The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-31
BROTHERS OF GRAY AND BLUE.
CHICAGO UNVEILS HER SHAFT TO
THE CONFEDERATES.

Gen. wade Hampton Delivers a Mag
nfncent Grafton on the bridging
of the bloody Chasm and the Mip-
ing out of War-Timc bitterness.
The North and the south Now
shoulder to Shoulder Under One
Banner.
Chicago. May SO.-Under sky now grey
and now blue as the light clouds veiled the
sun. the blue and grey. foderals and con-
federates. united to-day in dedicating
monument to the confederate dead in
Oakwood cemetery. The extreme heat Of
yesterday had given place to pleasant
coolness and the sky was slightly overcast
when the distinguished officers Of the late
war assembled at the Palmer house this
morning, awaiting the formation Of a pro-
cession which was to escort them to the
station Of the Illinois Central railroad. The
time set for the parade to move was s
o'clock but it was nearer 9 when all the
arrangements were completed and the vet
Grams of the great struggle took their
places in carriages.
In the meantime the great rotunda of
the hotel was scene of hustle and shift
ing colors. Army officers in full uniform.
Grand Army men wearing the old voIun-
teer uniform Of 1861, members of the state
militia in gorgeous array and confederates
decked with badges of the various camps
10 which they belonged hastened hither
and thither, or gathered in groups to talk
over the changed conditions since that
spring day in 1865 when Appomattox ended
forever the contentious Of the north and
south. Ex-federals and ex-confederates
sat side by side in easy chairs and fought
their battles over again.
Accompanied by martial music the es-
oort formed on State street. In the throng
were men whose names were historic.
There were Longstreet and Fitzhugh Lee,
John c. Black and Gen. John NJ. Palmer.
Marcus J. Wright of Tennessee, and Gen.
Joseph Stockton of Illinois, NJ. c. Butler.
Eppa Hunton, Gen. John c. Underwood,
the protector Of the monument and Wade
Hampton, the orator of the day. besides
hundreds of lesser officers on either side
who had come together to do honor to the
memory of the 5000 men in grey, who sleep
the sleep that knows no waking in the
beautiful cemetery by the shores of Lake
Michigan. Veterans We're there who had
IoHowed the fortunes of Lee and jackson
ana more than once flung their squadron
against the hosts of Grant and Meade.
mere were commanders who had car
Iled the stars and stripes of Sherman from
Auanta 70 the sea, and old soldiers, the
mention of whose names evoke memories
OF Shiloh, Lookout Mountain, Vicksburg
the wilderness, Gettysburg and Antietam
All had gathered to honor brave Ameri-
cans not eX-confederates, but soldiers of
a common country
Finally the clear notes of a bugle an
nounced that the Chicago City Troops Capt
Funkhauser, which was to escort the Wis
Iors to the station was in line, and the
carriages, each containing two federals
ana TWO confederates, were rapidly filled
and moved toward Michigan avenue.
As the procession moved along the broad
boulevard, battery D., Illinois National
Guard which was stationed in Lake Front
park fired the national salute of 46 guns.
AT the station the party was quickly
transferred to special train decorated
Win the national colors, and a rapid run
soon deposited the distinguished veterans
at the Sixteenth street station. where car
rlages were waiting. The march to the
cemetery was then begun The Black
Hussars Capt. T. S. Quincy, acted as a
guard Of honor, and detachments from the
4lhnois militia, Grand Army posts and
camps of confederate veterans, made up
the rest of the procession. The route to
the cemetery was covered within a few
minutes and 1t was a quarter to IL o'clock
"hen the monument was reached.
mere a great crowd had assembled,
stretching out in dense masses from every
SIDE Of the speakers stand. The police
ana military had considerable difficulty
IN clearing way for the carriages and
IL was considerably after IL o'clock, the
Hour set for beginning the exercises, when
tne distinguished visitors were seated on
the platform and a military band began
the opening selection.
AS the last notes died away Col. Joseph
Desha Pickett, chaplain of the Kentucky
orphan brigade" arose and advancing to
tne front of the stand invoked the Divine
pressing on the assemblage.
He said: Almighty God. law giver and
Judge of all the earth, our Father which
SII IN heaven, hallowed be Thy name
DlVlne Father, in the name and in the
service of the Prince of Peace, we pre-
sent ourselves as children before Thee
bearing palms and olive branches in our
from the north and south from the
eaSl and west, we have come as brothers,
~ present our Offering, and over the
oSHes enshrined in these nameless graves
Vi southern soldiers who died in prison.
et'hs testimony of their faith, and on
ne graves of northern soldiers who Of
.yIed their lives for the restoration of
sne union Make us feel, Father of all
-t',eles, that no drop of blood, no tear
a. =, IoVe was shed in vain during our con-
- ~" Help us to know that they swell
rHe rivers sweet of perfect peace. Bind
op tne broken hearts, north and south.
"Lu IN all the lands or the earth. Sail
tHiou The ships of mercy on the tides of
olood' Unfurl thy flags of trust in every
Souhlry of the earth and help us to help
ages S99 u 'ie
Blessed art the peacemakers, for they
sIail be called the children of Cod Give
~, Ts my spirit that in the hope of eternal
ne IN Christ, our Lord. we may ever mani
Isl resL the spirit of peace. good will toward
10 Thy glory in the highest. Amen"
Gen. John G. Underwood, who originated
sne ldea of the monument, then briefly
sNelcned the Inception and progress of the
--lonluInent, which eliminated in the great
Sauhering to-day, and closed by introduce
Igs as presiding officer of the exercises.
~. II. w. Bolton pastor of the Cente-