Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-11-12
Handsome Monument DIED.
icated at Newbern, n, C.
To Members Of Massachusetts
Regiments Buried There.
Address by Pres. W. D. ChappIe Of
Massachusetts Senate.

NeWbern, n. c., Nov IL In the pres
encc OF a representative assemblage
including veterans of both the Union
and Confederate armies. a monument
commemorative of the valor of the sol
dlerS of Massachusetts, who are buried
here, was dedicated today. The shaft
was erectal under a provision of the
Massachusetts, Legislature.
President William D. Chapel of the
Massachusetts Senate and a delegation
of citizens who served in Massachu-
setts regiments during the war were
present. Mayor Bryan of NeWhern de
livered i Welcoming address; Rev. DR.
+. II. Hall, formerly chaplain of the
44th Mass. Regiment offered prayer;
Capt. A. A. Putnam of the "a Mass
Artillery, delivered an address and the
Blue and the Gray and other pa
triotic Songs enlivened the program
The monument was unveiled by Mrs
Dugan, Mrs. Hartsfield and Miss
Spraguc.
Gov. Guild was detained at home by
illness and was represented by Brig.
Gen. William H. Brigham, his chief OF
staff. The Confederate Veterans, the
Daughters of the Confederacy and Chill
dren of the Confederacy organizations
the Kingston Rifles and the Newbern
Naval Reserves participated in the ex-
ercises. All schools and banks and
many business houses were closed. AZ
ter the exercises the Daughters of the
Confederacy entertained the visitors
with banquet.
The principal address on behalf of
the state of Massachusetts was deliV-
cred by William D. Chapel, who said
in part:
In accepting the monument in be-
half of The state Of Massachusetts,
President William d. Chapple of the
Massachusetts Senate said in part:
North Carolina, for it's assistance to-
day deserves the thanks of Massachu-
sets as it did in days of old when the
colonies We're struggling for liberty.
When the blood of Massachusetts was
spilled in 1910 at the Boston Massacre.
it was followed in I'LL by battle with
the roya, authorities in which 200 of the
North Carolina patriots, who had been
driven into revolt against the British
by eXtortion and unlawful imprison-
ment, lost their lives 1t needed but the
news from Massachusetts of the bat
ties of Lexington and Concord for citi-
Zens of North Carolina to meet on the
10th day of August, 1875. and declare
the country independent of Great Brit
am, sending copy of the resolutions
by special messenger to the Continent
tai Congress. date, which to this day
is proudly borne on the seal of your
state, and it was North Carolina first
Of all the colonies that instructed it's
delegates in Congress by formal vote,
vote for Independence
In 1861 and the terrible years which
followed it was the proud command of
cur state that Massachusetts expects
every man to do his duty-and what
more could she demand of her sons
than that they should be willing to
give up their lives for her sake-and
more than 40 years ago those old SOL
diers who surround us We're willing to
make that sacrifice For they We're
within the borders of North Carolina,
as Northern soldiers fighting for a
cause they loved, as you men of North
Carolina love your own fair state. To-
day they return TO do homage to the
beloved comrades they left behind
them, with no more malice in their
hearts than is in yonder figure SYM
bcliZing Peace, whose calm eye looks
down upon the graves of 500 sons of
Massachusetts. who will remain resting
in the soil of North Carolina until time
SHALL be no more.
And now. in behalf of Massachusetts.
1 accept this beautiful memorial to her
soldier dead, and in her behalf as We'll
J tender it to you, sir, representing the
government of the United States and
typifying as you do our common ma
ton, one country and one flag.