Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-06
5000 PRESENT AT
/ SERVICE IN HONOR
| OF SOLDIER DEAD
Great Audience Pays Tri-
butte to Memory of
Eightieth's Heroes.
PORTRAY IDEALlSM OF LADS
WHO GAVE ALL FOR LIBERTY
General Cronkhitc and Chaplain
Brown Principal Speakers at
) City Auditorium.
PARADE TODAY AT 8 O'CLOCK
INctcrnns VIII BE Officially Vel
coined in Capitol Square This
Afternoon at ..
PARADE TODAY AT o O'CLOCK
Veterans VIII BE Officially Wei
coined In Capitol Square This
b. Afternoon at >.

Three thousand citizens and visit
Ing veterans OF the Eightleth at
tended the memorial scrvlccs in
honor OF the dead heroes of the Blue
Fidgo Division yesterday afternoon
En- tho City Auditorium, despite the
Hhreats OF inclcmcnt weather.
From the opening Invocation untn
2.,c Goftly blown notes OF taps" by
che bugler OF the division band had
died away in the vastncss OF the
hall, tho audience was held enthralled
'hy tho purpose for which they had
gathered. which was further
strengthened by the addresses Of
General Cronkh!te and Rev. Arthur
H. Brown. senior chaplain OF the
division.
Faced Death with smiles.
General Cronkhite in his address
called attention to the fact that at
ihis time in 1917 the Eightieth Divl-
sion was just winding up its first
week at Camp Lee. and that exactly
Two years ago (, was marching TO-
ward the nght!ng front in France,
20 act as reserves In the first great
American offensive. il was but :,
Jew sbor. necks later that the divi-
sion cn.nc into it's own at tho Ar
Gonne and the Neusc. The person
nlity OF the divisions dead heroes
yeachcs beyond their overseas graves
ITO America. sa!d iheir former com
II InanJer. In calling on all viryinlans
10 keep alive In their memories the
record OF mighty deeds BY their
fighting men. They faced their
death. as they had always faced life.
with broad smile on their faces"
declared General C-onkhitc.
Chaplain Brown's address con-
tanned yelled d!sapproval OF both en-
service men and civilians who. OF
late. have been tending 10 dcprecia;e
American idealism during the war
by their public uttcrances. He did
not specifically allude to the qucs-
tion OF tho bonus proposition. which
n has aroused every department OF the
American Legion TO action either for
pr against II. but many OF the ser
vice men who heard him fcls that
such was the purport OF his remarks.
Made Sacrifice willingly.
y Chaplain Brown showed To what
heights the human spirit can rise
}on widely divergent occasions by re-
Hating hrief accounts OF the meeting,
with death on the part OF several
members o: the E!ghtle;h. Speaking
of the accomplishments Of the div;-
sion as n whole, he said the men
seemed ''by their cheertulness al
ways to lift themselves above the
misery OF the hour In which they
were suffering and sacrifice them
selves willingly for the sake of those
iat home"
Tho chaplain continues: They
would protest IL they knew of our
diuiosies to them here And they
Mould exhort us to remember that
1--WE can parallel their sacrifices by
pur efforts to promote peace through
but all the world. They would tell
Jus that II they found our country
! worth dying for. surely we can con-
! slider it worth living for. They would
I tell us to shun the faded enthusiasms
4, which are too great characteristic
lof our national life at present; they
would encourage those OF us who
iare trying to forget tho war and
what it cost in lives and happiness;
they would urge us to leave off pity
ing them and their fate, for neither
death nor sacrifice are pitiful unless
they are futile"
Presentation OF captured Ger
man gun to the division by Cover
nor Westmoreland Davis was post
fponed from yesterday afternoon to
J.his evening at s o'clock in Capitol
jSquarc. Miss Cary Anderson. who
was to have spoken at the unveiling
of the gun, will speak then.
Mrs. DOwen Sings.
Mrs. Christine Miller Clemson.
3 soloist, was TO have sung "The Bat
tie Hymn of the Republic" which
has always been considered by Mrs.
i Clemson as her message to the Blue
Ridge lighting men. She has rem
dered 1t before them on numerous
occasions In the divisions history.
Mrs. Horace r. Dowell. of the First
baptist Church quartet, sang ac-
Neeptaby in her stead. The other
hnembers OF the quartet wcre pres
ent and were heard in several
numbers.
Edward Shumway, of the War
Camp Community Service. presided at
tho service. which was brought to n
close, after "The Battle Hymn of the
Republic" by the congregation sing
ing Nearer. My God. to Thee" the
band playing the "Star-Spangled
Banner" tho bugler's "taps." tho
ben edlctIon OF Bishop D. ]. O'Con-
4eIl. and lastly, a moment Of silent
I prayer for the dead. Not a man,
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