The Washington times., 1904-05-30
Approach of Early.

again invaded Maryland. FlghunS was
reported around Harpers Ferry, and the
invading forces were estimated as high
as 10000 Soon it became known shat
General Early was in command and
little was talked about in Washington
and in the North but the one question
as to the direction in which he WAS
headed.
vania, OF was Washington the objective
point?
On the 7th General Early's cavalry
was at Niddletown and Hagerstown
was occupied Miles of Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad track were torn up. On
the following day the gray forces were
In Frederick. Washington. then! Get
ready over in that Capital City because
here is danger indeed General Early
with something like 10000 men is al
most within striking distance OF your
President. your Congress. and of your
preSugei How are you prepared down
In Washington?
force of To-day men and these. with
Government clerks and District militia.
can make little resistance 10 these wiry,
ETay-clad veterans of Lee. Let Grant
know, Grant IS told and soon the vet
eran Sixth Corps VIII be on its way.
Time and tide wait for no man., how
ever. not even for Grant. and General
Early is marching through day and
through night, nearer and nearer to the
dome of the National Capitol, and the
Capital ltSelI IS seeming Win wiz eA-
element One man is calm and pa
tiently waits. So he has waited through
al the years of the conflict, through
victory and through defeat-patiently,
Sunday night. July 10. the Confed-
crate forces were at Rockville. and
early the next morning skirmishing
took place between there and Tenley-
town. That same morning. July II, the
gray skirmishers appeared on this
scene. a very different landscape then;
This valley, heavily wooded before, had
now largely been cut of its trees 10 pre-
vent close approach to the chain of
forts. Up there on yonder hill. where
now are only crumbling earthworks;
stood then a splendidly constructed
fertilization. bristling with guns and
&c termined men. Fort Massachusetts II
had been called. Fort stevens il was
called that day. For DAYS It had been
manned by To-day men and volunteers.
and now the Confederates were here;
would they sufhce2
Sixth Corps to the Rescue.
1T IS one of those questions that never
will be answered, Cor almost simultane-
ously with the arrival OF the gray
skirmishers in front of Fort Stevens.
was the arrival by way Of the Seventh
Street road of the first detachment Of
the splendid Sixth Army Corps. which
: landed in Washington that morning
| from Grants army. and rushed rapidly
/ to the rescue Here, then. were brave
| forces behind these earthworks, and on
/ this day also the President had ami
mated the spirits and hearts Of the city
defenders by riding through the chain
I Of forts and speaking fue words or
| encourag Tnent and receiving encourage
ment himself from the cheers and enthu-
slasm of the boys in blue. All OF the
| afternoon and evening OF the 18th these
! hills r5s1unded with rifle shots and
the roar of artillery.
/ road at Silver Spring and bis troops
| were here, there and everywhere, feel
\ ing the defenses, hunting for a weak
! knowledge that the Sixth Corps had ar
! rived. Early had marched rapidly, his
men had done wonders, he had evaded
\ Hunter, brushed Wallace aside and his
/ iron hand seemed just about 70 close
upon the Union Government; but the
/ Sixth Corps had arrived. and he had lost,
/ not by days. but by hours
! The church choir sang a hymn, with
/ q tenor obngato by p. H. O'Farren, IT.,
and the last address Of the afternoon
I was made by Wilton J. Lambert Thus,
| the speakers Of the occasion came from
/ four different walks OF life, the eXecu-
/ tive and administrative of our Govern
! ment represented by Commissioners Mac
/ farland; the citizen, Mr.. Shoemaker; the
| journalist. Mr.. Noyes; and the lawyer,
Mr.. Lambert.
Mr.. Lambert's Address.
He said: 1.-THE greatest Iiberty-loving
nation of a powerful world has desig-
mated today as one upon which it's citi-
zens. without regard 70 sect or creed,
shall honor the memory OF those who
calamity shed their blood and sacrificed
their lives for the attainment Of liberty
and the perpetuation of an indivisible
union. Nowhere within the environment
Of our republic does the feeling of graf
itude TO our forefathers for their devo-
/ ton live more keenly than within the
shadow OF the Nations Capital, and
| there can be no place more appropriate
/ for us 10 evidence the humble tribute
Of our reverence and admiration TO
those heroes than beside the final rest
/ ing place of the brave defenders Of our
Capital itself.
Take yourself back with me in mag
/ ination space Of less than half cen
I fury and we see In mental panorama le-
gions Of the braYest Of the South, mis-
taken. maybe, In their conclusions, but
terribly earnest in their convictions, led
/ by an intrepid American, marching
/ rapidly through the beautiful sylvan
country 10 our north and west, upon the
all but defenseless seat Of our Govern
ment wherein dWelt the immortal Lin
coin. We see the broad avenue TO our
/ left. teeming with women. children, and
nonconba tants, seeking the protecting
shelter OF the magnificent city which
was so fittingly dedicated to the father
/ Of our country: we see that small, but
/ fearless corps. directed by their beloved
cOmmander-in-chief in person. intrench
/ themselves yonder upon Fort Stevens
with the grim determination OF true
/ Americans 10 suffer death rather than
defeat; we can almost hear the boom
I Ing Of the cannOns and the crack Of the
SharpShOOters rifles from the trees
| around US. and we know that yonder
small white house. now a peaceful sum
mer home, was a veritable arsenal from
which a deadly battery was turned
upon the enemy. Some Of those lying
/ beneath these fragrant flowers fell close
| by this very spot and all persisted that
| their Government and their Washing
| ton might survive.
The children then sang a war song.
/ and. forming in line Of march and stem
/ ping with all the gallant pride that char
1 acteriZed their fathers and GRANDPA theirs
/ they streWed flowers on the graves
| This completed, the whole vast as
| sem blage formed one great choir in
singing America" Then a silence like
! a second benedition rested on tine crowd
az tho conclusion Of the benedictlon
prnounced by the Rev. W. G. Daven-
] port.
( The buglor sounded taps The Sol
! dier's Farewell" three volleys. was fir
ed by the pupils Of DR. William Hart
| Dexter'S school Then en- the gIIeuCa ~