The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-03
TO THE SOUTH'S
GREAT LEADER
Laying of the Cornerstone of
the Davis Memorial.
IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND
Gen. Lees Tribute to the Con-
federate President.
ABOUT $4,000 VETERANS PRESENT
The Last and Greatest Day of
the Reunion.


the Reunion.
LONG AND IMPOSING PARADE
The Tattered Battle-Flag Displayed by
the North Carolina Veterans as
They Marched Along the
Street Cheered to
the Echo.
Richmond, Va, July 2-Never before
in its history, not even upon the oc-
casion of the unyeiling of the Lee
monument in 1890, has Richmond seen
such a crowd within her limits as that
which assembled here to-day beneath
a perfectly sky, to witness the laying
of the cornerstone of the monument
TO the memory of Jefferson Davis.
IT was the last and greatest day
of the sixth annual reunion of the
United Confederate Veterans Assocla-
ton which has brought to Richmond
altogether about 10000 veterans, be-
sides thousands of other visitors. To-
day's exercises have added 10000 visl-
tors and young soldiers to the vast
throng.
Last night history repeated itself
in the scene which the capitol hall pre-
sented 4 small army of grizzled men
in jackets of gray slept upon the green
sward around the old State House,
with coats for pillows and the grassy
lawn for their beds. full thousand
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grounds.
The city is gaily decorated. Here
and there on the streets faded and
tattered battle flags, relics of the lost
cause, float like gaunt skeletons in the
air attracting a surging crowd OF men
in gray around them
The formation of the parade began
about one o'clock. Before noon the
streets along the line of march were
almost completely blocked
THE BATTLE ABBEY.
The Rouss Memorial Hall Associa-
ton met this morning and commit
tee was appointed to obtain a charter
for organization. Gen. johnson, of
Alabama; Gen. Briggs, of Kentucky;
DIR. league, Of South Carolina, and
Gen. Jackson, of Tennessee, were APP
pointed a eommitte to visit New York
and confer with Mr.. Rouss and show
him the great opposition in the South
to locating the proposed Battle Abbey
in Washington.
In an interview Mrs. Davis expressed
decided opposition to locating the Bat
tie Abbey in Washington and said it
would be just as appropriate to erect
the monument to Davis in Boston. The
veteran cavalry held meeting this
morning to take steps toward erecting
a monument to Gen. j. E. B. Stuart
Col. VIM. Hempstreet, of Brooklyn,
made a speech in which he spoke kind
ly of the treatment he had received
by veterans and said he thought they
were all true TO the American flag.
But, he added, he was disappointed to
find so few flags of the Union used
by civilians in decorating their houses.
Lieut.. George p. Hall, of Hanover
county, Va, replied to Col Hemsp-
treet by saying the Southern people
do not wear their patriotism on their
coats but in their hearts; that the
South was as true as any section to
the Union and if the President should
call for troops to oppose foreign foe,
the South would be the first section to
respond.
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The convention was opened at 10
o'clock with prayer by the Rev. DIR. j.
+. Smith, of Stonewall Jackson's staff
The session was very short one.
Gen. Gordon made a brief address
praising Richmond's hospitality. A
memorial was submitted asking that
the name of the United Confederate
Veterans be changed to Confederate
Survivors, Association. A request
that the memorial be sent to all camps
in the Association was adopted.
An invitation was extended from the
Philadelphia Brigade to attend the
reunion of the Blue and Gray at Wash
ington, September 10TH, when a mon
ument to the brigade will be unveiled
at Antitam. Gen. Gordon said the
invitation would be sent to the various
camps for action. The Rev. j. VIM.
Jones was opposed to this on the
ground that this was the brigade that
kicked up the row in Richmond about
marching behind the Confederate
flag. Gen. Gordon replied: "Dr. Jones
belongs to a church that believes in
conversion Our friends have long
since repented their action"
"Yes, but they should bring forth
fruits meet for repentance" respond
ed Mr.. Jones.
A paper from Louisiana in reference
IN the monument to Southern women
was referred to the Monument commit
tee and Gen. Gordon said it would
sleep there.
A petition from Fredericksburg in
reference to a National Park at the bat
tlefield near that place was approved.
After resolutions of thanks to Rich