| Show wp Q big ca d AM 40 vanar et ak As on nal N al Z 00 q ZI 1 gj va ale I 1 4 71 n 1 tak a A et s X 0 T 7 1 by ELMO SCOTT WATSON N THE states of alabama georgia florida and mississippi sis sippi confederate memorial day Is observed on april 20 26 in north carolina and south carolina it Is may 10 and it louisiana it is june 3 slay may 30 which was anally the federal memorial day has become a national holiday find and in so far as it honors the memory of both the men who wore the clue and those who wore the gray as well as their khaki clad sons and grandsons who fought in all of our wars since 61 C it Is in all states As these dates are again approaching it Is interesting te to note that there is now a project under way fay which in the words word of its sponsor Is designed to orate crate the last remnant of III feeling between the sections of the north and the sections of the south as we once knew them that project Is the proposal for it a joint reunion of union and confederate survivors in washington tills this year and a bill already ha has is been introduced into congress by representative edgar hoeard of nebraska ns as the first step toward bringing it about the bill provides for the appointment of a commis commission slon consisting of the gen gc n oral cral in command of the united states army the governors of the states and such other members as the president may be pleased to name to have general harge of the reunion and for the of an appropriation of sufficient clent money from the united states treasury to pay the expenses of the reunion press comment on the proposal especially by southern papers lod indicates lates that the idea has made a good lui and the changes for tile the passage of the bill are considered good to in introducing the bill congressman howard acknowledged his indebtedness tor for the idea to two veterans of the war between the states judge morley cain and L D rach richards ards of fremont neb a former commander of the grand army of the republic and in his speech advocating tile the bill he said 1 I feel I 1 have a perfect right to propose tills this legislation because of the fact that I 1 am about as far re moed from sectional feeling as any man might be I 1 rec recall till in reci recitation tatlo by my elders that in the days of strife about one third of the men of the blood of my kinsmen v bere ere in the union army about one third in the confederate army and about one third being quakers were ministering to the bick and wounded on both sides in answering a question of another member of congress during the course of his t lit in regard to the nuin her of old soldiers on either side who are still living mr hit howard said according to the of 0 the corn com of pensions who has better knowledge on this perhaps than any other I 1 am informed that on the th last day of november of this year there were still living men who served in the union army now I 1 take it for or granted that approximately the some same number with reference to the confederate elde aide how many would be able to atti atland nd such a reunion I 1 have talked va alth ith me many ny of the old soldiers or on both sides and the general estimate to la although baseball originated in the united states in 1839 tile first boffl chally recorded no hit norun no run game Is credited to dr J lee richmond of the worcester national league club who he performed tills this feat on june 12 1880 alle fincher Fl a young outfielder of hendrix college at conay aili ail will be given a trial by the new york yori glants giants his home borne Is lit in waldo ark tile residence of travis jackson Jack and lie was waa recommended to M Mii by the new dew giant captain cur talo I 1 c confederate battle flags captured in the civil war were returned to t the it dixie states of virginia north carolina and texas with impressive ceremonies at tile the capitol on december 16 1927 the above photograph shows gov ralph brewster of maine left president coolidge center and gen W B S freeman of richmond right honorary commander of the united confederate veterans with tome some of the flags returned that the number would be less than how do I 1 gather that or how do they reach that estimate the they y reach it by taking the figures of 0 th the pension commissioner which show that in round numbers of 0 the 0 I 1 living lv 1 ng un union 1 on soldiers are now physically incapacitated requiring the constant rid aid an and attention of some other person to cc care r tor for them because of 0 infirmity a and d of f the remainder the estimate Is inso made looby by those who have taken account of the attendance at the annual reunions of the grand army of the republic and of the united confederate veterans lie then referred to the scene shown lu in the picture above as follows out here this morning on the steps of this the capitol we witnessed the return of some captured confederate flags by th the pen people pin of the northern state of maine blaine to the people of north carolina those people up there in maine blaine wh whom m the southe ners nera used to call the co cold I 1 d blooded yankees are now warm and they come down here bearing their captured lags flags to the north carolinians and I 1 understand that if 1 north nort h carolina in did capture flags from the maine blaine regiments she has already or Is to return them to the state of maine blaine I 1 recall an incident a little while ago u m hen the state of new jersey through its go governor arnor returned some confederate flags to a southern state I 1 think it was north carolina also and here I 1 have a little editorial from the new york times which says of that action the decision ot of the governor of new jersey to return to north carolina flags of that tha state captured by new jersey regiments during the civil war wai will be approved in the north as well ell a as a I 1 in 0 th the c south ever since the world w war ar