| Show REUNITED UNION I BRINGS 3 I I Hundredth Birthday Anniversary Anniversary Anniversary sary of RobertE E. E Lee Celebrated Cele- Cele in Capital 1 j GREAT GENERAL HONORED President Praises Li fo awl and Work ork of ur Southern Loader ll Leader-ll- Ail Ail- dres' dres dl es 1 Washington The Jan 1 19 The The c centen centenary ary ary- anniversary of ot the birth of no Itol Robert E 15 E Leo was elaborately e celebrated l tonight tonight tonight to to- night at the New under the under the au auspices of the local representatives of or SOI Southern societies tJ an and In the presence nt of nf a distinguished distinguished audience The fhe decorations dec lec- decorations I orations Included the thc intermingling of I the stars and und stripes and the stars tars and bars The marine band was watS pr present by direction lh of or the iho secretary of or the tho navy Hon Tien Hilary Herbert presided and addresses y were wee ere delivered rol by R Senator Berry DetTY of Ar Arkansas cansas A Associate Justice Brewer one and ne Representative re n John Sharp harp Williams Williams- l President Roosevelt was unable to attend but s sent nt a letter leVer paying I tribute to the character and an public Ufo life of of of- General L Lee Iee eo in In which he stIll said among other things things- I f hope that you will take lake advantage advantage advant advant- age of or the lh 10 anniversary of the generals general's birth by appealing to all ill our QUI people Cople In every section of ot this country to 10 commemorate his hi life and deeds b by bythe bythe the establishment at nomo somo educational institution of or the South of or a permanent perman perman- ent memorial that will servo serve the youth l I fir of if coming years ns as he ho In th the closing years CarR s of or hi his life lift tho those C who wile so r sorely sOlely needed what he so o freely g gave ge e Great Commander lra- lra Prat l. l In touching upon the career Caleer pf the great commander he said General Lee Lec has left eft us in memory not merely o of his extraordinary skill lq as a a se general his hla dauntless courage and high leadership Ie In campaign and battle battle bat bat- tle but hut also of that serene greatness of soul character shown iii those thoRe who most readily recognized the obligations of civic duty duly Once the war was waEl over he Instantly Instant Instant- ly undertook tho task of healing an and binding up the wounds of ot his countrymen country country- men in the tho true spirit of or those who feel malice toward none nono and charity toward all In that spirit from which the tho throes of ot the civil war brought forth Corth the real and Indissoluble union of toda today Again tho the President stated lIe He stood that hardest of or all strains strain the strain oC or bearing himself well through the tho gray gm evening e of or failures allures I and therefore out o oure of what falland fall fail failure ure he hel helped to build the wonderful and m mighty h t triumph ph of our nUl national I lifo life in which All 11 his countr north 11 I and south share 1 j Did nill 11 Vitt Win Win-It k Well dl I I It Tt wan eminently fitting S' S that t this great groat m man veteran of or a nl struggle struggle tug I gle who at nl Its Its' close simply and nd quiet quiet- elul quietly t 1 jy ly ic his duty uty as ns a u plain every avery everyday day citizen n bent bont only upon helping 1 his people in times of or peace peace- and ami tran- tran I should turn his biN attention toward toward tow low tow tow- ard educational e t toward bringing I up I In fit fashion the they y younger generation generation generation genera genera- tion tine the sons son of or those who Ito load proved their faith nith by hyth ir endeavor o il heroic he days Chairman n Herbert rt in j introductory toy tory remarks In re referring to id the union of the North and South as such auch a n reconciliation as l' l before followed such a n. Vat in all nil the history of ot mankind mankind man man- kind kinel said Our civil sent wn buried sectionalism nn and l out of Its It grave gravo has ha arisen th the the- e triumphant spirit of or d A Americanism m American J valor Am American rican Willingness s t to die for 01 American liberty