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drills will be the order of the day.
The Winnie Davis auditorium will be
the centre of attraction, however. The
convention of veterans will be formal.
" opened at 9 a. M, when ". D.
Cleveland, president of the Union
Confederate Veterans Relief Associa-
ton, will open the meeting. Prayer
will be offered by the chaplain general.
Governor Charles Culberson will make
an address of welcome on behalf of
the State and Mayor Bowen will vel.
come the veterans on behalf of the
city. Gen. John B. Gordon, comman-
del in-chief of the United Confederate
Veterans, will respond to these ad.
dresses and after the enrolment of de,
leeases, permanent reorganization will
be perfected and the convention will
adjourn. From - noon 10 3 p. M.
viii be rendered Miss Davis in the
auditorium a magnificent reception.
At 2 o'clock. the business of the con-
veItion will be resumed and continued
unit p. m. There will be a concert
in the evening.
Tie following sponsors are in the
city: Miss Hearn of Texas; Miss Ella
Nelson of Selma, Ala; Miss Julia
RiGely of Lagrange. Ga. Miss Carrie
Jennings of Columbia, Tenn. Miss Lo,
rena Boyd of Meridian, Miss; Miss
Clara Chipley of Pensacola, Fla. Miss
Emma Sinnett of Louisiana; Miss Mar
earet r. Waring of South Carolina.
The young ladies, together with their
maids of honor hold reception every
day from 10 to II. They are receivin g
many social attentions in the city.
Miss Winnie Davis arrived at II :35,
escort, d by the Virginia delegation.
She received an ovation all along the
route and by the time she reached here
the car could scarcely hold the floral
tributes. Gen. Gordon was also on
board. They were greeted by enthusi.
astic cheers from 1000 people while
the band played Dixie" and the
Bonnie Blue Flag" Mr. Dexter, of
Madison, Ga, greeted the General by
waving the battle flag of the third
Georgi ia regiment. The crowd followed
the distinguished visitors to their hotel
and it was long time before Gen.
Gordon, who was very much fastigued,
could retire The progress of the par
ty as they went to their hotels, was
made through long tiers of enthusias-
tic people.
HoUsToN, Texas, May 22.-The fifth
annual reunion of the United Confed-
crates was formally inaugurated at the
Winnie Davis Auditorium by General
Gordon this morning amidst scenes
which will be remembered long after
the last veteran of the cause commem-
Grated today has returned to dust and
the last of great leaders in that i'm
mortal conflict have passed away. In
an ever increasing stream the crowds
have been pouring into Houston from
every quarter of the Union, on regu-
lar and special trains, bringing with
them tattered battle flags and enthusi-
astic hearts, sacred memories and yet
more sacred scars of hard fought bat
ties and the determination to meet and
mingle once more with their comrades
in arms before they bow to the final
conqueror. This climax in the mat
ter of numb bers was reached this morn
ing and tonight therea are not less than
thirty thousand visitors in Houston.
They are elbowing each other in the
streets and the hotels in cosmopolitan
congloneration. Veterans. crippled
and decrepit, mingle with daughters
of the Confederacy, wearing their
iaunty costumes of Confederate gray,
while here and there dark complex
ion and long hair betoken the Ameri-
can Indian. At every possible oppor-
tunity the old veterans gather around
their respective leaders and shake
their hands with cordial warmth, not
infrequently with tears in their eyes.
The morning began with drilling
rain, which with few intervals, has
prevailed all day, dampening the
clothes, but not the ardor of the thous-
ands of veterans who never failed to
respond to the stirring strains of the
numerous bands which are playing
war melodies all over the city. Nine
o'clock was the hour at which the
convention was to have been opened,
but so cordial were the veterans in
their greetings to General Gordon
and others, that it was nearly IL
o'clock when the commander mount
ed the platform. The auditorium,
which is beautiful piece of architect
ure, is decorated inside with hundreds
Of flags and yard after yard of bunting
while rows of polmetto leaves orna-
ment the edge Of the huge platform.
There was deafening roar of cheers
when Gen. Gordon mounted the plat
form. He bowed the acknowledge
ment and as the band struck up Dixie,
the enthusiasm rose still higher. Seat
ed On the platform were the members
of Gen. Gordon's staff and the major
generals of the divisions, each with
his staff. There were also large
number of ladies present. Near Gen.
Gordon sat Governor Culberson, May
or Brown, Chaplain General J. W.
Jones, Prof. W. B. Cleveland, Gen.
S. D. Lee and others. The conven-
ton was opened with prayer by the
chaplain general in which he invoked
the blessing of Co. Oh the delibera
tons of the assembly and asked that
the God of Isreal and of Jefferson Da-
Wis would raise us friends to care for
the veterans in their declining years.
President Cleveland then introduced
Governor Culbertson. who welcomed
the delegates and friends to Texas.
He paid high tribute to the Southern
valor and the justice of the Southern
cause, saying that it was the proudest
event of his official career to welcome
the veterans to this reunion.
Mayor Brown followed in a brief
address, bidding the visitors welcome
to the city.
General Gordon then rose to respond
to the addresses of welcome. 1t was
the signal for another outburst Of
cheers from the throats of the ten
thousand people, who were assembled
in the vast auGitoriIm each State un-