The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-26
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MOUNT AIN BREEZE
The Ceremonies Were Very Beauti-
full and Solemn.
THE PRESENTATION ADDRESS.
THE PRESENTATION ADDRESS.
1t Was Made by Lientenant-Colonc]
Whitney, Who Is Aide-dc Camp
to. General Miles-Richmond
Lady Raised the Banner.
Especial Dispatch to The Tlmes.)


WARM SPRINGS, Aug. 25.-The flag
raising last week at Fiat Rock by the
guests from the Warm Springs was one
of the most beautiful ana solemn occa-
sions ever witnessed by the hundreds of
people gathered there to attend the cere-
nlOlies-
The flag was presented by Lieutenant
Cok.nel Henry II. Whitney, of WasnlnS-
ton, who, with his charming VIE. Is
Spending the summer at the Warm. He IS
known as the brave Whitney, Who GU
ing the Spitn:sh-A,ner War, was ne
first man to set foot On Porto Rlcan SOIL
where he remained disguised for two
weeks.
Colore! Whitney graduated with high
honors from West Point in 1892. He is
nav Aide-de-Camp to General Miles, and
is the youngest MN who has ever neld
this position.
In 1898 he was sent as military attache
to the Argentine Republic as a blind, his
destination being Porto Rico, to gather
information for the landing of the troops.
He touched at Cuba, sent dispatches to
Gomez and in April went to st. Thomas,
taking a position as pantry-man on board
an English vessel bound for Ponce. He
remained there in his disguise, at the peril
of his life, going on shore during the
day studying the situation. His drawings
were afterwards of great service during
the campaign.
The guardi civilc catching wind of this,
went on board tn. vessel with a search
warrant talked to him while he was
washing dishes, and when they continued
their scare, below, he went on deck,
sketched man of the harbor, which he
hid in the American flag in the pilot-house
All nature lent her forces to make the
raising of this flag a perfect success
a PICTURESQUE SCENE.
This enormous rock stands out on a
pinnacle of the mountain at an altitude
of $500 feet and looks down upon a
perfect sea of mountains as far as the
eye can reach. Hundi eds of people were
gathered there, drinking in the beauty and
grandeur Of the scene. The heavens We're
Illuminated With the gorgeous colorinss of
the sinking sun, and the awed silence of
The multitude lent a dignity and solem-
nifty which had TO be felt TO be understood.
The orator of the occasion. Mr.. r. Ross
Perry, of Washington. whose beautiful
speech at the presentation of the sword
to Admiral Dewey is we'll remembered,
said ne felt oppressed with the greatness
Of the scene, and had never before spoken
so wholly from the heart AS he stood
there mis- fine head clearly outlined against
a background which no human hand could
make. and as the inspired words, glowing
with patriotism and noble thoughts, came
forth. one could not gaze in his face.
knowing the purity and uprightness Of the
man, without thinking.
Thou golden-hearted gentleman!
OPENING CEREMONIES.
The ceremonies opened with My Coun-
try, It's of Thee played by the band and
accompanied by the hundreds of voices,
led by Mrs DAWSON a musician of note
from Louisville.
The flag was then raised by Mrs. Ho-
race Halves, one of Ricilmcnd.s most pop
ular women. Her father was courier 20
General Lee during the Civil War, and
her great-grandfather, John Harris, of
| Norwood, Va, was Major in the Continent
tai line and served during the war. Her
grandfather is DR.. james 3. McCaw, of
Richmond. 1t twas the finishing touch
of this scene of charm as one of Virginas
fairest daughters, clad in her gown of
simple white, stood in her purity and
beauty on Virginias SOIL and with grace
full dignity raised her country's colors.
AS it reached the top and the Stars and
Stripes were unfurled to the evenings
breeze, the magnificent soprano of Miss
Emily Dawson, of Louisville, broke forth
into the Star Spangled Banner
Next was read, with touching simplicity,
by Colonel Whitney, the beautiful poem,
''Uufurl the Flag
Mr.. PERRY's SPEECH.
THIN followed the speech of Mr.. R.
Ross Perry:
Mr. Perry said
Fellow citzens.-We stand in a solemn
place and at a solemn hour: we are upon
the mountain top and in the face of the
sunset. Appropriately, we have just done
a solemn, a holy act. We may. without
irreverence, say that we have taken part
in a sacrament. To have raised in this
serene air those few feet of colored bunt-
ing is a small thing. Even the flag which
we have thus raised is in itself nothing.
AS we look at it there, we do not see its
bright, unStained surface. Even we
gaze the winds of heaven have torn it; it
has been rent by hostile shot and shell; it
is red and stiff with mems blood; it IS
sodden with womens' tears; we can scarce
see it for the battle smoke.
That is the flag Of which this is but
a symbol. But in a deeper sense yet, we
have done a sacramento act.
a nations flag is a nations life. It's
past, present and future are all with its
fac.
AS we gaze on this we can see. Columbus
pushing forth into the dark: Drake and
Raleigh defying the unknown. wintry sea
De Soto. La Sale and Hudson exploring
the wilderness and the flood. The boldeSt
spirits OF the old world-Italian, Spanish,
English. French. Scotch. Irish. Dutch
Swedes-fred by the same impulse-all seek
new things in new world.
Then comes the distinctive part PLAYED
| by our own Anglo-SaNon ancestors. The
struggle with nature with savage man.
until the land blossomed and the people
rested in peace. Then, in the fullness of
time breath of freedom blew from noun
tain top to sea and the nation was born
in anguish and baptize in tears and blood,
destined from its birth for those mighty
things which come from struggle and adj
versity.
A PEOPLE UNITED.
The union of hearts and hands of 1714
became the discord of 1920. the hatred of
1893 the deatl1-struggle Of 1861, the parti-
san triumph Of 1865.
But again divine breath blew over the
land. national brotherhood blossomed into
sweet life and 1895 saw a people united
again under one flag, ready in its defense
to face hostile world. The infant has
become a giant facing the sunrise and the
new century. ready to play its part in the
worlds drama. Such is the history of our
has
But let us make no yainglorious boast
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