Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1900-06-08
'VETERANSIN PARADE
Old Soldia q at Last Given Chance
For an Outing"
THEY uSGER Ed At LOUISVILLE
p,rr,.v~ cor~~ emorating Jefferson
n.v,. ,ay,rb,s,v "A as Closing Event Of
oouSeSsr~ o Reunion.

The lass exeruisea connected with
the tenth annual ssua ion OF the United
Confederate veserss IS occurred al
Louisville Sunday " hen the ninety
second anniversary Of 4 he birth Of JEFF
ferson Davis was osser, we'd at Reunion
hsll, with services in n iemory OF Mr..
Davis, Winnie Davis, I'll Daughter
Of the Confedsraoy,- and the Confed-
crate dead.
Although thousands Of the Confed-
crate reunion visitors had ] eft the city,
8, 900 persons attended TIN exercises.
They were largely Of o reli gious char
acter,. but nevertheless the 70 was APP
plause at times from the audience.
General Stephen d. Lee, who pre-
sided, suggested that there bt no dem
onstrations. The Rev. J. William
Jones OF Virginia. who delivered the
sermon OF the occasion, earnestly made
the same suggestion, and O few min
utes later caused not only loud APP
plaase, but one cheer, by relating q
we'll known incident Of Spottsylvania.
Mrs. Hayes, the daughter Of Jeffer-
son Davis, and her daughter, Miss
Vsrina Hayes, were on the platform,
but as the services were concluding,
had to hasten TO Q railroad station to
catch train. After they had left Gen.
eral Stephen ID. Lee held up to the
sight Of the audience battlefag bear
ing the same crepe II bore when IL
waved over the grave Of Winnie Davis,
who had always heretofore attended
tho reunions Of the Confederate vet
Grams. General Gordon had been ex-
pected TO preside and also to address
the audience, but he was called away
from Louisville and his place was
taken by General Stephen d. Lee.
OLD VETS pAnApED.
Although the reunion proper had
adjourned, the veterans who had not
left the city paraded the streets Of
Louisville Saturday. There was no.
formal parade, although about 5000
veterans were in line, aud fifteen musi-
cal organizations made the air ring
with "Dixie." Every band in line
played "Dixie," and the veterans yell.
ed themselves hoarse. "Dixie" was
\ $40 80 sA~s- OF -sasv asys
The big parade bad been called OF,
but when the sun broke through. she
dismal cloudiness of the week tho old
fellows could not resist the temptation
and fell into line, marching through
the principal streets Of the city.
OLD OFFICERS RR.ELEcTEn
While the exercises OF the reunion
were in progress all the officers of the
United Confederate Veterans were re-
elected by reclamation. The election
was put through in record time, the
whole thing taking less than one
minute. The list of officers is as fol-
lows:
General John B. Gordon, general
commanding.
Lieutenant General Wade Hampton,
Army Of Northern Virginia depart
ment.
Lieutenant General 8. d. Lee, COM
handing army Of Tennessee depart
ment.
Lieutenant General W. L. Cabell,
commanding Trans Mississippi depart
ment.
The reunion was one OF the most
successful from q standpoint Of bust
ness ever held. The work was done
in O manner entirely satisfactory, and
the demonstrations made cause the
officers to believe that any feeling Of
unkindness that had existed toward
the foe Of the sixties has been wiped
out