Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-04
vETERA NSIhNEWH HOME
Quarters of Confederate Asso-
citation Dedicated.
HOSPITALITY OF THE SOUTH
Spirit of Chivalry and of Devotion to
High Ideals.
TRIBUTES TO MEMORY OF LEE
Addresses by Eloquent Speakers
Spirited Singing of .'Dixie"-
Names Of the Officers.
TRIBUTES TO MEMORY OF LEE

The Confederate Veterans Association
last evening celebrated its entry into it's
new home. 1412 H street, by opening wide
the doors to host OF friends Southern
hospitality in tho usual liberal measure was
meted to the 500 guests, the majority OF
whom were ladies, who gathered at the
hall to join with the veterans In the formal
exercises and festivities of the occasion.
and southern oratory was heard, as vigor-
GUS and as stirring as ever in the haIcyon
days In Dixie land
The spirit of chivalry, OF devotion to high
ideals, of honor for traditions and of rev.
erence for the memory of heroes. which
reigned without let or hindrauce through
out the evening, effected in the high
est sense the dedication OF the hall
TO the purposes for which 1t has been
chosen. Henceforth the gatherings there
OF the sons and daughters of the south will
De as assemblages upon their own heath
and by their own firesides
Addresses by Eloquent Speakers.
The meeting was addressed by Col. Hillary
A. Herbert, formerly Secretary of the
Navy and at one time president of the as
ISOLATION; Chief Justice Seth sbepard of
the Court Of Appeals of the District of CO.
iufrsoia; Mr.. John Callaghan. the present
presiding officer of the association .nfo4
q homes conrad of Virginia and Col John
~ haskell OF South Carolina. Occupytng
seat ON the platform was Miss Mary
Iustis Lee, daughter of Gen Robert ID
Lee. her appearance was the signal for o
burst OF applause.
The exercises were onerad s
direction of Maj J. Med, Carrineton IN ths
absence OF Mr.. CalIaghan. who had not
t .neh arrived; Rev. DR.. r. H. McKim, rec
Tor or the Church of Epiphany and chan
lain OF the associat ton, offered the inVoca-
Llon Immediately after the chairman had
called the meeting to order The audi
1iics sang an inspiring song written by Mr..
j; Davis, financial secretary of the ASSOC
citation, for the dedication of the hall ,The
tune Maryland, My Maryland. seemed
70 exactly suit the words and meter
Congratulations Extended.
PRESIDENT Callaghan, with appropriate re-
marks, presented Col. Herbert who opened
MS ADDRESS by congratulating his comrades
On the peasant grounds on which thew had
pitched their tent for the future He trust
eo that the occasion was the beginning of
new lease of life for the association. IF
hao had, he said, a pleasant and useful
career at the old home on nth street h,1t
ne hoped that 1t would even in old age
increase In growth and extend It's actiyt-
aes IN the more suspicious SURROUNDINGS
ne pfeaicted a larger membership than the
association had had before.
As We grow older" Col. Herbert said
I'VE ought to grow better, for If we do not
we will surely become worse, and associa-
ton with each other will help us through
the difficulties OF declining years" 1t was
glorious, he thought, to remember the old
days All Were proud to remember Lee
and proud to have fought under his banner
Lee on the Battlefield.
Col. Herbert gave a graphic picture Of his
own vivid recollection of Lee on the battle
field. OF all the stirring spectacles of the
civil war there was one which he partic-
ularly loved to recall, one which had i'm
pressed itself deeply upon his mind. He
was referring to the heroic martial aspect
of Gen. Lee as he had seen the southern
coInmander-in-ehlefin the battle of Sharps-
burg, seated on a charger and surveying
the conflict from an eminence within the
area of the fighting Wilcox's brigade as 1t
passed by, cheered him and received his
salute.
But II was not Gen. Lee as a soldier
to which Col. Herbert wished to direct
the attention of his hearers. 1t was Gen.
Lee as a man. The speaker then referred
feelingly to the bearing of the southern
leader in defeat 1t was after the war;
Col Herbert said, that the greatness of his