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concluded. But Col. Herbert as mas
ter Of ceremonies surprised the
throng of spectators by calling up
Corporal James Tanner of the Grand
Army of the Republic for the final
word from the North to the South.
Leaning heavily on his stick, Cor
poral Tanner raised his hands over
the crowd and pleaded for the ulti-
mate elimination of sectional feel
ing.
For True Community.
ITO you of the younger genera
ton, he said, turning to the Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy crowded about
81 appeal for the establishment of
true community of the feeling be-
tween the North and the South. You
can form no conception of the COM
munity of feeling that exists between
the old Johnny Reb and the old time
Yank"
From the little group of old men in
faded gray who swung their tattered
stars and bars over the new laid cor
nerstone a shrill Rebel yell" arose,
and from then on the talk of Cor
poral Tanner was punctuated with
cheers. He was interrupted with a
round of applause when he claimed
Virginia as his graveyard"
For" he explained, IL was mus
tered out of the Union army at the
second Bull Run by Stonewall Jack
sons artillery" and, resting his stick
against the table before him, the old
soldier waved his trembling hands at
the Southern veterans below.
Crowd Sees Exercises.
A great crowd of spectators covered
the studded lawn of the Con-
federate section of the cemetery
about the site of the new monument.
Hundreds of members of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy wear
ing their red and white ribbons sur
rounded the stand where sat the Con-
federate veterans and group of
aged women in sombre black. widows
Of Confederate dead. Col. Herbert,
Mr.. Bryan and the officers of United
Daughters of the Confederacy were
seated on the platform.
Col. Herbert in his address rejoiced
at the unification of the country,
North and South, and reviewed at
length the causes and events OF the
d..
Era Of Justice.
THE present" he said, is the era
not only of honor to the dead, but of
justice to the motives and patriotism
of both Union and Confederate SOL
liers"
Mr. Bryan plaised the work of the
Daughters of the Confedcracy in
erecting the monument and lauded
the spirit that prompted North and
South to join in healing wounds caus-
ed by the war.
Let this monument" he said. "be
enbelmatic of our nations Unity OF
| aim and purpose. Standing on the
line that once sorrounded the two
unfriendly sections, it becomes a
bond Of unity and breathing the spiEit
Of Him who LAID the foundations of a
universal brotherhood, it will be to the
country a promise of never ending
good will"
About tho cornerstone as it was
lowered into place stood Col. Herbert
Mrs. Frank G. Odenheimer, first vice
president of the Daughters OF the
Confederasy; Corporal Tanner and
Miss Mary Lee, daughter OF the
Southern commander in chief. Robert
E. Lee.
The Hon0red Dead.
The monument will stand in the
center of the Confederate section OF
the cemetery. among the graves OF
the Confederate soldiers brought
there from the little out-of- the-way
sraveyards and prison cemeteries
throughout the country. The bodies
were brought under an act OF con.
eress passed some years ago, setting
| aside plot in Arlington for the bu-
"'al Of Confederate so:diers. Wher
President Taft was secretary of wal
hn granted 10 tho niotrict of CnI,,y, n;