The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-31
F[OWERSANDL0VE
FOR H0N0REO DEAD.
Governor is Orator at Memorial
Celebration at Holly
wood. Va
VIRGINIA is HOME OF GREAT
State Can Produce Another
Washington or Lee if
Nation Needs.

Hard by the new made grave Of
Captain Lawson, who carried tho flag
of the First Virginia up the hill at
Gettysburg in advance of tho army Of
Lee, five thousand of the people OF the
capital of the Confederacy gathered
yesterday afternoon to do honor once
more to the memory Of the dead and
the presence of the living soldiers
of the Lost Cause. Governor Mann was
the speaker of the occasion. 1t Is
hardly necessary to say that the wo-
| men of the Hollywood Memorial As
socatlon We're in charge.
OF course 1t raincd This is proven
bal of Memorial Day. But the two
small showers which fell, one during
the progress of the parade and the
other at the beginning of the exercises,
| were hardly enough to dampen the
spirits Of those who had gathered at
the cemetery or to more than frcshen
the blossoms which loving hands had
placed upon the graves of the heroes
Graves Decorated.
All day long the work of decoration
at Hollywood was carried on. Flowers
were placed on the graves of every one
of the $4,000 of unknown dead who
sleep in the Confederate section. Beau
tiful floral designs were strewn oyer
| the Davis section. where lie the bodies
of PRESIDENT jefferson Davis and his
family. Red and white were the colors
| At the graves Of General j. r. b.
| Stuart and General Fitzhugh Lee. who
were cavalry commanders, yellow pre-
dominated. Especially noticeable were
| the decorations at the monument to
! those Confedcrates who are buried in
| Philadelphia.
The program of the occasion. as n
! matter of fact, was carried out ahead
| of time. The parade was due to move
| from Fifth and Grace Streets at >
| o'clock. but 1t got under way a few
minutes before that hour. In the Gene
terry, perhaps because of the rain and
| the threatening clouds, the exercises
were begun some little time before
! the hour of 6, and were shortened
| Creditnble Parade.
A detachment of the bicycle police
| headed the procession, followed by
mounted police. Then followed Chief
Marshal W. B Freeman: with Major L,
| other staff officers. These veterans
| wore the Confederate gray.
Major Il. w. Bowles headed tho Rich
! rpond Light Infantry Blues Battalion.
| with its band. Then came the First
| Battalion of the First Regiment, with
! Major l. T. Price in command. The Of
| icers of this battalion, with some OF
those of the Blues, came over from the
damp of instruction at Petersburg to
attend the exercises. The fife and drum
corps of the First Regiment led the
battalion.
Perhaps 100 of the men who fought
for the South near half a century ago
i were In line, though many others, un-
| able to stand the march. went In con-
veyances to the cemetery. Most OF
| the veterans present were members of
r; E.. Lee Camp. No. L. of George +.
| Pickett Camp, No. S. or of A. ?. Hill
Camp of Petersburg.
/ The carriages followed. two abreast
| the first containing the Governor and
the Lieutenant-G Governor
/ General Walker Present.
A prominent visitor in the parade
and at the speakers stand was Gener-
al C. Irvine Walker. of Charleston. S.
c., commander of the Army of North
ern Virginia, Department of United
! Confederate Veterans. General Walker
is the guest of Colonel Joseph v. Bid
good, Secretary of Virginia Military
| Records
Arriving at Hollywood the veterans
and the Governors party entered at
the gate near the monument to the
unknown Confederate dead, while the
military marched around to the main
entrance, being reviewed from the
speakers stand The Blues gathered
to the north and the First Res1ment
to the south.
Lieutenant Governor ]. Taylor Ely
son was the presiding officer. He first
introduced Rev. Landon r. Mason, who
offered the opening prayer.
In presenting the Governor. Mr.. FL
tyson referred to him as one who does
his part in cherishing the memories
of those who died for the South. and
said that the assemblage was honored
by this presence.
Not Hoporcd by Him.
In his first sentence, Governor Mann
disclaimcd this. He said that far
from honoring the occasion, he was
honored by being present. Il know of
only one who could honor u.s. he
said "and that would be General
Lee"
Having been admonished, he said,
to be brief. the Governor obeyed or
dcrs lie told the crowd which gath
cred around the stand how Lee and
his not more than $4,000 men had from
the spring of 1862 to the middle of
1863 held at bay an army of 100000
soldiers. "-rhc Bible" he said, tells
only son, Isaac. All during the war
the fathers and mothers Of the South
offered up their boys, whom they loved
as Abraham loved Isaac, on the altar
of their country. AS one fell In bat
Il tie, they would call another and send
him out with their blessings"
AS the men Of the sixties made his
tory for the present generation, he
continued, SO it is the duty of the men
OF to-day to make the right sort OF
history for the generations to come.
Great Men to Conc.
) II used to think, as boy" the Gov
ernor declared. that there could
never be another washington In the
worlds history But I was mistaken.
: From the very county in which Wash
ington was born, In Virginia, there
was called Robert r. Lee to make a
name in the worlds history. And from
the boys of to-day, If the country ever
needs another washington or another
Jefferson or another Monroe or an
other Marshall or another Lee, Nir-
ginia will be ready to produce him.