Show THE FIELD OF SHILOH Friendly Greetings on the Spot Once Drenched With Blood Shiloh Tenn April 6A cloudless sk greeted the thousands of blue and gray who assembled at Shilohs little church at tho thirtythird anniversary of that bloody battle A new frame church stands where the little log church stood on that memorable day when SOOOO men strove for the mastery The grandstand grand-stand erected for the occasion was canopied cano-pied by the nations flags Welcome to the Blue and Gray was painted on the front of the stand while within on a blue background were the memorable words of President Grant Let us have peace now become the shibboleth of the United States There were present today Generals Prentiss 1et and Buell General J O Wheeler and A P Stewart Generl McClernand and Senator Harris Har-ris were absent on account of sickness The exercises opened with a short speech from General Prontiss the hero of The Hornets Nest the hottest contested contest-ed part of the battle Generals Wheeler and Stewart and Captain Paine who had been assigned to the duty by a meeting of the Confederate veterans welcomed the boys in blue After a prayer by Rev I S Bailey of Iowa Generals Buell and Prentiss entertained the veterans with reminiscences of the tattle going Into the details of the fight and in conclusion congratulating all upon the good feeling that was everywhere manifested The day was taken up with the business of the association officers reports and speechmaking The crowd numbered about 10000 |