The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-31
THE DEAD OF BOTH ARMIES.
MONUMENT ERECTED ON BATTLE
FIELD OF ANTIETAM.

orous Deeds of Both the Blue and
the Gray-Accepted for the United
states by Secretary of War Root.
speech of President Mckinley
whose Patriotic Sentiments Were
warmly Applauded.
Washington, May S0.-President McKin-
ley left here at $3.50 O'Clock this morning
for the Antietam battlefield, to take part
in the dedication of the Maryland monu-
ment. With the President went Secre-
taries of War, Navy, Interior, Treasury,
Agriculture and Attorney General Griggs.
There were also in the Presidents imme-
date party Secretary Cortelyou, Gen.
Hastings and Col. Bingham.
Hagerstown. Md. May S0.-Another link
in the chain which binds together the
once warning factions of the North and
South was forged to-day by the dedica-
ton of a monument erected to the men,
ory of men who wore the gray as well as
those who wore the blue, and who died in
mortal combat on the bloody field OF An
tietam
This event, which is probably without
parallel in the history of the world, was
graced by the presence of the President of
the United States, accompanied by many
memb bers of his cabinet; a score or more
of United States sena tors, thrice as many
members of Congress, the Governor of
Maryland, and prominent men from all
parts of the country. There We're also
present hundreds of veterans who fought
for the Lost Cause" and thousands who
fought for the side that proved victorious,
Side by side they stood with uncovered
heads throughout the ceremony conveying
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tional government. A great crowd OF others
aided by their presence the impressiveness
of the ceremony.
blue and the Gray Were There.
The train which brought the President,
the members of his cabinet and the con-
gresslonal party from Washington reached
the battlefield at noon, where they were
welcomed by Gov. John Walter Smith of
Maryland and staff, Adjt. Gen. Saunders,
delegation of officers of the Maryland
National Guard and several posts of the
Grand Army of the Republic of the divis-
ion of Maryland together with members
of Herbert Camp of Confederate Veter-
ans, several camps Of Sons Of Veterans
of both armies, and survivors of Bocken-
brough's Maryland Artillery, which
fought with the Confederate troops and
distinguished Itself at Antietam.
Beside these organized bodies, were
scores of Confederate veterans who had
taken part in the various battles of the
Civil War These were drawn up in line
10 greet the President, who, together with
Gov. Smith, watched them as they passed
in review.
The dedcaiory ceremonies were opened
by Col. Benjamin f. Taylor, who intro
| duced Gen. Henry Kyd Douglas, director
| of ceremonies. Prayer was offered by the
| Rev. j. F. Clarkson, who was followed
| by Gov. John Walter Smith, in an ad-
! dress of welcome. Col Taylor, as presi-
! dent of the Antetam Battlefield Commits
| sion of Maryland then presented the
| monument to the national government,
| and the Hon. Elihu Root, Secretary of
| War, in a brief address, accepted Il on
| behalf of the United States.
Then followed short addresses, mainly
| of a reminiscent character by Gems. John
b. Brooke, James Longstreet. Orlando b.
| Wilcox, j. E. Duryee, Senators Foraker,
| Burrows, Daniel and others who were
| prominent on the opposing sides in the
| great struggle. These were followed, in
| turn, by Represen ative George b. Nc
| Clellan of New York and other members
| of both houses of Congress.
The Presidents Speech.
Then the band played "Han to the
Chief" and Gen. Douglas introduced
President Mckinley who delivered the ad-
dress of the day The President said:
''Mr Chairman and My Fellow Citizens:
make acknowledgment for your courteous
greeting and express in a single word my
sympathy and approval of the patriotic oc-
ca sion for which we have assembel to-day.
I'm this presence and on this memorable
fed. l am glad to meet the followers of
Lee and Jackson and Longstreet and John
ston with the followers of Grant and Me-
Clellan and Sherman and Sheridan, greet
ing each other not with arms in their
hands or malice in their souls, but with
affection and respect for each other In
their hearts. (Applause) Standing here
to-day, one reflection has crowded my
m.nd--the difference between this scene
and that of thirty-eight years ago. Then
the mep who wore the blue and the men
who wore the gray greeted each other with
shot and shell and visited death upon their
respective ranks. We meet, after all these
intervening years. with but one sentiment
that of loyalty to the government of the
United States, love for our flag and our
! free institutions and determined, men of
the North and men Of the South, to make
any sacrifice for the honor and perpetuity
of the American nation. Great applause.)
Only to Americans.
My Fellow-Citizens: am glad, and
you are glad also. OF that famous meet
| ing between Grant and Lee and at Appo-
mattox Court House. am glad we were
kept together, aren't you? (Cries of
yes" "Yes.'D Glad that The Union was
saved by the honorable terms made be-
| tween Grant and Lee under the famous
apple tree, and there is one glorious fact
| that must be always gratifying to US
| the American soldiers never surrendered
but to Americans. Enthusiastic ap-
| plause.)
"My countrymen, the past can never he
| undone. The new day brings It's shining
sun to light out duty now, and / am
glad to preside over a nation of nearly
| SO,0o0000 people more united than they
have ever been since the formation OF
the federal Union. (Applause.) account
| Il a great honor. 90 participate on this
| occasion with the great state of Mary
| land In its tribute 10 the valor and hero
| ism and the sacrifices OF the Confed-
crate and Union armies. The valor
! OF the one or the other. the valor of both,
! is the common heritage of us all. And, my
| countrymeu, the achievements of that war.
every one Of them, are just as much the
| inheritance OF those who failed as those
who prevailed. and when we went to war