The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-20
MEETING OF BLUEAND GRAY
VETERANS OF 10TH ARMIES TO
 EXCHANGE GREETINGS. ..

VETERANS OF 10TH ARMIES TO
 EXCHANGE GREETINGS. j Big Session to be Held in Washington Ali Veterans of Armies and Nayies
 Invited-Famous Soldiers to Make
 Acknowledgements. Y
 There is to be held a big informal meeting of the veterans who fought for the blue and the gray in Washington, D. C., May 11-12 Thursday and Fri day. It will be a social and non-politi- cal rally of the veterans of '6l-65, at which ,the soldiers of the two armies will meet just forty years after the close of the war.
 All veterans of both armies and na- yies-those who wore the blue and those who wore the gray in the sos, are invited to this social and fraternai meeting. Addresses wtll be made by a number of prominent leaders on both sides. Among those who will speak are General Chase, past deputy of the Con necticut G. A. R., who at the battle of Gettysburg received forty eight wounds, Captain Griffith, the man who General Johnston said was worth more to him than fifty men with guns on their shoulders, and General Thomas $. Ros- ser, the youngest of the brigadier gen erals of the Confederate army. Those who forty years ago on the field of bat tie were foes will meet and greet each other as friends May 1112. Thursday and Friday, in Washington. The vete- rams will banquet together on Friday.
 It is expected that there will be rail- road rates for the round trip, The presiding officers are:
 Men of c. A. R.--Major D. F. Lowell. General C. H Grosvenor, Bishop Samu- el Fallows, Colonel K. B. Allen, General F. s. Greeley, Judge l.. s. Estelle. E1i-. tor D. D. Taylor, Colonel R. H Pratt, Adjutailt ]. b. Marshall Colonel r. M. sterrett, Major W. H. Marston. Colonel c. H Mcconnell. Major H. I. Johnson, { Utica, N. Y.
 Men of U c. V,--General R. B. Snow den, Brigadier General T. s. Rosser, General George F. Harrison, Major w. ]. Whitthorne, General V. Y. Cook, Ad-. jutant W. A Smith, Colonel A. R. ] Blakely, Colonel w. J. Crawford, Ma jor Edward Buford, Captain J, T. Grif- filth. Captain J. N. Meroney, Major F. 1 c. Brush.
 The following is the programme: THURSDAY MORNING SESSION 10 O'CLOCK Major D. R. Lowell, past commander of Mansfield post, MiddIetown, Conn, i will open the meeting and introduce the first speaker. 1 Prayer-Rev J. H. Bradford, D. D., ] chaplain in chief c. A. R. l St. Louis and Washington Meetings
 E. Henry Byrons.
 Address of Greeting, \ General c. H. Grosvenor, Ohio. l Reply General Joseph Wheeler, of l Alabama. . l Greeting Major John c. Roster past department commander, of New York.
 Reply Major General ". D. Came l ron, of Mississippi Greeting Colonel Francis B Allen, Of I Connecticut
 Reply-G General Julian A. Carr, of North Carolina. 2P. M AFTERNOON SESSION. l Greeting Major Dslrnar R, Lowell, of Connecticut
 Reply General R. B. snowden, of Tennessee.
 l Greeting Colonel B. M. Green, Of l California. I Reply Adjutant w. A. Smith. M D.. of Tennessee.
 Greeting Col J. p. TTanrahan, M. D.. of Vermont.
 Reply General V. Y. Cook, of Arlsan- sas. s Greeting Colonel F. M. sterrett, past department commander, of Missouri. l Reply-G General George P. Harrison. commander Alabama division U. V. c, of Alabama.
 FRIDAY MORNING SESSION, 10 l O'CLOCK.
 Prayer--Right Rev. Samuel FalloWs, D. D., L. D. D., of Chicago, III. 1 Greeting General Edwin s. Greeley. of Connecticut.
 Reply-General Thomas s. Rosser, of l Virginia.
 IT5elliiS- D Es 5Di&Oi, OL North Carolina.
 Greeting General J. s. Chase, of Florida *$$5
 Reply-General w. J. Bohan, of Lou isiana, 0 l Greeting Major w. H. Marston, of Georgia. @ Reply-colone1 w. A. Collier, of Ala l bama. t5.s
 2p. m. AFTER SESSION.
 Greeting-Judge Q. s. Denaing, of | Kentucky, '
 Reply-General T. c. Zachary, of Georgia.
 GreetingAdjutant J. E. Marshall of Florida. @~
 Reply-Colonel West J. Crawford, of Tennessee. s$$@. S-. <%. t
 Greeting--Golonel John McENroy, past department commander of the depart ment of the Potomac, Washington, D. lC. s~
 RepIy--colonel A. A. Lipscomb, of Tennessee. Greeting Colonel W. G. Baugh, Sr.,