Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-31
A C ASH I'M M ENT
Bitterness Between Grand Army and Con-
federate Veterans.
A Fight May Ensue Over IL Resolution
Which Seeks to Combine Them for
Sentimental Purpose.

Encampment No. GO, Union Veteran Le-
gion, is giving an excursion to Marshall
Hall today in conjunction with the John
B. Henderson Drum Corps. The excur-
sionists are having an enjoyable time,
and it Is expected that the speechmaking
to take place tonight will be interesting,
inasmuch as Corporal Tanner will take
the opportunity to reply to the remarks
made by Solicitor General Holmes Conrad
at the same place on the occasion of the
Confederate Veterans excursion last week.
On this outing the members of the Union
Veteran Legion were present as invited
guests, and were very much surprised to
put it mildly, at the tenor of Mr.. Conrad's
speech, especially portion of it in which,
it is reported, he declared that the war had
settled nothing. Some of the veterans
wanted to controvert this statement at the
time, but were not allowed to by reason
of the presiding officer announcing that the
speeches were concluded. Corporal Tan
ner was not present, being then absent
from the city, but was made acquainted
with the facts on his return and will adj
dress himself to them tonight. James D.
Brady of Virginia is also expected to have
something to say on the subject.
Further Fuel for the Flames.
There is no doubt that great deal of Bit
terness has been occasioned in Grand Army
circles over Mr. Conrad's speech, and it
may have the effect OF raising a storm Of
protest when a proposition in the shape of
a resolution, now under consideration by
the executive committee of the Confederate
Veterans Association of this city, is sub
mitted to Grand Army posts for action.
This resolution, which will be acted on by
the executive committee at its meeting to-
morrow night, was inspired by the recent
@Inyeiing of the confederate soldiers mon
ument at Chicago. The veterans of both
armies who made speeches on that occa-
SION spoke broadly of the men engaged in
the civil war under the generic term of
1.-The American solder.
A resolution was accordingly drawn up
by confederate veteran living in this city
which provides that all branches of the
Confederate Veterans Association and
Grand Army posts shall combine in an eff
fort to urge Congress to pass bill pro-
viding for the erection of a bridge over the
Potomac at Washington, Joining this city
to the national cemetery at Arlington, IS
a memorial to the American soldier.
The resolution further provides that at
the northern entrance to the bridge there
shall be statues of Grant and Sherman,
while at the southern entrance statues OF
Lee and Johnston shall be erected. At in
tervals across the structure there shall be
other statues of the leading heroes of the
north and south.
A Combined Encampment Proposed.
1t is still further provided that when the
bridge is finished all the veterans who
fought on either side during the war shall
assemble in Washington, and camp to-
gether under the Washington monument,
and take part in the ceremonies of dedica-
ton. In case the executive committee of
the Confederate Veterans Association de-
eide to act faXorably upon this resolution,
and submit it for ratification to their own
associates and The posts of the Grand
a warm discussion will ensue all over the
country, and a great deal of political ma
terial be manufactured from it for the COM
ing presidential campaign.