The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-25

ton 10 To- 4 reunited country. As begged
you last summer, ! ettreat you aHAin !;
40 not repel the retarnflnhK love OK rhose
are the mon, ns our great and good Coy.
etnor Andrew told us at tho close Of the
war. these are the men by whom ana
so tats W0 shoi S'a wh 'ssf before the nag
OF Mnssachusetts regiment had been
returned by General Ripley. of South,
w,,,narolinD. Bartlett went on 70 sny;
in the shp,> Of battle, | have seen dear
friends and brave men fall like autumn
leaves. Theirs are flags there tllat ! can,
not look upon without tears Of pride ., ana ,l
sorrow. But there Is no flag there which
has, to-day for US u deeper signitlcance
or that bears within it's folds brighter
men, than that battle-stalned emblem
50 tcnderly restored by a son of South
Carolina, whom here, IN the name of
me soldiers of Massatliusetts, thank
that lie was an American soldier. AS
an American am as proud of the men
VINO VINO 30 bravely charged With Pttcketts
Division on our lines at Gettysburg as
am or tho men who so bravely met and
re,pulsed them there
This Record" wn:; n full account OF the
unpeilins exercises. Addresses by tho
Governor and Lieutcnant- Governor OF the
state. Prayer by the Bishop Of the Dio-
cesc Grafton BY General scaff. etc.
lsartlctts speeches. quoted from above,
v were published in full all over the South
lnu created n great Impression.
When he returned from the centennial,
q great demonstration was made by hum
a .,,,e OF our best ctizns. and serenade
WIS given, ut which General Bradley r.
Johnson was master of ceremonies, and
Of course made a speech. General Bart
lett lived at Sixth and Grace. the elegant
Nom nome now owned by Mrs. Dr. Hunter
me North staying with his family. the
house was full on this occasion, as re-
member. the Bartlett's were the first
a mge9hf fha people ps who came to Richmond
uine and hospitable social attention. This
tors. !
they heard of the serenade few hours
Tor. to assist the family in doing the
honors. While General Bartlett knew
most OF the gentlemen who came. there
were many | had to introduce. l was
closely associated with him. as secretary
and superintendent OF the company, OF
winch he was president.
was glad to be on the inside that
h,isnt, for | rejoiced to see what genuine
happiness the affair gave him and his
charming wife.
Almost In tears he opened the door
and received General johnson, and after
MS speech addressed the gathering along
me me he had followed In his speeches
North, and In the spirit he had been
Wnting to friends. and to papers, Begin
nlng with soon after his coming amongst
us, winding UP about as follows: "rhe
war has left us soldiers. once foes, now
friends. n memory of hard-fought fields,
OF fearful sacrifices, of heroic valor and
has taught us 81 lesson to be transmitted
to our chldren-that divided, we were
terrible; united, we are forever invinci-
BILE" General Johnson proposed q rebel
yell. saying General Bartlett had often
heard 1t In anger. but now In friendship.
After this all were invited In for refresh
ments and social greeting.
Just one word more: General Bartlett
lived and died Democrat. but would
never accept political office. He was
offered both the nomination for Lieuten-
ant Governor on the Democratic ticket
and the nomination for Governor on the
Republican ticket In his native State.
AS brigad!er he commanded six Mas
sachusetts regiments and one Pennsyl-
vanla regiment. numbering. before the
Crater fight, only thirteen hundred He
spoke of his old regiment. tho tsecond he
commanded. being less than two hundred
strong, though organized the spring be-
fore.
On the pedestal of his statue the fol-
lowing is inscribed on a silver plate:
William Francis Bartlett, n volunteer
in the civil war.
major-general at the age of twenty
four. Ff
Foremost to plead for reconciliation be-
tween North and South.
Born 1910. Died 1876