San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-17
REUNION CLOSES.
Galveston Selected AS the Next Place
of distinguishing Scenes
and thp Concert

and the Concert.
The reunion of the Confederate Vet
| Grams of Texas, held in this city the past
| two days is now a matter of history
and the closing scenes were enacted at
Beethoven hall last night. .
| generals were elected on account OF
| further state aid for the Confederate
Home were presented and referred to
a committee and Gov. Culberson's let
ter of regret at not being able to attend
the reunion was also read. He gave
the veterans hope for further aid for
their home by stating they were en-
titled to 100000 and he thought $1,000
more could be raised from private
sources. 1t was then resolved that
each camp should send delegates to the
next meeting of the Legislature to pc
tition for increased appropriations for
the Home. and to place the manage
ment of the Home in the hands of
non-political board of managers.
The report of the committee on con
stitutiOn was adopted. There is little
change made in the old constitution
Addresses were made by Judge Rea-
gan, Capt. Ferg. Kyle, Hon. Il. b. Sax
ton, Hon. 7. b. Wheeler and Judge L..
j. Camp.
Galveston was chosen as the next
place of meeting April Dist, 1898.
Election of officers resulted as fol
lows:
Major general of Texas divisiOn-W.
b. Sayers, of Gonzales.
Election of subdivision officers re-
suited as follows:
The officers elected for the Southwest
subdivision of the U. G.. V. of Texas,
were: Col. w. Il. Meriwether, of San
Antonio, brevet major general; w. Z.
Lawter, Edna, brigadier general of the
Second brigade; ]. B. Policy, Flores
vile, brigadier general of the Second
brigade.
For the West Texas subdivision, Jo-
seph G.. Booth, Austin, was elected
brevet major general; Henry e. Shell
ley, Austin, brigadier general of the
First brigade: J. D. Fields, brigadier
general Second brigade, and Gen. Har-
risrn, was reelected brigadier general
Third brigade.
For the Southeast subdivision, Il. j.
Gibson MeXia, now acting as adjutant
general, was elected brevet major gen.
eral: +. Chas. Hume, Galveston, brig
adler general of the First brigade, and
j. r. Waites. Houston, brigadier gener
al of the Second brigade.
Hilliard O'Neil, of Alpine, was elect
ed brevet major general of the North
western subdivision, but no brigadier
wenerals were elected on account of
the scant attendance from that subdi-
vision.
For the Northeastern subdivision, j.
T. Wilson, Sherman, was elected brew
ct major general, and one brigadier
general was elected, X. NJ. Van Iandt,
Fort Worth. Gen. Scott and Gen.
Pearson declined to accept the COM
membership of this subdivision.
A resolution TO refer the matter of
raising contributions for the relief OF
Mac Stewart, now under sentence OF ;
death in Mexico, to the division com
manders and also that the president
be petitioned to use his good office in
the same direction, was adopted.
A committee TO investigate upon the
conduct of the Confederate Home at
Austin was appointed.
Prior to adjournment resolution of
thanks to our city and the local COM
mittees for entertainment and hospital
ity were read and universally adopted.
The reunion then came to a close, but |
the veterans and their wives and sons
and daughters reassembled last night |
at Beethoven hall to listen to the con- |
cert prepared by the Daughters of the
Confederacy. The large hall was so
filed that many who went there could |
not enter. A fine program was rem
dered. Miss Euen c. Reed played |
Maryland, My Maryland" Miss Leon
ore Paschal recited 1.-THE Confederate
Bill" Bonnie Blue Flag sung by
Miss Sallie Maverick and Misses Ayres