Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06
Col. Cowan Speaks.

In addressing the gathering Col. Cowan
said: 1T is hard to control my emotions
when / recall this battlefield fifty years
ago.
"Picketts brave men were in full re-
treat and we were holding the ground in
the angle Beyond the Emmitsburg road
was thickly strewn with their dead and
wounded and our own.
over there on Cemetery Ridge stands
today an equestrian statue of Gen
George q. Meade. the great commander
of the Army OF the Potomac. facing
Seminary Ridge. Does he look for Hits
1U0O0 brave men and Picketts 5.OoU gal
liant Nirginians to return, or does he
look for the peerless leader of the south
ern army?
Gen Robert +. Lees life-like statue
mounted on his famous war horse Trav-
eler' viii soon be placed on the pedestal
already reared by Virginians on Semi
nary Ridge TO receive il. The forms OF
the two great commanders on the battle
field of Gettysburg will then stand fac
ing each other while time endures-
Marks High Tide of Peace.
Behind us little way in the clunp
of trees is monument which marks the
high tide of this battlefield. This grand
celebration of the fftieth anniversary Of
the battle of Gettysburg marks a high
tide OF peace between the north and the
south. which shall never recede while
Americans love liberty and the Union.
The corner stone of monument Will be
laid on Put-in-Bay Island in commemo-
ration of the centennial of Perry'S victory
over the British feet on Lake Erie.
such monuments possess an individual
value which cannot be measured by
what they cost. Teach the young Amer
leans to believe that and we can have
no fears for the future of our country.
Proposes Monument.
Should not a peace monument be
raised on this battlefield of Gettysburg;
a monument in commemoration of this
union between the soldiers who fought
for different principles and fought brave
~ from 1861 to 1865. by and through
which has been forever established that
this nation under God shall not perish
We should highly resolve TO do all
that in MS lies To influence the Congress
and the states 10 erect peace monu-
ment which shall be higher and grander
than any other now here or hereafter
erected or the battlefield of Gettysburg.
For Annual Meetings.
A number OF Union and Confederate
veterans met today and recommended the
forma ton of AN organization of soldiers
OF Doln sues 10 meet TIC
resolution to- this effect is signed by
prominent men who fought at Gettysburg,
| and is as follows:
ION the eve of our departure from
Gettysburg we who have been privileged
| to participate in the fifrieth anniversary
| OF the battle bear testimony TO the COM
plete success OF the reunion, and to the
rich blessings that have come 10 us as
/ individuals. and will surely flow in re-
| freshing streams to every portion of our
| reunited country: and that our fellow
| citizens OF all sections of our country
may know that friendship and good will
| have been completely restored between
| the surviving veterans OF the great war
/ we recommend the formation of or
ganiZation of the blue and the gray to
meet in national convention at least once
| each year tSigned). Ell Terrence. chair
| man Of national commission. G. a. r. /.
\ c. Irvine Walker. chairman United Con-
| federate Veterans: Gen Felix H. Robert
son OF Texas. Capt, William IL. Harries,
! Iron Brigade; Mai. John Bigelow COM
| mander 9th Massachusetts Battery
known as Bigelow's Battery: Col. Andrew
Cowan. Maj. John Il, Pirtle, Bates Di-
| vision, c. :. A..