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BUM CQMPL1LS ? WIRES PROPER LETTER TO SECRETARY OF WAR ? ?,? WHO ACCEPTS THE SAME The Governor Promises Compliance on Part of South Carolina Militia With Ti>rmu nf i ..... 1 ? w. > v\*vi c?i uau aiiu Secretary (iurrison Replies That Former Relations Are Restored. A dispatch from Washington on Wednesday said that apparently the unfortunate South Carolina militia situation is as much of a puzzle as it was before the two senators and several members of the House held conference with Secretary Garrison last week in the hope of having federal appropriations continued. It is evident that the war department is not satisflod with the situation as it cixsts at present, at least to the extent of authorizing appropriations to bo continued, as shown by a letter just sent the governor of South Carolina by Secretary Garrison, of which the following is a copy: What Garrison Requires "I am in receipt of your letter dated July 2, 1912, which, however, did ' not reach the department until July r>. In the latter part of your letter you quote a portion of my letter to you, in which 1 stated what 1 was willing to do and you said that you presume that 1 am willing to do that. I am. "However, you have overlooked, or omitted to respond, to that portion of my letter in which I said that this was promised upon your resuming ''proper relations with this department 1 by a proper communication addressed to this department. By this, of course, 1 meant that 1 must have your assurance that I can count upon your co-operation and assistance in bringing about a compliance on the part of tho organized militia of your State with the provisions of the militia law as enacted by congress. "Under that law I have no power to continue to extend federal assistance to the organized militia of any State which does not comply with the law. "Upon the receipt, from you of the assurance above alluded to, federal assistance will bo at once resumed, and I shall be pleased to do so, and tho proposed State camps can then be carried out under the conditions laid down in my letter of June 30, 1913." Governor lUenso Complies A dispatch from Washington on Thursday says Governor lllease has met tho requirements of tho Secretary of War by officially expressing bis disposition to bring about a compliance on the part of the South Carolina militia with the terms of the Federal law, and Secretary Garrison lias accordingly issued orders authorizing tho disbursement of funds for tho coming encampment, and tho assignment of Federal ofTleers to duty in connection therewith as per orders recently countermanded. The corre spondence which closes the inciden; 1s as follows, both Governor Blease and Secretary Garrison's communications having been sent by telegraph: Governor Blease's Promise. "Columbia, S. C., July 10, 1913. "Hon. B. M. Garrison, Secretary of War: Your letter of July 8 received in which you state: "By this, of course, I meant chat I must have your assurance that I can count upon your cooperation and assistance in bringing about a compliance on the part of the organized militia of your state with the provisions of the military law as -enacted by Congress.' All South Carolinians endeavor to do their duty. Tf these hoys are allowed the chance they will do theirs, and you can count upon my co-operation and assistance in bringing about a compllGuard of this State with the provisions of the militia law as enacted "by Congress under conditions of your former letter and my reply thereto. Wire orders for encampments beginning July 1 7. (Signed) Cole B. Blease, "Governor." Secretary Garrison Replies. The following is the telegram sent "by the Secretary of War to Governor Blease: "Washington, D. C., July 10, 1913. 'Governor Colo B. Blease, Columbia, S. C.: Replying to your telegram of the 10th T am pleased to receive and accept your Excellency's assurance that the war department can count upon the co-operation and assistance of yourself and of the organized militia of your State in bringing about a full and complete compliance on the part of all State aofflcials and 4 rv ? ^.1 ... lib *1, ^ iiuu|ia uuiiuei iicu, w 11.11 mo piovihioiih of the militia law a3 enacted by Congress, and I assume also with the rules and regulations established In accordance therewith for attaining Ihe end we both have in view?the efficiency of the militia of your State. T have, therefore, directed that Lieut. Gabanlss and Capt. C?reig, relieved as per special orders No. 147, June 2.r?, 1013, resume their former duties; that requisition for funds be drawn ^ to-day