The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-06-01
VETERANS OFFICERS CHOSEN.
ono1cE WAS UNANIMOUS AND BY
ACCLAMATION.

o,a soldiers Enthusiastic in Re-
oIecting Their Fofmer Leaders.
,,asso~e of sympathy Sent to Gen.
wade Hampton-SsOnument to the
,,omen of the conference.-the
.criptions Taken for the Davis
Nonument--The Great Parade To-
day.
louisville, May s1.-An the officers of
49, United Confederate Veterans were
elected this afternoon by reclamation.
The list is as follows
Cen. John B. Gordon, general command
ing.
Lieut.. Gen. Wade Hampton, Army of
Northern Virginia, department comman-
der
1ieut. Gen. s. D. Lee, commanding
Army of Tennessee department.
Lieut.. Gen. w. L. Cabell, commanding
Trans Mississippi department.
During hull in the proceedings in the
afternoon, Gen. J. ]. Horner of Arkan-
sas came to the front of the speakers
stand. and addressing Gen. Gordon, who
was presiding. said:
~ move, Mr. Chairman, that we now
proceed to the election of officers for the
ensuing year."
Second the motion" came from a dozen
different directions at once. Without
noticing the interruption, Gen. Horner
went on:
And 1 further move that the elections
be made by reclamation. All those in
favor of the motion will signify it by say
ing Aye
There came a fierce chorus of ayes
Those contrary minded, will signify it
by saying No. said Gen. Horner.
There were no negative votes, however,
and there was no need to announce the
result.
The election came and was over so quick
" that the mass of those in the hall hard
" comprehended what had been done, and
for an instant they sat silent Then they
broke into cheering, which continued for
some time. It.was decided that the selec-
ton of the place of the next reunion be
made a special order for IL o'clock to-
morrow.
Although the mornings session was to
be devoted entirely to matters of business
and there We're to be comparatively no
feature of interest the crowd was fully
as large as yesterday.
At 1922 o'clock Gen. Gordon raped with
his gavel and called for order.
A resolutions was offered by Gen. s. d.
Lee providing that a message of sympathy
be sent to Gen. Wade Hampton, who is ILL.,
Women of the COnfederacy.
Col Packard Of Louisiana introduced a
resolution providing for the erection in
Richmond of a monument to commemorate
the sacrifices and loyalty of the women
Of the Confederacy during the war
I Of Texas asked that
the monument should be placed in some
central part of the Confederacy.
The matter was referred to committee.
Many reports were heard at the morning
session.
The afternoon session opened with the
reading of a statement from the Daughters
of the Confederacy presented by Taylor
Ellison of Richmond.
g. efd
N6fe made for the Davis monument, and
It was announced that close to $500 had
been raised for the monument fund. Fur
Their contributions are expected to-mor-
row.
Immediately following this announce
ment was made the motion of Gen. Hor-
ner calling for the election of the officers,
which has already been described
After the election of officers and the
speech of Gen. Cabell the convention adj
journed until tomorrow morning.
The big Reunion Hall, barred of chairs
and adorned with special decorations was
given over tonight to the young men of
Louisville, who were the hosts at ball
in honor of the sponsors and maids of
4 honor.
Mrs. Margaret Jefferson Davis Hays and
4 her daughter, Miss Varna Jefferson Davis
4 Hayes, the daughter and granddaughter Of
/ Jefferson Davis, arrived this morning and
are the guests of Col. and Mrs. Bennett
Il. Young.