The Washington weekly post., 1900-09-18
Survivors of Famous Cavalry
Band Meet at Fairfax.
TWO FLAGS FLOATED SIDE BY SIDE
EmL'em OF the Lost Caase and ibe stars
and stripes Conspicuous Ia the DecoTs-
lions FiIzhagb Lee aud senator DanieI
Among Those Who Addressed the ycter-
ans-Daniei says Controversy Is settled
Lee Opposed 10 FarlInE Flag.
Special to The Washington Post.

SbNNAA 70 Ahe NsshsnEtoa flst
Fairfax. Va. Sept. 1.-THE seventh ar
nuai reunion Of Mosby's men. Forty-shiri
Battalion. Virginia Cavalry. began here
lo-cay' and will come 10 a close to-mOr-
row evening.
Not since the civil war has there been
such gathering Of people here. At early
GAVE they began pouring in from all di-
rections, in all sorts OF vehicles. from
the fine family carriages and six-horss
omnibuses to the farm wagon filled with
the country people. The old town Is gay
With bunting, the red, white, and red OF
the Confederaey In great predominance.
Across the streets In various places large
Confederate flags are hung, with the Stars
and Stripes filling here and there an hon
ored place.
At IL o'clock the procession formed.
consisting OF Shroeder's Band. from
Washington: remnant of Mosby's bat
talon: Camp Marr. Confederate Veterans.
and Thrift Camp. Cons OF Confederate
Veterans, commanded by Capt Robert T..
Lee, grandson of his famous namesake.
In marked contrast TO the veterans OF
%, came the veterans of the spanish
war, Company /. Third Virginia. who
were headed by the American flag. The
procession moved TO the cemetery. where.
in one large mound, are buried several
hundred of the Confederate dead. This
mound, with its granite shaft. was sur
founded by the Sons OF the Confederate
Veterans, while the band played Nearer,
My God, 10 Thee" and an appropriate
dlrge.
Judge Love was master of ceremonies
and Rev Mr.. Ferguson delivered the
f..r
F1tzhugh Lee. who had houored the Oc-
casion with his presence. Robert e. Leo
was introduced, and responded in a shore
Grafton. full of the sentiment and pathos
of the occasion. He said that the Con-
federacy lived once more fog momeai,
recalled in all its anguish.
Listened to- Famous Orators.
After returning from the cemetery. the
procession disbanded In the courthouse
lot and listened to an address of welcome
by Hon. r. Walton Moore. Dinner was then
announced, and the veterans sat down -
bountiful repast, which had been spread
for them on tables under the trees In the
courthouse park. The first speaker after
dinner was Gen. Eppa Hunton. a former
Representative OF this district in Con-
gress. A poem, written for the occasion
by Mr.. Gordon, was read b. Hon. X. Wal
ton Moore. 1t was dedicated 10 Mosbys
battalion.
Senator John w. Daniel was introduced
and addressed the assemblage for over
an hour. In the course of his address he
made the statement that unlike many
other wars, the civil war was a decisive
war. 1t finally settled the controversy
over which il was fought. The South. ne
s.s.fH hea1
contention. such as France has on Alsace
and Lorraine. IL was a war OF 200 bat
ties, some equally as bloody as San Juan
Hill. The war was physically closed At
Appomattox In April. 1866. 1t was legal
ly closed IN 1866, when a proclamation
was Issued to that effect, but II was not
morally closed until 1885, when the inal
disabilities were removed from the Con-
federate soldier, and he was allowed u
hold commission I'm the United SIates
army. After that a Confederate veteran
was as good as anybody else A memoir
able feature OF the address was his graph
Is description OF the departure from
Cuba OF the last Of the Spanish troops. OF
which he was an eye witness. Il am glad
10 JON you, he said. lin welcoming back
10 his native country the man for whom
on that occasion a shout went M m fha
skies IRON the American soldiers from
the North, the South, the East, and IN.
west. In closing, ne paid touching and
Impressive tribute TO The memory OF
Stone~aH jackson, VIII +. Lee. and
INC iale e1-CongfessInan T.. h. Mereditn
Lee opposes Rlng-iu.Iius.
The next speaker was Gen. Fltzhusb
Lee, who has just returned from Cubs
siter a years absence. In his familiar
style ne talked OF his boyhood days ina
THIS county, when he would ride In ma
courthouse horseback. and also OF th.
later and more eveAtful days from 1881 "a
lh6J. Referring 10 recent history. he snolFf,
Win pride Of the fact that the American
hag hoated over Porto Rico and the l.-
ands OF the Pacific. He did not think
that II should be hauled down in the Phil
lppine Islands while 1t was being fired
upon by the Filipinos lie has TWO sons
In The army there.
The next speaker was Attorney GaueraI
A. J. Montague. His speech was short.
but was one Of best Of the day. He said
that the sacrifice and her0lsm displayed
By the men and women OF Virginia dur
Ing the four trying years of th. civil war
might well be emalated oy the vouu1
Virginidns OF to-day and put into practife
i0r pure and honest government Gov
Tyler. Just arrived, Was then introduced
and spoke for about ten minutes, after
which the meeting adjourned
one or Col. hOsbys daughters Miss
Ada, and two OF Ills sisters Virgfnla E
M0sby and Mrs. Russell. OF Washington.
were ureeent