Evening journal., 1912-12-20
Senator dupont One of 33 in Senate and
House Who Have Faced Battle Fire

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 20-More
potent than ali the talk about the
union Of the North and South, than
reunions between Union and Confed-
crate veterans is the fact that in the
Senate of the United States there are
five men who wore the gray and three
who wore the blue in the House OF
Representatives seven who wore the
gray and four who wore the blue and
in the House fourteen men. some from
the North and some from the South
who served under the Stars and
Stripes in the war with Spain
Side by side these nineteen veterans
OF the Civil War, who fought on op-.
posite sides in the great struggle, and
many Of whom were wounded, not
once. but many times, work diligently
to transact the vast business of a re-
united nation, and with them work the
fourteen younger men who saw SER
vice IN the FIRST American war to fol-
low the struggle of the sixties. Al
together there are 33 men in the SEN
ate and House who have been to war.
Life Stories Read Like History.
The life stories Of some of these
men who fought in the Civil War for
the cause each though right read like
history OF that mighty struggle. One
or the other of them was in almost
every important battle OF the war. and
some of them served on opposite sides
in the same battles. Then they cross
ed swords across the trenches; now
they lock iptcllects across the com
mittee table.
The Senator's who fought for the
Confedracy are Senator Bankhead,
of Alabama: Senator Bacon, of
Georgia, now acting as pre- ding Off
Ger over the Senate; Sen o. Thorn
ton. Of Louisiana, and Senator Martin,
of Virginia
The Senators who upheld the cause
of the Union are Senator Henry A.
DUPONT. of Delaware, who has a
magnificent war record behind him (;
Senate knute Nelson, of Minnesota,
and Senator Warren, of Wyoming II
is perhaps significant that there are
more men i'm the Senate today who
opposed the Union than there are men
who upheld It, It is an indication
of how completely the two sections
are united
I'm the House the men who were
Confederate soldiers are Representa-
tive Taylor. Of Alabama: Richardson
of Alabama: Rucker. of Colorado
Estopinal of louisiana; Talbot. of
Maryland; Stedman, of North Caro-
lima, and Lamb, of Virginia. Those
who were Union soldiers are Repre-
sentatives Thistlewood. of Illinois
Bradley. OF New York; Sherwood. OF
Ohio. and Senator Bradley, OF Ken
lucky.
Spanish War Veterans.
The members of the House who
bore arms in the Spanish-merican
war. or IN the Philippines later are
Representatives HobsOn. of Alabama,
the hero of the Merrimac," Oldheld,
of Arkansas stephens. Of California
Tilson. of Connecticut: Howard, of
Georgia: Stone. of Illinois: Butler
Ames. OF Massachusetts Weeks, OF
Massachusetts; HumDhries of Missis-
sippi: Curry. OF New Mexico: Har-
rison. of New York; Crago, Of Penn
sylvania: Sells. OF Tennessee, and
Greene, of Vermont. Practically every
section Of the country is represented
in this list
Senators Bankhead and Johnston
OF Alabama. both fought in the Con-
federate army during the entire war
Senator Bankhead was wounded three
times, and Sepator Johnston. who
rose from private to captain during
the struggle. sustained four wounds
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, also served
throughout the war, acting as adj
jutant of the Ninth Georgia regiment
and later as captain Senator Thorn
ton left the louisiana University to
go to war. and was in the army all
during the struggle Senator Martin
was a cadet at the Virginia Military
Academy, and went to battle with the
rest of the brigade of cadets
Representative Taylor, of Alabama
entered the Conferate army when Is
years old, and served as a courier all
during the struggle while Mr Rich