The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-19
WHITE SUBMITS REPORT OF COM
MITTTE WHICH BROUGHT
1T HOME
COURTEOUSLY TREATED
OPPOSITION ON FART OF GEORGIAN
TO REMOVAL or REMAINS or
LIGHT HORSE BARRY, nut
WELD GRACEFk LLA.


land Island, Ca, 20 virginia and re-
Inter them in the Lee maaSo' cum At
Washington and Lee Iu'yers..3. ras
Just flied its report with the General
Assembly. TOW special session
TIE committee IS composed az
Hugh a White. of HoJkbrltge. chair
man; j asan q Daniel OF La4doHu. on
the part OF the House. ard Jahn VI.
> HsTt. OF Roam IKE, IN the ra'5 %. the
.Senate
A.'er ciIng the Ass.oll o. tEa tesa-
luton. first adopted 10y tine fi-reial
Assenhly or 1891, ne committee :e-
ports as follows
The COMMITTEES Reports.
After considerable esponden,s
the committee obtained the views al
the senior members Of every hraus'
Of the Lee family. descendants *
General Henry lee all desired th4t
the remains he relnterred beneath the
lee Cha pei at Washington and Lee
University, IN Lexington. whore Hes
the body OF his distinguished son,
Gneral Robert r. Lee. Very natu-
rally there was opposition on the
part of the patriotic societies ami
people OF the State 81 Georgia 70 the
removal OF the remains from that
State. but no formal action was taken
and the opposition Yielded grace FUZZY
WISHES
ginia and the descendants Of General
Leo.
The committee left Virginia on the
2eth day IL May, 1913, going direct
10 Fernandina, Fla from whence. on
the 2sth. they proceeded by boat to
.sDunseness on Cumberland Island
The island Is about SIX or eight miles
out from Fernandira ana the grave
yard al 'pungeuess," In whifs1 Gen
erai Lee was buried Is located at
the extreme southern end of the IS
land The committee here desires to
record the great courtesy shown 10
II and 10 tae State Of Nirf,nia by
Mrs Lucy g bHrnegis who now
owls Cum berlani Island and ~ her
manager Mr. " F. Page, aS Trl
as by all 9th srs connected with her
un2risicene estate
Mrs. Carnegie Courteous
While deeply regretting mat Beau
THU Dungeness could not remain
the last resting place Of the famous
.'Iight- Horse Harry Lee Mrs Car
!, Y1egie not only recognized and fully
appreciated the patriotic desires OF
Virginia, but extended every courtesy
and consideration possible Though
she was absent from the island at the
time, she had left instructions that
tervice rendered,
On the morning OF May % aer
yacht THE Skiho." under command
OF Captain G, II. Yates. to whom the
committee owes its Acknowledgements
for his kindness and courtesy. met
the committee at Fernandina ana
conveyed them across the sound 10
the Island. There they were met by
Mr. Page and others, and carried IN
automobiles To the mid graveyard
The patriotic sentiments of The owner
of 'tDungeness and those IN charge
In her absence were beautifully eN-
pressed by the draping OF the brick
walls of the graveyard in American
faags The dignified respect and fne
sentiment sh ,wn for great N!rginlan
touched the hea rts of the Virgin mans.
Mrs Carnegie had taken scrupulous
care OF the grave and graveyard, and
me people Of Virginia are under last
ing obligations To her for the patri-
! otto devotion which she has shown
to virginias iilustrious dead.
Tomb's Inscription.
The grave stones stood erect and
On the head stone was the following
Sacred To the memory Of General
3 Henry Lee, of Virginia. Obitt, March
rs, 1918. Aetat, So"
This stone was erected good many
years after his burial by his son. Cen
eral Robert T.. Lee or under his
direction. by Mr. + Nj Nightingale,
grandson of General Nathaniel
Greene. who was present at the burial
or General Lee The grave must
have been accurately marked at the
time of burial, since the stones erect
i "a later wera found 10 be ia identi-
cally the proper place the head and
foot stones corresponding exactly with
To- n =
the request Of Mrs Carnegie the
original stones were permitted TO -.
main as she desired 10 have them
re-erected ai the same spot, and for
the sake OF historical accurac" 4
was understood that she would have
carved on the head stone a state
ment that tae remains of General
Lee had been removed to the state
Of Virginia In Max. 1918. and pre-
sumably this has been done.
A more beautiful spot cannot he
Imagined than this old graveyard
~ "Dungeness. The remains u the
great soldier and statesman lay amid
the perfume OF the oleauder aud the
3es~amine, in the deep shade Of the
magnoiits. the myrtles and OIL
ives while the long grey moss from
the live oaks waved In majestic grace
with every breeze and he Sihhing
pver his grave
Remains Preserved
Nothing save She patriotic devotion
Of a loyal people could Justify The
4 Intrusion upon SO peaceful q resting
piace With profound feeling and
respect by all, the grave was opened
4 In the presence Of the committee and
the remains found in q most re-
markahie state az preservation. were
II removed placed In "a new casket.
Il dr1p IN q United States flag and
conveyed to Toe Yacht and thence
~ back 10 Fernandina
The remains reached Lynchburg,
II Va. on Memorial Day. May 80, and
ware there me, lay representatives OF
v tho Sons and Daughters Of the Aneri-
Il eDn Revolution. Colonial Danes and
other patriotic societies. and a guard
@ ~ honor remained IN attendance
d throughout The dag. At an appointed
hour during the day the people 81
Iwnchburg gathered spontaneously 10
q pay their respects. and d brief. but
Anpropriate address va made by she
Rev. Joseph Dunn. rector Of the Epis-
eOpal Church OF Lynchhurg, after
Ri which the casket was covered with