bro brought u the sons of northern and southern souther n v veterans e te r ans into close contact the last re remaining m aaning vestige of reg regional lonai feeling has disappeared the north has taken lee to heart as a kies gica american the south has recognized the splendor of lincoln As one marl of the new spirit many confederate flags taken by northern troops and union flags taken by the southerners Souther nerr have been returned in following this custom new jersey Is contributing her share to the obliteration of unpleasant memories e I 1 do not think of any better pier dieu that I 1 might leave with you my as a last remark on this sub eject than to quote some of the utter ances by the splendid ones who have represented us in high capacity in our oui government in peace and in war I 1 recall it may have been at almo mattox rn I 1 do not know but certainly ce soon thereafter uheiji hen the bilat aej era eral grant uttered that immortal ex pr easlon let us have peace it was only a little while after that that the wonderful lee said we are all one now it was not long after when d dear ear old general gordon said the american people III forever remain an unbroken brotherhood from sea to sea and it was not long after when the princely blex mckenley inley said let u atre strew w flowers alike on the graven graves of iho who the blue and those musa who ho wore the clay tor for american valor Is the common heritage of the nation living here in washington today I 1 a wonderful old soldier of the racy ah he knew ahat A hat service w war and he knew what suffering was he was in the war tor for tour four and a half years and the last part of it he spent in pi ison his heart Is so full of a desire to accomplish s a una final wiping away avay of all thought of bitterness between the two peoples that he has written a poem which aich has been set to music un ed cd strangler lewis L e wig whose real name naine Is robert stobert fredericks claims chilin to have made more inore than a lol lars out of tile hie wrestling rest ling game 91 line hr ho lias has been a steady performer fur for a long time and one year lie engaged in matches ten years after they the gained nation nl III recognition by their exploits or on the gridiron members of that once famed second texas infantry eleven will viii hold their first reunion during 11 lle it american legion convention in san next net alii ill 0 0 der the caption the blend or of the blue and the gray 1 I refer to maj alai john alleine brown of washington city I 1 know that many of you are personally acquainted with him and I 1 would like to leave as my closing plea pica in behalf of the proposed joint reunion the inspiring lines by major brown THE BLEND OP OF THE BLUE AVD AND THE by J alleane brown oh swell the sons song 0 of kindred fame and blow ya y busies bugles blow nor more doth burn with heated hamo flame the passion of the toe foe the battle long lone hath bath ceased to rage there Js Is no battle line the nations pride engraves the page its joy invests the shrine the blend of blue lights up the gray the blend of gray the blue together now those colors sway away with inspiration new patriot hands that sweep the lyre they chant on high their lay the T 1 blue invokes the nations Nat lons choir my bly country sings the gray then chant the blended blue and gray though once they faced each other those tattered ensigns furled away proclaim the name of brother weve found at last the vaulted sky for us overspread oer spread alway eternally the blue on high blends elands with the morning gray other incidents similar to the return of battle ings flags whim are obliterating unpleasant memories Iller norles and nd which are in keeping with the idea back of the proposed reunion of niue blue and gray veterans have been recorded in press dispatches recently as follows atlanta ga charred by sparks from campf lrea and bearing holes as e evidence I of confederate marksmanship a woolen bedspread taken from the home of the late gov joseph E brown at canton ga in 1864 by one of general shermans Sher mans lieutenants has been returned to atlanta the spread taken from the home ot of georgias war governor when it way was burned by federal troops w was as returned to george na M brown sr son of the former governor by maj alaj 0 L alvy of chicago whose rather father borrowed it in the war between the states richmond va A alfred fred L aiken formerly governor of the federal lie reserve batik bank of boston has returned to the senate of Vir virginia ginta a gavel that was carried off from the chamber by a young officer of cf the union army on april 2 1865 the dakof day afif the evacuation of richmond the historic relic with handle of walnut and head of lignum alln num vitae altae was presented preheated at special ceremonies recently an ana vaa as accepted by lacut gov junius E west presiding of the senate the young officer who carried ll it away was J lewis ng adjutant of the twenty ninth connects cut infantry which was among the first union troops to enter the city atter after richmond limond fell he gave it to william A buckingham mr bir aikens grandfather then governor of connecticut afterward united states senator whose home was at norwich for more than sixty two years it had remained in possession of members of the family there the gavel was used umed not only by the virginia senate hut ut also by tho the confederate senate which hieb held its ses slona in the same chamber washington D C maj gen john L U clem retired union veteran and vivian fleming emlie ll a confederate veteran have been designated by secretary davis of the war department as ment bers of the county bat memorial commission which also will include cart capt george F hobson army quartermaster colds both gen clem and fleming served on the preliminary commission and already have detailed knowledge of the fields which be under their Jurie jurisdiction diction |
