The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-15
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but I'D hard sttyssie With adversely II, tn.
III th hirh; no are convinced nov that the
bbppss INTERMEDIARY e ashrys,nets Of our fathers
Yet when 1 look about nc Tor tho meii who
arc 10 enter into tbs, he sa ,el,, which YOU
bic 70 tho nsoii,iarap,le loss which tho South
ss sssa T te sPBaase V sD %Ssh sTs
nevsr heard aftcri tho. cry OF battle was over.
ha senu that mf' reo, hage u, directed the
| home forgotten sklrTish 1ine. The very flower
md pride OF our people perished IN the battle
and tho SooNa e, our sta e' w6 ns hen
Won't to iheir graves
I Il hold no view o. 1.t. southern deseneracy
country and tho coming generations, when
s world has as .a s Ms avery oT
alton mist have its war. II 30, in Gods name
MT BE- real war rss ogTs ho ons
nee thet,, ali 10 Until the wilderness was back
and Ga S E sranr ' and iap
| tbs manly courage, a The stubborn nerve tho
pure chivairy. the peerless devotion. the TIM.
s,n'ed ta, spa 'oy gl,S;v which went .n
n nsn ike Tst ssss Il, ' south poor
indeed loss that sa n meyer ne. j., be ,ol restored.
"lu my ecsades. o, i Y s,a s s. eomfor,
lose. 1t was n revelation 10 the world. II
was revelation to ourselves. What a magni..
fcent rnce q what ,yh splendid TYPE 81
II IL was vas iubiine it Is wonderful beyond COM
men came back I gee them before me now.
God has bountifully prolonged their days.
TIA. they nay t t. The next s ssners
the wondrotis story Of those days. that they
may stir up in tbs hearts q youth the emu
asns Of the spr rns as' saare 0's
''As the close OF our days draw near, and
tho work Of upbnlddng our country par, passes ,s
make it our mission, comrades. to tell the
story. DO not le, your children , and grand md
f fsrea f sTfet fhs ssase In vass as
it not in grief. Tell. It not In re-
yenge Tell Il proudly fts 19lder There ere
sacrfiee. Teli Of, the hardshps endured. the
the men Who nobly died. Your dear COM
radea shall live again In your words.
The Infinite pity and ,5,, glory Of T. all VIII ~
Sidney Johnston. Of stonewall Jackson. Of
s With lis s seorn 9 II death Tell them d wade
Hampton and Gordon. the cheyalier Bayards
Of tho South. Tell them OF Zolcoffer, Of Pat at
the '.t spotiess sword. and the spotess soul.
vh9 sseps e It ,hs e Y ss
who bore upon his sad heart the. sorrows
Of all his people. and upon whom fell all tho
This my comrades. IS your. last commits
sion. Do this for the dead. that they may
loved and honored stu 20 this FOR ths
OF love and honor. Do this for. your country
that when the time Is ripe. she may again
"shall not the self same soil bring forth the
self same men? a
When the great account Is taken, which
page think you. my countrymcn, VIII the
South most willingly spare? Will II be the
old page torn and ragged stained with blood
and defeat, or will 1t be the new age OF her
latest census. with It's magnificent figures
oos stealth sy and sosers s I'd
to read and read again. This blood and those
tears mean more to US than to al the world \
be lost to US, and the love we gave e., will
not die TIL the last gray jacket IL folded and
the last gray head Is buried beneath
MY comrades. neither do believe our
descendants will ever hesitate to make the
not exchange the story Of the conredcracy for
the wealth Of the world. At their mothers
the sonF aeas ake mem
great mud nations glorious a people who do
not cherish their past VII never .,ys b, have y
States proud ot tl,e unsurpassed hero!sm
and people Of the CoDfederacy. " N 4.
Hon. Thomas Owen Responds.
Hon. Thomas NJ. owen, Of Montgomery,
Ala, commander OF the Alabama division
OF Sons of Veterans, spoke In response
to the welcoming for the sons He was
heartily applauded. General Lee then
announced the following committees:
Alabama. Captain w. II.
Bell: Arkansas, Dr.. y. NJ. Keller; District \
OF Columbia. Hon. Hillary a. Herbert:
Florida, Major G. H. Hubbard; Georgia.
Colonel William NJ. Crumey; Kentucky,
General j. B. Levert; MARYLAND, DIR. Mar
tin ]. Jarrett; Mississippi, Andrew
Vaughan; North Carolina, Major William
A Guthrie: Northwest. Colonel William
Fay: Ohio, Captain Shields; Oklahoma.
f. NJ. Davis; Pacific, Major John II.
Lester: South Carolina. General William
T.. James; Tennessee, Colonel Frank e.
Moses: Tesa. General w. H. Richard
son; Virginia T. ]. Stratton.
Observation-Disclosures. Captain W. II.
Logan: Arkansas. Colonel William Wat
k.ns; District Of Columbia, DR.. S. z.
Lewis; Florida. General ". d. Ballen-
tine: Georgia, Colonel w. T.. Calhoun;
kentucky. General James Fl Rogers;
Louisiana. Colonel A, r. Blakely; Mary
land, Marcellus ]. Molly; mississippi, II.
Clay Sharkey; North Carolina, General
James T. Metts; Northwest. Captain
George r. Ingram; Ohio, Captain s. Is.
tidwell; Oklahoma. Colonel ". Mckay:
Pacific, William D. Rtson: South Caro-
lima, Colonel O. H. Sohumpert; Tennessee,
MAJOR ". p. FOLEY; Texas. Colonel j.
"a. Simpson; Virginia, j. T<ylor Ellyson.
Dr.. McKim Orator Of the Day.
General Lee then introduced DR.. Ran
dolph III. NIcKim, OF Washington, D. G.,
as the orator for the occasion. DR.. Nc
Kim was in excellent voice and his ora
ton was a notable effort. >Although tha
veterans had listened to two hours and
more of oratory in a. temperature ap-
80, they gave DR.. Mckim
their undivided attention. and frequently
interrupted with cheers.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and Eel.
1 rise 10 address you to-day, When look
over this vast concourse OF the brave men
ana the9 noble women of the South--repre-