The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-15
Veterans of the Stars and
Bars.
Continued from Page One.)

four men from North Carolina. AS
they marched down the long aisle to
the tune of Dixie" escorting a North
Carolina camp, the enthusiasm of the
old veterans was unbounded. A few
moments later the Seventh u. S. Cav
airy stationed at Chattanooga came
into the hall playing a spirited march.
They marched down to the stage and
We're escorted up to the gallery where
they took a position in the extreme
end and over the platform, their uni
forms forming the only variation to
the predominating grey of those asz
sembled.
After General Gordon had called the
veterans to order Chaplain Jones de-
livered the invocation. Governor ]. B.
Frazier welcomed the delegates to
Tennessee in a splendid address. Twice
he started to his seat only to be re-
called and urged in behalf of the vet
Grams. Among the other things Gov
ernor Frazier said
when that grand man, that patriot,
that noble Christian soldier General
Robert e. ee, SURRENDERED at Apo
mattoX he spoke with a heart
too full for deceit, in that no South
ern mother swore her son to bitter
nes-% She Swore him to love and hon
or u accepted the inevitable finality.
Whefr>s,ou saw furled for the last time
the stars and bars you had followed
for four years when you had made
your last final march back to your
homes, had final farewell to your
comrades and found the sainted moth
er sleeping in the family cemetery, the
beautiful home i'm ruin and ashes,
when YOU pressed upon your wifes lip
n loving kiss, you sealed solemn
Pledge that from that day on you
would know but one country and but
one flag.
you came back to take up your
old work to build a new civilization,
10 redeem land that had almost ma
liciously been given to the negro. In
less than thirty-tive years, unaided
by anything except fertile land ana
energy, you have attained CONNER
cial freedom for the South. The South
has already snatched from New Sng-
land the hitherto unchallenged record
of cotton manufacturing. The South
is destined to become the garden spot
in this fair land. (Applause.)
1--WE welcome you to the warm hos
pitality and sunshine of the South, and
if that is not warm enough, welcome
you to some of our good homes. Cap
plause and cheers)"
A Tornado of Cheers for Lee.
After Col. A. S. Williams, mayor of
Nashville, had extended the city's well
come General Gordon brought for
ward General Stephen d. Lee, as the
permanent presiding officer and COM
mander-in-c chief. General Lees APP
pearance was the signal for remark
able outburst of enthusiasm. Cheer
after cheer greeted him. Hats canes,
handkerchiefs and coats went into the
air in all parts of the auditorium and
the gallery added it's vociferous voice
to the demonstration. The, band took
UP the spirit of the occasion and Gen
era1 Lee was kept bowling from side
TO side for several minutes.
General Lees speech aroused many
an outburst of applause. He said in
conclusions.
"As the close of our days draw near,
and the work of upbuirding our coun-
try passes on into younger and strong
er hands, let us make it our mission,
comrades, to tell the story. Do not let
your children and grandchildren for
get the cause for which we suffered.
Tell it not in anger; tell it not in grief;
tell it not in revenge; tell it proudly as
fits a soldier. There is no shame in
all the history. Dwell on the gallant
deeds, the pure motives, the unset
fish sacrifice. Tell of the hardships
endured, the battles fought, the men
who bravely lived, the men who nobly
died Your dear comrades shall live
again in your woods.
1.-THE infinite pity and glory of it all
will awake the hearts of those who lis
ten, and they will never forget. Tell
them of Albert Sidney Johnson, of
Stonewall Jackson, of Stewart, with
his waving plume, or Forrest with his
scorn of death Tell them of Wade
Hampton and Gordon, the Chevalier
Rayards of the South. Tell them of
Zollicoffer, of Pat Cleburne and Frank
Cheatham, of Pelham, of Ashby. Tell
them of the great soldier with the
spotless sword and the SpotleSS soul,
who sleeps at Lexington in the valley
of Virginia. Tell them of the great
President, who bore upon his heart
the sorrows of all his people, and
upon whom fell the blows which
passed them over.
''This, my comrades, is your last
commission Do this for the dead,
that they ma ybe loved and honored
still. Do this for the living, that they
may also become worthy of love and
honor. Do this for your country, that
when the time is ripe she may again
be rich in heroes and in noble deeds.
Shall not the self same soil bring
forth the self same men,?
when the great account is taken
which page thing you, my country
Hon. Thomas M. Owen. of Mont
gomery Ala, commander of the Ala
bama division of Sons of Veterans,
spoke in response to the welcoming
for the sons. He was heartily APP
plauded. General Lee then announced
the following committees:
Observation-Disclosures: Captain w.
H. Bel: Arkansas. DR.. j. M. Keller;
Disric of Columbia. Hon. Hilary A.
Herbert; Florida. Major G.. II. Hub
bard: Georgia, Col William M. Crum-
ley; Kentucky, General John p. Leath-
ers; Louisiana, General j. B. Levert;
Maryland, DIR. Martin j. Jarrett: Mis-
sissippi Andrew Vaughn; North Car
DINA, Major William A. Guthrie;
Northwest. Col. William Ray: Ohio,
Captain Shields; oklahoma, r. M.
Davis; Pacific, Major John H. Lester;
South Carolina, General William r.
James; Tennessee, Col. Frank e.
Moses; Texas, General w. Fl. Richard
son: Vir-inia. T. j. Stratton.
solutions-Alabama, Captain w.
H. Logan: Arkansas, Col. William
Watkins: District of Columbia, DR.. S.
L. Lewis; Florida, General w. d.
Ballentine: Georgia, Col. w. l.. CAL
houn: Kentucky, General James H.
Rogers: Louisiana, Col. A. r. Blakely;
Maryland, Marcellus J. Molly; Missis-