Evening star., 1909-06-05
TRIBUTE OF FLOWERS
South's Dead at Arlington
Honored Tomorrow.
CROSS WILL BE UNVEILED
ALI Graves in Confederate Section to
Be Decorated.
COL. ROBT. E. LEE, JR., ORATOR
Exercises Under Auspices Of Veteran
Associations to Begin at
4 O'Clock.
,OL. ROBT. E. LEE, JR., ORATOR

| Sons and daughters Of the south will
gather tomorrow afternoon at 4 O'CLOCK
| when the blast of the trumpet sounds the
assembly" call in the Confederate Sec
| ton of the National cemetery at Arling-
| ton to pay tribute to the Confederate
| dead and strew flowers upon the graves
| of those who lie buried there. Tomorrow
| will be the Memorial day for the soldiers
of the south who fell during the civil
war.
The services will be conducted under
the auspices of the Confederate Veterans
Association, Camp Ill, U. c. "; the
United Sons of Confederate Veterans,
the United Daughters of the Confederacy
and the Southern Relief Society of Wash
ington. D. C. Capt. John NJ. Hic'ey Is
chairman of the joint committee and will
| preside.
The grafton of the day will be deliv-
cred by Col. Robert E. Lee. jr.. of Vir-
ginia. An elaborate program OF music
will be rendered by local singers and the
| 18th United States Cavalry Band A
feature of the services will be the un-
yelling of the Southern Cross" present
ed by the Washington Camp. Sons OF
| Confederate Veterans, by Miss Edna
| Reilly, maid of honor.
Following the Assembly call on the
| trumpet by Principal Musician Charles
F. Waddington of the 18th United States
Cavalry Band, and America by the full
| band. will come the invocation by Kew.
Roland Cotton Smith. rector of ST. Johns
| Episcopal Church. quartet. Abide
With Me-" by Mrs. Anne Grant Fugitt.
Hensey and A. w. Porter, will precede
| Col. Lees oration Of the day. Mrs. Anne
Grant FtIgitt, accompanied by the full
band. will sing Face to Face" and the
singing of Nearer, My God. to Thee by
the whole assemblage. led by the quar-
tet and the Confederate Choir. accom-
panied by the band. will precede the un-
yelling of the Southern Cross" After
Onward. Christian Soldiers" by the
Confederate Choir, under the direction of
! Ernest Daniel, Rev. DR.. John Lee Allison.
pastor of Gunton-Temple Memorial
Church. will pronounce the benediction.
and Taps will be sounded by the
bugler
vited to participate In strewing flowers
on the graves under the lead Of the
flower committee. During this part of
the service How Firm a Foundation
will be sung by the Confederate Choir,
ACCOMPANIED by the band. When the
tomb Of the unknown dead Is decorated
the band will play The Blue and the
Gray" and at the decoration Of the
grave of Gen. Joseph E. Wheeler, ROCK
of Ages"
Members of the Committee.
The following constitute the joint COM
mittee of arrangements:
! Capt. John NJ. Hickey, chairman: r. s.
Denny, secretary; Mrs. George s. Gov
ington, treasurer; o. J. Moat, finance
| committee; Mrs. Charles H. Fred, flower
| committee; Mrs. John T. Callaghan. music
| committee: Wallace Streater, press COM
mittee; John T. Callaghan, order and
] printing committee.
| The beautiful spot in the Arlington Ma
tional cemetery known as the Confederate
section was set apart by the national
| government for the grouping and reburial
| of the remains of all the Confederate SOL
| diers In other sections of Arlington and
elsewhere in the District of Columbia.
| Ten thousand dollars has been expended
for the purpose.
The various camps of Confederate Vet
erans, Sons of Confederate Veterans and
| the Daughters of the COnfederacy, by
common consent, chose the first Sunday
after the third day of June as the annual
memorial day. The services generally
| call together thousands of the people of
the District, Virginia and Maryland. who
come to do honor to the Confederate dead.
| They are always simple, beautiful and i'm
| pressve.
When President Taft was Secretary of
War he issued an order giving permiS-
| sion to southern organizations to erect
| in the center of the Confederate section
at Arlington a monument to the "old
| Confederate soldier who has fought his
| last fight and now rests beneath the
shade of the trees Whereupon Con-
District of Columbia. the United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy, the Sons of
Confederate Veterans and the Southern
| Relief Society Of the District of Co
lumbia organized Confederate Airing
| ton Monument Association. The United
Daughters Of the Confederacy at their
annual convention in Norfolk Va, two
years ago absorbed the Confederate Ar
| lington Monument Association and as
sumed the sofe responsibility Of col
| lecting funds and erecting the monu-
ment. Under the wise and skillful man.
agement of Mrs. Cornelia Branch Stone.
| president general Of the United Daugh-
| ters of the Confederacy, and Hilary A.
| Herbert, chairman of the local execu-
| tive committee of the Arlington Con-
| federate Monument Association, excel
| lent progress has been made. and a
| little short of $4,000 has been raised
| by contributions monthly from every
| section Of the United States.
| Under the organization Of the United
| Daughters of the Confederacy director
has been appointed by the president gen.
eral and confirmed by the Daughters In
| convention for every state and territory
where chapters of the organization exist.
Capt. Hickey's War Record.
Capt. John M. Hickey, chairman Of the
Joint memorial committee. is an old Con-
| federate with brilliant record. He was
| in the campaigns in Missouri with Gems.
Sterling Price and Francis M. Cockrell
| and fought in the battles at Wilson's
Creek, Boonville, Lexington, Silver Creek,
| where he was wounded; the battle of Elk
| Horn. Ark: the battle of Corinth. Miss,
where he was again wounded and every
| captain and field officer but one was
killed; the battles of Iuka, Grand Gulf,
| Port Gibson. Bakers Creek. Big Black
River and the siege Of Vicksburg, where
| he was wounded and twice blown up in
| the defense of the city. He was with
| Gen. Joseph E. Johnston In his campaign
| from Chattanooga to Atlanta; was wound
| ed at kenesaw Mountain. was in the
| siege of Atlanta. was in Hoods campaign
to Tennessee, and at the battle of Frank
| lin was thrice wounded, his right leg shot
| off, his left arm shattered and his shoul-
der injured. In this condition he lay
| upon the field during the battle for hours.
But few men have as brilliant record
| or saw more service than Capt. Hickey.
Parker Lodge at Church Service.