Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1900-06-08
VETLRANSIN PARADE
Old SoIdie IS at Last Given Chance
For an Outing"
THEY lNGEl Ed At LOUISVILLE.
,u,. ~o,... smorating Jefferson
,a,..,,.s.u n ms Closing Event Of
soofeS-v~ o Reunion.

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The lasf exeruiws connected Win
the tenth annual yeul ion OF the United
Confederats. Vesern, g occurred al
Louisville Sunday "a hen the ninety
second anniversary ofa he birth OF JEFF
ferson Davis was osser we'd at Reunion
hnll, with services IN n lemory OF Mr..
Davis, Winnie Davis, tn Q Daughter
of the Confed sracy, and the Confed-
crate dead.
Although thousands Of the Confed-
crate reunion visitors had ] eft the city,
1000 persons attended TIN exercises.
They were largely Of reli gious char
acter,. but nevertheless there was APP
plause at times from the audience.
General Stephen ID. Lee, who pre-
sided, suggested that there b, no DEM
onstrations. The Rev. j. William
Jones Of Virginia. who delivered the
sermon OF the occasion, earnestly made
the same suggestion, and few min
utes later caused not only loud APP
plause, but one cheer, by relating o
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 railroad station to
catch train. After they had left Gen.
eral Stephen ID. Lee held up to the
sight Of the audience battlehag bear
ing the same crepe II bore when II
waved over the grave OF Winnie Davis,
who had always heretofore attended
the 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 PARApRp.
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, and 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
no osass OF tho auy.
The big parade bad been called of,
but when the sun broke through the
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 RE.ELEcrEn.
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 Ham pton,
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 standpoint Of bust
ness ever held. The work was done
in 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