Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-18
Or. HUNTER MCGUIRE.
A Tribute From Rev. Beverly D.
Tucker, Of Norfolk.
Tho distinguished Physician and Surgeon
was ono of the Makers of History Ho
Was Ever Guided. Not by Ambition or
Desire for Glory, But by Duty.

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Was Ever Guided. Not by Ambition or
Desire for Glory, But by Duty.
The most beautiful tribute paid to
she memory of DIR. Hunter Mcclure
was that prepared by Rev. B. d. Tuck
er, of Norfolk, presented to the Grand
Camp. Confederate Veterans, at Staun-
ton. November 18th. and adopted by
unanimous vote. 1t reads as follows:
Since the last session of the Grand
Camp the History Committee has lost
by death Its distinguished chairman.
The committee desires, therefore, to
present to the Grand Camp the follow
ing minute and to ask its adoption:
In the remov al from our ranks OF DR..
Hunter MCGUIRE, chairman of the His
tory Committee, the Association OF
Confederate Veterans of the State OF
Virginia and the survivors of the Con-
federate armies and navies throughout
the South have lost q comrade whose
eminent services in war have only been
equaled by his fidelity TO the memories
and principles OF the lost cause during
the ensuing years of peace.
MAKER OF HISTORY.
DR.. Mcguire was himself one of the
makers of the history, which he ably
and Loyalty sought to vindicate as
chairman of this committee. Standing
on the threshold of life. with n profess
sional career opening before him which
promised to give the widest scope, even
to his rare abilities. he did not hest
tate for moment to cast his fortunes
with his native State in the time of her
need.
Entering the Confederate service as
a surgeon; the skill with which he
ministered to the sick and wounded
was only surpassed by the tenderness
which recognized in the lowest suffer
er comrade in great and holy cause.
Serving upon the staff of Stonewall
jackson, he had an opportunity of
showing. in his organization OF the
medical corps. a genius for adminiStra-
ton which would have have made him
a marked man in any profession. AS
surgeon, companion and friend. he
learned to know. as few men could. the
mind and character of the chicftain by
whose side he rode, and 10 whom it
was his privilege to minister when, in
what seems to us still the strange
providence of God, he was stricken in
battle. AS long as the name of Jack
son is remembered and his story is
told, SO long will there be associated
with him the name and the memory
OF the brave surgeon who by his rug
ged honesty and unswervng devotion
TO duty, won the confidence of his
great leader. He served him loyalty
whilst he lived. and made himself the
jealous guardian of his fame when he
had passed over the river to rest under
the shade of the trees.
a GOOD COMRADE.
AS member of the Association of
Veterans. DIR. Mcclure entered into the
full spirit of comradeship. His profess
sionnl skill, his outstretched hand of
sympathy and helpfulness, his kind and
generous heart We're at the service of
all who had worn the gray He was
not only mindful of the living, but of
the dead. He deemed 1t his duty to de-
fend their memories and the justice of
the principles for which they fought
from all onslaughts. His ringing and
honest voice was heard again and again
in vindication of the great heroic past.
His eloquent pen was as flashing
sword piercing through the armor Of
sectional prejudice of the falsifers OF
history. and maintained the truth
against all odds. His lecture on Stone
wall Jackson and the mastery report
of this committee. which he prepared
and presented Mt the last meeting OF
the Grand Camp in Pulaski have al
ready become classics of Confederate
history.
After DR.. Mcclure had been stricken
with illness his family presented his
resignation as chairman. This the COM
mittee declined to receive on the
ground that the work he had already
done had laid the foundation for it's
completion, and they requested that his
name be retained as chairman as long
ms he should live. that 1t might serve
to the committee as n beacon and an
inspiration in their future abors.
SORELY MISSED.
The time has come when he can no
longer answer the roll-call of our
camp when we miss his strong and
winning presence among us: when we
must think of him as numbered with
the host that has passed to the great
beyond. His memory and his name,
however. abide In our hearts and still
add lustre to our organization. We re-
call him as the valiant soldier, as the
good physician. as the genial comrade,
as the Christian gentleman, who was
typical of all that was best and purest
In our Southern manhood
The justification of the Con rederate
cause Will ultimately be found. not in
the Issues of battles. but in the charac-
ter of the men who upheld it. Men like
Davis and Lee. Jackson and Johnston.
Stuart and Mcclure struggled. not for
the selfish ends. for ambition or for
glory. They were guided by the lode
star Of duty. they were inspired by pu-
rlly OF motive, they were SWayed by
truth and principle alone.
Your committee respectfully asks the
adoption of the following resolutions
Resolved. That this minute be spread
upon the records of the Grand Camp as
q tribute to the memory of their GAL
liant comrade-Dr. Hunter Holmes Nc
CURE.
Resolved. That a copy Of the minute
and the resolutions be sent to the fam
fly of Or. MCGUIRE. with heartfelt SYM
pathy in their bereavement. which is
shared by all who love the Confederate
cause, and with a prayer to a merciful
God to comfort them with sense of