Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-01
NO NORTH, NO SOUTH

NO NORTH, NO SOUTH
PENNSYLVANIA soldiers at
| - Augusta, Ga, have conquered
= the hearts of the southerners
and have completed the conquest Oh
love begun when Georgia veterans
some years ago were lavishly enter
tanned by this Commonwealth upon
the occasion of the fiftieth anniver-
sary Of the Battlesof Gettysburg. AT
that time Pennsylvania people re-
ceiyed with open arms the gray clad
men who once invaded the State by
force of arms and came withih
stones throw of the capital as well.
And now Georgia returns the COM
pliment in kind by paying tribute
to the character and patriotism Of
the Pennsylvania division which is
moving out from there to take its
place along the fighting front in
France.
The high regard Augusta people
have for the Pennsylvania lads is
shown by newspaper comment.
Speaking of the Memorial Day celeI
hration there the Chronicle says:
Memorial Day is always a great
occasion in Augusta, but the gem
eral opinion is that this last oc-
caSion was the greatest celebra-
tion Of Memorial Day that has
ever been held in this city. 1t
sight, but it was a most signifi-
cant one, to see four thousand
young Pennsylvania soldiers
marching in parade in honor of
boys OF the keystone division sa-
luting the faded Confederate flag
and the Confederate monument
was calculated to arouse the deep
est feeling in the heart of every
southerner, for IL proved beyond
the power o. words to express
that at last we are united coun-
try country with no sec
East or West, but a nation melt
ed in the fires of a common peril
and a common purpose. into one
great country. The courtesy of
the PennsylYanians in turning
out in such numbers and march
ing thirteen miles in Confeder-
ate parade. was certainly some
thing to be appreciated, and moth
ing could have so demonstrated
the appreciation felt by the Penn
sylvanians of the hospitality they
have received here.
Now that is pretty reading, but t
is not all. The confederate veterans
themselves and the few remaining
''unreconstructed rebels" also lave
capitulated TO the Keystone boys in
khaki. Continuing its account the
Chronicle says:
Speaking of familiar faces and
speaking OF striking features OF
the parade, what was so striking
in the entire line of march as the
sight of the familiar form of Miss
form - so well-known by the
Augusta public that has Nalways
seen Miss Mary whenever the
ola veterans appear in public-but
this time Miss Mary was walk
ing between two khaki-clad SOL
diers of the Keystone divisioni
Whoever would have thought to
see Miss Mary leading a Mem
orial Day parade with two north
ern soldiers! Miss Mary has al
ways boasted of being the most
-unreconstructed rebel" in the
South, and has never ceased to
wear a Confederate flag since the
last days OF the Civil War. She
has always led the procession,
proudly escorted by two old vet
Grams. but yesterday she walked
between two young soldiers from
the 2Sth Division and the public
cheered and applauded wherever
she appeared.
Nothing on earth could have
been such an object lesson of the
truth that this nation has for
ever forgotten its differences that
the grass has grown over the old
battlehelds and the white flower
of peace blooms over the land II
also suggested the way this war
against Germany has brought to-
gether the manhood and woman
hood of the nation. has united
age and youth in a common cause
1t was an object lesson all around
and one that made a picture that
will never be forgotten.
And the old soldiers of the con-
federacy added their mede of thanks
and appreciation in these words:
We desire to express our thanks
and appreciation to the Pennsyl-
| yania troops at Camp Hancock
for uniting with US in the parade
| on Memorial Day, and I'm making
| the occasion the most successful
and memorable day we have ever
experienced in decorating the
| graves of our Confederate dead ,
full appreciation of the honor con-
ferred upon us. 1t will be a day
long remembered by every Con-
| federate veteran and citizen of
Augusta when the old men in gray
marched down Broad street es-
corted by the Pennsylvania troops
| This is a striking instance and
| proof that we are a united nation,
| with every section working to-
| gether for our country. We con-
| gratulate the State of Pennsylva-
mia for having such fine troops as
| we had amongst US. and we re-
| gret that they are going to leave
us. We will ever remember all of
them and their stay at Camp Ham
cock. May God bless them and
| take care of them.
II is easy for the winning side "a
fol give and forget We in the north
bold no grudge against the south.
The war was over with the firing oil
the last shot. The Mason and Dixon
line has come to mean only the
place where the good roads of Mary
land begin, and Augusta is a lovely
| city that has made life pleasan,