The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-28
THE "JEB" STUART FUND.
Action Of Lee Camp and the Speech o
Mr.. Vass

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The action OF Lee Camp In eDproprIat-
ing $500 toward the erection Of an eques-
tran statue here in Richmond to General
Stuart and his men has been received
with hearty approval OH all sides. This
swells the fund in the hands of the Vet
Gran Cavalry Association to upwards Of
$500. which, with amounts pledged and
uncollectcd, makes a round sum Of some
$3.50 in the treasury
Captain Ben Palmer. the secretary OF
the association, Is averaging about 800
week, and rs the receipts will have to
% pc o petI Ter than that to equal a total OF
$1,000 before the expiration Of the term
or the present legislature he is urging
al Intending subscribers to please remit
,hn =, neGislature appropriated $4,000 for
cation raise similar amounts; and as
one Legislature cannot bind a succeeding
one one, II IS UP to the association to COM
priation. Since the city Council, Which
promised by itself to erect a monument
70 stuart. has taken no action upon ti.eIr
petition 10 for $4,000 toward the $4,000 nee
eSsafy ior the monument builders, the
asIsociation Is getting anxious.
It will be remembered that when
sauart 1el IN 1854 at Yellow Tavern in
two, capltols against sheridan,s great eat
horde or raiders, tho Council expressed
a ad n icy gratitude OF the citizens
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memory But the present City Council
Wnile IT has not denied tho associations
Hon nn , ioL assistance has taken no ac-
third Of the cost of a ''s,lItable mon,I
menu. and some Of the Executive Com
i nv &c. or The association have given up
n 1he expectation zee q the ctys fniiHng its
pieuse so somenly made while tie guns
we, We're booming on the city's defenses in
his g sna sn IN Vas being lad eess
Mr.. James v l'a.S the" the Rev DR.. J. WI.
liam Jones, Mr.. D. g., Richardson and
M, Joseph ", rnom5s spoke esV in a lie
a be nraer hGfore M camp in favor
standing without a Hisscnting Voice. but .vt
a Widn n a SloMt and a cheer for the great
W Who peerless pnols ,,, raTalryman. Mr.. vass,
sentiment of {hc G association ny in sa'f FEW
% roGonom,m1andcr; We lave in hand about
s s9o ooo me legislature has appropriated
$1,000, .Wo have also asked the city
n9nne, no to %hp p[ap $1,000 which mat
priatlon We need $3o,000oto erect this
n ION me E.oo and hone Lee Camp Will
size the 1900 asked for tonight.
Comrades. | don't think General Still
art needs any eulogy before this camp,
Yon are all familiar with his war record
ana many OF You knew him personally,
y VIII say to my Infantry friends, that
General Stuart was not only Il cavalry
man, but he demonstrated at Charcel-
lorsyllle that he could handle infantry
Just as well as lie could cavalry, IT was
a great compliment paid him at Chan
cellorsville. when jackson fell when, with
one accord, the Infantry officers cried
out: Where Is Jeh. Stuart?" He was
immediately sent for. Arriving on the
field, about ~ o'clock that night by
morning lie had tho army In his grasp,
and soon after sunrise he ordered tho
advance, BEFORE noon, the work at Chan
cellolsville WAS In possession of our Vie
torious army and ] am sure the corps
was as We'll handled that day and did
as we'll as they could possibly have done
had StoneWall Jackson been in COM
mand himself 1t is probable that Stu
art would have been kept in command
OF JacksonS corps, could ho have been
spared from the cavalry.
",fhen again, at GettysburtS you infan-
successful because wo 'Buttermlk Ran
gers CAS- you used TO call usf We're not
there; That wasn't the. reason. my
friends. You had plenty OF cavalry with
VOW When our army. started on The
Gettysburg campaign the cavalry arm
OF the service was larger than at any
other time during the war. numbering
about 10000 sabres, and when Stuart made
the loop around the Federal army he
had less than oneshalf. of his cavalry
corps with him. More than half ts3ne
s.oool We're left with the army. So. my