The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-13

win formally invite Che beauties OF tho
solid south 20 the exposition -Four days
will he spssnt IN ChicaEo The railroads
have reduced rates far this occasion 10
such an extent that very poor must the
veteran be who cannot afford 10 make the
excursion.
The conventional features of demon
STATIONS such as these, the parades, the
speech making, the singing and drilling
win be relieved by the formal convention
Of the United Confederate Veterans which
meets during the daytimes- -amusemeuts
and spectacular outbursts Of patriotism
being reserved for the evening hours
and viii decide upon some correct version
of events that happened when the union
was at stake This done, the story will
be elaborated into a history Of the civil
war and is to form a text book for tho
schools of the south IL has long been a
grievance on the further side OF the Ma
son and Dixon line, that confederate
soldiers have not been Justly dealt with
in school histories At Birmingham
special committee will take charge of the
matter and the veterans will give its
work the prestige of their sanction.
The adoption of an impartial history Of
the United States is the object aimed a 3
in this. according to the programme.
Another work TO be accomplished is the
creation of a fund for the maintenance Of
disabled soldiers and sailors. The south
Is full of gray-haired veterans who must
look TO former comrades for the where
withal that keeps them alive. The con-
federate soldiers have stood Loyalty beside
their distressed comrades. and at Bir-
mingham measures for systematic and
concerted action in place of sporadic be-
nevolence will be devised. Monuments to
mark the graves of the distinguished con
federate dead are to be subscribed for
and it is proposed to inaugurate a prize
competition among sculptOrs to secure the
most appropriately artistic design in NOR
tuary bronze and marble.
''There is to be no suggestion of dis
loyalty" says Senator Gordon. Moth
ing can show more effectively the pat
riotiSm of the southern people than their
enthusiasm over the coming reunion. The
| blue and the gray were never more har-
moniously blended than they will be at
Birmingham
Camp w. ]. Hardee, No. 3d. of the Uni
ted Confederate Veterans, acts as host to
the visiting thousands. The Winnie
Davis Wigwam'-as the monster audito-
rum built for the gathering is christened
has been constructed under its auspices
and every arrangement in the way of
hotel and other accommodation is now
perfected. Birmingham had, under the
old corporate limits, at the time of the
last census, about % 900 inhabitants. The
city's boundaries were extended last Jan
uary and some $4,000 people now live
within the corporate limits. The city has
ten hotels in all-not enough to lodge and
feed the GO, 900 guests expected, so with
commendable spirit birmingham citizens
are turning over to the committee of ar
engagements every spare room and bed in
the city. Commander Joseph F. John
ston, of Camp Hardee, predicts one of the
largest confederate gatherings since the
war.
A monster procession is also being
! planned. Addresses will be made by the
visiting commanders, and memories of
the war will be revived, from the south
ern standpoint. The public school child
rem are to join in grand chorus. State
| officials and southern dlgnitaries gene
| rally, will be present IN numbers, for the
power of the United Confederate Veter-
ans is so great, that to speak at their re-
unions is almost a certificate of eninence
in the south. 1t was organized only
! three years ago at New Orleans It's
| avowed purpose Is strictly social, liter
! ary, historical and benevolent Accord
| ing to its constitution, the object of its
existence is TO unite in a general fedora
! tion all associations of confederate vet
Grams, soldiers and sailors now or hereaf-
ter to be formed, to gather authentic data
for an. impartial history of the war be-
| tweenisthe -'stateSy to preserve relics and
mementoes and ito cherish the ties of
friendship that should exist among men
who have shared common dangers, suf-
! ferings and privations.n State OrganiZa-
tions are authorized and are styled divis-
ions The general commanding is now
Senator Gordon. The present headquar-
tiers are at Atlanta, Ga. No organization in
the south has grown or prospered more
than this enc
Texas will probably capture the re-
union for next year. Her veterans come
to Birmingham in thousands, not merely,
il is declared, for the reunion, but with
an eye to the future, and with the inten-
tion of having the gathering of 1894
within her borders. But they can hardly
eclipse in Importance the coming Birming-
ham reunion, in which the confedracys
| surviving five lieutenant generals, thirty
major generals and more than 100 briga-
dier generals will either participate or
| send representatives.