The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-20

4 on 3 II g4ta III,
! Mn ior Mccausland replied .'Aiy SUPERIOR
onlccr is present" Colonel Smith NJ
| once begged our ,cturl to barracks.
At this time some Of the cltizens o.
| Tic Town. Including perhaps, some iadIcs
WHO had relatives or friends with one or
both sides, came In excited haste nv
| implored our return to barracks. Nehll,
| While the unlonists, WHO had renliSco
ihc situation were but n little distance
10 tho street preparing for the shock
81 battle, which appeared SO iinn1tnent'
THE HALT.
THO cntreatics to return to barfacka
on Tho one side and the formation INTO
battalion on the other went on.
There stood hundred and eighty
stalwnrt young men, armed aud oquil'-
ped and eager for the fray. awaiting ~. ny,
command "Forwarl!" They were Of thH
very flower of the South. a little later
IN many of them won high dictinctlon'
hovs as they were. in armies, THO Sol-
diers Of which for gallantry and endui
ancc have never been exceled III the
| history Of the world
Al this time Massey, who had taikeG
SO beautifully earlier IN the day am
AIa ,or Colston, IA professor and after
wards n gallant Confederate general,
rnlloped up, and Massey Joined, IN tho
nnnea 10 lis to return to barracks. say
inp that he, rs the law officer OF the
county, had made n brief enquiry INTO
ihe dinlculty ana found that no one had
been hurt !; that he would see thai the
guilty persons should be pllnis'lea,
Il JACKSON APPEARS. III
| Meonwhile n greater$t than any arrived
Tall, sihewy we'll formed, q slight stoop
in the shoulders, large feet and hallds'
rotreating forehead, blue-gray 81 eyes
straight nose, strong mouth and chin
held We'll to the 'front.' measured gait
! Major jackson, then professor IN the
| Institutlon, strobe up and down betofe
Tie corps battalion which he viewed ana
rayIowed closely, With apparent thought
md care. Ila looked ut the SURROUNDINGS
and then UP the street toward the op..
| nosins, force, He had evidently formed
Ills plans and was ready for an emergency
| should such arise with the responsibility
on hi INTO meet and lead it. lie uttered
| no word but his movements grew more
animated each moment. Ills statue
Strengthened and grew &taler anfdGoisse g
| and, Ills silent greatness was< apparent 70
| iii and made him the central figure. a
] RETURN TO BARRACKS.
| The tension was great, There the cadet
battalion stood In ranks, inlpntienlly wall,
| inr liza command forward while O1t
4 Two or three hundred yards up the street
4 tho volunt cor company OF hundred sta' ,
wurt Young men, well Differed. armed anu
, equipped were drawn up across Wy
street in battle array supportcu ~ III ~
/ haps, five times their number Oh me CIV
: IONS OF tho town and county, armed Win
Is shotguns, rifles and pistols,
This warlike scene which had been
. gathering like n storm-cloud during the
morning in that brilliant and peaceful
community alarmed tho peace-lovihg men
and women, and hence the impromptG
! delegations {thatSlnterceded!f for peace AM
prevented what might huveibcen afploods
,rnrcdv and thus the war% that was soor
!, 10 follow was prevented. from boinG IN
y aururated at classic Lexington ,.iHstea'
so The corps broke ranks and Returned
: Ia barracks in promiscuousss order, u.s.
!. charging their guns Us they welity-
: CALLED TO ACCOUNT
Then we We're summoned Df tfo aiut
= beat to Colonel Smiths seetlon, suo,.
! trhcrc we found Colonel snilth,sG olont
: Preston. n professor. and Mr.. MASSEY o
thc rostrum and Major IackspATscate
Nncar IN hut off tho rostrum, 5FSsa
! Colonel Smith at once protcededsto OK
y corIatc the corps for It's lnsubordinat
y conduct Ills remarks were cnihcnlly WIS
!. and proper. but were not tapprGclifAleo
y his Youthful audience. because n az wa I
8 their rash impulses, Mr., Massey and aitc
.J t. L
y rosnonses were appropriate and pacific,
y i,rhen Major Jackson, who had dulell
Ic ,or, Ills scat and heard the others wa
J vnr,ferously called. remember the seen
as irIcnucted but yesterday
ia was q thorough soldier and believe
in7,slrict obedience of orders. From 2 st
!. perior Office. lie hesllated for nv
It ment.
~ f,,lnnol Smith said. 'MajOr,r
!, YOU nave anything 10 say TO the youn
:, - men rrt M and say it, Jackson mounfe
!. iho rostrum and faced his audience,
Z. There stood the great chcfta|n, j
erect figure. flashing eye, energetic o.
~ presslons. short, quick and TO the pom
Il disclosed to the commonest NINA
he greatness. lie salu'
~ "Nilitary men mako short speeches, al
- sc 10 myself / am no hand for speakin
~ ANYHOW, Tho time for war has not y
:, comc mi it will come, and that 500
- ana when II does como my ADVICE ~
~, draw Tic sword and throw away the sea
II. bard" ~, nm
IT, These words, their utierance, the ma
"a, ncr, the personality Of the speaker He l,.
thrill through his audle'lce .'luN VIZ :"
AZ ~ resnonse. | never heard surihsssu
'" =" ~ ~, ia Confederate ycll on the bait
neG ,,,,urcd
.nsN
hearers and had established ~ ll'e'I ii'i,.
re- lhnt lie was Il loader on whose loyI ~,
no courage and skill they could rely ~
eSS erlo Ills grea, man had sSsteflh''Gu
se REFORMED the duties incumbent upon W
'le Hi. regularity was so marked thht " )"
~ rloyerbial that he would DO on tlllle
WI The minute at the drill or the sec'i
~. room. viii, him there was no ROOF"
~ except an alienation Or chnnGe room !
'nn ceuseIcss routine, mpnoton0us ~ ils re
81 uMri,y, Such devotion 10 duty ny !
I other professors as well has made ING y
wv, ginia Military Institute one OF the We
len best Institutions of this country for e1u
IT p,ng young men Tor sucrcssful careers
life. lis curriculum is thorough and co
,ne plete for practical life, developing IN
mo most useful and practical way the menl
an, while the discipline and drill develops
w. physical powers
nSe Jackson helped TO make It's charnct
an and his name will ever give II lustrc.
W. low appropriate IT would have b'
~ for his statue, which stands IN The !.
ington Cemetery, to have been erected
o'f | az. Ipoti,IIIo nnIuuC GROUNDS Il Nv