The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-20
THE VETERANS BAZAAR.
SPEECHES BY COLONEL KING
 AND COLONEL OWEN.

Another Record Crowd fin Attendance
 at the ArmOry Last Night-GeneraI
 F. S. Greeley Introduced Two Emi-
 nent Veterans of the Blue and Inc
 Gray-What They Said.
 Another record attendance was pres ent at the armory last night to wei come the representatives of the Blue and Gray. After being escorted to the platform General E. s. Greeley intro duced the distinguished guests. Gen eral E. S, Greeley in opening the pro- ceedings said: MT. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen: By the courtesy of your chairman l am honored with the privilege of presenting another guest of the evening who wore the blue and served with distinction in the union army and whose services were acknowl- edged by the bestowal of two Erevets for faithful and meritorious service. So that tonight we observe the blue and gray standing together on the same platform under the shadow of the stars and stripes. It gives me great pleasure to present to you Colonel Ho- ratio c. King, president of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, and Col onel Owen of the confederate army (Applause).
 Colonel Owen, who was received with great applause, spoke as follows,
 MT Chairman, ladies and gentlemen and comrades:
 AS commander of the. Confederate Veterans camp of New York and or behalf of the camp, I thank you foi this kindly reception to me as repre-. senting your now cordial friends. The world does not stand still, and we move with 1t. The ranks are thinning anc 1 the time must come when no one will be left of those who wore the blue ant the gray to tell the tale. There mus be one at the last-and be he one wht followed the glorious victor-Grant-ol ] one who laid down his arms with tho conquered soldier = Lee, his requiem will be sung by the sons and daughters | of those who followed either flag. | is more than kindly, your greeting, ant l to one accustomed in early days to tho tender caresses of loved ones in my sunny southland, but inured by hard ships and toll and accustomed to bear | ing arms in the bitter struggles fol existence, a greeting like this makes amends for many weary hour, and l
 carries me back to days when thu mocking bird made the night full 0
 melody, and the magnolia groves per | funed the aid--while lovely women then, as now here tonight, were th
 angels of happiness that made us be
 lieve with St Paul that Hove is thu fulfilling of the law"
 To you, comrades of the Grand Arm.
 of the Republic, I give my most heart 1 felt thanks, and grasping the hand O l friendship here extended and with yo,
 standing before the altar of our eoun ! try, I pledge my fealty, my honor an, my life. We have met on many a bat 1 tlefeld and you grandly did our dut,
 as you saw it, and so also did we O
 the south. An now it is a matter o
 great rejoicing that the embittered feel 1 inss of 1S61-65 have all died ava,
 among those who met in battle and l practical proof that the country is full, reunited and all sections cheerfully rec
 ognize only one flag, wsa shown by tn fact that when the tocsin of war wa
 sounded throughout the land a feV
 years since calling upon her sons t enlist under the flag in defence of tn honor of our country, no men nor splendidly answered the call to arm than the sons of old confederate veter
 ans. and while no southern regimen had an opportunity to go into battle vet we gave you our Bagley of Nort Carolina, the first man killed in tn
 war; General Fitzhugh Lee and Gen eral Joseph Wheeler.
 To you vetearns of the Spanish wa l let me greet you as worthy sons c 1 worthy sires, for you have won an
 worn your honors fairly; and last, bu never least. last only because we wis l always to reserve the sweetest morse for the last, ladies, words fail me whe
 I would speak of you. Spartan wome are quoted to us; Niobe weeping owe her slain children; the Gracchi mothe showing her jewels; Charlotte Corda I and Joan of Arc; history teens wit 1 the records of bravery, honor and self