Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-01
GRAY JOINS BLUE
IN TRIBUTE TO
FEDERAL DEAD
BY H. z. BAUGMM

MARIETTA, Ga, May 31.-Veter-
ans of the Confederacy joined sur
day in paying fitting tribute to the
memory of the 1000 union dead who
sleep in the Marietta National ceme-
terry.
Under smiling skies, and while a
throng of 1000 looked on. enfeebled
veterans of the Stars and Bars ten
derby placed Wreaths upon the
graves of the gallant men they
marched against nearly sixty years
ago, giving touching evidence of the
binds together the fast waning
ranks Of the heroes who wore the
blue or the gray.
Small American flags, waving from
in the breeze a vibrant message of
love and gratitude for the distinctive
service of those who rest in the
great white camp of silence.
g. An infantry battalion and band
p re g. camp r. aG tHe 6n tef co Mtehe
ate veterans, Spanish war. veterans.
American Legion, Women's Relief
Corps, Daughters of the American
Revolution, and the Helen Gould
auxiliary of the F'itZhzugh Lee camp.
Spanish war veterans, participated in
the impressive ceremonies. which be-
gan at 1880 o'clock p. m. in the
heart of the cemetery, with Captain
e. r. Haskins, of Atlanta. chairman
Of the Memorial committee, presid-
ing.
LincoTn's Address Read
Declaring that the issues of the
sixties have been swept away and
forgotten, Colonel j. Cotton Iynes,
past commander of the Georgia Con-
federate veterans, attired in the
same uniform of gray he wore dur
ing campaigning days, read Lincoln
Int -,
the gem of American literature"
THE embitterments of 1861 have
passed" said Colonel Lynes, and
1T long since daWned upon us that
the soldiers of each army were act
uated by the same sacr1ticial spirit
No longer is there a north or a
south, for we are all Americans, and
on this national Memorial day we
are here as a united people to pay
homage to heroes who fell in our
country's service. This great army
of silent sentinels is a glowing trib-
ute to American valor."
Major General David c. Shanks,
commander of Camp Gordon, remark
ed that 1T was a beautiful and me
morable event for a Confederate SOL
der in the heart of the south to read
Llncolns address at memorial
service in honor of the union dead.
He lauded the deep sentiment that
prompted the holding of an annual
memorial service. Sentiment" said
he, lis the greatest thing in the
tor in the glorious success Of our
army in the World war"
Captain w. H. Kimball, veteran of
the union army, glorified the Valor
and sacrifice of both the north and
south in the great struggle, and de-
see the veterans of the Confederacy
join in the memorial exercises.
Once we longed to grasp each
others throats," he declared, but
now we love to grasp each others
hands in a spirit of fraternity and
devotion" He remarked that he had
often wondered, as the union ranks
depleted, who would care for the Ma
rietta graves after the last Of the
veterans passed away. But I no
longer wonder, for this service has
shown me that the Mason-Dixon line
is no more" he concluded.
other Speakers
Major Tramme1l Scott, of Atlanta,
son of a Confederate veteran, paid
tribute to the soldiers of the north
in behalf of the American Legion.
1.-THE American Legion" said Major
Scott, will always honor the men,
Dry of the veterans of the Civil war,
blue and gray. Our organization
knows no south and no north; we
are all Americans. The legion sends
you a tribute for your dead and
comradeship for your living. And
when you have passed into the un-
known beyond, it shall be our duty
and privilege to keep these graves
green for you"
Captain Henry F. Schroeder, Span
ish war veteran and now an army
officer at Camp Gordon, declared |
American soldier was known the
world over as the foremost warrior
of all time. "He only attained this
standard" he said, "by following in
the footsteps of those who wore the
blue and the gray before him." Cap
tain Schroeder paid a beautiful trib-
ute to the dead of the union and the
Confederacy.
Other speakers were Commander A.
M. Cosby, of the Mitchell post, G. A.
R.; Adjutant w. M. Scott; Chaplain
George G. Stull, Fifth division, and
William Wilson, keeper of the Ma
tional cemetery.
Mrs. R. A. Byers, of Marietta,
sang "Abide With Me-" and "Tent-
ing on the Old Camp Grounds" after
which Chaplain Stull read the list of
union soldiers who had died during
the past. year. This was followed
by salute Of twenty-one guns by
one of the field pieces which the
Fifth division used in France. The
band played the national anthem as
the flowers were distributed on the
mounds