The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-04
r. F. HOkE, SOLDlRR
AND GOOD CITIZEN
~, brilliant Military CArcr-H
IAsbovS and SympoGazaes in
TINE of Peace.

b1O0tS 00Q IA Y
Tine a. Peace.
Address by State Senator VICTOR s.
BKYANT, ~ tbe I~xorAaes en-
IRE Mean0gsal Day, foia.
yhis occasion will NO permit ard
Goes not demand any extended bio
,raphieAi sketch Of General Hoke.
rhs military services Of himaelf and
,be forces under him were co-exten-
of Northern Virginia. while his acti-
~i,ies and ~gznpathies as a civilian
embraced all undertakings fpr the
good % the State. He was q student
ard a scholar, a soldier and a com
piJ,der. a manufacturer, Turner.
miner, railroaA-bHilder. and . gentle
man without repaoach j.. To review
his military record would We to re-
lew the Southern troops from the
first gun to tho last To review his
busiaess career would be TO review
largely the material development OF
North Carolina from 1870 to the hour
II his death. He was at the baptism
~ blood at Bethel and the interment
1T Bennet's Farm. For eight months
ne lay In the trenches about Peters
brrs and slept in his uniform. The
,rattIefefds around Richmond. at
,Isucver Court Hense, Mechanics
vile, Gaines Mills, Second ManasSaS-
s;la rpsburS, Plymouth, Bermuda Hun
.ired. Cold Harbcr, fredericksburg.
charlottesville IA BentonsSille
Witnessed his courage as a soldier liz
his genius as a commander. lie en-
gagcd in manufacturing and titled the
soil in Lincoln, mined in Orange and
Mitchell, planned n constructed, or
assisted in constructing railroads now
included fl the Southern and Sea-
board Air dne systems and foY thirty
five Years WAS a. director. shaping and
.rntro,iins the policies OF h North
carolina Railroad Company.
But the records of these battles and
.ivic -ndeAvOFs appear and will o
tifps To appear on the printed page.
Writer'S OF history to the north OF
rs ia describe the engagements
IT the Civl War without referring to
his marches and his victories. Our
oisioriAnS Of the South cannc de-
srtbe the pfowess OF the Southern
troops without pcitraying his o.
age and hls genius. The chronicles OF
uur industrial growth must include
tis pa me and tell of his endeayors
these matters can and win be kEowr
90 all readers OF history, becauS
Every history Of our Republic, thu
civil War and this States msteria-
progress must contain reference Il
toeni. Ills part IN all WAS too grea5
s.. he omitted Oh overlooked by &C
.llratc historians
Let us rather. at this time, indi
..te the basis for the assertion tina
,:ascrai Iioke WAS a military Seniu
ala refer TO some facts which haS'
i.ot been recorded IN books. Man,
eho knew OF them are dead, but som
- ~ -y 49, - 80 =
he.y testimony, record should be mad
of them. Although eften urged I
record them himself, Gener IIok
p~srsis1enily refused. lie was SlO,
10 speak or write of himself. This Re
ia.t..nce. amounting to Ehyness, wa
Illustrated at West Point soon afte
the war closed. He had gene Mort
ia search Of work. IIe visited tn
National Military Academy and Will
there entered . class room. The II
Stractor Of the class Was revfewin
he movements OF the war. He II
fcrIcd to the march Of General HOke
srr"ps from New Bern to KinstOn 8
thc most rapid Of the war and or
~ the most Skiilfu1. While the r.
nuwned commander. who conceive
n directed that movement, stood
the class room. the instructor. ignel
att Of his identity, described his mil
fary genius. The modest soldier r
tired from. the room and Left We
Point without disclosing his name.
ie alone could have pe,petuated
permanent form all the incidents
BIS military career. but ne failed to
II. While HIS nodesty and reluetan,
"d,ied beauty and chaOn to his. Ov
character. they were unfortunate I,
osr history and the fa.ne of our Sta
bat without ambition for person
and!seInent or powerful frienl
10 Influence his promotion, he ente
ra the army as u private and BEGAN
= Major General is eloquent proof
hire military ability. With ten tho
sand men. he bottled up thirty tho
sahd Of Buffers troops 1T Bermn,
Hundrcd. So thoroughly was tt
lone that Secretary Of War StantA
Falling to hear from General Butls
~ To locate his army, telegraph
General Grant 60 ascertain what h