The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-09
TO GIVE eEORGlANS GREETING.
BLUE AND GRAY TO MEET IN GOOD
FELLOWSHIP ON SOUTHERN SOIL.

Louisville In Bright Array Awaits the
March of Blue and Gray-NO South
ern, or any other City Has Ever
Made such Elaborate Preparations
for a Similar observation-disclosures OF
the Leading Men OF the Union Ar
niles OF the COS Are in Evidence
All over Town Wreathed in the
stars and stripes.
Louisville, Ky, Sept. s.-The Falls City
announced to-day that she was prepared
TO greet the advancing hosts of Grand
Army At o'clock this afternoon Direc>
Tor General John H. Miniken. who had
been wrestling for hours with the final
reports Of committees innumerable, gave
a sigh OF relief and congratulated the
crowd of prominent citizens that has as
sembled at headquarters upon the fact
mat the last detail had been completed.
The cherished plan of having the veter-
ans of the blue and the grey meet for
once in good fellowship On southern soil
and together eat of the fruits of peace
and good will that have ripened through
the three decades that have passed since
the stirring days Of the COS, is on the eve
Of realization, and gorgeously has Louis
willie arrayed herself for the occasion.
Never since the war. in a southern city.
if in any one of the north, have the
stars and stripes been more in evidence
on festive occasion.
For streamers and festoonings the IA
vorite commingling of bunting is the blue
end the grey, a commingling never before
seen ut a national encampment, and a
mute suggestion that those who are left
over of the victors and vanquished meet
in fraternal embrace.
Significant also IS the abundant display
of paintings and pictures of the leading
men of the union armies. While portraits
of the gallant men of the cOnfederacy
have for the week been relegated to the
background, here and there a picture of
Lee or of Longstreet is to be seen, but the
features Of Lincoln and Grant, of Sher-
man and of Sheridan, of Hancock and
Mcclellan and Logan, on canvas and on
paper, all wreathed in the stars and
stripes, by thousands look down from the
fronts of buildings or look out from win
doWs upon the passers-by.
The first headquarters to be opened are
those Of Lafayette Post 40, of New
York, and which has Col A. J. Chase as
advance courier. The post viii keep open
house at the Gait house, where Gen.
Miles, Rear Admiral Meade. Gen. Daniel
ButterGeld. Gen. A. w Greedy, of Arctic
exploration fame and other memoirs of
this famous post will be the central tig-
ures and a continuous reunion.
With the cooperation of Jeifersonville
and New Albany, Ind, Louisville will be
able 10 entertain this week without dis
comfort or Inconvenience third Of a mil
lion visitors. Most of the distinguished
visitors viii be the guests of prominent
citizens at their residences. The depart
ments and the various organizations will
be quartered at the hotels. while for the
rank and flo there is an abundance of low
priced lodging and boarding houses. In
addition nearly fifty school houses on be
half of Ohio, have been turned into free
dormitories, while for those who are
strong and healthy enough to risk week
of camping out, there are tents in the
parks and at Camp Caldwell, where mill
tary discipline win be maintained
The citizens committee, with To-
cal Grand Army and ex-Con-
federate Posts, will turn out
70 welcome Commander-in-Chief Law
ler'and his staff and to present to them the
freedom Of the city Immediately upon their
arrival.