The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-06-06
Tn5 PRESIDENT ON
SOUTHERN SOIL
Warmly aid Sincerely We'comei al
Portsmouth.
AN IMPOSING PARADE AND REVIEW.
Profound Patriotism Of the O.d Warriors
Who 0oee Wore the Gray and Followed
the Stars and Bsfs-Psihetie ineldents--
Monument Erected to the Memory Of De-
parted Members.

parted Members.
Portsmouth, Va. (SpeciaD Pres
ident Of the United States received at
the hands OF the citizens Of the historic
old city of Portsmouth Wednesday morn
ing real Virginia welcome, the'warmth
and sincerity OF which must have been
most gratifying to him.
Although he came to Portsmouth pr.
marily as the guest OF the Rear Admiral
sohn w. Philip Garrison, Army and
Navy Union, from the time he landed
from The palatial yacht Mayaower
aboard which he came from Washington.
until he again embarked aboard her for
the return journey, every citizen OF
Portsmouth and everyone of the
thousands who came here from Norfolk
and all the nearby and far away towns
felt that he was their guest whom they
delighted to honor.
Veterans of the Spanish American Wat
and of the Civil War-those who wore
the Uniform of the Union and those who
fought for the South were here, to well
come the Chief Magistrate.
| His stay in Portsmouth was full OF i'll
terest and OF incidents which thrilled
the patriotism OF the spectators-the
beautiful evidence everywhere seen of
the burial OF sectional strife and OF
undisguised admiration for the president
/ Of common country
Standing beneath the shadow of the
| Confederate monument, which keeps 81
lent vigil over the memories dear to
the South, within the rallied enclosure
/ which keeps secure this hallowed spot
/ from the tread OF impious footsteps
four disabled veterans Of the South stood
at attention as the ruler OF eighty mil
/ lions of their feliow-countrymen passed
by. Each veteran bore aoft proudly
with no hint of shame that the banner
was not another, the Stars and Stripes,
and as the President passed they salute
him gravely, with soldierly bearing,
which all the years that have passed since
they marched beneath the flags of that
other loved banner could not alter.
Soldiers of the South, there they stood
citizens now OF the United States, and
proud of it. Joshua DENLY. one Of the
vail - heroes of the Battle OF the
Crater; o. II. Edwards. who followed
Armstrong to the stonewall and saw his
commander in that charge of Pickett
shot down with his hand on the Federal
gun; Capt John H. Thompson. clad in
the old uniform coat ir which he sur
rendered at Apporattox, and in which
he received his parole, and Wilson B.
Lynch, one OF the surviving heroes of
the famous old Grimes Battery. which
Emerson led at Craney Island and Cap
tain Thompson command under Robert
l.. Lee, all wearing the gray uniform OF
the Confcderacy, they stood a guard of
honor at the monument while the line
halted and the Army and Navy Union
performed its beautiful annual custom
OF decorating with garlands the mont
ment to the Confederate dead
At the conclusion Of this brief, but
beautiful, incident, the President. with
his escort, continued his progress 20 the
Naval Hospital Park, beneath whose
sheltering pines sleep the. heroes OF the
| North and South.
There took place the simple ceremony
of unveling the monument erected TO
the memory of It's dead comrades BY Rear
Admiral John w. Philip Garrison, Army
and Navy onion
The ceremonies were brief, but inn
/ preSslVc. Klght KEY. a. van de NyNcr,
pronounced a fervent invocation. The
national commander of the Army and
Navy Union. J. Edwin Browne. Of
Washington, then introduced the Prcsi-
dent, who delivered the >ddress OF the
day.
At the conclusion Of his address the
President pulled the cord that held in
place the American flags draped over the
monument and they fell apart, disclosing
the beautiful shaft in the center of the
cemetery
There were short memorial services
according to the ritual OF the Army and
Navy Union, after which the bluej jackets
and marines fired salute at the monu-
ment. taps were sounded and the ccrc-
monies. except for the great review from
the front portico of the Naval Hospital,
were ended.
It is estimated that $1,000 people saw
the President The whole OF Norfolk,
Portsmouth, Berkeley and the suburban
towns turned out in his honor. To
these thousands were added hundreds
more who came by train and steamer
from other sections Of the state and from
North Carolina.