The record-union., 1898-12-20

Country.
MACON (Ga), Dec 19.-President
Mckinley arrived here at $50 a. m.
He was received by a large and en-
thusiastic crowd. The Presidential
party drove out to the review grounds,
where General Wilson's command
passed before the President.
At the station the Presidential party
was met by fifteen carriages. Lined
up along the street was the Seventh
Cavalry, the brightness Of their over
coat lining forming a contrast against
the fog and drizzle that prevailed
After driving through the streets the
President took his place on the re-
viewing stand. On one side of the
Chief Executive stood General Wilson
and on the other General Bates. AS the
regiment passed the respective COM
manders took their places on the stand
with the Presidential party.
Despite the poor weather, a large and
enthusiastic crowd was on hand.
An address was sent to the President
by the Confederate heroes. It was
placed on the pedestal Of the Confed-
crate monument.
President Mckinley spoke briefly
from the reviewing stand. He said
TT gives me great pleasure to meet
and greet the citizens of Macon, many
of whom I have been associated with
in public life. 1t has given me pleasure
to witness the review Of the soldiers
of the United States.
How much, indeed, has this nation
to be thankful for at this hour? With
what reverent gratitude we should ex-
press our thankfulneSS to Divine Prov
idence who has so tenderly cared for
the American people. We have been
at war with a foreign power. That
war ended after 113 days of conflict, a
conflict on two oceans, a conflict in
the East and in the West, 1900 miles
apart with $4,000 of our soldiers on
distant shores and 10000 sailors and
marines afloat, with a loss in army and
navy less than 1000, and without the
loss of a ship, or sailor, or soldier, or
flag by capture. Never before was
there a more magnificent army mus
tered and never before was an army
mustered for a holier cause or a more
glorious flag, the Stars and Stripes.
(Cheers and applause)
ION the 24th day of this month, the
day before Christmas, our Peace Com
missioners will deliver to the Presi-
dent of the United States a treaty of
peace a treaty with honor, peace with
the blessings of liberty to a struggling
people East and West.
Il congratulate my people on another
fact: We have not only triumph
ed over our own prejudices, and we
are now a united country. prolonged
cheers and applause) 1t has done my
heart good to witness the demonstra-
tions of patriotism from one end of
this country to the other. Six weeks
ago l went almost to the extreme
West. / met there a wave of patriot
ism. I came to the South, and I wit
ness the same spirit of loyalty and de-
vOtiOn to a common country, with a
common faith, under a common flag.
(Applause) l know this great audience
wants to see the heroes of the war.
They are here with you-Shafter and
Wheeler and Lawton and Bates, and
others who were conspicuous in the
recent conflict. (Cheers) And 1 give
way that you may have the pleasure
Of meeting them and other distin-
guiShed gentlemen who are in my par
ty as I journey through the South"
Great applause)
General Wheeler, General Lawton,
General Shafter and Wilson also
made short addresses
General Lawton left the party here
to go to Huntsville, Ala, to take COM
mand of Camp Forsee.
The President and party left Macon
on their special train for Augusta at
1870 to-day over the Georgia road,
the party being scheduled to arrive
there at $3.50 D. m.
THE PRESIDENT AT AUGUSTA.
AUGUSTA, Dec. 19-The demon
Stration in Augusta this evening in
honor of President Mckinley was 4
fitting climax to one of the most re-
markable Presidential tours ever un-
dertaken. At Wheeler Station, four
miles from Augusta, the party left
the train and entered carriages. On
either side of the road leading to Camp
Mckenzie were drawn up six troops
of the Third Cavalry, that saw service
with General Shafter in Cuba. In the
the heart of the city a reviewing stand
had been erected, and from this the
President and the party reviewed the
cavalry. The crowd was very great
and enthusiastic. General Wheeler
was the hero, Augusta being his pirth-
place. General Shafter -a5 also given
an ovation.
A unique feature of the demonstra-
tion was a camp of uniformed veterans
of the Confederacy with their battle
SCARED flags waving with the Stars
and Stripes. They were under COM
mand of Major Withers, aged and bent,
clothed in the historic gray of the lost
cause. The spectacle was a most
touching one. They stood immediate
ly in front of the President during his
address, and no cheers in the vast
throng were more hearty than theirs.
General Wheeler, General Shafter,
Secretary Alger, Secretary Gage and
Postmaster General Smith spoke
briefly.
At 7:30 the journey to Washington
was resumed.
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