Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-02


 He was then taken in the arms of general, carried down on the floor and cheered like a cOnquering hero. Alter this Mrs. Hayes and the boy (Mrs. DAVIS, who was indisposed, having retired) held an informal reception at the stand. The convention took a recess of half an hour al D. nn., during which time nearly all the veterans came to the front and shook hands with the young and newly made Confederate veteran bearing the name Of Jefferson Davis Hayes. Mrs. Hayes, the oldest daughter of Jefferson Davis re- sides with her husband in Colorado, and they are now here attending the reunion with Mrs Davis.
 General CabeIl of Texas announced that the boy had already been elected mem- Der of his camp, and that he now wore it's badge, and General Gordon at once promoted the youth by making him a colonel on his staff as commander in chief of the Confederate Veterans.
 The Battle Abbey.
 After the recess the veterans were somewhat slow in getting into the au- ditorium, and as soon as order was re- stored and the delegates seated the Bat tie Abbey Memorial Hall for the South was taken up. The committee having the matter in charge submitted their re- ports. This was in effect the same as that referred to in yesterdays dispatches and proposed in place of the present committee the appointment of trustee from each of the eighteen states and ter rtories represented in the convention, who shall constitute a board which shall be authorized and directed to obtain charter of incorporation for the Memo- rial Hall association and each member or which shall be an incorporator. This plan was adopted by the convention and on motion the states named a trustee each, and the following were presented:
 Gen. John B. Gordon was elected as an ex-officio member of the board of trus- tees; Alabama, George D. Judson; Ar kansas, Maj. William P. Campbell; Geor- gia, Gen. Clement A. Evans; Florida, Maj. w. G. Chipley; Indian territory, Gen. B. M. Haley; Kentucky, Gen. John B. Briggs; Louisiana, Gen. J. A. Chal- leron; Maryland, Gen. John Gill; Missis- sippi Col. J. R. Mcintosh; North Caroli- ma, Thomas s. Keenan,; Oklahoma, John O. Cassler; South Carolina, Dr. B. M Teague; Tennessee. Gen. w. H. Jackson West Virginia, Col. R. W. White; Mis- souri, B. A. Ashbury; Texas, T. s. Ross; Virginia, Col. John B. Carey.
 When the state of Virginia was reach ed Gen Peyton Wise from the stand pre- sented the name of Col. John B. Carey. A delegate away down In the body Of the hall arose and in stentorian voice pro- posed the name of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee as the trustee for Virginia. The mention of the name of Fitzhugh Lee was greeted by a loud and continuous cheer, which showed the popularity of the dashing cavalry leader, now the consul general at Havana. The Virginians were then call ed together to decide the matter. General Wise argued that while he honored no man more than Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, that gentleman was absent and could not at tend to the duties of a trustee. He there fore begged the delegation to elect Col John B. Carey. This was at length agreed to and Colonel Carey's name com pleted the list of battle abbey trustees.
 The Texans submitted the name of T. s. Ross for that of General Cabell, who declined to serve further, he having served on the committee for several years. The question of electing the men- bers as a whole was then put and the Confederate memorial hall or battle ab- bey board was duly elected. This board has charge of all matters relative to the battle abbey, and they shall when prop erly incorporated, decide where the building shall be located and whether the s1O0, ,000 proposal of Charles B. Rouss or his later proposal of $500,000, with their respective conditions, shall be adopted.
 Nashville Wins the Prize.
 The final important matter which the convention took up was the next place for the annual reunion of the United Con- federate Veterans.
 MT. R. H. Staute of Baltimore made a
  read letters from the mayor of Baltimore and other prominent Marylanders asking that the next annual reunion take place there, and that Baltimore would welcome and entertain them handsomely.
 Gen. Kyd Douglas followed in behalf of Baltimore, and, in addition to other claims of the Monumental City, said that it owned the best baseball team in the country and could show them the best game. General Douglas, however made a very good address and was liberally aplauded. N
 Gen. Jo Shelby of Missouri, represent ing the delegation from that state, made a neat speech withdrawing the name of St. Louis in favor of the city of Nashville, Tenn.
 Gen. w. H. Jackson of Nashville, better known as "Barbed Wire Fence Jackson of the Confederate army, seconded, as he said, the nomination of his own city by General Shelby of Missouri, and in do- ing so paid many neat compliments to Virginia and the, Confectionery.
 Gen. J. A. Challeron of Louisiana then briefly stated that New Orleans would not be competitor for the. next reunion.
 Judge w. H. Avery of North Carolina seconded the nomination of the city or Nashville, as Tennessee was the daughter of North Carolina.
 call of the states being ordered, it was soon discerned that as between Baltimore and Nashville the latter city was de- cidedly more popular. General Douglas then, on the part of Baltimore, in neat speech withdrew the city of Baltimore, and the selection of Nashville as the next place of meeting was made unanimous. A resolution was then offered that the next reunion be not later than ihe 18th or May. This was defeated and the time of the next meeting was left to the com mittee of arrangements to be fixed here after
 Letter From MT. Rouss
 Col. H. E. Dickinson of New York was then introduced to read letter from MT. Charles $. Rouss in regard to the battle abbey, or Memorial Hall of the South, to which MT. Rouss has made contribu- tions. The letter was an explanation of MT. Rouss' position in regard to his con- tributions and coincides in the views of Colonel Dickinson that the memorial hall should be a massive structure which would do justice to the glorious deeds and the history of the south.
 The District of Columbia veterans, ac- companied by the high school cadets, marched into the Capitol square and up to the executive mansion, where they were received by Governor O'Ferrall this evening. Captain Mark Thomas, com mander of the veterans, introduced all