The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-09
PLACE WREATH ON STATUE
OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
Midnight Ceremony Takes Place in
Capitol Square in Presence
OF Great Throng.
DEPICT SPIRIT OF BOYS OF 20
Orator of KallipoIis GrOtto Pays
Tribute to World IIcro-Great
Applause Sounds AS Masonic Band
Plays Dixie"

At the foot OF the craven image OF
George Washington. looking south. lies
to-day little wreath of magnolia
leaves and green ferns bound I'm pur-
pie ribbon--a tribute placed there ut
midnight by tho minute mon of the city
which bears the dead leaders name.
golden moon hung low In the sky
and faint glow Uttered from the light
ell city Hall into the darltencd square
Whcn the minute men and members Of
Nallipols Grotto, No. 80, OF Washing
ton. Jeff Hotel Richmond to depict the
spirls of 80 at George Washingtons
ieot. Thousands of people and all the
visiting grottocs COINED in the simple
ceremony. The railing around the
monument was masscd with people to
the walkway, all silent and uncovered
as TIE minute men tramped BY and into
tho Enclosure.
Peter r. Pullman, monarch OF Kali
lipols Grotto, introduced Captain De-
los w. Thay"r, orator of the Grotto, and
captain of the Colonial Minute Men. He
took his stand at tho base OF the mon
uinent, and in front OF him, eyes to the
southwark, stood the minute men,
dressed in the Colonial uniform. To
the west stood Samis Grotto and the
hallipolis Grotto band, the red flare
or torches falling upon their white
uniforms and making them outstanding
figures in the throng. In front and
halfway down the hill massed the
Richmond people and their visitors.
forming one of the most Impressive and
beautiful scenes upon which the silent
figure in brCnZe has ever looked down.
PAYS Tribute TO
THE WORLD HERO
Captain Thnyer spoke. paying tri-
but TO the leader and statesman, whom
Light Horse Harry Lee described ns
nru tn,
nrst IN the hearts of his countrymen."
And rs he was then so is he now"
said Captain Thaycr. n world hero and
an example for all the generations to
come" The crowd chccred him, and at
signal Kallipolis band broke softly
into the strains of Nearer. My God, TO
Thee the whole crowd Joining in the
familiar hymn.
II. Lynch Montague, brother OF Con-
gresham Montague. spoke in aclnoWl-
cdScment OF the tribute. saying that
even should the monument he broken
in fragments and those fragments be
swept away the spirit Of George Wash
ington would still live eternal in the
hearts of men.
Captain julius i. AIbrecht placed the
wreath. and the band played The Star
Spanglcd Banner" the people singing.
After another announcements the band
played America" and even that silent
figure Of bronze must have qu!vcrcd
as the national anthem sounded through
Capitol Square.
GREAT APPLAUSE AS
BAND PLAYS DIXIE
And then ms the command TO right
face was given and the Minute Men
turned 10 march back to the hotel tho
band broke uproariously into the
strains of Dixie" and the crowd took
up the chorus so that 1t sounded like
Il mighty anthem. In the hotel the
Kallipolis Grotto pnradcd around twice.
and the people chcered and cheercd
again.
The Minute Men we're L. l.. Hutchin-
son. ufcr; ID. S. Goumpf. drummer. and
~ r. Williams second drummer and
Nag bearer. The detail taking part in
the ceremony was made up of the
same men who last autumn went from
Washington on tour through Eu
rope, where they We're received and
fctcd in every Continental capital
They were Colonel NJ. 4. Winter, Cap
tain Delos w. Thaycr. Captain Peter
I.atterncr. Captain Fred Kramer. Major
John j. costinctt, Captain w. IL. Wun-
der, Major L. n. PAUL, Captain J. 5. NJ.
Zimmerman and Captain julius T.. AL
brccht-all member of the First RcSi-
mcnt. National Guard. OF tho District
of Cplumbi1