The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-07
HIGH I RI BUTE
TO COL. CUT5HAN|
Mastery Address Before Lee
Camp on Occasion Of Presenta-
ton of Portrait.
ny MAJOR nonEnr W. HUNTER.

lIOll vi i vi IL 0lls
ny MAJOR ROBERT w. HUNTER.
Ny Commander My Comrades Ladies
and GcntIemen.--Tc those who have read
Judge Christiari's admtra BILE history reports
ir the recently published volume, entitled
"lhe Confederate Cause and Conduct in the
War Between the Stntes"--one OF the most
valuable contributions to the true history
OF our great struggle which has yet ap-
ptared--and to you who have just heard his
beautiful and justly nppreciative tribute to
TIE noble soldier whose portrait Lee Camp
Is glad 10 receive this evening, need not
say that there is little left to be CLEANED
from field he has harvested.
But am glad TO avail myself of the
opportunity. which the Kindness of the camp
In selecting mo TO receive this portrait pre-
sents to express my great aa nrn1aa Tor
soldier: for HIS faithful. efficient and I'M
blemished record rs the Engineer OF this
city and last, bu, not least. my nitectionate
regard for him ms friend and comrade.
There special reasons which seem 10
sdd appropriateness to my pleasure In pnrti-
were both natives OF that beautiful Shen-
andoah Valley upon which Governor Spots
wood and his Knights of the Golden Horse
yhoe, having looked upon from the crest
of the Blue Ridge pronounced "a verdant
paradise" We knew each other as boys in
the good old county OF Jefferson. to which
there none superior in the Old Dom nion
before she shamefuly dismembered
His brother-in-law, Captain Chambers, re-
rently deceased commanded a company In
the Second Regiment of tho Stonewai
Brigade. of which was for time adju-
tsnt. We were in several campaigns to-
Sether I think It was largely through the
Influence of my uncle, Andrew Hunter, that
nc was appointed a cadet at the V. NJ. -
the West Point Of the South"--where the
foundation was laid deep and firm and
broad. OF that well-earned fame which en-
circles with a halo his memory and life
work.
member of the Legislature in the
year 1874. shortly after Colonel Cutshaw be-
came Chief Engineer of this city, and he
would frequently call for me to accompany
Inn in his buggy and explain TO me his
plans for the city's enlarged attractivcncss
development comfort and prosperity. which
he had intensely at heart. Comparing the
Richmond of that day with the present, I
within safe bounds In saying that in
al. the years that have gone since William
Byrd laid its foundation, none of this city's
officials have served its people with more
facility. efficiency and hole-hcarted dcvo-
ton and has left more enduring me-
MORALS of a wise and broad comprehension
OF lis best interests.
and morbid craving for wealth, no higher
tribute can be paid to any public Official
than this community pays to his memory,
III its recognition. without dissenting voice,
OF the fact that after a service of thirty
four years. during which innumerabIe OPP
pottunities OF self Observation-Disclosures We're
open TO him, he babe farewell to office
and to life with clean hands and u pure
heart.
when my name was before judge Chris
tian in connection with the office of Secre-
ttry OF Virginia Military Records I think
he Will bear me out in saying that no ono
OF my friends-and thank God had a host
OF them-was more urgent and sol!citous
for my appointment than my friend Cat
shaw.
But this ceremony would be incomplete
without a brief sketch of Colonel Cutshaw's
military career. for he essentially as
soldier-full of the gaudium certaminis--a
soldier who had won encomiums from the
greatest soldiers the world aye
whose praise. more previous than that from
Sir Hubert Stanley was praise indeed"
The breaking out of the war found him
professor in the Hampton Military Insti-
tute, position which he promptly resigned
and sought service in the regular Confed-
erate States Army. For q while he was
engaged with Colonel John B. Cary under
Masruder, who was resisting Buffers In
vasion, of the Penints.ra. Rut his heart
the institute now famous "Stonewall'
Jackson, major-general in command OF
the Valley district. who. knowing Csu;shaw's
qualifications for command, soon found n
place for him.
On the march from Centrevllle to Win
chester after tho battle OF First Manassas.
Inc Officers of Company T., of the Thirty
third Regiment. having INDUCED too freely
= III refreshments along the route Git was all
wet territory then and there was no Byrd
lawl abseHted themselves without leave, and
We find this extract in Jackson's report Of
December 2, 1861: I'm consequence OF
Colonel Cummings having reported TO me
mat he could not undertake another marcn
8 with the company, MS 1t was composed III
ulmanageable Irishmen. and as the com.
pany numbered about thirty-four, and as l
Lad two unassigned pieces OF field artillery,
and also Second Lieutenant W. L. Cutshaw,
9. 5. Army, a graduate of the Virginia
Military INSTITUTE was without a command
assigned him to the command of the com.
ksny and ordered the two pieces of artillery
e be turned over to him. Yesterday l sent
him to Hanging Rock, which is nearly M
teen miles this side of Romney"
What disciplinary measures Cutshaw
ADOPTED at Hanging Rock Ga very suggestive
name. by the way) 10 break into military
harness those gallant, but refractory sons
o. Erin, the official records do not disclose
lnt can personally testify to the fact that,
us conduct was creditable, and Tn tho
charge UP CUPS Hill on the second days
battle a Gettysburg under its gallant Cap
tam George Bedinger, who fell al its head,
y made a record which redeemed its past
delinquencies, and left il as clear as Uncle
Ioeys after the recording angel had drop
red tear upon it,
Cutshaw was shortly after, upon Jackson's
recommendation. made captain OF 4 battery
rom Frederiek county, which under his
own name and subsequently, as Carpenter
battery, holds an honorable place in our
artillery annals
On May -. 1862, there was famous bat
lie at Winchester between tho armies OF
BanKss and Jackson. Which resulted in tho
complete rout and discontinue OF tho
enemy, who did not stop In his flight until
no reached the north bank of the Potomac.
Il was the largest and most decisive OF
mat narNelously brilliant series of engage
nents known to history as Jackson Val
ley Campaign which military critics OF
the highest rank nhesitatingly pronounce
az unsurpassed in conception and execution
ny any OF the campaigns of Marboroush
Frederick the Great. Napoleon. Wellington
or any Of tho other srea, masters OF the
4 arr OF war, ancient or modern, OF which
we nave authentic accounts.
i am glad our Howitzers in their sum.
ifer outing are going TO march over a part
81 the route and encanp on some OF III,
4 "a I
M VIII be inspiring and edifyine 10 them a,
soldiers and N!rgIntans They VIII find thai
the crows can rs over the Valley nov
without having 10 carry ther ratIons The,
VIII find also hearty welcome ana be0titi,
iul Valley girls, who viii have like theft
mothers had. smiles and cheers for the sol
der boys; and, II they are as susceptible Al
the boys who followed jackson, some o.
them, am sure, win he captured
n Cutshaw's Battery was conspicuous ms ;
conTbGting factor 10 the splendid victor,
gained at Winchester. Listen 10 what III,
noble Charles S. W!nder then cornnandin.
The Stonowall Brigade, who directed undo
,iackson,s general supervision, the ;igh,in,
On that part Oh tho Held, says OF the artil
lery service IN his report OF this battle:
OF Captains Poasue Carpenter, Cutshav
aud thsir officers and men, cannot >spea,
u too highly, The skill. Judgment and bxiy
cry Aisplayea BY them at al times undo