Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-10
UNDER REBEL FLAGS
Eight Thousand Confederate
Veterans March in Proud
Review to the
MUSIC OF REBEL YELLS.
Will Not Go to Chlcago's Fair With
out Their Stars and Bars.
OVATIONS TO MRS. JEFF DAVIS.
She Kisses Banner Carried by Scared
Soldiers From Texas.
MUSIC OF REBEL YELLS.
0vATIONS TO MRS. JEFF DAVIS.
ENTHUSIASM OF NEW ORLEANS PEOPLE
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE pIsPATcH.l

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE pIsPATcH.l
New ORLEANS, April 9.-The reunion
of the United Confederate Veterans wound
up to-day in a parade. The veterans were
escorted bv the State militia and consisted
of four divisions. The first, including the
Louisiana Veterans, was commanded by
Col Eschelman; the second, embracing tie
Mississippi, Florida, Virginia, North Caro-
lima and South Carolina veterans was under
the command of General J. w. Stone: the
third, from Tennessee, Kentucky, Mary
land, Georgia and Alabama, was under
General W. H. jackson, and the fourth,
under General W. L. Cabell, consisted of
the men from Texas, Arkansas, Missouri,
Arizona, New Mexico and Indian Terri
tory.
There were 5000 vets in line on foot, be-
sides a large number of the disabled and
crippled in carriages. Every camp carried
number of old Confederate war flags, while
the houses throughout the line of march
were profusely decorated with bunting.
The Confederate and United States flags
were in about equal proportions.
They Used the Rebel Yell.
The march was about two miles long, and
from the beginning to the end the men were
greeted with such enthusiastic cheers and
shouts, including the old rebel yell, that it
was almost impossible to hear the bands
that were playing "Dixie, " ''The Bonnie
Blue Flag" 'My Maryland" and other
Confederate airs.
The rarade stopped in front of the City
Hall, where the vets were reviewed and
.l,r - h.,
a memorable sight. General W. j. Behan
and his staff were the marshals, while Gen.
eral Gordon and his staff and General Kirby
Smith and his staff rode at the head of the
column and afterward reviewed it. Gen.
eral Longstreet, General Marcus j.
Wright and Senator Daniel Worth were
the honored guests of the evening" and
Mrs. Davis and her daughter, the families
OF the Generals, ami other prominent Wis.,
itors occupied seats on the reviewing stand
in front of the City Hall. Mrs. Davis was
much touched BY the Texan devotion and
kissed the flag Carried by the Lone Star vet
erans. She VIII give the wives and daugh-
tiers of the Texans a special reception at
Washington Artillery Arsenal tonight
Rebel Flags at the Expo
The convention finished its business to-
day. All the old officers were elected,
chiet, General W. L. Cahill commanding
the division west of the Mississippi and
General Kirby Smith that east 3 of
the river. 1t was decided to hold
the next convention at Birmingham,
Ala. some time next year, the date to be
fixed bv the commander in chief The con-
vention recommended the several Southern
State Legislatures to provide for needy
Confederate veterans. Although the mat
ter of the jefferson Davis Monument was
suggested, no action was taken in regard
to it.
a resolution was offered that the veterans
attend the Chicago Exposition in body,
but one of the delegates suggested that they
did not care to go anywhere that thev could
not march under the Confederate battle flag,
and thereupon the proposition was voted
down unanimously. All the veterans agree
that the reunion was by far the most sue 4
cessful yet held.