and mado special, and letter to Adjutant General explanatory. Disbursement of these funds follow. Requisitions for funds and supplies | FARMERS TO MEET SOl'TII CAROLINA TII<I<KI<S \VII<I< 1 llOLl) ANNIAL SKSSIOXS. At the Isle <?f Palms on July 2:1 and ' ? I?Cotton Market in it and Fertili zors to Ik' Discussed. General discussion of tho problem ' of marketing crops will feature the ' annual meeting of the South Caro- 1 lina State Farmers' Union to be hold at the Isle of Palms July 2J and 24. "We expect a largo attendance especially from the Pee Dee section and coast counties of the state." said J. ' Whitnor Reid, state secretary of the ' union, in announcing the program for the annual meeting. 10. W. Dabibs, president, will call J the union to order at noon. July 22. The address of welcome will bo delivered by A. V. Snell, secretary of 1 the Charleston Chamber of Com- ^ merce. The response will be made by K. M. Cooper, member of the exe- ' cutive committee of the union. J Dr. Bradford Knapp, head of the United States farm demonstration work, will deliver an address on the marketing of cotton, which will be followed by a general discussion for one hour, when all members will he asked to express their opinion on the situation. At the afternoon session Commissioner Watson of the state department of agriculture will speak on "The Misuse and Purchase of Fertilizers." This address will be follow- ( ed by addresses from the oflor on cotton marketing and the nse of fertilizers, limited to five minutes each. Executive session will he held Wednesday evening, July 22, when , the report of the executive committee ( will ,bo made and the address of the , president heard. Thursday morning C. J. Brand will deliver an address on the marketing of cotton. W, W. TiOng, state agent for the United States demonstration work, will discuss "The Use, Misuse and Purchase of Fertilizers." The members of the union will he asked to enter into a general discussion of this subject, all speeches to be limited to live minutes. Officers for the year will be elected and the next meeting place selected at the afternoon session. J. H. Claffy will lead a general discussion on the good of the order. Members of tho union who attend ? will rl Iqaii ea ixlo no * U 111 i u* ???>%-> | /1 ci iio iwi iiivi nil* placing It on a sound business basis. SIIjVKR PLATE SAVES BRAIX. Inserted for Piece of Prontal Rone and Man Will Recover. Gilbert Egan of Syracuse N. Y., a civil engineer, will retain his reason as a result of an operation performed at St. Vinvent's Hospital by I)rs. I). J. McCarthy and Grover C. Sweet, in which a piece of the frontal l>ono one and one-half inches long and half an inch wide was removed and a silver plate inserted. The brain was exposed half an hour while fragments of bone were removed. The outcome has been in doubt all week. It was feared that if Egan did recover his mind would be a blank. Ho was injured a week ago in Westport, when ho fell down a flight of stairs. He was unconscious four days and then became delirious. The operation has attracted much attention in surgical circles. Prefers Death to Prison. A naval prisoner from Port Royal while being taken to Boston Monday night on the steamer City of Memphis, from Savannah, broke from his guards and leaped into the harbor before the ship reached her dock. Searchlights from the steamer, the revenue cutter Gresham lying nearby and from an incoming excursion boat failed to locate the man, though the marine guard fired one volley at what they thought was a head bobbing in the water. Gettysburg Reunion Over. The serving of the last breakfast and the departure of the last train of veterans Sunday morning marked the actual closing of the big camp which during the past week held between 50,000 and 55,000 civil war soldiers from every section of the United States, at Gettysburg for the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the battle. filed with the division militia affairs will be filled at once. An inspector of infantry in place of Lieut. Uoswell will be detailed on receipt of request from you. (Signed) "Lindley M. Garrison, "Secretary of War." Cause of the Trouble. The whole cause of the trouble was Governor Blease'a declaration ; that the militia need not obey the i Dick law. The action of the War Department cutting off the South Carolina militia from a share In i the Government funds followed an interchange of sharp letters in which Governor Blease declared he would bo glad to be rid of Fed> oral aid or espionage. There are thirty companies in the State militia, twelve of which are said