Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-11
Ffatenlze With Wearers of Gray
on That Scene of Two
Bloody Battles.
EXTENDS A WELCOME
Governor Montague Prevented From
Attending by llIness-eeneral Hora.
ito c. King Makes Feeling Response.
Rev. Newell Dwish. Hills Orator
of the occasion-onicers Elected.


NBy Associated Prcss.)
MANASSAS. VA, May lO.-A camp.
fire at Nicpl Hall tonight. In which
the veterans of the Society Of The
Nrmv of tie Potomac fraterniZed with
their wartime foes. terminated the
first days session of the tkirty-sixtl.
annual reunion of the society.
Tho citizens of Manassas %cooperated
with The visitors to make the gather
ing Il distinct success. The various
organizations in the city were we'll rep.
resented III the interesting exercises
hat characterized the days proceed.
ings.
General Daniel T.. Sickles General
job" c. Black ana Corporal Tanner.
mad" informal addresses expressing
gratitude for q united country. Th.
principal exercises of the day werc
conducted in the courthouse. n relic
OF war time. Representative Rixey
of Virginia. delivered an address of
welcomc on hnlalf of the State of
Virginia. in the absence Of Governor
Montague, WHO WAS prevented by i'll.
ness from attending, General IIoratio
~. King responded, snying in part:
General Kings Address.
i speak the sentiment of all the
members present, and indeed of the
whole Society. in saying that VIC are
and all others will be most deeply af.
footed by your generous words of wei
ON Tho c and The occasion are
indeed unique. Forty years ago these
fertile fields. brilliant with the verlurc
o. summer, nowhere more beautiful
Than in this noble State echoed 10 the
tread of vast battalions returning
homeward; gallant men who less than
a n}cnth before stood in hostile array
i'll presence of believing muskets and
smoking cannon served by as brave
partlSans as ever responded 10 the
call to arms. That the war was des.
p":atc and prolonged was due to The
nativity anil like temperament Of tn,
comhhtants. When the great orator
and divine Henry Ward BeecIler was
III Europe. he was severely chaffcd by
an Enslishman because Of the Nortn's
freIucnt rcvcrscs in the great war then
i'll progress. Mr.. Beccher. q little not.
tied. replied. 'Ah. my friend. pleasn
bear in mind that we are not fighting
Ehsllshmen: we are fighting Amcri-
rans' So the magniGcen. valor exhill.
ite'l on both sides in that unparalleled
conflict is a common heritage of which
all Americans are proud. We were
brothers then, simply estranged for n
Willie by a difference Of opinion on
constitutional questions, ard We are
lenfold closer brothers now that these
questions have been settled by the ar.
bi'ramcnt of war, and settled forever
Spirits of the Dead Look Or.
TT is the comforting belief of nan
That tho disembcdied spirits of The
dead return to earth and hover over
The scenes familiar to them in their
9 arihly experience.
May VIC not imagine that The emha..
He'd hosts who met in sanguinary con.
ilfct here now look upon this gathering
with emotions of gratitude and 10y? In
our minis eye / behold the phantom
spcclers of Blue and Gray. linked arn.
In ann. march in review. There Is M
din Of war. but a joyful uplift of thank.
flilness for peace and a restored Union.
And IN command supreme DER all
March Grant and Lee. and at their
side
Tile martyreh Lincoln. Mt whose call
unnumbered thousands fought and
dicu.'
For the welcome you have extended
10 us, words arc inadequate to OK.
press my thanks.
ITO Your executive committee, who
have given so literally of their time
and energy. to the citizens who have
responded with such alacrity to your
anneals. I car. only say that nj! have
given another and noble exposition of
That Virginia hospitality which Ia
Known throughout the world"