The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01
present HISTORIC
ENSIGN TO MUSEUM
Flag Of Confederate Cruiser
Shenandoah, Now in
Georgia Room.
CEREMONY VERY INTERESTING

Interesting ceremonies marked VIC
prcscntatlon Of the ensign of the
.tShenundoalf' to the Confederate Mu'
keulu at ~ oclork Yesterday afternoon
The presentation took place in the solla
south room. Those present inclhded
THE acting president of the Confederate
Memorial Literary society. Mrs, Allrtu
r. Gray; the vicc-p president, Mrs. .lui'i.s
D. WertlI; the treasurer. Mis-. ~. ".
Eliyson. aud the reeordihg seafe &C.,. : :.
Mrs. w n Hamlet. OF the vlcc-rc-
gents there were Mrs Taylor Eliysoh,
Mrs. Patterson. Miss Baughman MISS
Sfiles Mrs. C. OBJ. CoWardin ana MITE
s n yonge Members of the society
present included Mesdames j. u. mn,
@. A. Lyon, Thomus II. 8ocofk, w. -.
Freeman. j. II. Ligitfoot, X, 'un,op'
Mrs Hutcheson Mrs liancock ana MIS-
m ylor Guests of the afternoon WI
Mrs. II. L. Mnllry. Mrs. anderson, Mr.
and Mrs Minor and MISS Mlhor, VI
Charlottesville; Miss Bacon, OF oeo 0,sra
MIR. and Mrs Fitzgerald, Mrs. Valentine
Mrs Dillon. of Tennessee; Mcssrs. t'ree-
man van poren Lightfoct, Loeb ana
Taylor.
Mrs. Ncrtli speaks
Mrs James u. Werth. the sister Oh
tb.. lato Colonel Richard J.. Marry
e A. who presented the ensign
which was accepted by the Rev. pr.
Jarnos T.. Smith chaplain of the hnu-
seu,u. was introduced by Mrs M M,
f,fay Mrs. Worth said in part These
er..7tI,o colors ofathe Confederate States
cruiser Shenandoah, commanded
James Waddell. They have been IN
possession of my family Tor TORY Wy ".
years, and have been Nhiurleu "
nichmond ut every reunion when mon
80. ~, honn unveiled and streets
decorated 49,,
Mrs Werth went on 10 eSplain tnat
aurjn,, The month az October, after inc
MAR Between the States was over slis
was staying near Liverpool WIN hei
n,otber and sisters when the Sheiinh-
dnab came into the barbor flying the
confederate colors. The officers OF the
cruiser came TO pay their respects w
Mrs. Maury and her daughters ana tne
ensign was given to Mrs. Wer'is s's
ter. 80, ,yrs
,verth "yhen the passions engineered
Nv that wicked strife had cooled my
brother, Colonel Richard H. Maurs'
brought the ensign to virginia.
history of Ensign.
Last summer, in response 10 my W :,
gent request that he should deposit ~
for SAFE NttPlAArs 81
cave me this letter.
(Copy.>
Richmond Va. June . isV'.
Mrs. Joseph Bryan President Z. NJ.
l.. Soc, Richmond. Va:
>fadam-I desire to deposit FOR
.afekeeninc in the museum. ana
,,,,,i lis return TO me. or my as
Signs ON demand, a Confederate
Gag upon condition that II shaii
he returned upon demand. and lhae
II does not leave the museum whiie
IN yorr Keeping; and l wish ina,
these conditions may be entered
~ record anon your minutes. and
that j be furnished with oerH-
fed copy of the resolution.
1t Is the ensign of the Confed~
crate states cruiser Shenandoah,
captaiu James Iredeli Walden.
which. when the news of the SUR
render reached her. June IS, 1862.
was engaged in the capture of the
United States whaling fleet In the
North Pacific. and had Just COM
pleted the capture of the thirty
eighth vessel. Upon receiving
this information she was at once
dismantled: her guns We're lowered
in board, and she set sail for LiV-
erpool to be surrendered to the
English government. Without
speaking a single vessel by the
way, she arrived there November
s, 1866, and Captain Waddell turned
her over to Captain Paynter, of
III. NJ, S. Donegal.
Lieutenant Dabney IIerndon
Scales was the officer of the deck,
whose duty 1t had been during the
entire cruise to hoist The ensign
every morning and lower 1t in the
evening al gIn fire.. and when the
ship was 'eivsn up he took the
sieusign ashore and gave it to his
cousin my sister, Eliza Hull