Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-31
CONFEDERATE DEAD
H0NORED BY CITY
Fiftieth Memorial Day Is Fit
tingly Observed at Holly
wood Cemetery.
REV. w. D. POWERS SPEAKS
Overcast Skies Do Not Prevent
Great Crowds Cheering
Thin Gray Line.
REV. W. D. POWERS SPEAKS


nant of Lees army lay down it's arms
at Anpomattox and the cause OF the
South became but n cherished memory,
the city yesterday suspended business
while its people paid the accustomed
tribute to the $4,000 Confederate sol
diers who sleep beneath the green
sward OF Hollywood Cemetery.
Over the soldiers section in Rich
mond's beautiful city Of the dead"
where earlier In the day loving hands
had banked flowers and placed the
Stars and Bars Of the Confederacy. the
three military organizations of the city
fred the soldiers salute in testimony
Of the sacred regard IN which those
who Tough, and died for the Lost Cause
are held hy those who succeed them
as guardians IF the State
Surrounded on the speakers stand by
few OF the survivors Of that terrible
struggle for Southern indepe ndence and
speaking to an audience composed
largely OF another generation. the
orator Of the day, Rev. w Dude,
Powers, paid high tribute 10 the man
hood and the womanhood of the Cor
federacy. and pointed to the beauty
and strength of their life and character
as a priceless heritage IN those who
come after them.
THREATENING WEATHER
DOESN'T DETER CROWD
In elimination OF the touching senti-
n1cnt that has kept alive the memorial
exercises for all these years. the grand
children OF the Confederacy, consisting
o! small girls descended from those who
followed the fortunes Of Lee and Jack
son. marched by the speakers stand
and ou. TO the monument, where they
placed Il wreath of red climbers, daisies
and cedar upon the tablet erected i
memory OF the women of the South
Despite threatened rain, q notable
crowd assembled in the cemetery for
the usual ceremonies incident to the
observance q: the occasion Rev
James Power Smith. =. u. chaplain OF
r + Lee Camp, and only surviving
member of Stonewall Jackson's staff
opened the exercises with prayer.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS J. Taylor Ellyson
presided and introduced the speaker
Mr.. Powers. who delivered an address
worthy the occasion and the long line
Of distinguished orators who have
spoken on this occasion Music was
rendered by I[essnich's Municipal Band.
The march TO the cemetery, begin
ming at Fifth and Franklin Streets.
was marked by unusual sp,endor.
Confederate flags hung from many
houses along the thorouGhfareS through
which the procession passed and
crowds. Timing the sidewalks gave
ven; TO their feelings with cheer after
cheer as the military organizations,
. =, In, ..f
sentatives Of city and State passed in
review
GOVERNOR STUART Is
PROMINENT FIGURE
Marching 10 the music of the drum
mud fife corps of the Boy Scouts.
twcnty-siX Erizzied veterans and COM
rades of those whom the city did honor.
walked. erect of head and firm of step.
from the starting point 10 the speak
stand In Hollywood The fifty inter
vening years since me first memorial
exercises had diminished their ranks,
but ;he uncon1uerabe spirit and un-
faltering step had survived the years
Behind the veterans rode in carriages
the members of the Hollywood Me-
mortal Association. some of whom we're
among those who. fifty years ago,
dcsolation was on every hand, set out
to establish a monument which should
stand through all the years as n me-
mortal OF their love and devotion to
the men who lay down their lives for
home and freside.
Leading The parade was a detach-
ment of mounted police. under com
mand OF Captain Sowell, and following
the representatives of the city rode
General j. Thompson Brown. chief
marshal. with his staff of veterans.
Governor Stuart. nephew of the great
cavalry leader who played so promi-
nenr part in those stirring times,
with his staff. rode behind the veterans.
HIGH SCHOOL CADETS
MARCH LIKE VETERANS
In front OF the Richmond Light In
fantry Blues Battalion. the Grays and
the Howitzcrs, Richmond's newest
military organiza ton, the John Mar
shall High School cadets. with nut
nine months Of training behind them,
marched with the precision OF veterans.
The cadets acted as escort to the
and marched with them TO place the
wreath ,on the tablet erected to the
memory of the women OF the South.
Mr.. Powers paid an eloquent tribute
to the men and women of the Con-
federacy, saying that the memorials
and the annual exercises in conncc-
ton with them served to perpetuate
only the good. the strength, the beauty
and the chivalry of the South.
Memory is cIeansed," he said. "of
the bitterness of the great struggle
between the North and the South. It
is fast becoming an incident only in
the history OF the nation. the South
standing the Commonwealth Of
England. q Cromwell among long
list Of Kings Memory records simply
the great historic, burning, phiio-
sophie facts. and the chivalry Of them,
their beauty and their strength. Our
boys and our girls go across the North
arn border to marry and live and be
content, and those Of the North come
here and make their homes in the heart
Of tho South"