Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-15
SWORD OF POllGNAC
PRESENTED TO STATE
Continued from EIrkt I,are

" ontlhucu from tlTkt rage
Jules. Marie, de Poishac wao Induced
by bis sympathy for the people OF the
Confederate South, then making des-
perate contest similar. from their point
OF view, 10 that which had been waged
10y the American Colonies against the
government OF George III. Of England
20 leave II life Of comparative ease and
comfort and usefulness in h!s beloved
native land 10 cross the Intervening
ocean and Join the soldiers Of the Con-
federuie States in their brave struggle
against overwhelming numbers and re-
sources.
The motives which impellcd young
PoiiEnac 20 cast In his lot with Lee
and beaureGard and their comrades, the
weaker belligerents in the momentous
conflict, wero equally as unsciHsh and
'nGgnRn'mous as were those which con
strained Lafayette IN the previous CEN
fury To rally to the assistance OF WASH
inst6n and his compatriots.
1T II happy circumstance that.
while France and the United States
are now. heart. mind and sou! united
In the mort sturendoUs struggle in
which the human race has ever baen
engaged. struggle IS behalf Of the
libertits aEd rights 81 mankind. to-day.
more than half century after the
close ut the terrible struggle which
divided the states OF the American
Union, here. IN what WAS the capital
OF the Confederate States, over which
now fioats the glorious banner or a re-
united country, the daughter or the
noble prince aad the friend and
courageous champion OF tho Confede-
rate South, in compliance with his spe-
cial request, should preeent to this Com
monWeaith tho sword Of her honored
father. which WAS SO often and SO
hravely flashed upon the periious edge
~ hnt In t., Cal
States
GALLASTLi SERVED
CAUSE OF CoSFEDERACY
"lfoW CALAMITY that splendid young
Frenchman served the Confederate
cause and how worthy ho is OF CRATE !
fyl recognition and commemoration by
the people Of those Confederate states
and their descendants is shown by''he
fact that, first commissioned as a lieu
tenant colonel, he was subsequently
successively promoted by the Confed-
crstc government because of gallant
and meritorious conduct until he was
awarded the rank Of brigadier-general
III January, 1868. and of una jor-gen-
eral in the Confederate States army in
1861; and is demonstrated still more
conclusively by the records Of the cam
p4igns and battles In which he par
ticipated.
which has never been flashed save
Loyalty in the cause OF justice and right
should be accepted by Virginia. and
preserved by her among her most
precious possessions. and II is my pleas
ant duty on behalf of the General AS
sembly Of the Commonwealth, and as a
survivor of her armies OF the Con-
federate States, In which it was my
proud privilege to have rendered SER
vice, however brief and inconspicuous
as an infantryman under Stonewall
Jackson, to express to the Marquse do
Crenui- de Courtivron, the hon
ored daughter OF the lamented Prince
PoliEnac. the grateful appreciation OF
her act in confiding this precious me.
mortal to the custody and keeping of
VIrsiniar'
COSSECRATED FOUR
YEARS TO THIS COUNTRY
Following Major Anderson, the Mar
auis do Courtivron spoke In apprecia-
ton of the horors paid the memory Of
General de Polignac. his father in law,
Captain de Courtivron said tho tribute
Of honor paid to General de Polignae
my father,in,law, at this hour, in this
hall and In this city by such q sym
pathetic audience Ia tho greatest con-
ISOLATION that could come to my wIfe and
myself, as we'll as to his whole family