The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-11
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walk and saw them pass.
Then came the detail from the
Grays. headed by the Boy Scouts
drum corps Following were the
corps. and then Captain Myers with
the Howitzers, following which were
the ladies OF oakwood Memorial AS
ISOLATION. headed by Mrs. John
Hughes, In carriages.
The military display was significant
of the past the present and the fu-
ture, The old gray haired sons OF
long ago stood at the gate to Oak
wood. through which many OF them
witt pass sooff to the Great Beyond,
and waved their hats to the Grays
of today. The young men. who may
at a moments notice have to face
the enemy In the defense OF their
country. Then they gave the old
"Rehel yen" as the High School Ca
diets marched by, There were three
generations of soldiers.
The marching of the cadets could
hardly have been -f,~stert by the ca@5
diets OF the military academies, They
marched like veterans and all Rich
mond was proud ~ them. All Rich
mond is proud OF ts soldiery. from
ANN SyA1 NREAFAthG&S VI q pass dkG W the
youngsters who are here now to do
what their fathers did.
Vets Fall I'm Line.
AT the gates of oakwood, the old
veterans fell into line There were
few Of them. There are but few.
They went forward In the march as
they did in days past--some now
itttspis4ss aietfs-te. tias>-taf4e- EFF the fife
and the trumpet. 70 the stand.
Judge d G. Richardson was master
OF ceremonies IIe was presen. fifty
ercsses. He said SO himself. and no
one viii doubt il. though his looks
fai! to bear out the admission.
After PRAYER ny Chaplain James r.
Saith. and the singing OF How Firm
a. Foundation" by the assemblage.
jNaEr feTetsaT rfsUTT 7vItrur7ceti TIRE
speaker, Dr. Douglass C. Freeman.
Following the address CT Or. Freeman
another hymn was sung led by Pro-
fessor Howard. Benedfction was CIV
en- by Rev. W f. Gibson.
In Introducing Or, Freeman. Judge
Richardson referred 10 the past in
touching terms. and placed the Con-
federate soldier among those who had
made history, and whose sons and
daughters would continue to make
history as long a. time lasts.
DIR. Freeman was frequently inter-
rupted by the applause of The multi
tude. His remarks appeared to have
touched them TO the core, and his
references to the present conditions
brought out great applause.
Among those on the platform was
Lieutenant Governor Ellyson. He fell
into the spirit OF the address as was
apparent hy his frequent applause.
The address. In full, follows:
DIR. Frecmaa's Address
s.ttre-t-tssrf- fer inspiration, ret
for tears, The brave arms that bore
these bodies 10 the grave and the
gentle hands that have tended these
green mounds through half a century
OF love have reared q. monument we
cannot grace. Their sobs and signs
ard deep regrets through all these
changing FEARS haze allied as far as
mankind may. the measure OF our
gratitude. We stand today and con-
template with grateful hearts a SER
vice made immortal, the lasting
spirit OF a living sacrifice. The ideals
OF our fathers, rather than their
death; their siorifed morrow and not
their woeful yesterday. their gift to
our day moro than to their own--of
these, 1t seems to me. our thoughts
should he this solemn afternoon.
We are wont to make OF history q
chronicle OF obvious effect and not OF
vital cause. We write Of battles
fought ana not OF battles forced. We
tell the story of our great sires' deeds
and leave untold the reasons for their
acts We measure In the common
scales success by what We see achiev-
ed and not by what right though
unac hteved. We think a cause lost
with field and see no victor but .
Grant Mt every Appomattox.
From such q narrow view as thia.
these homes cry out. The men inter-
red about ns here had died In vain II
death had been defeat. They live
fell to the lot OF Southern manhood,
In day when the eyes OF the world
were fixed upon our land. TO give to
America the one ideal 1t had known
s.nce the frst revolution. Tho old ira
dittons had been lost In the North
and the voice Of a prophet was drown
ed In the babel OF conflicting council.
Tho grasping alien and the SELF seex-
ing eGotist combined ware the fearful
make mcckery Of those ideals on
which the Union had been estAblishsd.
Not So In South.
In the South thank God, II Was
otherwise Few HAD stake III
slavery: sill fewer had t10sa mann.
features New England had made ~
very god. The averaSo man had only
q farm and = tradition. Bat what i
tradition It was--of Henry in that
church ACROSS the hill, Of Warrington
upon the plains Of Yorktown. Of JET
ferson penntng the kentucky reaolu.
lions. Of Madison on the Moor of Com
EresA Of siants before these who HAd
preached the gospel Of 4 free mansgl
right to freedom and ! PROVE uian'sl