Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-06-05
Wearers of Blue and Grey
Fraternizing in National
Capital Today.
SONS ARE URGED
TO ANSWER CALL
Commander in Chief BaIwin of Sons
Of Veterans BespcakS Same Co.
operation and Inspiration Given
BY Women to Heroes OF 81.

Washington, June 4-Probably the
largest number Of Southerncrs ever
gathered in ally city north of the Po-
tomac is gathered in the capital to-
night
They include Confederate Veterans
| Sons of Veterans, Daughters OF the
COnfedcracy, sponsors, maids of hon
or, chaperons and thousands of visit
ors for the 9th annual reunion of the
| u. c. ", the first gathering of its
kind ever held outside of Confederate
territory.
Every train is swelling the throne
and today the city assumed an aspect
never before presented. The G. A. r
mingled with their old-time oppon-
ents and Spanish war veterans and
men now in training added a touch
of color unique in American history
An escort of G. A. r. greeted General
Harrison, commander-inch Of the
Confederate Veterans, today.
In the camp, the veterans are re
newing old acquaintance and Wash
| ington residents are swapping the
campground to assure the one-time
| "rebe1s' that they are now welcome at
| the goal which they so threatened a
| half century ago.
The first formal session will take
place tomorrow morning, with Col
| Hilary A. Herbert, former secretary
of the navy, presiding.
Memorial Association Meets.
The Confederate Southern Memoir
al association held it's first meeting
| today, with an address by Mrs. Cor
| della Oldenheimer, president general
of the U. D. c.
Ernest J. Baldwin, commander of
the Sons Of Veterans, expressed the
cope that the same loving inspiration
| and cooperation given by women OF
the South to the heroes Of '61 may be
given to the manhood of the new
South, that they may live true to the
| traditions of their forefathers and
with strength to meet the no less ar
| duCus duties of the hour.
TIE Sons Of Veteran held the'T
opening meeting tonight and Ernos'
j. Baldwin, comman ier-in-chief In
! calling on them to respond to the cal,
CT duty, declared:
J.
the precious heritage Of our fore
fathers did VIC not with single mind
ard 5. single voice answer the call
| that c: mes to us in this crucial rcr.-
cd of cur national history. 1t is q
call for a renewed spirit of patriotism
and warm cooperation with those
into whose hands we have committed
the welfare of our country"
DIR. Owens Address.
| In presenting the sponsors, matrons
and maids of honor and chaperOnes
at the opening session here tonigh
of the Reunion of Confederate Veter
ans and Sons of Veterans, DR.. Clar-
ence J. Owens, of Riverdale, Md, pas
command -in-chief Of the Sons
said the daughters of the South hal
come to inspire it's manhood Eat this
sacred shrine, to offer again life, for
tune and sacred honor for our com
mon country" They will point thei1
sons and brothers to the clear path O
duty in defense Of the national honor
eve stand here today and reverence
the men of fifty years ago." DR.
Owens said. "Will our sons stand her,
fifty years hence and reverence us
Our obligations, based upon the glor,
of the past, involve not only thu
present, but the future. It is incum
bent upon us to transmit to posterit
conditions conspicuous for thei
equity, their commercial integrity ant
their political purity. AS our father
rushed into the hurting storm o
shot and shell we must rush into tn
opening channel Of fresh opportunity
eve live in fateful hour in tn
history of the world. Autocracy an
Mohammedanism are making thei
last stand before the triumphan
march of Democracy and Christian
ity.
americas part in this suprem
contest is sublime In its challenge t
the manhood and womanhood of tn
western world. That for which W
now struggle was the morning sta
of hope in the breast OF washington
the shrine at which met Jefferson
Madison and Monroe: the goal sough
: for at this hour by the commandment
chief of our army and navy, son O
the South, now citizen of the kine
dom of Man, a sturdy and sterlin
patriot, Woodrow Wilson, the Pres
dent of the United States.
1.-THE South is ready to give 1t
blood and it's treasure. The sons {
the South will be found deep in tn
| first line of defense on the battl
II front, with the Stars and Stripes b
land and by sea. In piedging alleg
ance to Old Glory we are not untru