The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14

"''"toh' me ridSr was bearing or
ders To Colonel Shipp. cadet command.
ant. The colonel. once he had read the
orders directed Cadet Wise To arouse
IL" camp without having the drum4
beaten. orders To fail In were prompt
~ given, rolls We're ratified on, the
battalion was formed and debouchinv
upon the pike. the corps beaded In the
darkness and mud for New Market
Ana here paragraph from a NC
moriai aGdress of Hon. John $. Wise.
delivered at the unveiiins OF "a mouu-
ment 20 the memory OF Southern SOL
dicrs und V. ~. /. cadets who fell l..
the battle of New MARKET; describes
sraphicaiiy an interesting. touchin;
ana sad event just before that march
was taken up.
( S,irrin= Prayer IN TIL. Dark.
Before the command to march was
given said Mr.. WISE "a thing oc-
Cured which made Il aecp impression
upon MS ALL Al thing which may even
now be soiace to those whose boys
diGh SO Sloriously that day. In the
gloom of that night Captain Frank
Preston. neither afraid or ashamed 10
pray sen, up an appeal to God for
iiiS protection OF our little band 1t
WAS an humbc. earnest appeal that
sunk into The heart of every bearer
rev were the dry eyes little the fri
ro!tE, when hr had ceased to speak
OF iomc, Of father. of mother, Of coun-
try, of victory and drfuat--of life. OF
d"aLh Of eternity"
Captain Preston had teen an officer
in stoncwaii .Iacl:sou's command. had
lost an arm at Winchester, wns on tn.
retired list and was subprofessor OF
Latin and tactical officer OF g. Com.
lan! He was q typical Valley Pres
nS''riah. those who saw him q few
hours after, saw him commanding his
company in the thlckest OF the hight.
his already empty sleeve nttcsting that
ne WAS no stranger 10 the perilous
| edge of battle realized fully the beau
" of those lines which tell that the
braVest are the tendercst, tho loving
are the daring
/ After dawn the cadets came unop n
COMMAND Of old soldiers who were
cooking and eating breakfast on tho
roadside. Again the lads were shown
the funny side Of soldier life One
Er!zzlcd old soldier came among the
cadets with pack OF playing cards
anu PAIR Of shears and offered to
take the boys names and cut or
lock OF hair to be sen, home after
I ihcy were dead. Another veteran wint-
! Ell to know whether the cadets wanted
! rosewood collins. satn-lincd, with na,ue
iand age on the plate.
| bciorc the sun went down that same
regiment was taking Off its hats to
=
As the cadets came within sight of
New Market they could hear the fro
! OF tho pickets, and few minutes lat
er could see the old soldiers At work
| EchoiSs and Whnrtons brIgades hur
REC past the cadets as they remained
on me side of the pike, ana within a
lew minutes the fight was on
IL was sunday morning at II o'clock
| In churchyard. among thu. white
1
! infantry, That battery was nring
! over the heads or the infantry, while
from the church cupola the Yankee
sharpshooters were drawing a b cad on
the advancing Confederates
/ NO more graphic picture or that bat
re ana the charge UP that hill could
/, pe presented than WAS made By an nd
/ dress OF John S. Wise at the unwilling
OF the monument to :!:e cadets at New
Market Touching that feature of the
battle, Mr.. Wise said:
| our boys had captured over 100
prisoners. Charlie Faulkner, now the
/ Senator from West Virginia came
three Germans large enough to swat
low him, and insisted that he and
I Nlnder Garrett had captured them un-
aided Bloody work had b,en done.
I The snace between the encny's old and
new position was dotted with. denl and
( wounded, shot as they retired across
/ tie open fiald. bur this same eSposcC
! ground now lay before ana must be
! crossed by our own men, under n gall
( ing fire from strong and well pro.
! tecied position. The distance was not
great. but the ground to be travers I'd
was level, green field of young
Y wheat Again the advances was or
dered. our boys responded with a
cheer, Poor fellows! They mad al
ready been put upon their mettle In
TWO assaults. Exhausted, Wet TO The
skin, muddy to their eyebrows With tho
T. stun clay through which they had
| piowed. some of them actually shoe
j! less after struggling across the plowed
I held, they Notwithstanding advanced
! with great earnestness, for the shout
ing on our right advised them that tn,
victory was being won. Blu, the foe
/ IN our front was far from whipped
! AS the cadets came on with dash
he stood his ground most coura gcoUsiy
The battery, now shotted with shrap-
mel and canister. opened upon the ca :
diets with n murderous fire The In
fantry, lying behind the fenc, rails
piled upon the ground, poured I'm a
/ steady, deadly vollcy. AT ono dis
| charge, Cabell, first sergeant of u
Company. by whose side had marched
for months, fell daad, and with him,
{ fell Crockett and Jones. a blanket
would have covered the three.
I ihey We're awtully mangled by the
canister ~ few steps further on, Nc
nowoll sank to his knees with a bull
let drought his heart. Anvil, JEFF
Ierson, and Wheelwrisht wore shot
at this point, sam Shrivcr cadet cap
tan Of Company, had its sword arm
broken by mimic ball. Thus c Com
pany lost her cadet as well as her
professor-captaln. The men were
falling right and left. Tho veterans
Oh the right of the cadets seemed to
waver. Colonel Ship went down.
For the first time the cadets appeared
C"rsican blood at the boiling point
down. and all oheycd, firing from the
knec--aii but Evans, the ensign, who
was standing bolt upright shouting
ana waving the flag. Some one ex-
claimed Fall back ana rally on