New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22
BLUE AND GRAY UNITED.
GENERAL LOUD, ORATOR,
Confederate GraUeS Decorated at
Mount Hone Cemeteru

The Blue and the Gray united yesterday after.
noon at Mount Hope Cemetery, where the Nav
York Camp OF the Confederate Veterans hald &c
annual memorial service and placed flowers ON
the graves OF its dead There were sorne Artv
Union veterans In the line OF march IRON, +bo
quiet wayside station at Mount Hope TO the
towering shaft erected in the cemetery to the
memory Of the Confederate dead These rep
resented Mckinley, Hancock, Lafayette, U. s.
Grant and Alexander Hamilton posts C. A. r
They brought with them a beautiful floral
wreath Of red carnations as their Offering to the
men against whom they lifted their arms
Daughters OF the Confederacy went about here
and there strewing flowers on the graves OF the
heroes Of the South. and on their quiet walks
found two graves Of Union dead One bright
little Southern woman hurried Off to tell her
COMPANIONS, and they returned with armfuls Of
white and red roses and evergreens, which they
strewed on the graves of the two Union soldiers.
The chord Of unity was struck, however, when a
Union veteran. General George B. Loud, of
Hancock Post, G. A R., delivered the eulogy for
the Memorial Day service. The Confederate
Veterans said that it was the first time that a
Union soldier had been invited to speak at a
Confederate memorial service. General Loud
had nothing but words of praise for the men Of
"the other side" After hymn and a prayer
duoed by Major Edward owen. and said:
Your speaker fought under the Stars and
Stripes and was proud TO do 1t, but at Apo
ruattox all was wiped out. The Blue and the
Cray are one in their nationhood, ready to quell
the rise Of any foreign foe. Twenty years ago
AT Pensacola, Fla, l extended invitation TO
your comrades to decorate the graves Of the
Blue and the Gray and I find myself adj
Cessing you among Confederate graves, and my
soul is thrilled. No section can monopolize this
beautiful custom. as no section can rob the
grave Of its victories.
Love prompted these warriors to do and die
together. They are crowned heroes beyond all
praise Ny heart tells me that he who fights for
God, for home, for country, for principle. is a
hero. While Of the Union army consecrated
our love 10 the cause Of the Union, you ana
yours sacrificed your all for what you thought
was right Every true man honors courage and
bravery, whether II be under the Blue or the
Gray and your men were possessed of courage
and bravery that is unsurpassed in the history
Of the world. Pickett went up the slopes Of
Gettysburg with g bravery that stirred the
world (Applause)
General Lee was as brave man as ever sat
On horse. You are not wanting IN heroes
But they are ours well since we are all one
nov. The war with Spain brought US into the
field together. To-day every hero who falls for
the country IS our boy.
General Loud was profusely thanked for his
kind words. James Edward Graybill, Confed-
crate veteran, went bit further than General
Loud in his desire for unity He said:
Let Us cement this union Of heart by union
Of memorial days. I look forward TO the time,
and Il IS not far distant when we shall have
but one Memorial Day for the Blue and the
Gray. when shall srTew flowers over our
heroes together as becomes Americans, burying
the last relic Of strife with the flowers we place
On the graves of the Union and Confederate
dead
Explaining the reason for inviting a Union
soldier to deliver the eulogy over the Confed-
crate dead. Major Owen said:
The Grand Army Of the Republic has honored
the Southland by inviting Senator Blackburn,
Of Kentucky, to speak at Grants tomb on Dec
GRAFTON Day. and We thought IT fit and in har-