The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-31
Confederate and Union Veterans There
in Large Numbers.
BUSINESS SUSPENDED IN WASHINGTON
Veterans of Three Wars and Thousands Of
Citizans Gather at Arlington and Other
Cemeteries 10 Pay Tribute 10
Our Heroic Dead.
(By the Associated Press.)

Hagerstown, Md, May 30-Another link
in the chain which binds together the
once warning factions of the North and
South. was forged today by the dedica-
tion of a monument erected to the mem
ory Of the men who wore the gray as
well as those who wore the blue and who
died in mortal combat on the bloody field
of Antietam. This event, which is proba
bly, without parallel in the history of
the. world, was graced by the presence
of the President of the United States. ac-
cOmpanied by many members of his Cabi
net; a score or more of United States
Senators. thrice as many members of
Congress. the Governor of Maryland and
prominent men from all parts of the coun-
try. There were 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 the monument
from the State TO the National Govern
ment.
The dedicatory ceremonies were opened
by Colonel Benjamin f. Taylor, who in
tfOuucpQ GeUeFdl 11eHIN hlu lJOuSldS, ul-
rector of ceremonies. Prayer was offered
by the Rev B. F. Clarkson, who was fol-
lowed by Governor John Walter Smith, in
an address OF welcome. Colonel Taylor
as President of the Antietam Battlefield
Commission of Maryland, then presented
the monument 10 the National Govern
ment and the Hon. Elihu Root. Secretary
of War, in a brief address, accepted it on
behalf of the United States Then fol-
lowed short addresses. mainly of renlin-
iscent character by Generals John B.
Brooke James Longstreet, Orlando B.
Wilcox. J. e. Duryear Senators Foraker.
Burrows Daniel and others who were
prominent on the opposing sides in the
great struggle. These were followed in
turn by Representative George b; Nc
Clellan, of New York. and other MEM
bers of both Houses of Congress.
Then the band played Hail to the
Chief" ard General Douglas introduced
President Mckinley who delivered the
address of the day, and in the course OF
which he said
In this presence and on TINS memoir
able field | am glad to meet the followers
of Lee and Jackson and Longstreet and
Johnson with the followers of Grant and
Mcclellan and Sherman and Sheridan,
greeting 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
| today one reflection only has crowned
| my mind-the difference between this
scene and that of SO years ago. Then the
men who wore the blue and the men who
wore the gray greeted each other with
shot and she'll and visited death upon
| their respective ranks. We meet after
all these intervening years. with but one
sentiment-that of loyalty to the Govern
| ment of the United States love for our
| flag and our free institutions and de-
| termned, men of the North and men of
| the South to make any sacrifice for the
honor and perpetuity of the American ma
| tion." (Applause).