these liberty these a as a displayed In that awful carnage arc i inow now the tho common of or all the people of fir our reunited punHe co country I In his tribute Representative Wilh Wil- Wil h ams touched upon neon the tho ace c o. le question a at follows tUat t nt right l ad l 1 W we Ye to expect ex the fate into of Haiti an and 11 other countries where negroes negroes have bavo been emancipated and not deported tl but hut gj given en equality of citizenship th the fate of humiliation and hybridization Would we wave have escaped U tt hut but for or the stern discipline of or war training us IS to other stern tern tasks Let history answer rr However that may be the of ot the white whito mans man's code codo of or ethics on which is na based t the white while mans man's civilization and the fact met ft ft is to b bet be maintained alone alono lon hy white mans man's law he he while mans man's government ment was never nevel more more or gener generally lIy recognized than titan today tollay res LD in-LD ix TN SOUTH I Honor HOllO Pall Paid Co Dead Horo o by Throngs Thrones lu III in Vi n l Va a J Jan n. n It The tn-The The ono one I hundredth anniversary Y ry of or tine he birth of General Robert i 13 g Lee Loo was observed throughout Virginia and the South to to- to day clay In this cJ city y lh the feature of oC the exercises exercises' consisted of ot s services cs at St St. Pauls Paul's Episcopal church where GenI Gen Gen- j I era eral Lee a anti and 11 his family wOI worshipped I while in tills Oils pity city with the Right night n Rev flex A A. AM M M. Randolph bishop of the tho Southern South South- I ern diocese se to deliver the sermon In the tho at afternoon e there was a 0 civil I an and military parade to Leos Lees monument monument I I ment where school children I sang national hymns The Tho mound surrounding the monument was strewn I with i flowers including a floral ConI Confederate Con Con- I federate nag Hag presented by hy the legi- legi lature of the state stat of or South Tho event of the day ver Inthis In Inthis inthis this state tate was wa the address addless of or Charles CharlesI Francis Adams of or Boston author and I traveler at Lexington in the chapel chap l lof of the tho Va Washington and Lee Institute of oC which General Lee was as president and where his remains now lie Mr Adams is a descendent of or two presidents presidents presidents dents of the tho United States Stales a Union veteran of or th the civil H and nd I war formerly a sympathizer of the prevalent northern northern northern north north- ern sentiment against General LeeHe Lee He declared that thal in m the fort forty years that ha have elapsed since shire the tho war ho hI hohas ha has changed many of his hl opinions Other Oilier EX IJ I cs s Held Exercises were al alsO r hold held at al Norfolk l' Peter Petersburg bur n Roanoke an te AI Alexandria I Ioro oro I I I 1 j I I I t Fr Fred l r Staunton I villo Vest West Point Cheater Cie Ch ter Radford Rn Radt Cord Woodstock Wood Suffolk Portsmouth Berkeley stock Berryville Clr Luray WI n Winchester h Lynchburg and In a 3 of the tho state mate number l of the tho counties 1 Seated Heated squarely his old Charger gazing lovingly over tho the M southland l General Lee au tho coming of of- the hp hosts ts on nn hi his monument In this clI city The ol old warrior or looked down own Into many faces that ho hud had hadeen een In other years through the thick haze of e. e Even Evon while ho he looked upon these men wearing their bronze e cro crosses N of valor tho the field OeM guns of f the tho th local military spoke the thunder thun thun- der der- of or their salute The Tho tribute of or lowers was one ona of ot undying love 10 of Virginia and the S South for tor their j I chief chieftain tain Robert Edward E ward Lee Loo com com- chief mandor jn of or the army of northern north north- ern n Virginia a and later of the tho entire southern army aImy which through four years oars of untold hardships hardship emerged defeated yet yot el unconquered from corn varand war var and nn to build bull again their lh lr ruined homes and finally in to raise 11 their state from 1 the ashes of or desolation to the most favored rn Nl place among the nation naLlon II i I |
