The times., 1899-11-01

asking for service at the battle front where
the fighting was the hardest and the danger
the greatest. The rolls of the Virginia
volunteers contain the names of the bravest
and best, some Of them the descendants OF
the most ilIussrious Virginians of its earl
lest and latest times They have shed their
blood for the flag of their faith and are now
defending it with their lives in the distant
lands Of the sea. All honor to the Ameri-
can Army and Navy! All honor has been
shown the men returning from the field oi
hostilities and all honor attends those who
have gone to take their places.
Sacred Ties of National Life.
Associated with this great Common
wealth are many of the most sacred ties
of our national life. From here came
forth many Of our greatest statesmen and
heroes who gave vIgor and virtue and
glory to the Republic. For thirty seven of
the sixty-one years from 1889 to 1850, sons
of Virginia occupied the Presidential Office
with rare fidelity and distinction, a pc
/ riod covering more than One-fOurth Of
| our national existence. What State or
wha+ nation can have a greater heritage
/ than such names as Washington, Jeffer-
son. Madison. Monroe. and Marshall? q?
/ Their deeds inspire the old and the young
/ They are written in our histories. They
/ are a part of the education of every child
of the land. They enrich the schoolbooks
i OF the country They are cherished in ev-
! ery American home, and will be so long
( as liberty lasts and the Union ondures.
MY countrymen, the sacred principles
proclaimed in Philadelphia in l77j. ad-
vaDced to glorious triumph at Yorktown,
made effective in the formation OF the Fed
eraI Union in 1887, sustained by the hero
/ ism Of all our people in every foreign
| conflict sealed in solemn covenant at Ap-
. pomattox Courthouse. sanctifted by the
blood of the men of the South and of
the North at Manila and Santiago, and in
/ Porto Rico, have lost none Of their force
and virtue. and the people of the United
States will meet their new duties and re-
| sponsibilities with unfailing devotion TO
these principles. and with unfaltering pur-
/ pose to uphold and advance them"
/ The boat took the water at SO o'clock
and shortly afterward the party again took
/ their carriages and were driven around to
I places Of historic interest At o'clock a
second reception was held at the Jefferson
lasting half an hour and at its close he
party took a train at 7:10 for the return
trip to Washington.
The Presidential party which left the
city Yesterday morning at s o'clock on a
special train for Richmond. returned at
1926 last night Although the weather
was rainy when the party left rainy in
Richmond. and still rainy when Washing
ton was reached in the evening, the day
had proved most enjoyable one to all.
The members Of the Cabinet who were OF
the party expressed themselves in hearty
commendation Of the reception they had re-
ceiyed in Richmond. The return trip,
which begun at 7:10 O'Clock, was made
without incident or stop. The special was
due TO arrive here at 1875. and it was ex-
actly that time when the train pulled into
the PENNSYLVANIA Station.
Three carriages from the White House
stables we're in waiting, one for the Presi-
dent. one for Secretary and Mrs. Porter
and one for Assistant Secretary CortelyOu
These carriages were first to leave the sta
tion. Secretary Root and AdIutant General
Corbin followed in the Secretary's carriage
"a did Secretary and Mrs. Gage, Secretary
and Mrs. Hitchcock and Misses Hitchcock
Secretary Long. Secretary Wilson and Miss
Wilson. and Assistant Attorney General
Boyd in the carriages waiting for them