Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-12
Grand Army Veterans Foremost
In Doing Honor to Memory
OF Filzhugh Lee
INCIDENTS At The OBSEQUIES.
His LaborA TO Reunltc the North and
South Not In Vain - Col, Edwards
Rapid Rise


self to the task Of reunIllng the north
and the south, a cadet at West Point
fore the Clyi war; he was stu.
dent at that great military college when
his uncle, Robert H. Ice, afterwards
the idol OF the Coniorodacy was one Of
the instructors there lie left tho army
OF the United States 90 Join the cause
Of the south when his native state
adopted the articles Of secession.
During the Boody.Shlrt period, the
years between 80 and 20, FltShugh Lee
was one OF the 'robel brigadlcra' who
served the northern orators for cam
palgn purposes whenever 1t was
thought necessary to stir up anew the
hatred and animosily between the sec.
tionp, which the eva war created And
yet when tho remains OF litghugh Lee
were carried on n United states nttlls
lery calsgon from the church Of the
Epiphany 10 the Ponnaylynnla railway
station, II was u post Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic which had the
place OF honor In the escort, The Grand
Army veterans sought, ANA were nc'
corded the privilege, OF acting aB es.
oort for the remains OF the soldier who
had twice served under and had once
fought against the ilag which covered
his oaskot ns he was borne to his last
resting place IN the city he loved.
Thousands OF men ana women lined
the sidewalks along the route of that
last parade In 1885 when Fit2hugh
Ice made hls first public appearance
I'm Washington NJ the inauguration Of
Grover Cleveland he was cheered whor.
ever he was recognized, Then, how
ever, the pnudts oamo principally
from men OF his own political faith, and
vast majority Of them were either
veterans " the lost cause or relatives
OF those who had followed the stars ana
bars,
But on Monday May T. 1905, on the
seventh anniversary Of the day when
Dewey fred tho shot which drove tho
Spanlards from the Western liemis,
phcro, there were MS many veterans or
the northern army-ycs morc-th0n or
those who wore the gray IN the vast
multituios which stood reyerently with
uncovered heads as the cortcge passed
down Pennsylvania avenue,
In the throng OF army officers In the
escort one was conspicuous above all
others, not because Of his rank, but
because OF his name, and tho ASSOC
Citations and memories which that name
brought 10 the mind Of every man In
the throng whose memory could ox-
tend backward 40 years only
n fow days more than ~ years
ago under an apple tree at .Appomaiox,
Ulysses H. Grant commanding gonerv
of the armies of the Union, received IN
surrender the sword Of Robert ", Ice,
and thereby was ended Tho most mem.
ornblc internccino war IN the history OF
civilization.
IN February, 1898, tho United states
bntilcship Maine was blown up In tRa
hnrbor OF HAVANA ana within 90 days
thereafter Congress had declared MAR
against spain and had made II possipo
FOR the United states 10 obtain the
services IN n military capacity OF me
men who had 40 calamity fought for
their ideas OF right
President Mckinley was not GLOW 70
accept the opportunity and one Of W.
first s.Confcdcratos" 10 be commls-
stoned IN tho army, which be had left
40 years before, was Fftzhngh Lee.
Ana thus II came about that on Mon
day, May I, y, H. Grant third licuton.
an In tho u. \. A., was the adjutant {
the military escort which accompanied
tho remains Of Fitshugh Lee from The
church to the railroad station, Tho
grandson ~ the man who received the
sword ~ the great leader OF the SOUTH
crn army IN 1865 taking an active part
IN the honors which were hchped upon
the nephew Of that great commpndol
whom his romans were taken 20 be lhlN
bosldo those of his relatives In the 80
of the state for which be ana hln hNs
sacrificed no much
No such scene was ever enacted be-
fore and IN no other country on ealth
could such thing be possible
A STRIKING INCIDENT.
rltzhugh Ice, oven IN death, has done
much 20 cement the feeling Of nlnit$
which has boCn growing for more thon
two decades between tho south unn
north, and which win never again be
severed And the recital OF iual ono
llylo Incident witnessed n0nr the Ponn'
eylynnin station on the day OF the OBJ
goqueB win be SUFFICIENT Co prove thls,
At the corner of sixth street and Penn.
eylyanla avenue stood a little group OF
mon who had fought for the cause
which wan lost forever whom Lee sur
rendered 90 Grant that April day 10
years ago. Az the procession swung
around The corner and the escort formed
the double line through which tho cas,
NNl MnN DNlllN 1Ufl' 'M'lN ANAN w wv
eyes of those gray headed mon and ono
old fellow, n caynlryman undor "FllA'
who must soon follow him 10 the other
shore, addressed his comrades,
''BOya,n he said, ~ have never drunk
90 the stars ana stripes since
1860, thought | never should
again, but nftcr this sight~-0ftor
4 have seen my old commander borne
20 the grave draped IN the Nag OF MS
country and ours, escorted by the boys
IN blue and the boys IN gray, with u
grandson Of dcn, u, y, Grant ana son
OF den, Robert ". Ice In the enme nro'
oosslon, III drink to that old nag now,
and ] want you all to join me-
READS LIKE A ROMANCE,
The growth OF the bureau Of nsulor
affairs reads like II romance, II Nv q
marvel Of development, and due IN very
large measure 10 plain soldier, Cob
Clarence n, Edwards, " course COL
Edwards alone could not have accom-.
pllshcd the splendid results that stand
against the bureau of lnsulNr nnnirs or
the way department had ne not hNd
such strong ana vorllc personalities az
Illhu root ana william H. TAFT back OF
him. But II can with truth be said that
Col Edwards was tho initiative, the
motive power which brought the bureau
Of insulor AFFAIRS to its present exalted
position,
Have you busy people ever seriously
contemplated how great branches "
the governmental service are oroatod2
II Ia more interesting than any Bit VI
Notion YOU ever dreamed or Ana the
way In which Col, Edwards came 10 be
the head OF the lnsulnr bureau, which
not only includes Porto Rico, the PIN.
ipplne archipelago, but the Panama
strip M we'll would IN itself make n
story attractive IN personality ana
worthy Of an oflcol report By the sec.
rotary Of war,
II Col Edwards has failed to serve