The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-31
OLD CONFEDERATE
VETS ON PARADE
March Once More Beneath Their
Battle Flags at Memphis.
WERE MANllJN THE LINE
WILD CHEERS GIVEN FOR THE
FORMER GENERALS PRESENT.

Memphis Tenn May Marching
once more beneath their battle Hags.
their hearts adame with the memories
of forty years, their advance and halt
once more regulated by the bugIe' S
blast, their steps again timed by the
tap Of drums, 1000 ex-confederat e sol
diers marched through the. streets Of
memphis today. As their columns
passed along the crowded streets the
eheerS That came to them from the
throngs thai lined the thOroughfares
the HeIFent applause that flooded down
from balconies, windows and house
tops, caused the old eyes to brighten.
the old shoulders to spring backward
ana the marching ranks to close.
A detail of mounted police led the
way and cleared the streets for a olaf
tering squadron Of horsemen acting as
escort Tor General Gordon, who. PIE
ceded by the band of the First Ohio
lnfantry from Cincinnati, rode SLOWLY
along. His right hand was in almost
10 acknowledge the cheers that came
TO him from all sides. Behind General
tIo=dan came Carriag containing the
Southern Mothers, MrsNAIary E. Cum
mipgs' Mrs. emily F. Bali, Mrs. Elo-
Use W ormstey, Mrs. Bette Yancey, Mrs
], H. Humphreys Mrs. r. F. Edmonds
and Mrs. Virginia j.. Sneed
In the ranks the veterans of the
Army of Virginia were given the right
Of line and Virginia had the lead. First
among them came the Monticello
guards. acting as escort for, the spon-
sors Of the department Of Virginia
VINO rode, as did the sponsors Of ali
other divisions, in carria ges gay with
the confederate colors and bearing on
the sides shields of red, white and blue,
on which appeared the name Of their
states
Fhen came General Fitzhugh Lee and
Joseph w heller. The welcome extend
ed them rivaled that extended to Cen
eIa4 Gordon Behind the two generals
marched the men from Smith camp
and, Watts camp, II. g. V, each man
waving a. small banner bearing the
words. r. e Lee, Our Commander
Men of the odd North State"
The men of the cold North State
were next in line to Virginia, and they
carried the first battle flags seen in the
parade. The second brigade.of North
carolina troops, composed of the IA
nous TarheeIs,' Carbarass camp and
the survivors of the Thirty-ninth
North Carolina 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 Reagan, the only surviving
member Of the cabinet Of Jefferson
Davis. Judge Reagan was warmly
greeted.
The sponsors Of the Maryland divi-
sion We're the. chief representatives of
their state, there being no men in line
behind them. Missouri was first of the
western states, a detachment of twen<
ty-nfne men with the sponsors and
maids Of honor completing the repre-
Sentauon. Texas came strongly to the
trent, zoo men marching behind the
carriages that contained their sponsors. /
The cadets from the University Of
Arkansas escorted the old soldiers from
thaC state The division of Indian Ter
rltory and the Montana and the Pacific
coast divisions were represented by
their sponsors only, the usual escort
riding with them
ahe veterans of the ARMY of Ten-
uessees headed by their commander.
General stephens d. Lee, was the third
and last of the bodies Of organized
veterans. General Lee was attended
by staff of twenty-thrse mounted
men In the Kentucky division sixty
I'VE camps We're represented
The Cfeorgians had 200 men in line.
The Alabama contingent was COM
manded by Generej George p. -IFarri-
son. The division from Mississippi was
commanded by Gen raj W d. Camer-
on, who clattered past at the head of
a staff nearly the size of cavalry
regiment.
. An even dozen battle flags were borne /
by. the -Peiicsns Of Louisiana when
they marched by. The Florida divf-
sion followed. The parade was closed
by the men, from Tennessee
The line Of march for the veterans
was closed By the veterans of General
n. b. FORESTS cavalry. A detachment
of the Tennessee national guard and
several carriages filled with brightly
dressed ladies closed the parade.