The morning times., 1895-07-23
UNDER ONE Flag TO-DAY
Blue and the Gray FraternaIIy
United at Marshall Hall.
CONFEDERATES WERE HOSTS
Secretary Herbert and Hon. Holmes
Conrad Were Among the Distin-
gion Smothered With Hospitality
and Expressions of Esteem.

No more dead lines" or armed pickets
divide the blue and the gray i'll the District.
Nowhere in the country has the bloody
chasm'' been more quickly bridgcd than
in washington, the very storm-center of
the late difficulty.
Two years ago the fraternal g be-
tween the Union and Confederate veter-
ans were cemented anew by an excursion
given 10y the Union Veteran Legion, En-
campment 60, in honor OF the Confederate
Veterans Association. The occasion Will
ever be remembered by those old soldiers
of both causes who participated, and the
fires Of fellowship and regard famed into
life on that evcntful day burn more
brightly than ever.
The Confederate Veterans Association,
mindful OF the traditions of the South and
bent on expressing their kindly feeling
for old comrades in arms, appointed this
year for returning the compliment and
set yesterday as the day for an excursion
to Marshall Hall
The u V Legion were the specially in
vited guests. but there were present alfo
Lee Camp. c. V A, of Alexandria; the
ladies OF the Southern Relief Society, who
helped to entertain the men in blue.
CARED FOR THEIR COMFORT.
The committee OF arrangements, consist
ing of Nessrs. J. p Callaghan, Julien
T. Moore. W. .Hungcrford, Z. C. Crump,
DR.. S. f. Lewis, NJ. S Thompson, Capt j
i. Drew. NJ. F. Loud, Major H L. Briscoe,
william H. Bayley, and Major Robert
s,fs.r in no
that on the arrival ofthe veterans everything
was in readiness for the joint meeting,
which proved such a love feast.
on the arrival of the steamer Macalester,
which brought the greater part Of all
the organizations, the Confederate Vet
erans, under command of President DIR.
James A Maloncy, formed in line and
acted as an escort TO the L. V. L. from the
wharf to the place Of meeting. The Legion
was 10 charge of Lieut. Col. George
Grndley, Major Louis Shutter. Surgeon
Bernard Wagner. Chaplain E. B. Thomp-
son, aud Adjt Charles L Troutman.
Tie meeting was called TO order 10y Dr.
James a Blaloney, who extended TO the
Legion a hearty welcome in the name of
his brother soldie RS, calling particular
attention TO the time, two years ago,
by the Legion on q similar occasion. on
tie stage were: Secretary Of the Navy
| Herbert, Judge DUNCAN, Major w. l..
Loud, Hon Holmes Conrad, Gen. Henry
Heath, Major Mcdowell Darlington, Col
Wofford. Col Charles E. Troutman, Col.
NJ f. Urell, Capt John NJ. Keogh, Col
John A joyce, DR. Thomas II. Calver,
Capt Cherry, Col. Magnus, Thompson,
DIR. Young, aud AdJt Warfield.
FULL OF PATRIOTIC FERYOR.
The first speaker was Col George Grind
ley, acting commander. He said that
| every true soldier loved hospitality and
good men, and he did not know where
either could more easily be found than in
the ranks of the Confederate Veterans
They are men who have been tried and
not found wanting
We know what they Were in the war
| and now Ge find what they are in peace
/ This gathering is grand spectacle, an
Inspiration, and the man who IS not
! enthused with feeling Of brotherly love
bv the sight must be devoid of feeling.
The next speaker was Hon. Holmes
! Conrad. a gallant Confederate from the
valley Of Virginia, who spoke TO the
veterans not as representatives OF the
blue aud the gray but as from soldier 10
1 soldier He did not come, ne said, TO fight
the war over again Dor discuss the causes
/ which led to it but to extend To the members
OF the Union Veteran Legion a hearty
/ greeting and the hand Of fellows hip.
! There are none more loyal today to the
Stars and Stripes than those who thirty
years ago sought its destruction.
/ Thomas Calver READ an original poem
entitled IAN quiet on the picket line"
Gen. Heath, who spoke next, paid glow
/ ing tributes TO the memory OF Gems. Gram
| and Hancock, emphasizing the fact tha
the Confederates are now taking steps Il
/ erect a monument 10 the latter in New
| Orleans.
Mai Mcdowell Darlington, of Chan
celloresville, Va, referred 10 the gath
| ering of the veterans who wore the blue ant
the gray under one tent, as it Were, n
being significant, and an occasion Of whicl
| all should be proud.
At the close of the speaking Col. Trout
man called for three cheers for the Con
1 federate Veterans. which were given, and
after which Mt j. p Callagban asked th
boys TO let the members Of the Legion
hear the Rebel yelI'' again, which wa
/ Justify given