The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-04
The Hollywood Memorial Association
Celebrates Its Anniversary
AN ADDRESS BY Mr., NEWTON
Report of Association for Year read by
Mr.. j. Taylor Ellyson-Mr. Ncwton's
Address Listened to Attcntivcly
and Evokcs Applause.

| CinuS Newton UdNt the dhultS0 u thr
evening Of which the large attendance Of
members ana friends Of the association
manifested appreciation in profound at
tenton and frequent applause. His sub
jet was the Navy Of the Confederacy."
Mr.. J. Taylor Ellyson called the session
to order. and in doing SO he thanked the
association for the honor conferred upon
him in calling him to preside.
Rev. DR.. Smith then offered fervent
| prayer in which ne elOquonty referred
| TO the nations defenders both on sea and
! land. ard prayed that the issues of the
! present war Doe those OF the righteous and
! the true. and that 10 would bring blessing
! of peace 90 the country.
! Mr.. Elyson after reading the annual
! report OF the association. referred touch
| iugIy 10 the memories of Miss Bette
| Creushaw and OF Colonel John b. Cary,
| who were officers Of tine organization.
Captain Frank Cunningham then was
introduced for a song aud responded
| feeling and with effect. being rewarded
! with applause.
MR.. NEWTON'S ADDRESS.
! At the conclusion of Captain Cunning
! hams song Mr. Nireinius Newton was
| presented as the orator Of the evening.
! Mr. Newton. in his Introduction. said
/ that it was through an allegiance inet-
| faceable by time and by memories OF
| glorious epoch that De accepted the i'm
| vitation OF the association 10 speak.
lie regretted that 70 was q tale twice
! told with his giving his address on the
! Confederate Navy. but said that was
much as the same causes produced the
| same effects and that as the motives for
! his delivering his speech on the same SUBJ
! Ject before We're much tho same as now
he should be forgiven.
He appreciated tho fact that the I'm
| perishable TenOwn or the Army Of North
| ern Virginia had been the blazing sun
| on the Associations horizon but this he
! adludged 90 be only natural
Few could recall now. against the
/ great influence OF time for the absorption
| OF events. the great sacrifices hy the
| Confederate navy in those four glorious
/ years and few could form a conception
| OF the effectiveness Of such navy as the
I South managed TO assemble
Mr.. Newton then cited eminent ouin-
| ions regarding the navy of the Confed-
eracy. While the sevcrest conditions
| reigned on land IL must be remembered
| that IL was the navy and not the army
that could bring them about or allay
| them.
History was but philosophy learned
| from example. lie referred to the naval
effectiveness Of the ancients. SPANS de-
cadence dated with the loss of her Ar
mada. Trafalgar decided Englands
conflict.
To-day England by her navy is en-
powered 20 girdle the globe with her
| possessions.
SERIOUS INJURIES.
In the beginning OF the struggle tho
taking OF Forts Hatteras and Clarke
closed tho ENtufrsfe North tfrrD1frl In
commerce. I'm April. 1852. Tarragut.
passed through the Mississippi fleets and
| inflicted injuries that the South his
never recovered
tt was through keeping I'm touch with
the navy that Mcclellan proved effec-
tive ON the land % the northern cause
and was able 10 rehab,litate his army at
! Harrison's Landing
The protection afforded by the navy
NJ Savannah. gave impulse 90 ShermanE
march 20 the sea.
The brief career OF the Confederate
Navy I'm Hampton Roads delayed McClei-
lan's advance, and enabled the South TO
recoup.
10 was through a rigid blockade NJ
/ Southern ports that the South was cut
off from the markets of the world and
was thrown back on the resources Of an
agricultural people
Mr.. Newton then went into tho strug-
| Glcs OF the South and the difficulties she
surmounted i'm producing her navy With
only two navy yards and only one Of
them effective with no skilled mechanics
20 draw from: with but few shops
where ordnance could be produced. with
out foundries and. worst Of AN. without
even the raw material the South went
ahead and produced q navy. whose deeds
viii shine as long as the SUM-
The very iron that went into the Con-
federate ships was i'm the earth at the
beginning OF the struggle. There We're 40
rope walks. and the hemp had 20 be
sown grown and reaped. There was no
powder, save about sixty thousand
pounds. and but few illuminate caps
WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENTS.
One writer said 1--WE began in 1861 with
practically nothing, and against an odds.
created literally ont Of the ground from
Richmond 10 the gulf a line of arsenals.
armories and war laboratories that COM
pared with the most effective en- the
world.
The Treasury Of the South was empty
al the beginning Of the struggle and in
an the conflict but little over fourteen
million dollars was given TO the C0nfed-
crate Navy.
II was true the South had sufficient
officers. but there We're no seamen and no
ships
Mr. Newton here paid a glowing tribute
10 those officers who met and conquered
obstacles. who 10 speak hguratvely took
of their coats ana bucllled I'm at the lowest
point TO accomplish what they did.
The necessities We're great and the in-
dustrics of ordnance making and OF navy
yards had 10 be built up.
Gregg. the historian. tells that the
Southern army was Outnumbered. two %
one. but the navy by one hundred 20 one.
That the Southern navy accomplished
no more than il did was due 20 the more
than human causes against them.
The looked-for historian who should be
able to give the story impartially WOULD
meet with great difficulty in finding the
methods by which the South built her
navy.
Had the South ba-n nearly n match for
the North in her navy. that ragged. starry
"a. and embattled host would have fallen
on no AppomattoX. and the lasting blight
of the reconstruction period would have
been an unwritten chapter IN Southern
history.
In closing Mr.. Newton reminded Of the
deeds of Southern naval officers. lie ex-
pressed pride and claimed that it was just
that the South's reverence for her men
was hero worship.
On behalf OF the association Mr.. Ely
son rendered cordial thanks 10 Mr. New
ton for his address. and at the close OF
the meeting congratulations and individ-
uai thanks were showered upon the mod
est orator.
The long meter doXology concluded the
evening programme