Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-10
HONOR MEN IN GRAY
Services in Memory of Con-
federate Dead.
FLOWERS COVER GRAVES
Senator Hoke Smith Tells Of South
ern Development.
MONUMENT WILL BE RAISED
Proposed That Dedication Take
Place In June Next Just Be-
fore Gettysburg Reunion.
FLOWERS COVER GRAVES
MONUMENT WILL BE RAISED

Memorial services for the soldiers and
sailors buried IN the Confederate section
Of Arlington national cemetery were held
yesterday afternoon The exercises were
under the auspices of Camp III. United
Confederate Veterans: Sons of Confeder-
ate Veterans. United Daughters of the
Confederacy and the Southern Relief So
ciety Of Washington.
Possibly the most inspiring part of the
program was the unwilling Of the South
ern Cross" a massive floral design. which
was placed In the center of the Confeder-
ate section of the cemetery by the Con-
federate Veterans Association. Sprinkled
In the mass of southerners were some
northerners. but most Of those present
had been raised among the traditions of
the south
The ranks Of those paying their respects
to the Confederate dead were augmented
by many who had attended the unwilling
OF the monument to Rear Admiral Cogf-
Ian. which took place In another part Of
the cemetery.
Address by Senator Hoke Smith.
Senator Hoke Smith Of Georgia was the
principal speaker. The civi' war. he said,
was an unequal struggle rom the start,
as the north had the great advantage Of
resources that enabled 1t to keep the
troops equipped. while the south was de-
pendent on foreign countries in getting
arms and ammunition. Senator Smith
euiogized the character mi ability of
Robert T. Lee. whose fiji defeat he re-
garded as inevitable because OF the In
equality OF the resources OF the sides en-
gagged in the conflict.
Senator Smith urged his hearers to
stand loyal to the high ideals which they
inherited from their illustrious ancestors
He also spoke of the progressive citizen
made after the war In the development
of the resources of the country from a
barren waste in some cases.
Monument to Be Erected.
The report of Col. Hilary A. Herbert.
chairman of the Arlington Confederate
Monument Association, was heard with
ington, and 1t is hoped that the monu-
ment is to be laid in November. when
the convention of the Daughters of the
Confederacy will be in session in Wash
fngton. and 1t Is hoped that the manu-
ment will be dedicated in the following
June, just before the gathering of the
Blue and Gray at the Gettysburg re-
union.
Col. Herbert said that more than $4,000
already had been raised. but that $4,000
have been received from veterans of the
Union army and from others. but the
bulk of the fund has been contributed by
the Daughters of the Confederacy.
Graves Strewn With Flowers.
The Confederate section Of the Gene
terry yesterday. was strewn with flowers.
The tomb Of the unknown dead and that
of Fighting Joe" Wheeler received spe-
cial wreaths. Chaplain W. W. Brander
Of the 18th Cavalry pronounced the bene-
diction and the invocation was delivered
by Rev. Roland Cotton Smith. rector Of
st. Johns Episcopal Church. TAPS"
WAS sounded by a trumpeter Of the 18th
Cavalry and music was furnished by the
cavalry band. A quartet consisting OF
Mrs. Anne Grant-Fugitt Mrs. Armand
Gumprecht. Melville D. Hensey and
Mrs. Anna Representation.
Besides the speakers those on the ros-
trum were Capt John NJ Hickey. c. c.
Bartlett. Mrs. Burnes. Mrs. Mcclure
Mrs. f. G. Odenheimer. Miss Mamie r.
Heth. Mrs. Werber. Mrs. +. c. r. Hum
phries. Mrs. William Bodell, Mrs. Belle c.
Riley, Mrs. Oscar Roome, Nrs. j. H.
Millsaps. Mrs. Howell Smith, Mrs. S. A.
Wayne, Miss Helen Griffiths Miss Fran
ces Weeks, Mrs. j. T. Callaghan, Mrs.
George S. Coyington, Thomas w. Hun
gerford. Mr.. and Mrs. o. j. Moat, Miss
Eta Taggart. Mrs. Emmert. Judge j. f.
Pennypacker. Joshua Davis. r. s. Denny
and j. A. Workman. Capt. John NJ. Hick-
ey was chairman of the committee on ar
rangements.