Show I ROOSEVELT VISITS BATTLEFIELD IN VIRGINIA BRANDY R. STATION Va 11 Nov OY Pre Preal l- l ed several ral hours Sunda Sun- Sun dent Roosevelt elt pa passed ev da lay on th the battlefield neld of or Cedar moun- moun tam aln Accompanied b by Secretaries Root the tho PresIdent President President and Cortelyou and Dr dent o to the tho site alte of oC the tho sanguinary struggle lc and there received td from an eyewitness eyewitness eye eye- witness und participant nn an accurate account account account ac ac- ac- ac count of or the light The Tho day dW was WitS perfect and th the o to th tho battlefield was waa ASpea AS ns pea as ns could bo be desired Arrived at al tho the b battlefield n which Is b dotted dotted dot dot- ted hero and there thero b by monuments monument marking tho the positions of ot tho the troops during the tight right tho contest was wag explained to 10 the President b by Judge who Is now noWa H IL member of or the tho bench ot of this Judicial circuit Tho The Judge was waa a captain In tho the Sixth Virginia lnla cavalry cu and was a participant participant pant In the tight light r The Tho President a cavalryman himself was Interested particularly In m t the tho o First Flut ca ca'- account of or the famous buttle battlO ut of f r rC aIry charge made during the tho and Cond Confederate C Cedar C mountain The Union erate crate cavalry met In a dc not far tar from Cedar mountain W While bile tj the b battle J did not last laet lon long Ions and was WAB hUght ht on quite aa Mn ulnar unexpectedly It Il was f rightfully frightfully about ar ary tho the lo louses losses ses on both aides being The ho President nt was notably Interested In a l monument erected last hut August on tho the anniversary of ot tho tIme b battle by the tho survivors ors of or the tho Twenty eighth New Nework e York ork Infantry which lost In the tn engagement 59 9 per cent nt centor of or Its men Including nearly rl er e every commissioned com corn officer In tho the very cry et heart of tho the battlefield President welt Roosevelt held an Informal Informal Inor- Inor mal reception reception- Man Many lany people had gathered from rom the surrounding surrounding- country countr and after Judge had hud described the battle the President received Informally those who ho had assembled on tho Held lipId Subsequently Subsequently Subsequently the President was wan all given I a shell phell which had been dug up on the battlefield as a u memento of his hiI visit Sunday Sunda morning tho the President and his party attended services leeS at al the Baptist church of or r. Culpepper about five o miles from the thc homo home of ot n Representative c Until a n short hort time before the services 8 begun begun begun be be- gun It was not nol known that the President nt was to ho be pre present ent No special services marked his hII presence Rev ne 1 K B. V. Yo V. Winfrey Winfrey Win Win- tre frey pastor of or the tho church one ont of or the oldest religious organizations In Virginia lnla made mad a 1 reference to the President In his hla opening prayer but did LIld not nol allude to him himIn himIn himIn In his sermon Th The church was crowded and at Itt the conclusion of ot the services President Roosevelt cordially greeted the pastor and many members of or the con congregation congre congre- rc gallon gation and Introduced them to those who accompanied h him m. m |