The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-31
JUDGE GARNETT,S ADDRESS
At MONUMENT UNWILLING
Surviving Members Of Stuart's Staff Pays Noble
Tribute to Memory Of His Chief, Whose
Name Thousands Cheered Yesterday.

tack. his faith In our cause and his
devotion to duty. But it is ,riLht on
this historic occasion when his memory
rises for the coronation of this hour,
to take brief note of the achievements
| of this great commander of the Cav
airy of the Army of Northern Virginia.
| Identified with that army from It's
first skirmish to the day uf his dcath,
| he knew no other duty i.or any loftic-
ambition than to serve
The cause of freedom and the welfare
of his country"
With all his soul he loved his coun-
| try. No patriot In all the tide of time
ever worshiped at the pure shrine Of
| liberty with nobler devotion than he,
AS we were bringing him mortally
wounded off the field at Yellow Tavern
he exclaimed. with intense feeling. to
some who were retreating by him: Go
back. my men, go back. and DO your
duty as l have done mine. and our
country will be free
Bear with me then while l hasten
through the thrilling record OF his Won
| derful and brilliant career.
| From the day when SINGLE handed
and alone he captured an entire com.
pany of the enemy's infantry near the
Potomac to the hour of that fatal
| charge In which he received his death
wound. there was not moment of his
| life which lacked the inspiration of his
| high ambition or the tireless energy of
his Jealous soul
l. Pressing forward his handful of cav
airy through byways and difficult
paths, he passed from rear to front of
Johnston's column on the march from
the Valley to First Manassas, eager to
be in at the death of McDowell's army.
| = ,a .}a1 \. tnl .,
mounted charge into the midst of the
Federal infantry. breaking their lines
and precipltating the disorder which
soon became a panic and Il rout more
| complete than any ever afterwards
seen on the field of battle. OF this
movement General Early, in his OIL
cial report says:
(. Stuart did as much towards saving
the battle of First Manassas as any
subordinate who participated in it,
+. interchangeable Skill.
! From Manassas to the Peninsula, now
as brigade commander. he served
/ General Johnston with such indefatiga-
Bile skill as to merit that great gen.
erals heartiest Acknowledgement, and
! wrung from him afterwards when
separated the deep lament: How car
eat or sleep in any pehce without
you on the outpost?"
| The crossing of sabres at Williams
burg was the beginning of the long
list OF cavalry battles In which Stu.
arts genius for war shone so conspicu.
ously bright, and in which he laugh,
his troopers the lesson from which
the cavalry of Europe now seek thci,
inspiration and educa ton,
The engagements along the Chicka.
4 homlny made manifest the superiorit,
or Stuarts cavalry over McClellan's
and here, for the first time, a feat Their
Unparalleled In war was accomplished
which 1t is doubtful any other mar
than Stuart would have dared to at
tempt This first raid around McClel.
lan's army not only made him famous
as cavalry leader, but blazcd the wa,
for that grand strategy of Genera
Lee, which brought Jackson from tn,
Valley and overwhelmed Mcclellan ir
the Seven Days battles.
me march OF General Stuart in June
1862, with 1900 men and two guns, un
der Lieutenant Brethed, of the Stuar
Horse Artillery, making the entire cir
cult Of McClellan's army with the Loss
!, or one officer. the gallant Captain vii
liam Latane. of the Essex Troop, was
an achievement not only unique in war
but the information thus obtained wa
the moving cause OF the defeat OF Nc
Clcllan's entire campaign,
Speedily assembling his command II
July Of that year. when his well-wol
commission as major general was con
ferred upon him, he fastened to tn
assistance of jackson in the campaign
against Pope. and again in the rel,
OF the enemy captured Manassas an,
played havoc with the supplies an,
communications Of Pope's army.
Words Of Critic.
An English military critic has re
Gently recorded this opinion:
"Without the help which Stuart wa
able to give the flank march aroun,
Pope's army by Jackson's Corp
the concentration of tile two Confedcr
ate wings on the battlefield of Manas
: sas would not have been possible
{ Then crossing the Potomac, Stuar
) occupied the rich pastures OF Mary
+ land and protected the environments o
! General Lee as his army rested at Fred
ericls, recuperatlng It's strength for tn
fierce encounter at Sharpsburg. Her
) he took position on the left OF Jack
. sons Corps and held off the musse
3 which threatened to envelop and de
stroy our exposed left wing, thus ron
, dering possible the bloody repulss in
, flicted upon McClellan's preponderan
forces.
Returning to Virginia, he concelye