Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-06-13
VETERANS HONOR THEIR DEAD.
10000 Are Present, With Probably
100000 Visitors.

Washington June 6.-The annual
memorial exercises for the soldier
dead, feature Of every reunion, was
held to-day by the Confederate vete-
rams, assisted by the Sons of Vete-
rams and Daughters Of the Confede-
racy, in the Confederate section of
Arlington at the foot of the monu-
ment raised to the dead of the South
by its women Of the South. Thou
sands crowded the grounds and heard
the eulogies pronounced on those who
died for the Lost Cause. Flowers
were strewn upon the graves, special
wreaths being placed at the tomb Of
the unknown dead.
Bishop Collins Benny, of Rich
mond, Va, paid a tribute to the wo-
men Of the South, through whose
efforts the memorial shaft was erect
| ed, and to the generosity Of the North
In so readily granting the request for
the placing of the statue in Arlington,
declaring: "It is here by consent of
the nation, by the act of your former
foes. These men met your petition
for the warrant to honor your dead
not with challenge to a contest in a
forum or in guild, not with the sting
of the taunting conqueror, but with
knightliness as honorable to them
as it was generous to YOU"
Expressing che gratitude OF the
South for the action of their former
foes, Bishop Denny said: "The South
will not stint her appreciation nor
her praise Emphasizing the spirit
of fraternity and unity existing now
between the two sections, Bishop
Denny declared that "this monument
is the seal of a fraternal union. Now,
not simply does the blue touch the
gray-the two are interviewer. Amer
lea is united"
The young men of to-day, he said,
will remember the heroism Of their
fathers and stand ready to sacrifice
their all for the Stars and Stripes.
The roll Of honor of United Con-
federate Veterans was read by Adjt.
Gen. VIM. T.. Mickle.
display OF human flag on the
| Washington monument grounds by
2,200 school children under the aus
pices Of the Southern Society drew a
large crowd OF veterans.
Survivors Of the famous Mosby
raiders held Il meeting to-day, formed
a permanent organization and ~
ed to the Union Station plaza. where
the veterans are encamped. IS
Veterans and visitors continued to
come in to-day, and estimates were
made placing the number Of veterans
in attendance at 10000 and the num-
Der Of visitors at 100000, nearly
double the size Of the first estimates.
Over 5000 veterans were registered
at the union station and more than
1000 badges distributed Over A.
500 OF the old soldiers are being fed
at each meal and they are accommo-
dated in shifts Of As minutes. Build
ings are being rented and cots placed
to take care of the overflow and
many citizens are throwing open
their homes.
| Arthur Pope Murray, who was a
member OF Hampers Battery of AL
exandria, Va, walked to Washington
from his home in Atlanta for the re-
union.
Harrison Again Heads Veterans.
| Washington, June 1.-THE Con-
federate Veterans reelected Gen.
Geo. p. Harrison, of Opelika, Ala,
| commander-in-chief, and selected
| Tulsa, Okla, as the place for the
| 1918 meeting late to-day, after
marching up Pennsylvania avenue to
the martial strains Of "Dixie" and
passing in review before President
Wilson and Vice President Marshall.
Escorted by Union soldiers and fol-
| lowed by United States regulars, ma
tonal guardsmen. cadets from the
Virginia Military Institute and the
Washington high school, the hosts of
the South paraded in triumph
through the streets of the capital to
| the accompanying cheers of the thou
| sands Of spectators who stood on the
| sidewalks and occupied all places of
vantage along the line of march.
Despite the tremendous crowd
which viewed the parade and
the number OF veterans In line, the
only accident reported was that re-
| ceived by Gen. Jas. Dinkins, Of LOU