Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-10

! Win young men and new blood, but must
leave the gaps unfilled,v said Commander
James Powers Smith. in concluding his
! Introductory address at the r. E. Lee
Camp, no. 1, memorial exercises last
! night
I'VE are painfully surprised that fifteen
Of our comrades should have dropped out
| during. the past year. But it empha sizes
| the fact that we are rapidly passing away
and il had a scroll which could be kept
| before your eyes always would inscribe
on it the words. BE ye ready like them.
| But we need no scroll to remind US
! of the law of nature, We have but to
| look on this portrait" said the speaker,
pointing to the portrait of Robert E. Lee
| behind him, "of the grandest man YOU
and have ever known, the most splendid
! hero that was ever vonchsafed any peo-
| pie. The most magnificent type Of Chris
tion soldier and gentleman. strong, round
ed and complete. And the portrait of
Jackson there. and others OF this noble
gallery Be We, like them, ready, for it
is as if we were starting on q railroad
journey. We must go when the train
comes in, and will not have time to go
back home and prepare for trip. Com
mander Smith asked the Camp and all
present to stand while Adjutant j. %Tay-
Tor Stratton read the list of last years
dead.
Adjutant Taylor read the list, as fol-
lows:
Charles P. Bigger. c. H. F'lournoy,
z. NJ. Crunnp. P. A. Radford,
John L. de Treville, Frank J. Kelley,
James T. Ferriter, Phil. T. Sutton,
w. J. Glenn, James T. Vaughan,
r. S, Brock, Sr., David n. Walker,
r. B. Chaf1ln, w. r. Ellyson,
Montgomery. West,
Commander Smith invited any one
present, who desired to do SO, to speak
OF their dead comrades.
Hon. j. Taylor Elyson arose and: spoke
feeingly OF one whose face he now Ials
ways missed when he came into this
hall-the genial, warm hearted, generous
James 7: Ferriter. to whom he paid a fine
tribute.
Mr.. Gervas Storrs followed in warm trl
butte to James 7. Ferriter, P. A. Radford,
and Charles T. Bigger.
a PERSONAL GRIEF
Colonel John Murphy spoke at length
and with much feeling of his bosom
friend, James T. Ferriter. ITO him. the
speaker said, lis credited in great mea-
ssure our beautiful Soldiers Home. He
was kind, tender, and gentle in camp !;
s he was as brave as the bravest In bat
tie. and at Gettysburg. while serving in
sPegram's renowned battalion, he lost his,
leg.
But Commander, you and [ know, and
every member OF this camp knows what a,
great fight it was after the war was
over to provide something to ct i4x our
/, loved ones, and where it was hard for us
to provide for them how much harder it
must have been for our friend, James
7. Ferriter to provide for an J; Invalid
mother, two young brothers and sister
1t has been scuf1e with him for the last;
thirty-seven years, and he has had
great deal of sickness, and q great deal
of other expenses on him. My friend ant
comrade was honored by his election to
the City Council for more than ten years,
and he was elected an alderman twice
without opposition. He was honest, true,
ant. faithful 20 his adopted State, to his
country, and to his God.
lat his death he left me his sole execu-
tor. Every dollar Of his life insurance is
left to pay his debts. 1t will leave a.
small pittance for mis- wife to live on.
Very few of us will leave a record as
noble and just to all his obligations as
our late friend and comrade, James r.
= erriter.''
Rev. J. William Jones paid eloquent
tributes to the memory of Comrades E.
N, Crump, and David N. Walker He
then spoke of the havoc death had made
in the ranks of Confederates everywhere.
OF the five full generals Of the Cpnfed-
eracy. all had gone. Only four Of the
remain. The major
generals have nearly all passed away
scarcely a day passes that the news
papers do not chronicle the death Of a
Confederate veteran.
When at Dallas, Tex. at the last
hn n H..
General Moorman, little did he think. that
noble soldier would be suddenly called
away while debating letter to com
rade. IN one loves the Confederate vet
eran better than I dc" said the speaker
and in coming back to Richmond after
an absence OF two years, my untravelled
heart turns to nothing more fondly than
the grand statue Of the Confederate prf
vate that guards her gates .ss:;as
5Ad5utant j. Taylor Stratton paid q. fri
butte to Comrade Sutton who was as
hunble' and quiet in his deneanor as @ha
was brave and Efficient in battle. Adju
lant- S,ratlon also paid a warm tribute
to p. a. Radford and James T. Ferr,tar
Mr.5sJames C. D1ckerson concluded the
tributes with eloquent references to Com
rades James T. Vaughan and r. 3.
Cha fin. -
At the. request Of Commander sn,st1,
the adjutant then read a memorial to
Ma jor-General George P. NORMAN. which
was referred to special COMMITTEES,
composed OF Comrades Jones, Ellyson,
and Stratton. to report on
GENERAL WADE HAMPTON.
AT the business meeting, held previous
to the memorial exercises, the following
Communication 60 the officers and mem
hers Of the camp. from Charleston, S.
c.. was read:
.'Gentlemen.-The Washington Light
Infantry of Charleston, S. c., which rep
resents three companies in Confederate
service. Company a, Hampton Legion,
and Compa MES and B. Twent tn
South Carolina Volunteers beg that yon
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