The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-22
THE CROSSES OF HONOR
Confederate Veterans Receive Them from
The Daughters Of the Confederate
THE PRESENTATION At PARISH HOUSE
"Thc Life and Public service of Al
bret sidney johnston, by Mr..
Moye Wickes.


upon the occasion OF the presentation OF
the crosses or honor by r. e. Lee chap
ter, Daughters OF the Coifederacy, TO
the Confederate Veterans. The members
of Dick Bowling camp marched into the
hall in body at i:30 D. m, having pre-
vlously assembled at their rooms, and
were given the front seats.
The exercises of the afternoon were
opened with song by Mrs. John W.
Maxcy. who gave MAID OF Dundee in
her usual pleasing manner. Mr.. MoSe
Wickes, the orator OF the occasion, thea
delivered a most interesting address. Mr..
Wickes took for his subject the life and
| public service of General Albert Sidney
Johnston. and euogized that great soldier
| and beloved man OF all the Southland In
/ glowing terms.
| AT the conclusion of MIR. Wickes re-
marks Miss Mary Kidd sang the "Invoca-
! ton to the SOUTH the words OF winch
had been arranged by Mrs George Kidd,
to the air. oh Thou Sublime Sweet
Evening star" from Tannhauser. Miss
Widds sweet, sympathetic voice was
never heard TO better advantage than IN
the rendition of this song on this occa-
| sion.
The procession led by little Miss
Resale Hutchinson OF young boys ana
! girls in their white frocks with WHITE
and red ribbons was beautiful spec
tacle. the effectiveness thereof being en-
HANGED by a comparison OF these wee
tots with the grlzzled veterans OF the
! Confederate cause. These children, tbir-
| ty b. number passed down the aisle to
the straus of Dixie" and took their
stand on the platform. Those who took
part in this feature were Resale Hut
ch.eson. Marion Holt Seward William
Mahl, Virgil Masterson, Fred and David
Rice, Pierce and Wood Gregg, Russell
Scott, Eugene TahafeTo, Mildred and
Everett McAshau Robert S. Lovett, Jr.,
Marian Groom Smith, Howard Smith, Jr.,
Minnie and William Price, Will Scott
Mary Woolford, 'Rosine Huston, Nadine
Sawyer. Mary Allen, Kate Allen, Ben
and Wharton Weems. Palmer Hutche-
son. Tom Taliaferro. Llewellen. Hayward
and Mildred helms. George Tyler Nellie
Hall, Libbe Rice, Louis Fitzgerald.
Don Cannon. Fltahugh Howard Foster.
Mr. w. V. n. Wilson made few re-
marks to the effect that the crosses OF
honor would be preserved by the vet
Grams to their last days and handed
down to their descendants. He also
stated that in Georgia and Virginia laws
had been passed preventing the wearing
OF these badges by any one not entitled
to have them and he hoped the same
thing would be done in this State.
AS each persons name was called he
stepped to the platform and from the
hands of Rosalie Hutchinson received the
badge in a manner which showed that It
was thh,g OF which the recipient was
truly proud. and one veteran remarked,
he was now fully paid for all he had done
In that memorable struggle.
The following were those who were
presented with the crosses Of honor A..
E zimmerman, A. II Baldwin, G. A.
Bailey, r. H. Bagby. j. NJ. Baugh, j. w.
Bell ]. A, Bailey, II. w. Beaze!ey, O..
, c. Beavens G.. A. Branard Jesse A..
Bryan, sr., A. A. Brlnsmade. Frank s.
Burke r. C. Cushman, w. ID. Cleve-
land. s. T. Christian, R. Cotton, w. II.
Crank, Sr.. w. Il. Cornltius, r. b. Chill
ton. ]. A. Camerc', j. r, Compton, l."
L. Cohen. ]. M. Cotton, w c, Crane,
&. Cheek, w. w. Dexter II. b. Daviss, p.
II. Fall, b. S. Fitzgerald, j. c. Fowler
John Farmer. c. p. Frank J, H Fletcher
r, b. Fowler G. w. Gibbs, ], r. Griffin,
II. w, Garrow, John II. Carey, r. d..
i, Gribhle, e e. George, Charles Ganard,
J, A. Huston. C II, Herman, Thomas
b. Howard, p. Hoenis, William Hunter,
, Thomas ]. Hill, John K, Hooper Rob-
/ ert Heyer $. Il. Jones, William Jones.
, II, b. Johnson j, j. Kelly. o. b. Kor g.
S. X. Longnecker A. b, Lee, w. H..
Lloyd, G. II, Llttleheld, S. NJ. McAshah,
w. Childress Martin, NJ w. Mcleod, s.
= X. Mcllhemy, John Moon, Charles MIL
1 err H. b. Mcconnell. l.. T. Noyes, w.
b. ochlltree. C. f Pascoe d. 0, Peden,
w, e. Paschall, T. J. Prnde. C. A. Quin-
, Ian, L. NJ. Rich, A. II. Railey, N A.
Robertson l. j. Roche j. S. Swope, II.
, w. Smith, August Schilling, John A,
Stewart w. n. Shaw. A, L. Steele, A. H.
sehmeltz, r. G. Turner w. L. Thomp-
: son, Van B. Vinson, c. S, Wsldrop.
r Joseph b. Wilson, W, r. Webb. T. b.
q Williams, John Wilson, B. F. Weems. w.
, V. r. Watson, 7. r. Franklin and ]. II.
> Adams, the latter person being an in
mate Of the Confederate home at Austin
a and who lost bath legs in the war.
The master Of ceremonies, Mr.. W. V.
, K. Watson, said at the conclusion of the
4 distribution of the crosses that he did not
4 leei equal 10 the task of expressing In
, proper manner the thanks OF che veterans
1 SO he would call on Judge kittrell an
4 honorary member OF the camp, to express
the appreciation OF the distributor for the
honor conferred upon them.
. Judge Ktttrell had not been advised that
he would be expected to speak. but
promptly responded, saying.
Veterans and Ladies': There are
y /
yield obedlence-my wife. the Daugh-
, tiers of the Contederacy and Dick
: Bowling camp. My wife said I must b,
, here to witness these ceremonies, my he.
. loved friend the president OF r Z. Lee
, Chapter, United Daughters Of the Confed.
, Grey, slgnalled me after my arrival here
q to come forward and the spokesman for
the camp has commanded me to serve
hence l obey. have been assigned a task
The sroper performance OF which Is beyond
the compass OF my powers. can no,
0 give even approximately adequate expires.
| sion to the emotions OF gratitude and pride
which oil the hearts OF these gray and
grizzled veterans You must read them N
their tear-dimmed eyes. their thnobblng
hearts and rheir tremulous voices. Thi.
Is scene not only profoundly solemn.
, but must profoundly pathetic. The worf
has ever been ready 10 crown the victor
: and follow him with Wild scclai1ns but n
has been reserved to the blessed women OF
the South to bestow the rewards OF honor
. and glory upon the vanqulshed
Fit and meet indeed is II that thes,
who have assembled hsre should be SO
rewarded. when that glory Kissed flag which
for four years they followed with such
heroic devotion sank in gloom ye, in glory
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