Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-02-23
.HONORED BY THE VETS
Col. Woodfn's Twenty-ffth
Year of Home Rule.
GREETED BY THOUSANDS
Some Interesting Facts Concerning tho
Opposition to the Ingalls, Railway
Charter. airs. Hughes BE
comes MRS. Easkins.

The venerable boys in blue at the
Soldiers Home last nig!!t flocked to tha
theatsr by hundreds 10 join in cef.4-
brating t:-5 twenty-aisth anniversary
or Colone. P. T. Wftodfin as governor.
During the Afternoon a theatrical Iar
iormaEtc 'tcnk lsllce in the big buIldi,r-
nut th-' ready :lanEs of THE veteran rs
soon madr it as clear an bright al; a
lire: Inc stage was Adorned with a
pIpfuSsion OF bea utlfu fl ,weIs
Until q few days ago Governor We, IL
I'm was Ignorant IF the fact tut pie
pa ;"t!rns for re option in his honor
Wus M progress. 1t was not InteiH j
that he shGuid krs.w it, The. move
theHt was STARTED several weeks S;nle
an. was prosecuted in very SIX. lful
and successful man1.r AT THE mead inf
II "ele' Captain Bernard O. Garv.y,.
captain Jim Rutgers, Cape in William
+: Sands. I.+sutenu mt Art hur S. Gla,.,NIu
Lieutenant Thomas II. Eeill. nker. Lieu
E c.ar v v il! am, f. Judd. lleutetn1lt
D-tk.s N. kolta,n ALFRED Woo.Hyaltn
Iai'ain Jam AZ Hard'=nb ok. Captain
HeAry Giil. ElIs.2tni Law.tzrce St.=,zn
s,apsaifl NJ a. Burke. Cngtain john
banker, Sawain John Bagty, Captain
!, 1oo4ilas u Stewart, Captain Thomas
t!seity, Captain Sa1nue s. Vi. Cnrlt.,in
Wllliam Claffey. Captain Peer ]. Don.
nelly and a host of catlrs we'll known
eotn IN AID ou'c of the Home With
sucn fhsn t. arrange ard 'lilect the nf-
fa.r It Gould not fail to be a sCccess
ne veterans Logan TO pour into the
building at an early hour and Turing
the TIM Intervening b+aiwten their, arr
!iEe7 ana the beginning Of the evening
a.ked ever tire Governors splendid ca
resr siEicte he came te. thu Home and
wound up by wiping the tottering king
ON o. Spain from the map of the
world. Ladies from the Governors res
.dence oe,upieli s. ats specially. reserved
rHr tnem- while others .:1ok places in the
lnuiHtul- e- On the stage were the stNal1
els ta::V Others surrounding the ;irsrir-
Su:shsd' guest. The Home hand, .lssery
soiS popular Wherever its music has been
htaid, was there and opened Ynle eSer
dses with Governor P. T. Woo,1,in
March, than which a more cha1Ine,ns
piece could not have been ct,,s,n. In
troductory remarks by Captainr Berra,tl
harvey followed. af. =. w ,txa DR.. Jo. ..nro
n Biadsy, chaplain If the pest. offer
ed a fervi 1T prayer. A uartetta then
Lk=:s.h;ed the audience, ana whe, ~
app auSe had t-ased Lieutenant Arthur
,. itiIWiEI stepped 10 tt,- front and in
tins:
Al meeting held january 27sh 1898
the non-ccFnnEssto.ed staff ara coryn
ny commanders National s. liiarss,
i1oTni:.- Southern Brln ch. the 70 lowing
pE'eamble and resolutions were unani
usly alicdited:
:" heleas, AT a meeting eff the MN
cotnlIf:ss.ont'd staff and company. com
nianders OF the Southern Branch Ma
ticnal Soldiers Hcgns, to take stfras 70
Wat.a suitably c.-Srne1rura ting the 25th
anniversary CT CcA. Philip T. Woodasl's
g. vernorSa.n q: THE Home, it was
foesolv"d, T6at on this the 18th ar
n-vsLaiy CT Col. Philip T. Woodfin's
assumption OF the es.ve'rncrship of tha
:. -uilheTn Branch. National s5s9iars,
i iioshs: We express our heart apprer:a
ton of his hing and faithful service.
ResoiN,d, That we gratefully re.og-
nlZa the fidelity aCd zeu! With which
re mas administered the duties Of hts
responsible office. with wist:om. imnor
TALLY and teril=r regard for n, e.
s1l!al interest ct every man who has be
come member of the Home. nr(yin.
NInsef in al respects worthy the con-
losnce Of those who have been, his com
r2deS in aims
Resolved. That the prize With w!hi..h
every member of the Hcme regards he.
!ocal FEATURES of 1his grand instit utfon
IN IT'S lHe and extensive build! nss. pro-
N4o4ns ST, many comforts for the veter-
ar; ats IN their declining yeans: thu our
-HSH beauties cF emheilis hment whivt
Please tbs; ye and make the Home ono
tf the lovalieSt spots in Sout Earn Viz
gin!a. and the uncsasing efforts to at
tof- diversion to thu mind and csnn.,nt
nient or h@ant, are dreetly due Il, his
uHarlnS purpose TO advance the best in
terest OF those under his guardian. ARE.
Resolved, That in QUE. ii r.Tyid i:nl rala-
tsoEstip and in our personal contact
with Gov. WCo'@tin we unatydly express.
Sur fGll appreciation of mis- unfailicr
sympathy and tiretess patience and
y , Inhtess TO meet and reh.:ve tnr wants
RStsciVs'l That these resolutions ba
EaEdstl1.'e!y engros,sed arli suftably
fl,.n.Ed and p:ts'en:ed to col. Phi'fn =
" ocdiln, Governor Southern Branch.
National 81 Oilers Home. with the hasr
wishes of the members.
A We'll leLGertd cornet 500 by profes
50 Srse:'%tod, a selection by the Home
s ,9 p.Eedsd an, excellent address by
sLusson Of whFch Professor A. v
scnnp-lt ?. ayed violin solo which was
much appreciated. Then came ono az
the most interesting features of the av-
entng. Captain j. A. Hardenbrook, turn
ing to Governor Woodfin, announced
onat u MN mad Seen assigned the
agreeable duty OF presenting tn reso
lutlons: 1t is said that Governor Wood
nm was vlsiibly affected when Captoin
IVA IA iE!eilibrook held LIP no view the bean
tiul testimonial from thols.s over whose
atfa!rs he presidzs. The speech that ia,
y. wed was 'tlll of feeling sometimes lit
up ma shes of felvli e-Scauepce. Tt was
Warmly indttrsed by ting veterans Who
showed thefr appreciation of what had
Deem said and their =stefm s,r the Gov.
ernor in uprcart,s applause Wien
Colonel Woodfin II Sc to reply q greeting
Whrch showed that 1t sprang from the
hE,arts on those whtr gave ii was poured
out The Governor was nn-,r.1>,- -;
with a speech. but he ccmld hardly haye
improved. upon wfat he said If if has
been Written out. That Old Vo1lIn-
teer, by Meesrs. Gregory and Ebert
touched a responsive chord in the hearts
OF she gray-hafred boys in blue and
address by Chaplain BraJitsy, eeter
which the meeting elesesi with a nrana