Evening star., 1915-01-08
PEACE CENTENARY
|SBE|NC OBSERVED
Andrew Jackson Triumphed
Over British 100 Years
Ago Today.
new ORLEANS HOLDING
THREE-DAY CELEBRATION
Representatives of King of England
and President Wilson Greet
Each Other.

NEW ORLEANS. January String a
salute of twenty-one guns at exactly
100 years after the last armed con-
flict between English-speaking people
marked the opening here today Of three
days of celebrating the centenary Of
peace between Great Britain and the
United States. Historians say that the
battle of Chalmette, in which Andrew
Jackson triumphed over the British,
ended at $40 am. January 8, 1915. and
the salute today was timed to end at
500 o'clock.
Prominent among the many ceremo-
MES planned for the day was a formal
greeting between Andrew ]. Peters, as
sistant secretary of the Treasury and
President Wilson's personal representa-
tive. and H. T. Carew-Hunt, British
consul her and especially appointed en-
voy of the King of England. Gold re-
productions of the medal authorized by
Congress and presented to Andrew
Jackson were stamped for each repre-
sentative.
Seventh Infantry Present.
The 7th United States Infantry, which
organization formed a part of Jack
That regiment, with detachments Of
artillery and cavalry. is under COM
mand of Maj. Gen. ]. Franklin Bell.
while sailors participating are COM
manded by Rear Admiral Mclean.
After the international greetings
preparations were made for unveiling
a monument to Gen. Jackson. 1t stands
on the spot that Jackson had his stand
ard during the battle of Chalmette.
The same drum used by one of Jack
sons commands was loaned by the
Louisiana Historical Society to beat
the long rolf calling the soldiers and
sailors to maneuverS.
Prominent peace advocates of Can
ada and the United States are here and
many features of the three-day pro-
gram are planned at sites and in build
dents of hundred years or more ago.
Miniature Battle Fought.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, January Sin
celebration of the centennial anniver-
sary of Gen. Andrew Jackson's great
victory over the British under Paken-
ham, Nashville today staged a minia-
ture battle of New Orleans. From be-
hind breastworks constructed of cotton
bales on Capitol boulevard uniformed
Confederate veterans played the part
of "OId Hickory's" men, resisting an
attack by state guard troops.
Other features on the Jackson day
program were big parade in which
civic, patriotic, commercial and mill
tary organizations Joined; exercises at
the Jackson statue on Capitol Hill, the
statue being hung with laurel wreaths,
and the planting Of a hickory tree in
Centennial Park. The annual banquet
of the Andrew Jackson Memorial As
sociation and the ball of the Ladies'
Hermitage Association occur this even
ing. The day has been proclaimed as
holiday here.
Louisiana's invitation to Congress to
attend the centennial of Jackson's VIC
tory at Chalmette was acknowledged in
the House today by the adoption of a
resolution similar to one that passed
the Senate yesterday. 1t read:
That the Congress of the United
States commends the patriotic spirit
that has prompted the people of Louis
lana to celebrate properly the great
victory achieved on the field of Chal-
mette by American arms under the
leadership of Andrew Jackson, and re-
joices in the heroic valor displayed by
friend and foe alike in that memora BILE
conflict.
Representative Dupre addressed the
House in commemoration of the battle.
and described the New Orleans celebra-
tion.