to have igi nored the regulations. OPENS CAMPAIGN 1 ItKMHKHT l?i:( I.AIIKS HIS POSITION IN SPKKCH AT CIIKKAW. Is Against Prohibition ? I*ruises 15 lease and Considers Himself Oom1)1 i 111IM1 f | liv (Ultwirn t V \M I MIIUll lull. Oeorge H. Hembert, a Columbia awyer. opened his campaign for governor in a speech over an hour long o about 1,500 people, mostly from Chesterfield and Marlboro, at Cheraw Friday. Hembert devoted most of his speech to praising Blease and crlti ising the newspapers in general, and he Columbia State in particular. Ho read and commented on the inerview with "Bull Moose Beard" on he gubernatorial race, published in he Bee Doe Daily. Referring to Beard's statement hat. Hombert is not gubernatorial imber, he said: "If you all knew Heard you would think he is about is well qualified to judge of the qualilcations of a governor as a ilea on a lound dog is to judge the qualiflcaions of the Pope of Rome." Beard vas present in the crowd. The edi:or of the Daily was also present. As to Beard's charge that he was imitating Blease, Uemhert said he onsidered that a compliment, as the rest of them did not have sense ?nough to imitate him. lie said he lid not. deem it necessary to read CJov. Bleaso's reply to Beard's interview in the Daily, hut Blease said Board was not telling the truth, as far as he was concerned. Hembert said he heard that one candidate for governor has said he would get all the respectable Blease votes and Hembert would get the rest. Hembert said he would tell the candidate this to his face when he e;ot into his county. Hembert discussed briefly his inheritance tax hill and his taxation bill. Tie told of Blonsn atnniUnor the State House steps and telling the people of Richland county to vote for Rembert for the legislature, "and we licked 'em to a frazzle," he said. When Rembert declared himself against prohibition, ho elecited the loudest applause that had been given him. He opposed any restrictions as to voting in the primary. He was applauded when he closed. Governor Please also made a short speech at the conclusion of Rembert'a address. EGGS rilOZHX FOR TIIIMCK YEARS May Re Put on Market as "Wholesome" in New Jersey. The state board of health of New Jersey is considering releasing for sale 4 00 cans of frozen eggs seized by the federal government at Trenton three eyars ago. Prof. W. G. Sedgwick, of Stevens Institute of Technology, appeared as an expert witness Thursday and furnished surprising testimony by declaring that the three-year-old eggs were still perfectly wholesome. As evidence he told of feeding them to members of his family witli no ill effects. Ho joined to the custom of Chinese, who preserve egg* for indefinite periods, and recalled that when Li Hung Chang visited America he brought with him eggs "ci hundred years old", because there were no eggs in this country old enough to suit him. ? ? SETTLE CHURCH DIFFERENCE. Four Men Go Outside and Fight, Killing Two. Henry Sanders was shot and killed and am ramer Maunews wanders, ? former sheriff of Cherokee county Ok la., was stabbed and probablj fatally injured at Dykes Chapel, ? county church five miles south o! Lalilequah Sunday as the result of r difference with Henry and Will John son, members of the church, over tht management of a Sunday school class The disagreement arose during th< services. The principals left th< building, the audience following, bir when tho congregation reached the scene the tragedy had been enacted Young Sanders died in a few minutes and his father, suffering from sev eral knife wounds, was found lyinj on the ground. Fell From a Train. Albert Dilllck, a Russian, said t( bo unacquainted with the Knglisl language, is in the Spartanburg Hob pital with a fractured skull as a re suit of falling from passenger tralr No. 35 on the Southern Railway a Rlacksburg Monday night. Little hope is entertained for his recovery How he came to fall from tho trair was not learned. ? Fight Over Dime. Tn a quarrel over ten cents in i skin game Luther Haris shot ant Kiiion sam wney aaiuraay arternooi at Anderson. Wiley was walking away loading his shotgun when liar ris shot him twico in tho back with i Colt's revolver. Harris will clain self-defence. Hoth men aro colored ? Pens Wife loiter; Drinks Acid. After writing a letter to his wif< in which he declared ho could not en dure life any longer, John D. Lester of Macon, Ga., drank acid and diod to tip. AMERICAN ARMY FIGHTS ? KXTK11M1NATKS MOKO HAM) AT- 15 TKH DKSI'KHATK IIATTLK. Odirial Heport Tells of the Destruc- 1* tion of the I<ast Considerable Hohellion Kleinent on Jolo Island. A hn Ir.m % > ?