Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10

federacy, Southern Relief Society and
kindred associations in the District. One
of the most touching features of the day
was the service held at the Tomb of the
Unknown over bodies of former foeman
of the soldiers of the sunny southland.
Waiting for Final Reveille.
The scene about the Confederate sec
ton of the cemetery, where 275 former
fighters in butternut and and gray are
waiting for the final reveile, was a pretty
one. Mingling with the heroes of the
south were the fair Daughters of the Con-
federacy in their costumes Of red and
white, the coiors of the lost cause" Aged
fighters who participated in the whirlwind
of fire and smoke and carnage, when
"Naught but death stopped the men in
gray when Pickett charged at Gettysburg
related Incidents of the great and de-
cisive battle to white-haired and infrm
veterans who were with Forrest at Fort
Pillow. or Hood at Atlanta, and much
unwrtten history of the strife was de-
veloped.
The day was an ideal one for the cere-
monies. and the southern veterans ex-
pressed appreciation of d beautiful floral
remembrance sent by President Roosevelt
During the speaking the mention of the
names of the leaders of the Confederacy-
Lee, StOnewall jackson, Hood and Early
evoked outbursts of applause. while men
ton of President Roosevelt and former
President Mckinley called forth a great
The ceremonies We're opened with the
rendition OF sacred music by the 18th Cav
airy Band at I o'clock. after a bugler had
sounded Assembly The stirring notes of
America" then sounded over the silent
city and Rev. DR.. Randolph II. McKim
chaplain Of Camp III. /. G. V. delivered
the invoca ton. and quartet composed of
Miss Beatrice Goodwin. Mrs. Armand Gum
precht. Melville ID Hansey and j. G. Muir
ray sang Abide With Me"
Oration nv John G. Gamers
The Grafton was then delivered by Mr.
John G.. Capcrs of South Carolina who was
presented to the large assemblage by Capt.
John NJ Hickey. The speaker urged honor
and reverence for the flag of the Confed-
eracy and "unshaken loyalty and fidelity to
| the Stars and Stripes"
! why do you old soldiers and you noble
| women who went through that long strug-
/ gle love to gather here he said why
| do you gather in Your states and at some
! place in your southland each year to speak
! of the deeds of those who fought and fell
| in that terrific strife? 1t is because you
| rightly love to pay this homage on these
! memorial days; 10 build these monuments
/ to the Confederate dead. and in that way
proclaim to the civilized world the self
! respect of people, people who would
/ not command. they would not deserve
| the respect of civilized nations and pa
( triotiC states if they failed to hold in rev
! ereucc and honor the sacrifices of men who
! gave the highest. the best, to the last proof
| which mortal man can give, of the SINGER
! ity and patriotism of his convictions of
| duty.
! The four acres of sacred soil here set
! apart 10 hold the remains of CX-Confcderat e
( soldiers who only few years ago were
] buried in scattered places in the District
/ of Columbia. became 50 designated by an
| act of Congress in response to a message
I from the lam.nted and beloved William Me
kinley when President of the United
{ States His gentle heart and noble nature
suggested that here this sacred ground
! should embrace all that was left of those
! who had been brave and devoted to their
] duty as they saw it, and that Arlington
cemetery should no longer be the shrine OF
a sectional memory and idea, or the maui
I solcum Tor onv-hdlt of the republic.
By a Generous Congress.
| "A generous Congress appropriated an
amount sufficient 10 defray the expenses In
cident to disinterring and reburying the re-
mains of the ex-COnfederate soldiers who
died from wounds and disease and who
We're buried as l have stated The War
| Department has, since that first generous
act. spent several thousand dollars in
| beautilyinS and maintaining this spot.
| When the present accomplished Sec
rotary of State was Secretary of Wal he
| gave his consent that a section in the
! center of the ground here set apart was
| to be preserved as spot upon which there
could be erected a Confederate monument
the present great Secretary of War has
confirmed his predecessors order. and there
is to be erected here at this loved spot a
marble shaft which will bear testimony
as could no words of mine yours tC
| the courage and the fidelity of those who
had fought and fallen in the de- nse OF
convictions which they held dear.
Never in the history of the world has
there been a war-a war among the peo-
pie of the same country-where after the
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