Evening star., 1917-06-03

Men who fought with the Union
forces during the civil war are to ex-
tend a royal welcome to those who wore
tho gray" during that great struggle
at a reception and concert to Confed-
crate Veterans to be held in the court Of
the pension bureau at $3.50 o'clock the
afternoon of June s. Commissioner OF
Pensions Gaylord M. Saltzgaber. vet
| eran of Company I, Sd Ohio Volunteer
Cavalry, who has taken an active part
in arranging the reception, in extend
ing an invitation to Confederate Vet
Grams to attend said:
I'VE give a most cordial welcome to
Iex-Confederate veterans. If Mr.. Lincoln
were here. he would be the foremost of
those to voice our common citizenship.
1t was he who said: We are not enc
mics, but friends. We must not be
enemies. Though passion may have
of affection
Your gray uniforms are suggestive
Of the throes of the republic and OF
mortal strife while the Union was be-
that terrible war was to restore the
Union, and let us hope and believe that
1t was not only to restore the union
Of the states, but to restore the union
of hands and the union of hearts for
ever.
EOu2nC 1Of COnV1CI1OuS.
"You have come up out of great
tribulation. You asserted the courage
of your convictions and maintained
your position by force of arms until
further resistance became useless. The
desire of Lincoln was satisfied; the
Union was restored. and we bid you all
hail to the splendid capital of glorious
reunited nation-your nation and our
nation.
ssTbare NAV be aone who still enter
tain the heat and glow of the fires Of
the civil war. but the good citizen OF
the republic is that one who does not
live on hatred. malice or III viii. but
ception that we are all brethren de-
voted to common political purpose
in the endeavoy to maintain liberty,
equality and fraternity.
"EX-ConfederateS are welcome to the
very best that there is In the house,
hold of the nation; not as the return
ing prodigal son, but as one who. by
the reason Of the baptism Of fire dur
aegis Of the American eagle and has
the right to claim protection under the
ample folds Of the Star Spangled Ban
ner II we do not demonstrate our
brotherly regard by the vehemence OF
our acclaim. you can still rest assured
of its genuineness, depth and fullness.
We are one people. with one hope and
one destiny. So long as the question
of the right of a state to secede was
unsettled. the nation could not arrive
at the fruition Of its imperial destiny.
but now there Is no blot upon our
escutcheon. no impediment TO the ma
tion's glory. Arm to arm ana heart to
heart. we move forward with you In
the great march OF American ciViii1a'
~. Union veteran, who. like you, ex-
perienced more than half century ago
the rendezvous. the march. the bivouac.
nd nnSatiSHed.
battle. the suffering. sadness and woe
then your adversary. now your
friend. express the hope that the pres
ent occasion may bring you unalloyed
happiness"
Corp. Tanner to Welcome Visitors.
Corn lanes Tanner, prominent in G.
A. r. circles, is to make an address of
welcome to the veterans. and Col. Rob
ert E. Lee, jr., is to respond In their
behalf. Music Is to be furnished by the
Henry A. Beach. veteran Of Company
G. 18th New York Infantry, and known
as "the poet of the pension bureau.
has written the following poem Of well
come for the occasion:
| with pleasure I greet you as comrades today,
You men from the Southland who once wore the
rner. are, are some things, perhaps. that we ought
Blu. we e ali must remember those times when
when we we met face to face. when We met breast
And m ssed the ordeal Of wars nery test.
| Midst rattling Of shot and bursting of shell
We learned on those fields war IL hell.
Blu. you gave Us as good as we gave. blow for
| And each foeman soon gained some respect for
And we ali Of us felt the wars terrible cost.
Roth the army that won and the army that lost.
| Through everGlade. swamp and on red battle
Many heroes went forth who came not again;
Vacant chairs at the hresides. far sadder than
! Told the sorrows that followed the clashing of
But brotheriy love nov unites heart to heart.
With the sword and the bayonet once thrust
And where hatred once reisned now friendship
| And we clasp hands a. brothers. the Blue and
the Gray.
| The North and the South in our trouble with
Spain
! And now. my dear comrades, we welcome you
May you have = good time and the best Of good
You sought to take Washington long years aso,
| We were not then quite ready. and would not
have 1t so:
/ But now, II you want IT. just take it along,
| Take it in picture and take it in song.
| Take in its beauty and long may II Ill
Your hearts with the PLEASURE of memorys thrill:
Take all our parks, take all that you see;
! The city is yours and We hand you the key.
| Not only the city. its spires and its domes.
| And now there is thing more would say,
| As we stand here together, the Blue and the
Their. are battles a. hand we together must fight.