*?? - mmiiis uiury 01 nana-tohand conflict with spear hurling Mo- tl ro savages in a battle to the death on N an isolated mountain top with no L quarter given or expected was cabled tc to the war department for the Phil- tl ipplnes Tuesday by Maj. Gen. Bell, tr It was the commanding general's re- tc port on the campaign of Gen. John J. o! Pershing, which resulted In the exter- fi mination of the last considerable n band of rebellious Moros and the tl complete disarmament of this warlike o tribe. h Gong ago most of the Moros gave w ui> their arms peacefully, but the fierce tribesmen of Latiward, enibrac- s' ing about twenty square miles on the northern coast of the island of Jolo, n made ready for war whenever there 1' was a suggestion of depriving them of their weapons. Recently nearly 10,000 of them stampeded to Mount n Bagsak, a wild peak which they be- li lieved impregnable. Many confer- o ences and patient diplomacy drew g most of them away and sent the.m to t< their homes, but 300 or 100 of tho h most desperate fortified their strong- a hold and prepared to light it out with fi the American nation. r "When no reasonable hope of a a peaceful conclusion remained," says n Gen. ?Bell in bis report, "Brig. Gen. (> Pershing arrived at Jolo with boats 1 during the night of June 10, secretly ^ embarked bis command, and, landing tl nearby, surrounded Bagsak the same night to prevent a stampede of the p women and children ami batants to (ho mountain again. As- ? sault bogan at daylight and there was v fierce lighting, part of it hand to ( hand, during live days, marked by i( tenacious resistance and counter attacks from Moros rushing on troops with harongs and hurling spears at . the storming lines. * "The control of troops by the olfl- p cors was admirable, thus preventing a great number of casualties. The c enemy was completely defeated and t all the strongholds were finally taken. a None of the Moros would surrender; a some escaped, but the remainder r were killed, including Amit and his j principal lieutenants, during the en- v gagements. n "Our mountain guns were dragged c up the mountain by block and tackle, i finally reached commanding posi- \ tions and rendered material assist- t , ance. Apparently officers and men f behaved without exception with ad- { mirablo courage and determination, though constantly on duty live days and nights of little rest and torrential rains. The district commander has commended Capt. Taylor A. Nichols 1 and Capt. (Jeorgie Charlton of the Philippine scouts, and First Lieut. Edwin H. Itackley of the same organ, ization for conspicuous courage and r | leadership. < "Brig. Clen. Pershing personally 1 i planned and conducted the Tlagsak 1 [ operations, commanding the forces in 1 person'and sharing all hardships and 1 i dangers of the troops. From all in- ' ? formation obtainable the ordeals un- 1 I nergone are believed to bo surpassing. < He has .boon subjected to much citlcism because of patient negotiations, i forbearance and efforts to avoid a re- : sort to fighting, hut succeeded in ; . avoiding unnecessary injury to non- i combatants and minimized casualties ' in his own command." ] I . DECLINE T<) RESIGN. 1 \ Republicans Want to Hold On Under 1 the l>emocrats. r j i A Tampa, Fla., dispatch says the - resignations of United States MarJ shals John F. Horr of the Southern district of Florida, and W. A. Mc3 Gourin of the Northern district havo . 3 been requested by Attorney-General t McReynolds. Marshal Horr stated ] 3 Wednesday mornli.g that as his term , . of office will not expire until next i February he does not intend to re sign. As no charges havo been j ; brought against him, the only way he , could be forced out of office would be < for the president to appoint some one else and the senate confirm the ap- , ) pointment. Ilorr has served a term j i of fifteen years. It is likely Mr. Mc. Gourin also will decline to resign. i Father and Son Marry Together, t Judge Howard Carrow, a New Jer5 sey lawyer, and his son, James Rus. sell Carrow, who is also a lawyer, 3 were married in a double ceremony in the Holy Trinity church, of Philadelphia. Judge Carrow was married to Miss Margaret A. Helm, of Tren- i ^ ton, N. J., and Miss Hilda MacDoni n r?l 1 a f YMi i 1 <w1 **1 till i a l\n/>o m a H\/\ 1 I v/i j. it i i 11 vi v_> i { / 11 i ci | 111U i brido of the son. Messenger Hoy Confesses, i Charles Hell, a massonger boy of 1 Kansas City, nineteen years old, has confessed to the polico that he murdered Ceorge Howard, another mes- ' senger, two weeks ago In a quarrel ' 3 over the possession