The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-26
BLUE AND GRAY
Meet For One Common Purpose
at Freder .cksburg

FREDERIC <sBURG, VA, MAY 25.-
on the We" Ground over which the old
fifth CORPS charged at Fredericksburg.
President Mckinley, his cabinet and Cen
Miles today witnessed the laying Of the
corner stone n shaft which Will per-
petuate i'm b.Jnze and granite the hero
ism of The army of the Potomac. It was
an impress Ne ceremony and rendered the
more so by tls fact that among the hum
dreds who W messed the event were not
ed leaders of both the federal and the
confederat, forces The monument was
the personal Y # of Gen. Daniel Butter
field, to the National Memorial Associa-
ton. Thi sii .tsef was a unique feature,
the the battlefield monuments heretofore
have been mostly the gifts of corporated
societies u furnished by popular sub
scriptions Gsn. Butterheld himself wGs
present an | assisted in the ceremony, but
owing TO - health the committal Of the
monument go the secretary Of war was
mad by Col. Hul. one of the veterans Of
the fifth corps The ceremony was under
Masonic riieh and at its completion the
secretary VI war accepted the gift I'm the
name of the American people.
The visit IF the people to Fredericks-
burg was III 'tnarily in honor of the an
nual reunion OF the army OF the Potomac
The town vas in gala dress and turned
out en- masss to receive its distinguished
visitors Iae president and his cabinet
were welcomed at the court house, which
was decorated with the national co,ors
and ,he varicus corps flags of the army
of the Po 0mac. Welcoming speeches
were mad. - prominent veterans from
both sides of the civil war and afterward
the president held an informal reception
at the home of St GeorsS r. Fitzhugh,
where he we welcomed by hundreds Of
the town fptk. both white and colored.
At the elise of the ceremon es the pres
idential pory returned to Washington
but the reu0iCn exercises were continued
ued at nigl in the opera house where
addresses we're made by number of the
veterans inclLGing Gen. Joseph Wheeler,
who said IN part:
''The his.cY of the army of the Poto-
mac presents features which are very
distinctive Ia their character. It's record
considering the numbers engaged and the
sanguinary character of its battles pre-
sents .Clre of marital progress un-
surpassed by any army of modern times
In some the battles in which this
army waj ENGAGED nearly a third Of its
officers anl soldiers were either killed or
wounded, N>h e in the great battles OF
Europe, tii losses seldom exceeded one
seventh, az I in many of the European
battles whlcN history describes as severe
and sangu.:1ry, the killed and wounded
were only from five to ten per cent Of the
forces englg-I The fearful casualty list
of both contenG ng armies in the civil
war was caused by the determined cour-
age of the army which attacked and the
stubborn ~esistance of those who met
and resisted the assaulting columns It
was this heroic conduct which brought
out to their fullest measure the splendid
qualities of American soldiers. Death is
at all times surrounded by sadness and
sorrow, AMI this is especially true when
the victims are the youthful, buoyant
spirits whn arc always first to obey their
countrys call to arms: but the bravery
of such m ,n On the field where their lives
are -sacrlficsl is the most precious
memory in the history of our country.
Their marital example is our pride. CORY.
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