The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-02-13
FOR A GREAT PARADE
OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH
WILL UNITE.
Scheme Has Been Received With Great
Favor In the South-What General Moor
man Says of It-Twenty-five Thousand

Favor In the SOuth-W nat Gener8i MOOR
man Says of It-Twenty-fve Thousand
Confederates Expected to BE In Line.
The movement for a reunion and pa
rade of the civil war veterans has now
assumed the form that insures success.
1t will be seen in New York next year
on the Fourth of July.
Often of late years the veterans of the
confederate service have been called in
to the gatherings of Union veterans.
Often, too, at the south, those who once
wore the blue, accepting hearty invita-
tions, have mingled with those that
wore the gray and perhaps have marched
with them. The encampment of the
Grand Army, the celebrations of Deco
ration day and the dedication of battle
parks, like those at Gettysburg and
Chickamauga, or other ceremonies con-
nected with the war have witnessed
such reunions.
But now, for the first time, the Union
and Confederate survivors of the war
are to come together for the sole purpose
of celebrating themselves their frater-
nal union and the return of brotherhood
to every part or our iand.
It is because this is the special pur-
pose of the projected gathering in the
one hundred and twentieth year of the
Independence of these states that it has
IA significance which will grow from the
present time until the celebration is
held and which will give it national
Importance as one of the great events of
80
The idea of united veterans parade
has been received with great favor
Throughout the south. For the purpose
of finding out how it would be accepted
among the ext -Confederates, Colonel Gar
nett wrote some time ago to General
George Norman, adjutant general and
chief of staff Of the United Confederate
4 Veterans, Of which organization Gen.
eral John B. Gordon is commander in
chief General Norman reply, dated
Nov. 23, was in part as follows:
cat the outset will say that nothing
I can say now can be regarded as off,
cia1, as would not undertake to ex-
press an opinion on matter so impor-
tant until conferred with General Cor
don, the commanding general, and Lieu
tenant Generals Cabell and Lee and
other leaders. My personal opinion is
that, while the old veterans do not care
to be paraded for show or to show them
selves, if it is the sentiment of the coun-
try that good can be accomplished by
joining in this parade, am satisfied
that they would be willing to do any
thing that would assist in more per-
feet reconciliation or would assist in
adding prosperity to any section of the
country.
Gas is well known, they are thor
oughly and intensely patriotic, and I
doubt if any citizens of the republic
would rally more quickly and zealously
to the defense of the national honor
than those old southern soldiers
'Some time since it was announced
that the United Confederate veterans
were to be invited to hold their next
reunion in New York city. This, be-
ieve, was well received by the veterans
and press of the south. The parade is
new feature, and in order to give you
definite answer I will confer at once
with the commanding general and other
leaders and veterans and will also place
the matter before the press of the south.
SO as to ascertain the trend of opinion
on this subject. %
Colonel Garnett has not heard again
from General Moorman; but, as has
been said, he has seen that nearly all of
the southern papers are heartily in favor
of the movement. The next Confederate
reunion will take place in Richmond.
It was at first suggested to have the re-
union on May "a, 25 and 26, but the
prevailing sentiment in the south is to
have it month later. General Moor
man is of the opinion that the best dates
for the reunion are June 80 and July
and Q. IF this is done, the veterans can
come to New York from Richmond, in
which case the number of them that
will come will be largely increased.
Colonel Garnett is most enthusiastic
over the movement and said that he
would not be at all surprised to see 49,
900 Confederate veterans in the parade.
New York Sun.