Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-20
LAUDS GRAY CHIEFS
Senator Swanson EuIogizes
Lee and StoneWaII Jackson.
URGES A UNITED COUNTRY
Exercises Concentrating the Birth
Of Confederate Generals.
Crosses Distributed.
URGES A UNITED COUNTRY

Paying a tribute to the heroism, self
sacrifice and va,or Of the officers and
men who bore arms under the Confed-
crate battle flag. and describing their
leaders as among the worlds greatest
military genuises, Senator Claude A.
Swanson Of Virginia delivered the prin-
cipal address at the birthday celebration
exercises Of Gen. Robert e. Lee and Gen.
.'Stonewalr' jackson at the Arlington
Hotel last night, The celebration was
also the occasion for the presentation
of Confederate crosses Of honor to eleven
veterans and nine descendants and rela-
tives Of veterans. These latter included
the daughter Of Gen. Heth and the widow
Of Gen. Pillow. The exercises were held
under 3oint auspices Of United Confed-
,eratAi Veteran Camp No. III. the seven
local chapters Of the Daughters Of the
Confederacy. the Southern Relief Society
and the Washington Camp, Sons OF Con-
federate Veterans.
The ballroom Of the Arlington Hotel
was crowded with former Confederate
soldiers living in this city and Virginia.
members of southern families. a repre-
sentation Of the southern delegations in
Congress and Washington Official life.
Among those on the platform were Gen.
r. NJ. Cockrell, Col. H. A. Herbert. Col
r. p. Chew. Maj. Holmes Conrad. Maj
Rev. James H. Taylor. Maj. Thomas w.
Hungerford and Senator Swanson. The
veterans committee having charge of the
exercises consisted OF Maj. Hungerf0rd,
Henry H. Marmaduke and Magnus 8.
Thompson.
Foremost Confederate Leaders.
"roreunost Among the leaders who wore
the Confederate gray were Gems. Lee and
Jackson" said Senator Swanson. CAS-
soldiers the world has not seen their
superiors. as men they took rank with
the leaders in the Anglo-Saxon race. and
as Christians the purity and nobility OF
their lives leave to succeeding genera
tons an ideal in American manhood. We
gather here tonight To pay tribute to
their memory. to preserve 1t not SO much
as leaders of the Confederacy. but as
among the greatest men America has
produced"
Despite the great cost in blood
and property that the civil war
brought upon the nation. it proved
a benefit. Senator Swanson said. in
developing men Of the courage. NOR
al strength and resource as leaders
shown in both sides Of the struggle. dem
onstrating to the world what Americans
are capable of. In closing he paid a
hearty tribute to the Federal soldiers and
Federal leaders. and urged that the sec
tional hatred which once divided the
country be forgotten In the common effort
OF maintaining Americas position as the
country whose name is synonymous with
liberty.
The exercises were opened with an in
vocation by Rev. DIR. Randolph H. Nc
Kim. Several Confederate songs were
sung by the Washington Confederate
Choir, Miss l.. W. Simms and Mrs. Ethel
MacKnight. Senator Swanson was intro
Thomas HunUerfnrd
mander of the local Confederate Veterans
camp. Rev. James H. Taylor pronounced
the benediction-
Crosses Of Honor Distributed.
At the close OF Senator Swanson's ad-
dress the crosses of honor were pre-
scented by Mrs. Gustavas Werber
The veterans receiving the crosses were
Albert Akers. major 10th Infantry; r.
w. Bailey, Company A. 18th Virginia In
fantry: Charles c. Crouch. captain Com
pany b. 9Th Missouri Infantry; c. T
Drake. Company A, LIST Virginia Cavalry
Frank J. Lewis. second lieutenant. o. G
Jones Light Battery, Texas Infantry
samuel +. Lewis. assistant surgeon. pro
visional army, Confederate states: Ste
phen c. Magraw. Company +, I'd Mary
land Cavalry; Arthur n. Mari. Company
II, LIST Custis Lees Division. Ewelr.
corps. William t. Moore. ordnance ser
geant Company A. Sd y. G. Artillery
William Hamilton Nichols. captain Texa.
Artillery: Thomas A. Selden, Company G
I'd Battalion G.. w. &. Lees Division
Ewelfs Corps.
Following the veterans. Mrs. werbe
presented crosses to the following min,
descendants and relatives OF veterans:
Virginia Bouldin, daughter of Thoma.
n. Bouldin. Company Il, 18th Virgins
Cavalry: Maude ID. Dunlop daughter o.
Joseph ID. Dunlop. LIST Maryland Cavalry
Esther Nicely Emmart, widow of Georg,
III. Emmart. Maryland Line Battalion
Mamie Randolph Heth. daughter OF Mai
General Harry Heth; Thomas l.. Higdon
son of Francis L. Higdon, ordnance ser
geant. Company j. LIST Maryland Infantry
Nellie /. Peddicord, daughter of G.. Alex
T.. Peddicord. Company b. Sd Virgini,
Cavalry: Mary E. Pillow, widow of Gen
Gideon ]. Pillow; Julia Neason Streater
daughter of Capt. Thomas Swanson Com
pany c, 18th Alabama Infantry: j. G
remnant, SON Of Alex w. Tenant bu
gier, Company Z. LIST Virginia Cavalry.
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