The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-20
PORTRAIT Of HILL
WAS PRESENTED.
Lee Camp Receives Likeness Of
One Of Lees Great Corps
Commanders.
Mr.. DAVIS THE ORATOR

A splendid portrait of General Ambrose
i p. Hill, one Of tho corps commanders
E of the Army Of Northern Virginia. was
presented to r. e. Lee Camp of Confed-
crate Veterans last night with an elo-
iquent but discriminating tribute 10 the
soldier by one Of his command, Hon
Richard b. Davis, of Petersburg, and
accepted by Rev. John William Jones'
f D. D., the fighting chaplain, who was
so closely associated with Hill and the
other great Confederate commanders.
The presentation ceremonies attracted
large gathering TO the camp hall, and
among them were delegation from the.
a. P. Hill Camp. of Petersburg, of which,
Mr.. Davis Is an honored member, and
which included Commander L.. l.. Marks
and several others. Hon. G. a. Heer-
mans, of Montgomery county, one of the
( boy soldiers Of the Confederacy. was
among those who attended the meeting
DR.. James Power Smith. chairman OF
the camps portrait committee, intro
duced Mr. DAVIS.
Mr.. Davis made careful resume Of
the principal actions in which Hill fig
ured. from his first service In the war as
colonel OF the Thirteenth Virginia. to
his promotion within q year 10 briga-
dier-gcneralship. and a few months later
to a ma jor-generalship by reason Of his
g
in the fighting around Richmond, and
finally to his promotion to lieutenant
general after Characteristic. and the
mortal wounding Of Jackson, TO "hose
command he succeeded. President DAVIS
and General r. E. Lee were both dloten,
showing their high estimate OF Hi, ann
the coincidence was recalled that both
Jackson and Lee in the delrium imnle-
diately preceding death, called the nam nam
sc Hill. Mr.. Davis did not undertake I. 70
q fl rm or deny the justice of certain cTlt'.
cisms OF Hill in attacking on the secoha
& day at gettysburg but attrlpuleu ma
action to his impetuous daring ana MS
quick Judgment Of a crucial sll I.l'' .' '
A Glorious Death.
In closing, Mr. Davis expressed the be
lief that Hills death was a glorious one
for him. he said in part:
#.1g"Surely We cannot find cause Tor re.
eret at the tragic death of our great
commander. He was spared the su illlltH,
.,na Of conscious defeat that wrung such
touching lamnet from the ips 81 inc .,
unhappy Ulysses, and ,he4&was gram ca
the boon so vainly sought by the mar il
of France on the field OF Waterloo.
"Hc met a soldir's oath at his post
where the conflict was great and be-
fore he knew the full measure CT the
disa ster that had overtaken the cause
that was dearest to him.
did a kind Providence permit! TINS
neerless soldier to pass over and jon
his loved commander on the other side
before he had suffered a single defeat
in the grand part he played in the strug-
gle?
$50 we believe.
s..Jrnder forty years Of age. the trust
ed lieutenant of our incompara Die COM
mander. loved and admired by ail-the
dauntlcss leader of the light divisions
stranger to defeat and crowned with the
laurels on a hundred fields, he was per-
mitted to pass from the stage before
the last flicker OF the expiring life OF
the nation for a moment flashed out
at Sailors Creek, and was finally smoth-
cred at Appomattox.
Rev. j. William Jones, D. D., was in
troduced to receive the portrait, and did
so in a characteristic speech In the ma
ture of "reminiscences of the 'honored sub
ject. Dr. Jones's speech was or an IN
formal nature, but was marked by the
carncstness OF his devotion to the cause
He told several interesting stories Of
Hill and commended especially his mod
csty and courage.
Colonel. William II. Palmer. HILLS ad-
$tutant, was present and was called upon
by Dr.. Smith,, who paid handsome
tribute to the soldier-citizen. Colonel
Palmer nfodcstly disciaimed any preten-
sions to the art of speech, but grace
fully acknowledged the honor done him.
Adiutant j. Taylor Stratton8 read a
poem entitled "Tcl "A. P. Hill, a re-
production of the facile pen of Mr.. W.
w. Scott. Dr. George Ross then paid
n tribute to Hull. with whose corps he
was associated MS medical director, and
told n number Of interesting incidents Of
his career. He stated. among other
things. that he owns the cofee-pot from
which General He'll drank his last COT
fee before his death at Five Forks,
nnApTIM AppOTNTED