The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-30
MErecfaa Monument.

At this point Mrs. Norman Y. Ran
1olph arose and announced that q dele
CATION OF the. Daughters Of the Confed !,
eracy were present and cordifally lon re.
in this request. j came from the hearts
of the Daughters of the Confederacy' VIII
desired tSthatsst the body of&8 General Lee
should rest sins Fl llyWood.
The telegrnIfa was So !, amended M as 70
sinclude the sdaughters with the camp
Judge Ghorge L. Christian IN :secondinrls
the rasoutia ions reported by the commit
tee referred itenderly to the last1night 9
meeting of the camp at which General 7, l.t
Lees illness &WaS reported, and at tEe
suggestion then made OF some action
by he camp.Y$ General, Lee was certain-
Hly the representative Confederate soldier,
the representative Southern man. The
ever he did distinction and character.
that no other name could give. In all
her times o trouble Virginia had, rest
"a her head upon the bosom of Lee.
Referring to'iGneral Charles Lee, who
was courtmartialeds at Monmouth dWing
the Revolution, Judge Christian thanked
God that this was not one OF the Lees
that Firginians knew and loved and were
delighted to hqnort sent hoa = e'1 thn
news of his death" General Lee" he
said, almost more than any other man,
could utilize every atom of the talents God.
had given him. He was always. and
everywhere representative Virginian.
and discharged him delicate and diff
cult duties witllfan eye single to the
glory OF Virginia and her people. We
honor ourselves in meeting here Tonight
to honor HIM
DIR. Eggleston$ moved that the commit,
te signing the resolutions be designate
to go to Was<1ngton. Mrs. Randolph
asked that the ladies be excused from
this service, as she did not know who
urged that tho ladies 80, md finally Mrs.
Randolph said: ~ will withdraw the OBJ
lection. The Daughters OF the Confcd-
eracy have never seen the time when
they We're not willing to do what they
could to honor a Confederate veteran.
< 1t was at this point that Mrs. Randolph
suggested that right here and now were
the time and place $to form an association
city 10 General JILee. She referred to tho
fact that his last public speech in this city,
was at the dedication Of the Randolph
Hall at Lee Camp Soldiers Home, and
spoke of the general as the friend OF her
lamented husband.
3 Some veteran asked that. Mrs. Randolph
outline her plan before any other action
y WaI tksn s There Is plan to 9ons
money to erect a monument to General
Lee. Organize an association and the
Daughters of the Confcderacy will get
Ms me- money ana we II from you
Hon, J. Taylor Elyson, to whom Mrs.
Randolph referred as the proper man to
do the organizing. said: IT the ladies'
are willing Ia % the work, am sure We
At this point Mrs Randolph announced
that she was flfty-seyen years old that
day and desired to celebrate the anniver-
sary by, starting this movement. She an
nounced subscription by the Daughters
as . starter. and Immediately the camp
pledged itself to make another, as did q
member who was present,
DR. Esgleston moved that tho camp en-
dorse tho movement and cooperate with
the ladies in soliciting Subscriptions, and
The motion was adopted.