of a straw hat. - Hell said ho had been in Denver, , Cheyenne and Pueblo since the kill. ing, but that his conscience forced i his return. BUY LAND TOGETHER 1 acks Hiiorij) skttIjK liritAL SOI Til IN COMMCNITIKS. i resent Conditions (iivo Xogro AdVAiitaRn for Driving Whit? People p OfT the Kurinv i?f ltw? Chairman Claronco Poo announces lat the Program Committee of the C ational Farmers' Union lias asked ocal Unions at their next meetings ) discuss the problem of segregating 1? races in the South's rural dlsicts as is already the policy in the >wns. It is asserted that thousands f whlto farmers are being driven 0111 tlieir homes by tlio growing umber of negro farmers around tl lem and tlio consequent lack a f adequato whito social life. 'lhe K ope is to develop a public sentiment (, hioh will require negroes to buy v ind in coinmunltios to tliemselves in- f. cad of breaking up white commun- Tn ios by indiscriminately sandwichg white and negro farmers together. s( i discussing tlie matter further, Mr. oe said: 0] "For tlio good of both races, the f< eg roes should buy land and settle as irgoly as possible in neighborliods o f their own. For example, llfty no- p ro families and fifty whito families w ogether in a district can have only h alf as good scliools for either race s they could have if all the hundred ti imllies were of one race; and with u egard to churches, libraries, co-oper- ti tivo societies, social meetings, and b early all otlier agencies of vital Ivilization the same tiling is true. Hi 'o liave half the community composd of a separate race cuts in half all |. lie social power for progress. S "The l)ig fact we have to face is F hat in thousands and thousands of K ommunities in tlio South, tlio negro ^ armors aro not only subjecting the 1 ,'liito farmers to more or less disss- a rous economic competition by tlieir s ower standards of living, but in ^ lany sections the growing number of '' egroes is driving the wliito people to 0 lie towns for social reasons. When K 1k? white noniilnMnti in onnimnnllv lecomes too small or too scattered, a /hen tho white farmer's wife and ? hildrcn find more negro neighbors ' linn white neighbors aroun l them, ' 1 tremendous motive is given for K noving away? and if the farmer ^ noves some negro will probably buy ' lis land at a sacrifice because other ' vhite farmers have the same feeling '' ind do not care to buy land in a pre- (' lominantly negro community. Such H s the negro's flagrantly unfair ad- r 'antage for driving white peoplo oft > lie farms and taking the rural Sou'.h v or himself. Public sentiment must Ind us a remedy." f TVIFH SEES lll'SIIAM) KILLED. J c >hot, StablxMl and Strangled While { She Looked Calmly On. The coroner of New ITaven, Conn., Thursday held James Plew, of Mid- 1 llebury, and Mrs. Bessie J. Wake- c leld, of 'Bristol, criminally responsl- ' bio for tlie death of William O. f ^Vakefield, tho woman's husband. He ^ found that tho death wounds were in- 1 dieted by Plew and that Mrs. Wake- J field was an accessory to the commis- * don of tho crime. 1 Wakefield's body was found in a ' strip of woods in Cheshire on June ' 2 8. Ho had been shot and stabbed 1 and strangled, the coroner says. Plew 1 and Mrs. Wakefield were arrested. Tho woman confessed that she had plotted with Plew to get Wakefield 3iit of the way, so that they might live together. . , 1 BENT GItOUND GLASS. I Some Person Forged Doctor's Name in Attempting Murder. < A letter recently mniled to Mrs. i Nellie Nye, Schuylkill Haven, of Pa., i to which the name I)r. J. A. Dessig, a < well known medical practitioner of ; Schuylkill Haven was forged, con- i talned a powder with the written ad vice to Mrs. Nyo to take tho contents i at once. Mrs. Nyo was undergoing treatment from I)r. T/essig, but was suspicious because of tho urgency of the note. , Investigation shows that Dr. T,es- i nig never sent the letter to which his ] name was attached, and that the powder contained ground glass, which would cut up the Intestines and cause 1 a certain and painful death within a 1 month. ? "Conscience Fund" Small. Fewer penitents, tortured by tho "still, small voico", surrendered "conscience money" to tho Federal Kovernment during the fiscal year of 10111 than for many years. The "conscience fund" received during the twelve months ended Juno .10 was $2,814.44, tho lowest amount since 1001. ? ? Invitations of Cold. St. Petersburg society h<oa been very much surprised over the invitations sent out by a Russian merchant for his golden wedding. All of two hundred invitations are on cards of pure gold, each weighing