The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-13

Leander Mcfarland, Thomasville.
 Stewart. Piedmont. Ozark, Ozar.
 Colonel Garrett, Summerfield. Alexandria, Alexandria. A. A. Russell, Madison Station. Ex-Confederate Guin. Frank Cheatham, Coafburg. Force. Brookwood. Lendsey, Fayette. Forrest, Walnut Grove. Thos. H. Watts, Cullman. Joe Wheeler, Ranger e.. Montevallo, Montevallo. | Emanuel Finley, Calera. Pelham. Cedar Springs. Pratt, Blocton
 Confederate Veteran, Phoenix City. Confederate Veteran, Morris. Robert E. Lee. Birmingham. Springville, Springville. Harper, Andalusia. w. N. Estes, Fort Payne. Henry W. Cox, Rockford. St.. Clair, Ashville. A. A. Greene. Lafayette. Jas. Deshler, Tuscumbia. Randolph, Wedowee. Lee, Oxford.
 Gov. Johnston Presents Banner. Former Governor J. F. Johnston of Bir.
 mingham, was introduced to make the | presentation speech of the splendid ban-
 Ter given by the members of the staff to
 the division. He was cheered as he step- ped to the front of the stage. Some of us" said Captain Johnston,
 may have honors in civil life but none Of the honors of civil life can equal the | hcror of having served in the armies of
 the Confectionery. For four bloody years
 the Confederate soldier fought bravsIy
 when the odds were greater than two | to one, and sometimes when the odds
 were even greater, and he never faltered | We believed in our cause because we
 knew it was just"
 | Holding up the flag, the speaker said
 there was no government to claim it and
 no army to defend it, but he thanked
 God 1t would never fade from the face of
 the earth.
 Unfolding 1t so that the audience couI6
 see, he described 1t as bearing on one
 side the coat of arms of Alabama. em
 blematic of States right, and on the othel
 the yellow hammer, typical of the Ala
 bama soldier in war. In handing the banner to General liar.
 rison, he said that no nobler gentleman
 could receive 1t, nor any man with 6
 grander record. He declared that if ar
 armed foe should invade Alabama, the l Confederate veterans. under the leader.
 ship Of General Harrison, would follow l that flag, and if the younger generations
 who came after them would remain as
 long as they did there would be no armed | foe left.
 ] General Harrison said that while he was
 In the war 15-year-old boy came. report. | ed to him as courier, and he made such s
 good courier that he finally placed him
 on the staff, He had given many orders
 to that courier and he would now order
 him to accept the nag on behalf of the
 division He referred to Hon. G. w. | Taylor of Marengo County. now a mem-
 Der of Congress.
 MT. Taylor Spoke Briefly. Congressman Taylor said that he felt
 tfat the people of Montgomery were his
 brothers and his sisters, for he was born
 in the city. He said that he would obey
 the order of General Harrison, as he | obeyed all orders as a soldier should. for | he had learned to be a soldier in Mont gomery. Since he became the courier of | General Harrison. he said that he had re- ceived many orders, and he had never | failed to respond. Some orders were to | follow a flag. It was not always easy, he said to follow a flag. It was a dan gerous and perllous thing to follow a flag I in the hands of a Confederate soldier. There had been flags of all ages since the hands of women could weave and | the brains of mep conceive, but the flag | that fioated for four years over the army | of the Confectionery will never fade from
 the horizon.
 MT. Taylor closed with a happy allu- sicn to the service of the Confederate
 veteran. Gen. Joe Wheeler. | Comrade T. J. Carlisle of Coffee County | addressed the convention on the need of | true history, and announced that he was l hfSfp ,f he in which he asked his comrades to assist The convention then took a recess hour | for dinner. The Afternoon Session. History. the writing and thA teaching of it in the public schools of Alabama were subjects to which the Convention l devoted the larger part of the afternoon | session. The question was one in which | the veterans showed themselves deeply i interested. The determination of the Con fderate soldiers that their children should | not be taught from histories which libel | led the South was decisively emphasized. | In no other question did the old soldiers show more interest
 After a rather long discussion of the subject. General Sanford from the Stand | ing Committee on History, reported that l the school history written by Dr. J. Will | liam Jones of Virginia, was the most sat
 isfactory history which the Committee
 had seen. General Sanford's objection to
 the work was solely because of its rath-
 CT temperate treatment of sherman, whom General Sanford characterized as the Hyder Ali of the Union army. During the afternoon session General
 George P. Harrison was unanimously
 elected Commander. of the Alabama Di- vision and four Brigadier Generals were
 elected.
 The attendance on the afternoon ses-
 sion was not so large as at the first bus ] mess meeting of the Division. but the l floor was well filled when the Convention | was called to order
 The session began with the singing of i 'Auld Lang Syne" by the entire congre- | gation. The singing was led by Colonel
 B. M. Washburn and the band accom- | panied the singers.
 | General Harrison announced that the l reports of Standing Committees were in | order The Committee on Monuments
 had no report to make but later in the i session the Committee on History submit / ted report