Show i I GEN GENI LEE PRAISED 1 1 f t tI 41 I J i I Extols the Virtues of the South 4 I ern em Great in I General GeneralL Generali L u J i i t SUGGESTS A MEMORIAL TO HIM HIMi ll I In IMo nr ti 11 i Ii j Citizen ilU U i Jun no hun jun I or of t tho ho or O Um n l 1 F Leo WM hero heroL L i under tho of tho thoV 1 V United and Southern 1 If O tho District or of ColumbIa Tho tho New hotel i t il to overflowIng A section WlL set apart fol veterans t who ho marched to the hull hail escorted b by ii I to f war var veterans un tin uno o v I hlo to tend RooseVelt c t II a letter In which ho he extolled tho 1 j Itt o ot Of the tho great I 1 eh t oral etal His suggestion that tho centen 1 il lio be celebrated by tho thoS thoTh Th S ot of II a permanent Leo Lee me mel meI I J l with some great groat representative f I i C Institution Ion of tile tho fO south th met 1 with favor The Tho exorcises were i l i i ed over by A herbert Herbott former i secretary ot of the tho navy I Thu Tho r of the tho letter to Mrs Walsh J ot of the tho DistrIct ot ColUmbia r dIvIsIon United or of the tho Con Confederacy LETTER 1 I To tiO tho Iron A t Herbert l chairman others of the tho committee 4 dr for tor tho celebration ot of I the tho hundredth anniversary of crt ert E Lec it regret that It Is not lii In my to be with you at your our c celebration I join with you In honor ILlg The tho life lito career ot of that soldier I find end citizen whoso whose fame 4 I Is I now a matter or of pride lo ti to all our ou 1 i countrymen Terrible though h the tho day dayot ot of the tho Civil war awful though It was wasi i that IL II conflict occur between i brothers It II is yet it a mattir for t tuU on en the tho part of nil 1111 AI that r this among contests of like Ilko 1 fl magnitude should have left Jett both sides ai II a priceless the tho i U 1 ot of the tho mIghty men and tio tho i L i glorIous deeds whIch lion 1011 lays daA brought Jl I t forth Tho Courage and the lofty fealty trally to the us It was wasI I r given to each man to See the tho right h ther lie ho the tho gray or the tho blue the or of the tho valiant r alike Of oC who served uniOr Crant and ot of thoo who served under i Leo to ilI goo good Americans I ii Geil Loo Le has left us the tho memory Fi merely of his extraordinary skill k a general lila dauntless courage I and l his hili leadership In campaign n and 1 l battle atlle hut also of at that thet serene ereno great I iiI ness of soul characteristic ot of those who I most readIly recognize obligations the 01 cIvic duty Once the tho war over P h 1 h tI thetas the task ot of healing nil and bInding up Ul tile the wounds of at ii bis countrymen In the true truo of 1 those who eel malice toward none nono and andI I t charIty toward nil all In that spIrit whIch I k from the Ole ca of the tho CIvil war wor I brought forth the tho real of today It was eminently fit that great groat man mun this who at Its close and quietly undertook his dut AS ft plain everyday citizen bout bont bouti if i Upon helping his people In tho ij of pence and should u mm hIs attention toward educational i work toward bringing up In fash It Ion Inn the younger generation the tho noes o oI iU I those who hO hod proved their faith by theIr endeavor In the tho heroIc U III Ia no to dwell Oil on Gen Gent t record as al a 0 soldIer Tue Tho son lOll t ot of Light Leo or of the revo I t lie Ca caine III 0 by his I tudo for antis command His JUs cum cain I Jq hilt hIm hIm In the foremost ranks o of tile tho great cIl captains of all 1111 time nut But Ills hIs c 1 valor and s lit III war are no noI 1 I remarkable lo th the In 4 he turned to the work vork or of peace itH once mice the WIll war WI was The Tho circum i t stAnces yero tero much that most bien ru even r r or of his high felt bitter and andi i i 1 or or 10 I but Oon Ion heroIc temper was not I tr nor 1101 his great soul cast down f IRI lie JIe UnIt hardest or of nil all strains the tho ot of hearIng himself well through the tho gray rny evening or failUre and therefore out or of what failure ho he helped to build the ful CuI und and mighty triumph o of our life lIro In which nil all hll Immediately utter alter tim close of at ho he announced With a edness which lit at that time few ot of 1111 tiny section that the thc Interests ut of the tho southern were the as 1111 th thOse so of the tho United States that th prosperity of th south would rise or ortall tall fall with the tho welfare of the tho country countr that the duty of the tho Zeus ens appeared too to admit or of clou dOUbt t He urged that nil all unIte in honest hOliest effort to the tho effeCts or of war restore the tho blessings sor of pence peace To who applied to bun this was the advice ho he gave Although absolutely without means ho he refused all offers or of pecuniary pecunia ry aid anti and nil all po ot of emolument although many wore offered him lie He declined to go abroad saying that h he sought only II a aplaca placa to earn hone honest t bread while en el engaged In some somo This statement brought him the tho of tel for of tho th presIdency ot of the tho ton college a little Institution In Lox lex lexIngton Ington Vu Va which had grown ont or of II a modest known us as academy had endowed this acad em omy with shares shareR of stock that hail beIng gIven to him liin 11 by the tb state or glum which ho hud bud only on that lie hI might With them en n dew clow sonin somo educational Institution To the which helped to round found In such n a spIrit Lee Iee In the same hue IIno spirit gave hIs sar Ices Ito Ho accepted the tho posItion or of preal dent tient lit at the tho salary or of 1500 a year iii order as ho stated that ho mIght ilo 10 Fome good to the tho youth to the tho south He hImself to his hili new work wok with irith thc lie saute singleness ot of mind whIch lie he had leading the army ot of northern All the tho time In word an and deed ho was wail for the restoratIon or of real peace ot of real harmony never noer uttering a word of bitterness or allowing a 11 word of uttered In his hlis presence to toIrO togo IrO go unchecked From the tho close o of the war to his death all hIs great greM powers wore d I voted te to two objects The of countrymen his with ono one her and fitting tho ot of th the lIou month h for tor the tho duty doW of anI broadminded citizenship Such Is the tho career that you gather to honor ami I that you ou will take talco lI advantage o of the tho one OliO ot of Oon Gon Leos birthday lip pealing to all dur ur people iii every see sec section lion tion ot of the tho country to his life lite and deeds lee lI by the tho establishment lit sortie flomo great representative Institution ot of the south at II a permanent memorial that will serve the tho youth ot of the tho coming years as h Ito in III the tho cbs clos closIng Ing yearn of hIs Ufo life served those who whoso s so sorely needed what he so freely gAve Sincerely yours ROOSEVELT Speeches were by ry Arkansas of Drower or of th time supreme no court anti John Sharp o of Mississippi Flit rho annual ceremonies or of cro lIes ot of honor to veto vet veterans erans of military record thorn thell took Place |