three-quarters of an ounce with two words wrought In enamel. } I BIG FOREST FIRE HREATENS THREE VILLAGES ON CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN { IURNING THREE DAYS ' 01. George Hell, U. S. A., Directing Fight of Six Thousand Sailors, Soldiers and Citizens, Who I>uhor Sldo hy Side to Huvo Towns?Five Aro Reported 14> Have Reen Killed. Forest fires aro blazing fiercely on ireo sides of the Mount Tamalpais, landmnrk of l i i? ?.1 ??? -? v/? V/UHIUI ilia <111(1 piiiy* round and park of all tho cities clus>red about San Francisco bay. Three lllagos are threatened. The mouniln was cloaked Wednesday by a antle of white smoke, which stream1 across the bay like a wind blown arf. but as darkness fell the mounliti blazed above the bay like an noinous beacon, illuminating the sky >r miles. lOach morning since the blaze starttl, it has seemed that danger was nssed, but each afternoon the trade ind blustering in from the Pacific as whipped the flames into life and riven them across canyons and reaches laboriously cut through tho ndorbrush, and into fresh timber on lie far side of the areas burned bare y back (ires. The llres are believed to have renlted from carelessness of campers, '.very available soldier from the San "rauclsco presidio and Fort Winlleld cott on this side of tho bay and 'orts Haker and Harry across tho olden gate is fighting tho fire, side y side with civilians and sailors from lie United States war vessels. Probblv 0,000 men are on the flrelines, eeking to beat back or wear down a laze which broke out with increasdg fury late Wednesday and extendd Thursday morning over a 10-mile weep. Shops are closed and business is at standstill throughout the threatend section. Col. George Hell, 16th T ti i < ...I I * ?- * ? ui?n:n in i (in n y, iiaHlBlOCl t).V )lstrlct Chief Dubois, of the forestry erviee is directing the fight. Five solders aro reported burned to death "hursday and a half dozen little hamets and towns at the foot of Mount "anialpais await their salvation or loBtruction, while the fire which has wept tho mountain for three days is eaching toward the plains and vinerards to tho north, and the Muir voods nautral park on tho south. Mount Taraalpals lies on tho north ddo of San Francisco bay. Knsy of iccess by ferry and electric lines, and )ue of tho beauty spots of California, ts foothills have become dotted with ities and villages, while on its slopoa ire hundreds of couples of wealthy ^alifornians. Every week-end swarms of holidayeokers thread the trails of tho mounain, and tourists from all over tho :ountry aro familiar with its ascent, n tho deep ravines hide groves of ;iant sequoias, the most beautiful of vhich have been conserved in a naional park, named Muir Woods, for rohn Muir tho naturalist. Tho mountain is covered with heavy underbrush of bay, laurel, chapparal and icrub oak. For two days tho flro charged through this brush, climbing to the highest peak, where it threatened to Tamalpais Tavern and West Poin Inn hostelrles. Wednesday the flro ate its way to tho sea on tho wost and into the red woods at the head dt the two canyons on tho east and north, loading to the towns of Mill Valley, Corte Madera and Dako Spur. Fire at the edgo of Muir Woods was under temporary control. Reliance on saving the mill valley and the other towns lies precariously r>n a trench varying in width from 65 to 135 feet, which it is hoped, will *tem tho tire from further progress ilown Baltimore and Blythedale can pons. Once tho canyons are fairly ablaze it would take superhuman work to save tho habitations at their mouth. ? Accident at Pleasure Park. Two men were killed and between twenty and thirty persons injured In a rear-end collision of two trains Sunday night on a roller coaster at Palisades park in New Jersey across the Hudson river from Uptown, N. Y. The accidents occurred after the first train of two cars had ascended tho first incline and descended to tho alp beyond where it stopped when th* slectric propelled cable failod to carry it up to tho next stop. A second train of cars meanwhile reached the top of tho first incline and dashed down tho dip into the stalled train. ? Storm Creates llavoc. Three men were killed and prop rty damage estimated at $50,000 was done by an electric storm at Elgin, 111., Tuesday. Four stores wore unroofed by the wind and much damage was done to telephone and telegraph wires. ? ? All the Confederate Veterans who attended tho Gettysburg reunion came away more than delighted with tho reception accorded them by tho Union Veterans who were there. For a fact, the war is over.