The morning news., 1899-11-24
THE VETERANS CLOSING DAY.
REUNION OF 1900 WILL BE HELD
IN AUGUSTA.

/ Gov. Gamblers Visit 10 the COnven-
tiOn-His Reception an Ovation.
Plan for "A Confederate Decoration.
Conventions Coincidence to Vice
President Hobart'S Family-Me M
orfaIs to Dead COnfederates-Miss
Katherine stiles Letter-GOvern-
Or's staR's Gift to Confederate Mu-
seum.
There was no dlminuton yesterday of
the crowds that had thronged Savannah
the day before. On tfle contrary, they
came into the city in increased numbers,
and when the morning session of the yet
erans' convention was ready to assemble
at the theater the crowds had been in
creased at least 30 per cent
The weather was sdn ideal. There was
not a cloud in the sky to mar the pleas
ure of the convention and the breezes
from the ocean had in them just enough
OF freshness and coolness to make the
day pleasant and the comparative hard
ships the parade mad in store for the vet
Grams endurable. As on the day before.
the streets were crowded and there was
enthusiasm everywhere. There was no
surcease OF the admiring exclamations of
visiting delegates, who pronounced the re-
union a complete and entire success. The
chairman and members of the Executive
Committee and the commanding general
were more pleased than they were willing
to acknowledge or confess.
The second morning session of the Con-
vention of the Georgia Division of United
Confederate Veterans was called to order
at the theater at 10 o'clock by Gen. Glenn
ent A. Evans division commander Au-
gusta was chosen as the city in which the
next reunion of the division should be held,
the time and all further arrangements be-
ing left to the pleasure and convenience
of the citizens of Augusta
After the reading and confirmation of
the minutes of the previous sessions, Gen.
Evans Introduced Gen. c. Irvine Walker
commanding tile South Carolina Division
Of United Confederate Veterans, who made
a stirring speech, expressing his gratitude
for the invitation that had been extended
him, by the Executive Committee and by
GEN Evans, to be one of the guests of
honor during the reunion of Georgia VET
Grams. 1t was a pleasure to him, said
Gen. Walker to meet again with Geor-
gia's representatives in the armies of the
Confederacy, as it had been even greater
pleasure for him to bear q part in the
struggles that took place in Georgia dur
ing the times of the Civil War. Gen.
Walker, from his first introduction to the
delegates and other veterans, has caught
the fancy Of the audiences that have gath
cred to listen to the addresses and to
watch the transaction of important busi-
ness by the convention, and his speech
was frequently interrupted by enthusiasts
tic shouts of approval and commendation
Following Gen. Walker, Gen. George P.
Harrison, commanding the Alabama Di-
vision, a former citizen of Savannah, was
introduced to the convention. The mem
ton of his name was greeted with APP
plause, that was renewed again and again
as Gen. Harrison walked to the front of
the stage. He brought greeting, he said
from the camps of the division he had
the honor to command, and from Ala
bama, one of the fairest and most pros
porous of Georgia's daughters, to the con-
vention and to his native state. The spirit
of the old South still fingers and is loved
in his state and it was a message of fra
ternal greeting that he had been commits
stoned to bear across the line. Gen. Har-
rison's speech was punctuated with shouts
of applause.