The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-05-31
NO NORTH, NO SOUTH
But a Pure American Sentiment
and Patriotism Will Prevail.
At THE DEDICATION At CHICAGO.
The Event VIII Witness the Gathering OF
the Most Distinguished of Those
Who Wore the Blue and the
Gray-A Grand Reunion.

CHICAGO, ILL, May 27'-The dedica-
tion of the confederate monument at
Oakwood cemetery, the morning of May
80, will bring to Chicago the most dis
tinguished assemblage of officers of
both the union al confederate armies
that has ever been together in the west,
The citizens of Chicago have made
ample arrangements for their enter
tainment, one of the features of which
will be a reception and reunion which
will go long way in more firmly
cementing the fraternal bonds of the
north and south. In that reunion there
will be no north, no south, but a pure
American sentiment and patriotism un-
der the stars and stripes. There is to
be no display of the confederate colors.
While the citizens of Chicago are nobly
doing their share in this great event
the people of the south are giving a
helping hand. Already a carload of
flowers, trees, plants, mosses and mag
nolias for decorating purposes has been
started from Savannah, Ga, and is on
its way to Chicago. Cars of floral offer
ings from Atlanta and Charleston are
also coming. Shipments will be made
from Pensacola and Mobile today by
express, and today a carload will be
attached to the regular express leaving
New Orleans. With all these flowers
there will be hough to almost cover
lakewood from one end to the other.
The Chicago veteran association, an or
ganization of union veterans, will place
a cross eight feet in hight on the monu-
ment.
All of the guests arriving here from
Washington will come in special cars
and train will also come from the
south. Rooms have been reserved for
the entire party at the Palmer house,
the guests of the owners. There will
be card reception in the parlors and
room of the Palmer house from to s
p. m, Wednesday, May 80, at which the
general citizens committee will call
upon the distinguished guests, and the
mayor of the city will extend a well
come to be responded to by General
John B. Gordon, the commander of the
southern veterans. At o'clock the
renowned generals will be taken to
Kingsleys, there to participate in
banquet.
Thursday at a. M, national salute
will be given on the lake front. The
distinguished guests will take carriages
at $50 a. m. at the Palmer house, and
under escort of the Chicago city troop,
Captain Funkhauser, commanding, will
pass down Michigan avenue to the
grand central station of the Illinois
central railroad, where they will take
a special train for Oakwood.
AS the generals pass along Michigan
avenue, national salute of forty-six
guns will be fired by Battery D, Illinois
national guard, Captain Russell, COM
manding.
On the arrival of the special train at
sixty-seventh street station, the party
will take carriages and under escort of
the Black hussars, Captain Quincrif,
commanding, will be driven to the
monument site at lakewood cemetery,
where they will occupy an elevated and
commodious stand, in front of which
there will be seats to accommodate
several thousand people. The space
necessary for the ceremonies will be
roped off and access to stand and seats
will be by card invitation.