The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-31


was, In its military feature. one OF the
most successful in which there have
been no out-oL-tuwn soldiery. The
bright colors of the gay dress uni
forms affected by the Richmond
organizations were in sharp contrast
with the soiemnity which marked the
occasion, rather strengthening the
sentiment and the spirit that prevails
at such times
II was the second appearance OF
the cadets Of John Marshall in a me-
mortal parade, the first having been
phen the exercises at lakewood were
had two weeks ago, but their appear
anCe was that of the trained soldier.
The youngsters possess military
bearing that might well be envied
10y older ORGANIZATIONS, and their be-
havior in the line--that Of veterans
moved spectators TO favorably and
highly complimentary remarks
The Scout drum corps. TOO. called
for high praise as they swung stead
ilv and evenly along 10 their own time,
and provided inspiring music for the
ears OF the veterans Of the sixties 1t
rer bows" whose work the
older military Plantations of the
city must watch II they would not lose
the laurels they have gained
Wreath BY Grandchildren.
Arrived at Hollywood the parade
r".r pit rest ana after arms were
stacked. participants a $ m e
around the stand from which the me-
MORA services were conducted.
Al their conclusion the Grandchil-
dren Of the Confederacy. Chapter No
/, Auxiliary to Richmond Chapter of
daughters OF the Confederacy. escort
Ell by the High School Cadets, pro-
ceeded to the tablet to the women Of
the South which "a n n n c
president. Miss Annie Crump. placed
wreath Of crimson rambler. daisies
and cedar, The wreath WAS made by
the children yesterday morning at the
I Howitzers' monument, on which
wreaths and flowers were placed
( The exercises OF the grandchildren
were under the supervision of Mrs.
samuel Dew. presiding director. and
Mrs. J. +. Fourqurean, Mrs Walker
G Kern, Mrs J. K. Bowman and Mrs.
=, A. Blenner, of the board of direc-
tors Of the chapter
/ The memorial Grafton OF DIR. Powers
was in the following words:
Memorial Day Address.
1 With the invitation from the Holly
wood Memorial Association to the
speaker there comes first Of all con-
seriousness of honor, and then OF en-
/ harrassment the one well-nigh as
dresses cognate have been delivered
on this memorable anniversary many
from orators and the erudite all en-
/ Unused by the same sentiment, all
likely akin, how shall another find
place. Along what lines shall another
be constructed7
But he who remembers the historic
nation, and her days, short summer
ed as 1t was, It's gallantry, glamour
and infa ~
bitter struggle, brave with a cryptic
courage, battling. resisting. falling,
rising again, down into almost entire
wreck, staggering up. and on. proud
OF head unbroken of spirit in the
time of end; he who catches the
chords OF the song of emberances
the song OF the night" can not be
silent when urged to speak in sym
| pathy with event or memorial. and
shall find something OF the where
wtthal TO say
1t lis far away now since the silent
tents OF his "hivouac" were spread
To the lad and lassie of today the
Civil War Is, in point of time as the
War OF 1912 was TO US or the Revolu-
Non was TO our fathers II is fast
becoming an incident In a great ma
lions history, as the Commonwealth
/ OF England stands in Englands an
nails, Cromwell among a long list
Of kings These can not feel as we
DO. who are swept away with emo
ton as the days of the long ago press
and control with their personal force
+ They, TOO, youth and maid, have gone
across the Northern border to marry
and live, and to be content; and
have welcomed the youth and maid
from the North and West, and given
them home and family in the heart
of the South. OF blood kin before the
men and women o this Republic are
closer knit today by blood ties than
ever, They can not feel as we do It
is well Memory is cleansed of bitter
ness, her tablets record the great,
burning, historic. philosophic facts,
and the chivalry OF them, the strength,
the beauty, but the other. the painful,
the cursing, the irritating, have been
erased Not one whit does that lessen
the Joy in our memorial, not one bit its
force or its value
Pcrpetuating tho Good In Us.
Fifty years has this memorial So
cfety kept memorial OF the Southern
dead ''on the field of honor" and
in every State Of the Southern Con-
federacy have similar societies done
likewise. They have perpetuated. and
are perpetuating the good that was
in, and the character that enerEized
the men, and II must not be forgot
ten. the women, too. who were tina,
gallant nation In its short history. Ir
this activity they have made stronger
t"0"-' elements which necessarily
under the law Of heredity Influenced
and kept them in greater play Our
civilization is the summary In fact OF
all past civilizations, the concrete
presentation Of a vast generalization
and we are its little units in epitomes
There can not be doubt that through
the freshening of memories OF the re-
cent past, and the enlivening OF them
these memories have been more potent
and urgent actors In our, and our
childrens. life and character For that
reason there Is deserved commenda-
ton Of your work. and the hope that
generation after generation shall con-
tinue II until in the moments OF the
!, centuries IL ahall lose its individual
importance in the rationale of history
But the method and means by
which these memorials have beer
kept. and the accentuation of both
method and means by the ladies OF
the South merit like. and great. praise
That pyramid. these statues in bronze
| which decorate this city, and the
many others, wherever you shall find
a little group OF Southern folk. COM
Imcmorating crucial events OF our con-
spicuous war, and the famed men who
led and stood for those thew led