Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-15
REUNION OF THE GRAY
Affecting Incident of Con-
federate Veterans Meeting
AT LOUISVILLE TODAY
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
HISTORY DISCUSSED.
Appearance Of a Federal on q Com
mittee Created Sensation-Tele-
grams Received.

LOUISVILLE, KY. June 15.-With a de-
termination to finish today the routine bust
ness OF the confederate reunion, the old
soldiers were present In goodly numbers at
the Horse Show building when soday's ses-
sion was called to order by Commander-sn-
Chief Lee.
New Orleans and Nashville are the chief
candidates for the next reunion.
A personal and remarkable reunion Of
the blue and gray took place when a gen.
eral of the confederacy and a general of
the United States army met after more
than forty years and embraced each other
in the JOY of fellowship 1t was one of the
most touching incidents OF the reunion.
The sentiment of the thing is L think"
said one of them. that the hearts OF those
who wore the blue are bound to the hearts
OF those who wore the gray with ties that
nothing but death can break"
On the afternoon Of September /. 1854. a
MlChlgan regiment. under the command of
Henry K. Miner, now brigadier general.
U. - A. retired, stormed the confederate
fortifications at Jonesboro. Ga, and after
rapid charge captured The battery and
Gen. d. c. Govan. who was In charge
The next morning the two commanders
met and talked over the events OF the day
son, In this city. these two veterans met
again for the first time In forty-one wears
The meeting had been arranged, and 1t
could not have been more cor1ial or AFFECT
ing had the men been brothers.
Dixie Set the Veterans Wild.
The first business of the convention to-
day after the Invocation, which was bv
Rev. James p. Smith Of Richmond, Va. one
of the two surviving staff officers of Stone
wall Jackson. was the reading of the report
on credentials. AS there were no contests
this business was quickly disposed Of
There was considerable confusion among
the delegates. and Gen. Lee took the vet
Grams sharply to task for delaying the busi-
ness Of the convention. Business was
about to be resumed when the arrival of
drum corps with flies playing Dixie set
the veterans wild. Quiet was restored but
only momentarily, as the drum CORPS
marched out and few minutes later reap
peared. escorting group Of sponsors to the
platform.
The report Of the history committee was
then submitted by Gen. Evans OF Georgia,
its chairman. The object of the committee
Is to secure accurate history, which is to
be Incorporated In the text books I'm south
ern schools. The report says. in part:
During the first two decades after the
surrender an effort was evidently made to
cast the general record Of the southern
states into an opprobrious shadow. and also
to infect the minds of the youths OF the
nothing noble. nothing true, nothing good in
the confederate cause. The attempted per-
versions of history were resented. but the
south was without facilities for reaching.
by any kind of literature, the masses OF
their countrymen Of the northern states to
correct the errors into which they were led
Unfair History.
Therefore. unfair history and other per-
nicious publications gained entrance into
the schools and homes of nearly every Sec
ton north and south. and disastrous In
hammation of the sectional spirit was the
result. The protest of confederate associa-
lions caused Investigations which resulted
In the discovery that the south was per-
hitting its sons and daughters to be taught
that the gross charges against the south
ern people of rebellion. treason and war
atrocities and the like were historical facts
This discovery was followed by appeals to
boards of education and other civil authori-
ties, to southern self-respect and to honor
able publishers. with result that the most
offensive of the false histories have been
driven from southern schools
Since cooperation among those who de-
sire impartial history. which will inspire all
citizens of our country with similar patri-