The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-31
Major Anderson Wants Entire
Soldiers Home Grounds Used
as a Memorial.
DEAD H0N0RED
Hollywood Thronged With
Thousands, Who Pay Tribute
to Memory Of Past.

/
Gated to the glories of -hhe Confederate
South was advocated by former At
torney General William A. Anderson
in his address at the annual Memorial
Day exercises in Hollywood Cemetery
I yesterday. This should be done by
I the State" he said, when the rapidly
thinning ranks Of survivors of that
conflict shall no longer need tho re-
| fuge which has been provided for them
/ there" II should be benutifed then
as few spots on earth have been.
There is soon to be erected over
yonder." said Major Anderson, "a tenn
| pie to commemorate all the heroism
and the sacrifices of the men and wo-
! men of the South in their struggles
| for constitutional liberty. In this and
other lands there have been attempts
to create what have been sometimes
called temples Of fame Let these
| hallowed precincts. bcautihed and glo-
riiied. be forever known as THE Field
of Fame, and be consecrated to the
| fadeless glorics of the South.
! Place of Monuments
And thither. under the shade OF
llovely trees. and surrounded by beau
! tlful flowers which shall be planted
| there by loving hands, let each OF the
] States whose soldiers fought under
! the Stars and Bars of the Confectionery
/ place the eiiigics of one or moro OF
their sons who were most illustrious
In that great struggle.
| Without being invdious. and rs
mere suggestion. South Carolina should
| be represented there by her peerless
Hampton and her modest but brave
| and capable Kcrshaw; Georgia by her
Alexander H. Stephens and her John
/! b. Gordon. Alabama. having also a
(, rightful claim to Gordon, should place
| there statue of her gallant Rodes
| and her Walker Mississippi of her
| Stephen d. Lee; Louisiana of her chiv-
| airic Beauresard and her Nichols. or
! what is left of him. for he lost a leg,
an arm and an eye in battle: Texas
! by her Albert Sidney Johnston. who
fell Just as his country and the world
| were beginning TO realize his great
| ness and his lofty genius. and by the
dauntless Hood Arkansas BY her Van
! Dorm; Tennessee by her splendid Bed
| ford Forrest and Pat Ciaburn; Ken
lucky by her John C. Breckenridge and
John Morgan; North Carolina by her
i beloved zebnlon 3. Vance and her
brilliant and iamented Hoke and Ram
! seur and RANSOM Missouri BIZ her
| created -hearted sons. Sterling Price
and Cockreii
NirEinIn's Pnrt.
And Virginia by her Stonewall
SaShsoli, fJoSepn l.. johnston and
| Fitzhugh Lee. with the monument and
statue of Jefferson Davis and Robert
II. Lee and j.. =. B. Stuart OF i'm
mortal renown, already erected and
| welcoming the approach 90 the field
| where shall stand the mute but clio
| quent efiigies OF their illustrlous com
| patriots" ~
Under cioudless skies thousands OF
! the people of Richmond went TO Holly
oil Nar
butte to The Confederate dead who
sleep by the James Many of the
graves and monuments were covered
| With flowers and decorated with flags
| by the loving hands OF women
! me Memorial Day parade was on
/ time leaving Fifth and Franklin at
| o'clock The various military or
| CARNATIONS turned out in good
| strength. music being furnished nv
the Blues Band The Boys. Brigade
composed of four companies furnished
| unique feature. the small soldiers
I marching with an excellence which
surprised the older ones.
| Fewer Veterans In Line.
| The thin gray line was thinner and
! grayer than 1t was last year. There
I are fewer OF the men who fought half
| century ago, and there are fewer
| who can endure the long walk under IA
! hot sun. A. p. Hill Camp. OF Peters
burg, with Its own fife and drum CORPS
was the guest OF r. e. Lee Camp. and
/ was given the place OF honor with
Lee and Pickett Camps following The
women of the Hollywood Memorial AS
ISOLATION. in carriages, brought up the
rear.
/ Prayer was offered BY Rev. James
/ Power Smith D. d. and General Lees
favorite hymn. How Firm Founda-
tom was sung BY the choir OF the
! Second Presbyterian Church, accom-
panied by the Blues Band
i Judge George l. Christian who pre-
I sided. commented on the extensive and
fruitless efforts made BY the memo
| rial associations of New York to &c
cure funds with which to celebrate
the occasion this year. OF 100 city
1 officials approached one response had
been received. with a remittance Of
/ 81. From l 90 mercantile assocla tions
and great business houses, there was
! one contribution OF 50. One hundred
letters to great financiers brought but
one responsc--from John w Gates.
Judge Christian wished that the pco-
pie OF the national metropolis who no
longer care to remember The men who
fought in the sixties could see the
audience assembled in Hollywood
I Taps Sounded.
Major Andersons address folio we'd
! and In conclusion Rev. j. T.. Poi,,IeS-
ter. chaplain of Lee Camp pronounced
the benediction. Taps were soun.lei
over the thousands Of Confederate
graves by the military organizations,
and as the sun set the immense GROVE
left the cemetery.
Not only was the audience swayed
by the oratory of Major Anderson, and
by the viEor which he puts .nto -,is
trea tment of Confederate subj acts but
his. address was regarded a S q valuable
historical paper, and one which shoiili
be preserved. Aside from the seatl-.
ment in his remarks, there was what
was pronounced mastery discussion
of the events leading up to the War
Between the States with the final t,e-