The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-09-28
OUARTO-CENTENNIAL

Reunion OF the Society OF the Army OF the
Observation-Disclosures of the National
Park-Commingiing of the blue" and
"Gray" Umder "OId Glory in Whose
Homer All Are Ready to Again March
to the Front.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. 19.-The
quarter-centennial reunion of the So
ciety of the Army of the Cumberland,
meeting in conjunction with the dedi.
cation of the Chickamauga and Chat.
tanOoga National park, was held last
night i'll the monster tent erected to
accommodate the several gatherings
of the week. which convenience re-
quired should be in the city. Its am
pie folds covered a of 10. 600
people, 1000 of whom were on the
stage. This portion of the gathering
comprised public, state and national
officials and survivors of the late war
from both armies to an extent seldom,
fever. cquaIed.
Nice-President Stevenson and ex-
Speaker Charles f. Crisp headed n del
egation of a cor or more senators and
representatives, the appointment Of
which was authorized by at
its last session. Four members of the
cabinet represented the administra-
ton. The governors of nearly Il O
of states, with their ga~ily-attired
stats, added to the military character
of the occasion.
Lieut.-Gen. Schofield, commanding
the armies of the United States, saw
his old comrades in arms and MANY of
his former antagonists, for the last
time prior to his retirement from ac-
tive service. Great leaders of the
Union army were present in the per-
sons of their sons, Col. Fred ID. Grant
and Rev. Thomas E. Sherman.
Gen. J. ID. Morgan, of Quincy. H.,
called the vast assemblage to order
and the proceedings were begun bv
the singing of a patriotic hymn by
the Arion Glee club. Hon. George w.
Ochs, mayor of the city then well
coined the society to Chattanooga.
Gen. Ii. V. Boynton, corresponding
secretary of the society and Il member
of the National Park commission, re-
sponded and expressed thanks for the
cordial welcome.
Gen. James d. Morgan welcomed the
confederates present. saying:
'COMRADEs-Old Father Time, in
teeming world of ours, brings some
strange and Startling changes. About
thirty years ago. not far from where
| am now standing, a great battle was
fought, when the blue and the gray
net face to face in conflict, both bat
thing for what they thought was right.
With us that great contest ended
thirty years ago, and now the 'hIue'
and the gray meet again, not as enc
mics, but friends, members of the same
government and protected under one
flag, old Glory, as we like to call it;
and if, in the near or far future, this
good government again requires the
services of her sons, the blue and the
gray will be found standing shoulder
to shoulder in protecting her rights.
l bid you welcome"
The annual address was then deliv-
cred by ex-senator Gen. Charles f.
Henderson, of Nebraska, who in con-
clusion said:
My COMRADES AND My COUNTRY
MEN:-Have no fear for the republic.
1t is based upon mans love of liberty,
its structure embedded in equal rights
to all. and is cemented by the blood of
our slain. Let the ~pessinist feel dis
turbed, false prophets seen danger in
the signs of the times and give forth
of evil to come. Be not
This government of the people By
the people and for the people shall
not perish from the earth"
Another song by the glee club sue.
ceeded the applause which followed
Manderson's peroration and pre-
coded the addresses by Lieut.-Gen.
and Secretary Herbert.