Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-27
BLUE AND CRAY WILL BLEND In the Dedication of the Confed-
 crate Monument IN THE LAKESIDE CITY The South Will Smother Oakwood With Her
 Choicest Flowers.
CHICAGO VETERANS WILL PLANT ACROSS
cc1ne-Citizen Soldiery as Guard of Eonor-The Elaborate Pro-,
 gramme Set Out.

N~bI-oSos nhoy hC oCbiS"''Sii OA the Confederate monument at oakwood cemetery the morning of May 30 will bring to Chicago the most distinguished assemblage of officers of both the union and Confederate armies that has eyer 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 a long way in more firmly ce- menting the fraternal bonds of the north and south. In that reunion there will be no north or south. but pure Ameri- can sentiment and patriotism under the stars and stripes. There is to be no dis play of the Confederate colors, and While the citizens of Chicago are nobly doing their share in this great event the peo- pie of the south are giving helping hand. Already a carload of flowers, trees, plants, mosses and magnolias for decorating purposes has been started from Savannah, Ga, and IS on It's way to Chicago. Cars of floral offerings from Atlanta and Charleston are also com ing. Shipments will be made from Pen saeola and Mobile tomorrow by express. and a carload will be attached to the regular express leaving New Orleans With all these flowers there will be enough to almost cover Oakwood from one end to the other. The Chicago Vet eran association, an organization or union veterans. will place cross. feet in height, on the monument.
 All of the guests arriving direct from Washington will come in special cars, and a special train will also come from 1. the south. Rooms have been reserved for the entire party at the Palmer house, the guests of the owners. There will be a card reception in the parlors and club room of the Palmer house from } to D. m. Wednesday. May 20, at which the general citizen committee will call upon the distinguished guests, and the mayor of the city will extend welcome to both, responded to by Gen. John B. Cor don. the commander of the southern vet lerans.
 4fese o'clock the renowned general will be taken to Kingsleys, there to partici- pate in banquet.
 Thursday at a. m. a national salute will be given on the lake front. The distinguished guests will take carriages at S3O a. m at the Palmer house, and, Captain Funkhauser commanding, will pass down Michigan avenue to the Grand Central station of the Illinois Gen. tral railroad. where they will take special train for Oakwood.
 As the generals pass along Michigan avenue a national salute of forty-six guns will be fired by Battery D. Illinois National Guards 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 Quinceoff commander will be driven to the monu- ment site at Oakwood cemetery, where they will occupy an elevated and com modious stand, in front of which there will hp seats tO accommodate several thousand people The space necessary for the ceremonies will be roped off and access to stands and seats will be by card invitation.
 The features of the dedicatory pro- gramme at Oakwood at 1 D. m. are as follows:
 Selection by military band.
 Prayer by Col. Joseph Desha Pickett, chaplain of the Kentucky Orphans brigade.
 Introductory remarks by Gen. John c. Underwood
 Address by Rev. H. W. Bolton. D. D.
 Anthem by Imperial Arion Octette.
 Dedicatory oration by Lieut.-Gen. Wade Hampton of South Carolina.
 Te Deum, by the Imperial Arion Oc- tette.
 Memorial poem by Henry T. Stanton of Kentucky.
 Address by Rt Rev. Samuel Fallows, IL. D.
 Conservation of the gun.
 Placing the floral decorations.
 Requiem by Imperial Arion Octette.
 Military honors-Firing three volleys over the dead by the First Regiment in- fantry, Illinois National Guard.
 Bugle glast and taps.
 Decorating graves of the union sol diers by ex-Confederate assembly.
 At the conclusion of the ceremonies the guests of honor will take carriages and be driven to the city through Washing ton park, Drexel boulevard and Michi- gan avenue, and will occupy the balco- nies of the Auditorium hotel and annex to witness the Grand Army of the Re public memorial parade in the after noon. Thursday night in the floral hall at the Palmer house there will be a social and military reception.
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