Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-01

Hard by where $4,000 Confederate
soldiers sleep, on a gray pyramid OF
unmortared stone, a bronze tablet to
the memory OF those women Of Vir-
ginia whose tireless and tender hands
have kent green the moldering heaps
was unveiled yesterday afternoon with
all the solemnity OF sacred ceremony.
Between files Of the Blues and the
Grays, and while the Howitzers cannon
shuddered in salute. the Grandchildren
Of the Confederacy, attached to the
Richmond auxiliary; the women of the
Confederated Southern Memorial Asso-
citation. and men who had worn. and
still wear. the gray, passed to the spot
on the west side of the pyramid, where
the tablet had been fastened. The bands
played Onward. Christian Soldiers,''
the professional war hymn of all the
Christian churches. and the thousands
who had gathered near the scene un-
covered.
TABLET UNVEILED TO
WOMEN OF VIRGINIA
The veil was Withdrawn by ]. Taylor
Ellyson Crump. son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Crump and grandson of Lieu
tenant Governor j.. Taylor Ellyson.
whose name the Confederate grand
child bears. When he pulled the
string and the veil unfolded down its
length. leaving the tablet bare the
bands broke into the strains of Dixie"
and the music was carried on the voices
Of the multitude.
It was the end of the ceremony incl
dent to Memorial Day. There could
have been no more fitting climax. At
the foot Of the west side OF the stone
memorial to the Confederate dead is
placed the tablet to the women OF Vir-
ginia. 1t was all that they had asked.
In lieu OF a monument to them, they
had besought the State Legislature to
appropriate $4,000 to give to them the
perpetual care OF the Soldiers Section,
and this the General Assembly of Vir-
ginia did. So, as in other days they
cared for the living and sent them forth
to the call of battle, they will now
preserve their memory sacred and cast
flowers on the graves Of tho thousands
who fought the good fight and here lie
in slumber undisturbed.
GREAT THRONGS GATHERS
IN HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY
The Greensward of the South's most
noted cemetery was covered by thou-
sands OF living feet. 1t was, perhaps.
years to pay just tribute to the dead.
From the speakers stand, through and
across the little valley which divides
the Soldiers Section from that which
is devoted to the other dead and I'm
the opposite hill. 5000 people stood and
listened to the addresses of Colonel w.
Gordon McCabe, fiery and stirring, and
Judge George l.. Christian, no less stir
ring and as emphatic in his appeal that
the Lost Cause be remembered in all
the days to come as II was loved and
honored when the Southern States Sc
ceded. About the stand, with their
arms stacked. the soldiers OF the Rich
mond Blues and the Richmond Grays
stood. and behind them. in all direc-
tions. were lined the listening crowds.
To the north. just beyond the borders
OF the old sacred ground. were the
Richmond Howitzers. with their gun
primed and charged for the solemn sa-
lutte. Overhead the sky lay serene and
calm. The sun shone without tho
shadow OF cloud. 1t was as IL the
Great Benefactor had prepared tho
day and made it good for the memory
OF the sacred cause.
GRANDCHILDREN OF CONFEDERACY
SING APPROPRIATE HYMNS
When the militia had passed within
the eastern gates. marching to the tune
Of Onward. Christian Soldiers" and
tho carriages bearing the veterans and
the members OF the Confederated, South.
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