The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-13

lie asked Judge Wright to allow Rev.
W. u. WHAT to take the chair, and then
presented 10 tho crowd a most excellent
portrait Of his honor, Judge Wright. 1t
was received WITH very whoop Of np-
n1ause, which testified TO tho love and nd
.miration Of tho pcope5of Gloucester to
tile retiring Judge. who Is now holding
the last term OF the Ninth judicial Cir
cult Of Virginia. Tlie portrait wns I'M.
Yelled by the pretty little granddaughter
Of MIR. Stubs Surely the burning words
Of Mr.. Stubs nust have graft fled tho
recipient Of tho compliment. Colonel j.
r. Saunders Of Saluda. presented this
portrait III a most delicate, touching
manner and In the same way 1t was
received BY MIR Herbert Lewis. Of West
Point. who convu1sed the audience by
suyinE: .If had beer born In Gloucester
/ would have been q great man Pos
sibIy he may yet. attain. Ills speech Ger
tainy gave such promise
AN ABSENTEE n. SKI s
A letter read blythe Judge from Thomas.
Nelson Page told OF his profound regret
at not being able 10 be present, an I'M
portant engagement at Yale alone pre-
received q telegram when she reached
Baltimore. which recalled her to Spar:
tgnburg. Lines from Miss Molly Elliot
Seawell Mr.. Cook, Major r. s.. ITALIA
ferro and Judge Wexford expressed ro-.
greet at not being able to attend the ex-
erciscs. Among the visitors present from
distance were Mcsdames Caskic Thorn
as Of New oYrk: Walter Reed Blimroe,
and Elan, Rev. J. G.. Reed, the Mcssrs.
Jones' Joseph Bryan. Johnathan Bryan.
John r.. Saunders, Messrs. James Car,
roll and J.. r. Reed, OF United States
army: w. B. Robinson, T. G. Jones and
John Iyaidurlm and three ladies and
gentlemen were the guests at dinner OF
ALesdames Charles IL Gary and Mrs.
w. E. Corr. The day was an Inspiring
one, and to Judge Wright, who all part
With, with sincere sorrow. To his able
assistant, Hon. j. N.sStone. Is due the
success OF the occasion.
I MAJOR sKEAN'S ADDRESS. si5
v One of the most interesting features OF
the day was the unveiling of the tablet
to Major Walter Reed surgeon United
States army, by the County Court. The
presentation speech, which was made by
Major Jefferson Randolph Kean, was MS
folio MS:
$"I am hero by order Of the Honorable
Court Of Gloucester.-not 9, nake q speech
for am the only YirElnian In tho whole
circle f;my acqualntahces Wild has not
that ACCOMPLISHMENTS to lay my tr'-
butte .of;aa laurel lea f on7'thla memorial
which you have raised at.this, his birth
place. and to say, a5,few words about the
great and; 1ovdbie qualities Of Walter
Reed and the magnitude OF tho work
which hey accomplished In my storysSI
hope you will pardon some personal allu-
sions and remin!scences-for though did
not have the honor to be g. mem Der Of the
Yellow Fever Commission, was its conf
dent and later Its BUSINESS manager and.
distributing agent. His parents were
Lemuel Sutton Reed. who at the time OF
Walters birth was the presiding elder OF
the Methodist Church ofFthls circuit, and
Pharaba White, his wife,. Their home
was at little place, scarcely village,
called Belle Roy. about six miles from
this courthouse, and there, Walter. the
Youngest OF five children. saw the light
on the 18th Of September, 1851. often
wonder IL Dr. William Waller, the good
physician who presided on that momen-
tous occasion, was blest with any pre-
monitton Of the fact that the helpless
babe which he held in his hands while It
drew It's first walllng breaths. waa
destined to solve that riddle OF tho
Sphynx among diseases, and put an emil
to the tribute of human lives which for
ages had been continually exacted for tho
failure to guess the secret.
DIR. REEDS CEtlIDtiOOD.{s
The infancy and childhood of the little
Walter passed without events worthy OF
note In other than mothers chronicle;
unless it. may interest a Gloucester nu-
dcncc to know that he early developed a
taste for the good things for which the
county Is famous and attempted his fist
oyster at the ago Of one month. Fortu-
& natcIy, Or. Waller was near at hand.
His school of education was received at
Charlottesville from Mr. William r. ABB
bot, whohIs still at the head Of one OF
the best OF our Virginia high schools, at
whose feet too sat in my youthful
days. and To whose scholarly goal and
patience I am indebted for tho small
Latin and less Greek that still fingers in
my, memory along with many pleasant re-,
collections Of boyish days.
1t enables US TO appreciate alike tho re-
markable preclousness of the youth and
tho limited field Of medical knowledge
thlrty-five years ago as compared with
our four and five years course OF to-
day to learn that he graduated In medl-
cine at the University Of Virginia before
stha age Of eghteon and after one years
study, Fortunately so forced curriculum
was supplemented by several years Or
careful study In the schools and hospitals
of New York, In 1875 lie entered the n,cdi-
ral corps OF the army lie took this stop.
I suspect not so much from a love Of
camps and adventures or n desire
To follow over sea and land,
Through cities and through solitldes,
Tho phantom with the reckoning hand
Which still allures and still eludes,
as from q genter and tenderer motive
the maldel, passion for maid. For this
position gave him an assured income
and his marriage TO the gentle lady who
Is here with us to-day soon followed,
/ have seen letters written by him at this
period OF his life Which strike n note
unusual in a, young man of twenty-four.
There La nothing OF the pleasant vanltics
and follies of lusty youth, or even OF that
last lnfirnlty OF noble minds, desire for
fame, but only the scholars love for his
books and IA great wish to benefit man.
kind, This spirit OF pure altruism greatly
Impressed mo twenty-five years later on
an occas sion which shall always ren,em-
her and shall mention further on
The twenty-three years Of his life as nm
army surgeon prior to tho Spanish war
contained tho usual full measure d tFon-
tlar scry,ce with its yicIssitudeS and Jour-