infantry
from the State of Tennessee"
General S. b. NJ. Young filed the place
assigend to General Chafee to reply to
the toast, THE Volunteer as Viewed by
4 q Regular I'm Command"
| Hon. Charles Emory Smith, Postmas-
| ter General. was next introduced by Mr.
Howell and made an eloquent speech.
He was followed by Governor Joseph
| F. Johnston, Of Alabama.
| j..
responded to the toast. THE state Gov
ernment's Answer to the Call to Arms"
, He said:
A HUMOROUS SPEECH.
ut seems TO me peculiarly appropriate
that this celebration should be had here
In the central State Of the South and,
| still more. in the home city OF man
whose genius set another star I'm the
southern armament and whose patriotic
elouquence first stilled the voice OF sec
tional animosty.
IT congratulate the President on his
being able to make this trip TO Atlanta
| with less discomfort and apprehension
than one he undertook thlrty-hve years
4, ago: and am sure he prefers the kind
OF hot time he will have In the old town
tonight TO the kind he experienced then.
! Georgia is distinguished in many
| ways-chiefly IN the fact that she lies
| next to Alabama and some partisan news
papers AMI political prophets. Alabama
is. OF course. the greatest Of all States
I'm the abundance and variety Of her re-
sources. but Georgia has two things
| wherein she Is pre-eminent' both gong
! out into many States, one appearing %
tho tenderest recolections of predatory
boyhood and the other inspiring the mos
patriotic hope OF the future-her water
melons and her Constitution.
Coming 10 my text, | can say ina
the proclamation Of war found all th'
States ready; not one in the slsternoo'
but had her lamp trimmed and CLOWNS
| with patriotic light; all differences as e
the rightfulness or expedency or tn
war disappeared and once more the mei
of the North and Of the South were readl
; 10 cement the Union with their commihs
ling blood.
| nrnra
ALI the States; some had well organized
and efficient troops ready for lnstah
e service; Georgia was peculiarly happ'
; | I'm that the call upon her never reache
n such proportions but that IT could %
=, filled nv the colonies on the stan or IN
L Governor without any community eve
missing. or. possibly. regretting thenl
Ohio had only 20 take tthe OF her ui9
g annointed candidates for federal patron
o a,e and her quota was fun and everyon
happy-especially as there was reasohaOi
: hope that none would return
"New York only needed to call on ID
IL rawsnaner warriors. who always snli
~ the hattie from afar of Immunes man
u of whom were acquainted with men WI
ba1 had the yellow fever and or whor
NOT a few actually had the crop ana sur
= yived the elementary pangs OF UNI ~
" fruit rushed to the front. ,....
- "Democrats and Republicans. goldpus
and silver looms, and, even the Fopu
10 | ists came from their political gray
go and ALI forgot party, currency, seO'ip
h. and anmosities and stood 10, 80
4 ! country Even the women Oot -.
no | them. volunteered. and were theh es Nv
! the mainstay and hope or the lhiaii,l , !.
lone thing. Mr.. Chairman, was d 'hol
10 | IN the flesh of the State government -
/" THAT was the physical examination ~,
,,oIunteers were subjected 10. No'hih
n hut perfection was admissible. ma
h. short oP an eve. even II h.were not III
r shooting eve or with a missing hhber'
ne ! Too much or too little cncumiereno
n | nos not in II. The only way Shait'
IN and Wheeler could have gotten in'o y
r. ranLs woula have been TO nave ma
nv .Sar,selves mixed up and made over IN
80 resnectable men. Fitz Lee wou
at never have larded the lean earth as
We nrivate AMI Napoleon Bonaparte "ou
r. have been turned down -
air "Eortunately no test was hau as
ne brains and consequently large nun
er her ~ officers Of higl rank were 40
u, to get in. - . =.
,e, family disturbance had taught US 'ii'
ne the men who win the battles carry u
W. .,u.Lats 40 we were extremely partic
er iar ahou, the privates and quite indife
no Az, a. "a the Officers. The consequent
re wa. that we had the best privates ev
80 assembled In any army and some or q
latest generals =. =,
"rn conclusion, Mr.. Chairman. II q
Ia | States hsd encountered - many o'inSs