The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-15

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Union Soldiers on the Hattie
fields of Bull Run Are Located.
memorial is shortly to be presented
| Congress-in the Senate by Mr. Daniel
nd in the House by Mr.. Rixey-praying
hat body to provide by proper Legislation
or safeguarding and preserving the mon
.ments erected on the battIeheIds of Bull
Gun to the memory OF fallen Union sol
| jiers. The menorialist Is George Carr
| Rounds. Of Manchester. Va, who states
hat he served in the Union Army from
/ april, 1861, to August, 1853, ard that he
presents this memorial to call attention
o matters that seriously concern the
honor and duty OF the United States Gov
eminent and the memory of his comrades
that fell on the battlefelds Of Bull Run.
He then continues:
This memorial respectfully represents
that at the close Of the War of the Re
bellion,' namely Sunday, June II, 1865,
two monuments were formally dedicated
In memory Of the patriots who fell at
] Bull Run July q. 1S6l, and in memory Of
those who fell August %, %, and 30, 1862;
that said monuments we're erected by the
authority of Major General Augur. COM
handing The Department of Washington
and dedicated in the presence Of said gen.
| eral and his staff; that large array Of
| United States troops were present at said
dedication and among them the following
general officers. TO -it: ouartermaster
General Meigs, Major General Heintzei-
| Slough, Benham, Hall and others; that
| she dedicatory services were conducted by
/ Rev Dr. sieCurdy, army chaplain, IN
/ der the direction OF General Gamble, COM
TDandant of this military district and his
staff, who were present experimenting
| the same; that said monuments were
| erected by details from Candles Brigade,
~hose headquarters WAS then at Fairfax
| Court House, under the special direction
OF Captain H. c. Lawrence, auartermaster
| of said Brigade. and under the personal
! supervision of Lieuteuart McCallum. of
| the Sixteenth aIassachgse It's Battery, spe-
/ eially detailed for that purpose: that the
/ men who erected the monuments were sol
dIers enlisted and paid by the Govern
/ ment; that the tools used by Them were
Co eminent tools; and that United States
Army Bands furnished the music for the
impressive services of dedication, which
| from first to lasL were conducted by the
officers and soldiers OF the United States
| Army.
your HenoriaIist therefore respect
fulis urges that the United States Gov
sf-faent is bound BY the highest dicta ,es
Of honor and prcpriety TO care Tor the
said monuments ana TO carry cut tue
patriotic and pious purpose o. It's ses--
wants who caused the erection of the
same.
your nemoriaIist further represents
that by some strange omlsslon- the Jnj-
ted States neglected at the time TO ac-
quire the title TO the land On which said
monuments were erected. and they remain
10 this day upon private properly. ana
heir preservation is a credit to the own
,ers Of the soil and not to the United
States Government
your memorialist further represents
that the battles which these monuments
commemorate we're the nearest battles to
the Capital of the United States and were
specially fought II defence thereof; that
the battle Of July, 1861. was the opening
battle of the greatest ~ of American
history; that said fields VI former str ife
are being continually visited ty army
comrades as well as by these formerly in
ar-dS against US: that fhey are objects of
the interest and attention of tourists
from ali parts Of the world: that the
topography CT the country is such that
the st-alegicas and tactical movements
can be easily explained and understood;
that said fields furnish the only ms ance
in history where two great battles ended
upon precisely the same spot, with lines
OF battle exactly reversed, and that said
battIeaeids in these and other respects
are unique and worthy of preserrzliD
IF Il be urged that the Government
should not take measures to perpetuate
| those batttefelds where their arm es were
tod
| swers that such was not the view OF our
comrades of 1855. for in the supreme mo-
meat of victory their first thought was of
their brothers whose young lives went so
| suddenly out IN those early hours OF dis
enlargement and gloom. Success Is not the
highest test OF individual o. national char
acter. The American people have a right
to be proud or the bearing Of the American
| soldier amid disaster and defeat. The
| Army Of the Potomac came out of the
| valley Of Bull Run and marched on till
they reached the highlands Of Gettysburg
and Appomattox. We could not wipe out
the truth Of history If we would and we
| would not II We could
your memoFialist submits as a further
fact Of our history that the vietors at Bull
Run we're also Americans; that the valor
! which gaze them The victory was valo- Of
which ali Americans are proud; and though
your momoriaIist believes that their inter
/ pEetatlOil u the H1sioHai So4iStitutioa was
not the true one. yet he submits that their
I devotion to their belief was credit TO
| american character.
| 'sYour memoriaiist therefore respectful
| ly urges that the United States Govern
| ment take the proper steps to acquire the
title to the land on which said monuments
| stand ard Of so much OF the adjacent coun-
try as viii enable the people of the United
States aEi tourists from abroad studying
our history to view the sai5 battiefelds
without trespassilg upon private proper