New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-04

versity Of West Virginia, and Is now
retired on a Carnegie pension, accepted
the flag in behalf OF his comrades.
They loved that flag, he said, and would
remain faithful to ii unto death.
The climax Of the reunion came when
/. K. Tibben, OF Frankfort, Penn, VINO
belonged to Company G, list Pennsyl-
vania. and William II. Turpin, of the
sd Virginia. embraced while the whole
crowd looked OIL and applauded. These
two old chaps were dressed in the uni
forms they wore on the day of the
! fight. Tibben had on his old blue coat
and trousers, his blue forage cap with
it's white clover leaf above the visor
and a knapsack and a roll bearing his
initials and the number Of his resi-
ment.
Turpin wore the oldest, most faded
gray coat in the world tied together
with soiled cotton strips in lieu Of but
tons. A tattered campaign hat crowned
his gray brown head. and his feet were
bandaged in old burlap, in strips Of
cotton and In parts OF old socks His
outfit gave one a sudden and vivid re-
alization of the restitution as well as
the desperation attending Confederate
campaigns.
AS the perspiration streamed down
their faces in a vain attempt to wipe
away their smiles some one asked them
if it was as hot here fifty years ago,
and they both agreed that it was hot
! ter. This again seemed to shed a sud
den light on the inferno Of that fight,
I'm not half as scarf to-day. either"
remarked Turpin. And they amt
agoin' to get my 'baccy."
| Tonight a body Of Virginians. led
! by General Johnson, preceded by the
/ Richmond band, marched across the
valley TO General Ligget's tent There
General Johnson formally thanked the
encampment commander and Major
| Normoyle for the hospitality shown.
Governors Day Exercises.
| bONeTHOTS LAY III inc uS lSHt
was great success. The Enclosure
was crowded with thousands Of
cheering veterans. Patriotism and love
Of country were the keynotes Of the
speeches. Interest was added to the
occasion by the presence Of a Con-
gressional committee of twenty-one
! Representatives and nine Senators.
who came here this afternoon from
Washington, headed by Vice President
Marshall and Speaker Champ Clark.
one practical suggestion came from
! the meeting. Governor Cox Of Ohio
in the course Of his address urged that
the National Soldiers Home at john
son City, Tenn. be turned over TO the
Confederates for use as a home for the
veterans who fought under the South
ern flag. The audience expressed its
approval Of the suggestion by tremen-
dous applause.
Vice. President Marshall was the first
! speaker. His address was in the nat
ure of a Fourth OF July grafton. He
said in part:
1T would be vain to speak Of right
or wrong on this occasion. This cele-
bration could happen only in America.
Nowhere else in the world could men
who fought as bitter foes fifty years
ago meet and clasp hands in brotherly
love as they are doing here to-day.
This occasion wipes out the last of the
Mason and Dixon line. AS Bob Tay-
lor once said. There is now no differ
ence between the North and the South
except cold bread and hot biscuit
Speaker Clark made his usual hit
with the audience. He commended the
sentiment of Mr.. Marshall that only
in America could there be witnessed
the scene OF once bitter foes clasping
hands in brotherly love fifty years af-
| ter they had fought each other, and he
recalled that 1T took England 80
years to get around TO the point Of
erecting a statue to its great prince,
oliver Cromwell"
The valor displayed in the war;" he
fervently declared, was not Northern
vaor: it was not Southern valor; but
| thank Almighty God it was American
valor The greatest thing Of all is to
be an American citizen"