The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-24
OLD CHIEFS
 AGAIN LEAD Gordon, Lee and Cabell
 are Reelected. (. l. WALKER IS PROMOTED Chosen to Succeed Lamented Wade Hampton. General Wheeler Called for by the Veterans, But "Fighting Joe"
 Was Unable to Attend the Reunion.
(. l. WALKER IS PROMOTED


 [ Dallas, Texas, April 2s.-Confederate Veterans assembled in reunion here to- day and transacted important business with rush. Generals Gordon, Lee and Cabeil were reflected and General C. l. Walker was elected to succeed the late General Wade Hampton as commander of the army of Northern Virginia. New Orleans was selected as the place for the next reunion.
 General Gordon was given no chance to retire. X voice from the back of the hall cried: The only way you can get away from the office, General, Is oy dying" So for another year General Gordon will be commander-in-chief; Gen eral Stephen D. Lee commander or the army of Tennessee department and Gen eral w. l.. cod Tige'D Cabell, com mander of the army of the Trans-Mis- sissppi department. The election was unanimous by a standing vote. Glow ing tributes were paid to the officers and half the audience was in tears when the
 adiourned.
 the meeting opened the
 began to fill up and by Il
 argest crowd of the reunion
 The Bureau of Infirma-
 out statement saying that
 r 10000 people had been pre-
 he estimated number of
 present was l2,O0o.
 apton Memorial Service.
 1 Gordon called the convention
 at 10:45 and memorial services
 late General Wade Hampton be-
 Chaplain General Jones delivered
 ,ocation and General Lee followed
 an -eulogy of the lamented South
 isrrior and statesman. From Gen
 Hampton the speaker had received commissions as a lieutenant. lieu- mt colonel and q colonel of artillery. associations with the famous soldier been intimate and there were tears his eyes as he spoke of Hampton's cent death.
 General Gordon spoke briefly or the cad soldier.
 With his death.i said the General, "a great light went out. No, did say the light went out? The light of such life can never go out, but will burn forever, a light to guide our footsteps to the highest pinnacle of glory.
 "Nearer, my God, to Thee" was then sung by the audience, following which eulogistic resolutions for General Hamp- ton were adopted. "Old rige' Cabell was called for and added his tribute while his eyes were filled with tears,
 John Allen Speaks.
 Private" John Allen of Mississippi who was to have been the orator of the day yesterday, was next introduced. He said he could not be an orator without windmill and that his windmill has blown down and he had to stay at home and fix it. Then for an hour the witty Mis- sissippian kept his hearers in a high state of endowment with anecdote after anec- dote He was nearly exhausted when he concluded. but the cries ii Allen, 'Allen." were so strenuous that ne was compelled to return and say Il few more words.
 In concluding his speech M.. Allen said "It was not the flash of the Generals sword that struck terror to the Yankees hearts. It was the rebel yell and the crack of the privates- rifles. They were the men who kept the Yankees off the Generals while they slept. They fought not for conquest no: for ambition but for principles and sentiment backed by the. Jrayest the truest wCmen that ever lived God bless our country from sea to sea- At this point there was cries or "WheeIer." Wheeler man looking
 
 entered. He was not General Wheeler. but he bore a telegram from the latter dated Brooklyn, as follows: Regret that bad cold prevents my coming Health, happiness, good luck and Gods blessings to my beloved comrades
 General Gordon then announced that the hour had come for the memorial ser vices for tho Confederate dead. He men tioned especially the name of Winnie Davis the Daughter of the COnfed- erscA.
 Miss Davis Eulogized.
 Chaplain General J. William Jones was announced as the speaker. He spoke in part as follows: 'Farina Anne Davis (more. familiarity known as Winnie. ) the Daughter of the ,Confederacy. tho crowned queen of our affections-was my personal friends whom 1 so admired, hon. ored and loved that it is really difficult for me to speak of her in terms that do not seem eXtravagant.
 Turning to a discussion or the held leaders. he said:
 Time fails me to tell of our leaders Albert Sidney Johnston the great soldier who fell in the hour of victory at Shiloh, which prevented so far as we can see. the capture and destruction of Grant army; Robert Edward Lee, the peerless soldier of the century, the college president the stainless gentleman. devoted Christian; Joseph F., Johnston. the great strategist and the idol of his men; Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard, the accomplished engineer and gallant soldier, whose defense of charleston ranks with the most heroic and skillful in the worlds history; Kirby Smith the able commander of the trans Mississippi department; John B. Hood whose heroic daring and maImed body won the unceasing admiration of his men, and "Stonewall' Jackson. the thun- derbolt of the war.
 General Stephen D. Lee delivered d stir ring appeal for the decoration of Con- fedcrate soldiers graves by the Govern ment.
 Grant University Condemned. At 1s;45 p m. 2 recess of one hour was taken W hen the meeting had again come to order Chairman J. Taylor strat- ion of the Rsgoiutons Committee re- ported. Amcus the resolutions adopted ~AM ens w!thdraWine the support of all