Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-08

QelRnt 10 serve, ana lndl ne WIN
challenges the rights and princi-
Piles of the United States chal-
lenges the united strength and de-
votion of a nation.
know WHAT WAR MEANS.
There are not many things that
one desires about war, my fellow
citizens, but you have come through
war, you know how you have been
chastened by ii, and there comes a
time when il is good for a nation
20 know that ii must sacrifice if
need be everything that il has to
vondicate the principles which ii
processes. We have prospered with
a sort of needless and irresponsible
prosperity. Now we are going to
lay all our wealth, If necessary, and
spend all our blood, if need be, to
show that we were not accumulat-
ing that wealth selfshly, but were
accommodating il for the service OF
mankind.
Men all over the world have
thought of the United States as
trading and money-getting people,
whereas, we who have lived at home
know the ideals with which the
hearts of this people have thrilled;
we know the sober convictions
which have lain at the basis of our
life all the time. and we know the
power and devotion which can be
spent in heroic ways for the serv-
ice of those ideals that we have
treasured. We have been allowed
to become strong in the providence
Of God that our strength might be
used to prove. not our selfshness,
but our greatness. and If there is
a
day like this, I am thankful for the
privilege of self-sacrifice, which is
the only privilege that lends dig
nifty to the human spirit.
And so IT seems to me that we
may regard this as a very happy
day, because a day of reunion, a
day of noble memories, day or
dedication. a day of the renewal OF
the spirit which has made America
great among the peoples or the
world.
AID REGISTRATION.
The former "Rebs" who fought 81
hard against Uncle Sam half century
ago, today did all in their power tt
make registration day a thrilling even
IN Washington. Little squads of then
marched up Pennsylvania avenue from
The railroad station behind bands play
ng Dixie" and Yankee Doodle" anc
the men who followed Lee and jackson
,heered the "Yank" battle music witt
IS much enthusiasm as they shouted fol
their own.
Thousands of veterans gathered il
he arcade today 10 hear President Will
sons second speech to the men wht
fought for the lost cause" With the
in full swing. the delegates
still swarmed into Washington. Tents
erected for them near Union Station
plaza overlooked. Beds were at a pre-
MUM. An appeal was issued for every
resident to throw open his house t.
them. Many slept on floors last nigh,
with their battered hand satchels fol
pillows. Tonight the veterans" will
lance the old-fashioned steps at three
balls to be given in their honor.
Colonel Hilary A. Herbert, of Ala
1ama. former secretary of the navy anC
grand marshal of the reunion, pre-
idsd a. the meeting today. Pres.
dent Wilson was to make an ad.
ress and welcoming speeches were
o be delivered by Robert N. Har-
per, chairman of the citizens commit
Zee; Louis Brownlow, one of the Dis
.rict of Columbia commissioners; Cap
.ain Fred Beall, commander of thu
camp, u. e. ", and James
Tanner, former commander of the G
A. r.
General George p. Harrison, com
nander in chief was to make the re
5ponse.
The soldiers of Dixie displayed thell
interest in registration day by the i'm
1romptu gathering in groups where pa
.riotic airs predominated. They were
I'D bright and early to see the men Of
he younger generation enrolling fol
service in the war against Germany :.
The talk under the big tents on the
,apitol plaza where the veterans are
is divided between th'
memories of more than a half cen
Jury ago and the present conflict, anC
he men from the south felt again th'
stirring call to arms which swept then
nto the battle line in the sixties.
Mingled with the familiar gray IL
he drab uniform of the survivors o.
hose who followed General Nathan b
Forrest, the noted cavalry leader. They
are scattered through several of the
southern states. but they always ge
together for impromptu gatherings a
Zach reunion.
A group of daughters of the confed
eracy clad in gray jackets, formed
pleasing figure among sponsors anC
maids of honor and the other womer
Of the south.
Veterans arriving I'm large numbers
oday swamped officials at the union
station, where they are registered by
states on arrival and an extra force had
% be called on to expedite the work
Every cot in the big tents was filled and
nearby buildings were utilized to house
he late arrivals.
Several of the Confederate camps are
bringing their battle-scarred flags
which they will carry in the parade or
Thursday. That to be carried by the
artillery of New Orleans
was presented to them by the women OF
hat city in 1916, and saw service in
he Mexican, Civil and Spanish-Ameri-
,an wars and was sent to the border
Of the many interesting figures at the
camp is j. II. Vernon, of the Eighteenth
Virginia infantry, who was in Pickett's
famous charge at Gettysburg.
IF l were ten years younger l would
be on the battle line in France" de-
,lared the Virginian.
Judge Edgar Scurry, of Wichita Falls
Tex. was accompanied by a bevy OF
pretty sponsors and maids Of honor
whom he calls "prides of the prairie"
Many veterans have, called to pay
their respects to Mrs. Ella X. Newsome
who was a nurse and matron in south
,rn hospitals at memphis, Bowling