Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-07
VETERANS MARCH
IN LONG PARADE
BEFORE WILSON

WASHINGTON, D. c., June THE
climax of the Confederate reunion came
today when thousands of old soldiers
r'arched up Pennsylvania avenue, es =
corted by a command of their former
foes, and cheered by hundreds of thous
ands of visitors, to the presidents re-
viewing stand. After the parade the
veterans will elect new officers and Sc
lect next years reunion city. Only
Tulsa, oklahoma, SO far, has formally
extended an invitation.
The annual memorial exercises for
the soldier dead, feature Of every
reunion, was held late yesterday by
the Confederate veterans assisted by
Sons of Veterans and Daughters of the
Confederacy in the Confederate section
of Arlington, at the foot of the monu-
ment raised to Dixies' dead by the wo-
nIen of the South. Thousands crowded
the grounds and heard the eulogies
OlI InOOC VIM UlSu AOA 49,
Lost Cause Flowers were strewn on
the graves. special wreaths being plac-
Cd at the tomb of the unknown dead.
Bishop Collins Denny, of Richmond
Va, paid tribute to the women OF
TIE South, through whose efforts tae
memorial shaft was erected 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,
Nv the act of your former foes. These
men met your petition for the warrant
tc honor your dead not with a chai-
Iepge to a contest in the forum or III
guild, not with the sting of the taunt-
ing conaueroF, but with q knightliness
as honorable to them es it was gen
e-ous to you"
Expressing the gratitude of the
South for the action of their forme"
foes, Bishop Denny said:
'"The South will not stint her appre-
cation nor her praise" Emphasizing
the spirit of fraternity and unity exist
ing now between the two sections,
Bishop Denny declared that this mon
ument is the seal of fraternal union
Now, not simply does the blue touch
tie gray, the two are interviewer.
America is united. The young men OF
todav 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 Confde
crate veterans was read by Adjt.-Gen.
William E. Mickle.
A display of a human flag on the
Washington monument grounds by e.
200 school children under the auspices
Of the Sahthern society drew a large
crowd of veterans.
Survivors of the famous Mosby raii'
ers held a meeting yesterday after
neon. formed a permanent organization
and marched to the Union Station
,1aza where the veterans are en-
camped
Veterans and visitors continued to
come in today and estimates were
made placing the number OF veterans
in attendance at 10000 and the number
Of visitors at 100000, nearly double the
size of pre-reunion estimates. over
q6Oo veterans were registered at the
Tnion station, and more than 1oo9
BADGES we're distributed. over 4,50O Of
,bo old soldiers are being fed at each
meal and they are accommodated Ill
ebifts of forty-five minutes. Buildings
70 being rented and cots placed to
care of the overflow and many
citizens are throwing open their homes.
Arthur Pope Murray, who was d
,rember Of Kemper's Battery, of Alex
apdria Va. walked to Washington
f.ox, his home in Atlanta for the re
union.
The veterans are looking forward 10
.ba climax of the reunion, the parade
up pennsylvania avenue late today and n,
Nv the white house, where they wiz
bo reviewed by President Wilson and
Vice President Marshall. A detach-
,,ept from the local post of the 6. ~
p will act as escort for General HaF
leon the commander-in-chief of the
1onfederates. Local national guara
organizations and the young men train
ing for officers in the Fort Myer camp
.Iso will be in line.
Con Bennett H. Young stirred the
,,nyention in his report on the prog
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