Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-31
VETERANS Of THE SOUTH
UNDER ID BATTLE FLAGS,
SHOULDER, AND HEADS ERECT,
As IN THE SIXTIES.
FIRE OF THEIR EYES DRAWN
By THE SALvOS OF APPLAUSE,
POURED OUT UPON THEM BY
LOVING SPECTATORS.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 30.-March-
ing once more beneath their battle flags,
their hearts afame with the glorious
memories of forty years, their advance
and halt once more regulated by the
bugle's blast, their steps again timed by
the tap of drums, 1000 of the South's
immortals marched through the streets
of Memphis to-day.
That the recollection of what they
dared, of what they suffered, and en-
duted, that the appreciation OF their
constancy. their triumphs and their
valor are still a. fresh in the hearts of
their people as eve they have been in
the past, the old soldier received amD.e
evidence to-day.
AS their columns passed along the
crowded streets, the cheers that came
to them from the throngs that lined
the thOroughfares, the fervent applause
that f1oated down from balconies, win
dows and housetOps, caused the old
eyes to brighten, the old shoulders to
spring backward and the marching
ranks to close up as if to show that
although they were now less vigorous
than OF old, there was a time when
they were az manly men as trod the
earth and who feared nothing that
could es-sent against them by a word
in arms.
On this, as on all similar occasions,
there was underlying the joy and cheers
the strong current of sorrow that
swept out toward those men who died
in fight.
1t was a day ideal for a parade. A
detail of mounted police led the way
and cleared the streets for a Gathering
squadron of horseman acting as escort
to Gen. Gordon, who, proceeded by the
mammoth band of the First Ohio in
fantry of Cincinnati, rode slowly along,
his form erect, his head as high and
his hand on the bride as light and
firm as in his younger days. His right
hand was in almost ceaseless motion
as he raised his hat
To Acknowledge the Cheer
that came to him from all sides.
Behind Gen. Gordon came carriages
containing the Southern mothers and
sisters, Mrs. Mary E. Cummings, Mrs.
Emily f. Ball, Mrs. Eloise Wormsley,
Miss Bette Yancey, Mrs. ]. H. Humph-
reys, Mrs. P. F. Edmonds, Mrs. Vir-
ginia l.. Sneed.
In the ranks of the veterans If the
Army of Northern Virginia were given
the right of line and Virginia had the
lead. First among them came the Mon
ticello Guards acting as escort for the
sponsors of the Department of Virginia,
who rode as did the sponsors of all 9TH
er divisions, in carriages gay with tne
Confederate colors and bearing on the
sides shields of red, white and blue, on
which appeared the name of their
State.
Then came Generals Fitzhugh Lee
and Joseph Wheeler. The welcome ac-
corded them rivaled that extended to
General Gordon. Behind the two gen.
erals marched the men from Smith and
Watts Camp. V. G. ". each man wav-
ing a small banner bearing the words,
r. E.. Lee, our commander"
The men of the "Old North State
were next in line to Virginia, and they
carried the first battle flags seer in the
parade. The crowd cheered again and
again as the Old banners that had
floated in the smoke of the bloodiest
battles OF the war went by. The sec
ond brigade of. the North Carolina
troops was composed of the famous
Tar Heels" Carabarass Camp and sur
vivors of the Thirty-ninth North Car
DINA infantry closed the line of the
State, there being about 200 men in the
column. South Carolina came third,
and riding in a carriage was Judge Rea-
gan. the only surviving member of the
cabinet of Jefferson Davis. Judge Rea-
gan was most warmly greeted.
The Sponsors of Maryland
division were the chief representatives
of their State. there being no men in
line behind them.
Missouri was first of the Western
States, a detachment of twenty-five men
with the sponsors and maids of honor
completing the representation.
Texas came strongly to the front, 200
men marching behind the carriages.
containing their sponsors. Borne high
in front of the men from the Lone Star
was the battered flag of the Eleventh In
fantry, Texas volunteers. It was in the
hands of a color bearer-himself over
seven feet tall, who held the flag so far
aloft that it could be seen as far down
the line as the eye could see.
The cadets from the University of Ar
kansas escorted the old soldiers from
their State, who presented a splendid
appearance. First was "a squadron
numbering fully one hundred. followed
$50 Arkansas in~fantrymen. The sivis-
ion of Indian Territory and the Nom
tana and the Pacific coast divisions
were represented by their sponsors only.
the usual escort ricing with them.
The veterans Of the Army of Ten
nessee. headed by their commander.
Gen. Stephen d. Lee, was the third and
last of the bodies of organized yeter-
ans. Gen. Lee was attended by a staff
of % mounted men.
First OF the army came the Kentucky
division. commanded by Major General
J. NJ. Poyntze. Sixty-five camps were
represented. the division being divided
into brigades by Cen ]. B. Arnold.
Gen. ]. B. Briggs and Gen. "A. H. Sin
clair.
A Brilliant Spot Of Crimson
appeared when the fire department drum
corps of Atlanta wheeled into line, Lead
ing the division from that State. The
Georgians had 30 men in line
The Alabama contingent was command