The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-07-11
,r.,ors Including Congressman Lamb

orators inclndi1e Congressman Lamo'
of Henrico and Capt b o. Cook. OF
Richmond city. Speaker Ryan, DIT
! W Southall and others
IN. The Fredericksburg Park pr' p
ositiop is earnestly endorsed by the
Grand Army of the Republic Gen
Edgar Allan has brought the matter to
its notice, andi, chairman Of she COM
mittee of the q. a X - secure the
favorable action of Congress, and as
chairman of this committe has present
ed to the last Congress very strong
indeed. unanswerable memorial IN its
favor
Y. The United Confederate Nete-
rams. at their Richmond meeting IN 1896
warmly endorsed the Fredericksburg
Battlefelds project. and Gen. John b.
Gordon. Grand Commander, has issued
a ringing order to all the Confederate
veterans urging their help in the es'
tAblishment Of this park.
VI The Fredericksburg and SpotsyI'
yania batllehells were most carefully
gone over by committee IT the Grand
Army people. of which Cen Allan was
chairman. before the G. \ X endorsed
the project.
VII Recently the War Department
has sent detail from the Quartermas-
ter Generals Department To these
fields a, the suggestion Of the
Military Committees II the two
houses of Congress 70 report upon
the practicability II establishing
this park and it is an open fact that a
favorable report will be made in favor
of the establishment Of this park.
VIII There is every assurance that
the strong society of the Army Of the
Potomac AT their meeting in September
will memorable Congress III favor OF
this mark. accurate maps Of which have
been made by our Fredericksburg Asso-
citation. and these, with slight mod'h'
cations. have been accepted by the War
Department officers as the proper guide
for establishing the park.
TX Senators Daniel and Martin and
Congressman Hay after full considerA-
ton. have determined to make an ear
nest effort TO establish this PARK II
was in the great battle Of the Wilder
ness that Senator Daniel received his
wounds
Y Senator Daniel is quoted as saying
that on these fields more men were en-
gagged and more casualties resulted than
England has lost during the present
century.
XII The Fredericksburg National
Cemetery and the Confederate Cemetery
contain more buried dead than can be
found elsewhere in any war cemeteries
as near together in the land, and all
we're Slain on this soil Arlington and
Vicksburg cemeteries may have more,
but those dead were brought from many
far off fields
XII. There clusters around Fredericks-
burg a wealth of memory and senti-
ment. 1t was the home Of Gov. Spots
wood. the Tubal Cain Of America; 1t
was the play ground Of Washington and
here is the monument to the ashes of his
venerated mother Not only do the
memories Of Gl.65 here abide. but as
revolutionary war spot it will ever be
hsllowed by all Americans.
The Free Lance, in view Of the thir-
teen colonies, has no superstition about
the No. -. And so II a thirteenth rea-
son is needed for the establishment by
Congress Of the Fredericksburg Park,
The Free Lance calls upon the Dispatch
to supply it. and it does not believe
that it will call in vain on the Dis
patch to yield Richmond's claims for
the present, at least ana give old Fred
ericksburg. which. during the war OF
81 -85 stood as bulwark for Richmond,
its best help at this time to the end that
the Fredericksburg. Charlottesville,
Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court
House battleGelds may be established
by Congress into one great memorial
park. a credit alike to Virginia and TO
the Nation.
To the Editor OF the Dispatch
That was very pretty story in Sat.
urday's Dispatch. but not true. did