The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1941-01-17
GENERAL LEEas nrErHDAY

Nexs Sunday, JannAgy ~. 1884, aaArka me fz1re
anniversary o. TIN hfth % oenarAa Roeert e Lee.
1he Military Genius Rnd Hero q ne Southern Con-
feaerAsy. aae man wlo gave lak services az h1x bril-
nans naad 70 q loss cause and ofteFsc W Al warldly
advantages nn uE Altar o. na Sense q Dary Inc
DAP Il = lezAl holiday II Alasnspp. Anc tn hono<
th@rpa the follozars day. hsnd4s. JAnaAry .. wan
Be- osisbfaaea ~ tht bank and other tnattutaoux ~
o hoilaas.
General Lee w1 horn Ia we3tnoresAnd osanty,
vrsiala 81 SAnuAE4 10 1907. BIT ths family soon re-
moved g Asexkudra. O. tar Potuzaae nseg. upsoaEe
ths CTS 81 washington ~ married. Il ut axs o.
twenty -fst. Mar castAa Ereat-gr3nddAuxnses Of
h&rtaA Washington. and hesrea Of tse beautiful en-
@se q Arlington OK TIC PosanAo. Furlunc eesnsec TO
have marked him Tor ia own. To birth. wealth. 3
cultivated nsnd- 8 fine physsqus and handsome face
wers Aooed personal hAppane@ and emlnsnce In las
professor he graduated from the Z. q MlalAxy
Academy Vi West Point IN iss. second in RANK n hz
class, without hAslns resolved ; single dsneF1t lie
VA assigned 70 ths engineering branch OF the service.
IN which ne won distinction IL tne Mexican War He
became superintendent o. West polnt In tine s06. and
he introduced into that insututinu some al ne best
known naetnoda.
Duty Was ths motive power Of hs life anc ehArac-
teT. II iss2. In ~rutering ms own son a. West Posnt
Lee &1d 70 him: Duty Is the subnmess wurd IN the
language. you can not Do more than your duty. you
should nrveF w1kh 70 Do leGa~ But there came q time
snen he. himself. would be called upon 70 sacrifice
everything to outs. President Lincoln definitely
offered him. IN 1861. the command Of the United
States forces But cuts called him 70 defend his own
state Of Vrgsnsa--he Vas . true soufnerne4 In the
same crisis Admiral FnrrAgui decaned for the Federal
government Hzc he done a. Lee di1. he would nov
be almost tmnortAiizsu for Farrasut became a great
admiral
The STORY al Lees battles are re18sAk 81 military
successes against great odd& An Ensish writer said
Thai 0ererzl Le ws the greatest military genius OF
nae lsth century But oddS we're against him. and IN
the spging Of lass he waS compelled 70 surrender has
entre army 70 General Grant commander ol the Ped
eral f0sceA
But Il Is Lee the man. rather than Lee the sener-
a., thai causes General Lesk name TO Be revered and
h0aored b. not only ha own Southern people. but ny
uen a Thought al over ths world. There are few
Instances n history q greater nobnity than that with
whseh he accepted defeat anc set himself 70 hsipang
make ms eountry oure more q union Of loyal states
Although tupossrtAnsd b war, his beautiful estate
being coniiseated by : victorious fs. he refused w~aloo
and positions Of honor II service abroad 70 accept the
presidency. A. 8 ANAL saiayy, Of washington College.
latsr Warrington and Lee University. tine building up
Of which waz q part Of hts wogk Of reconstruction He
Died At Lexington On OF n 1876. and his body resss
IN a mausoleam IN The University chapel
Il Is ffttinR that the anniversary OF MS birthday
should Be- ssRzaiiy hunored. and the stoy Of his life
and character should be read next Monday IN every
school n the lana. especially IN TIE South, - that
school children mas learn something Of one o. the
best and finest eharncseu thai ever graoed g page
Of the history Of orr great America.