The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-25
old VETS ON PARADE
GRAND FUNCTION CONCLUDES Dali
LAS REUNION.
THE CROWDS HURRYING HOME
GRAND KALIPHs' BALL HELD LAST
NIGHT.


don Was the Hero of the Hour ana
Received an Ovation at All Points.
Many Sponsors and Maids of HON
or Were in Lipe-Tcnnessee Girls
Marched With Their Division.
Dallas, Tex, April 24.-With one of
the greatest parades ever held at a
Confederate reunion passed into his
tory. Dallas tonight bid goodbye to
thousands of her visitors. AS fast as
they can be handled every railroad en-
tering the city is sending out trains
laden with fatigued but satisfied vet
Grams and their friends and the ordi-
nary visitor drawn here by curiosity
This evening the beauty and chivalry
of the South represented here gathered
at Camp Johnston, where the Grand
Kaliph's ball was held. Occasionally
in the whirling maze of the dance, do
ing his best among the younger people,
a veteran could be seen dancing with
some laughing sponsor or maid of
honor. But the old soldiers generally
| stayed in the seats surrounding the
| floor. The kalpihates in their stumes
! gave the scene at times a bazarre
cast and afforded considerable amuse-
ment. The grand march was led by
the kaliph and his Queen whom later
in the evening he crowned with elabor-
| ate ceremony.
A reception to Gen. Gordon at Epis-
| copal College was the social feature of
| the day. Here the commander-in-ch
bearing his ~ years like man of 40,
did his best to receive all who came,
but only succeeded in part.
Old Vets in Line Once More.
Dallas, Tex, April 24-With their
blood stirring to the same old airs
which babe them do and die for their
cause two-score years ago, the veteran
| remnant of the Confederate army rep
| resented at the Dallas reunion march,
ed through the streets of the city to-
day, the Object of wildly cheering
| throngs.
The day was a holiday in the city,
all public buildings being closed be-
tween the hours when the parade was
passing. Thousands of visitors, COM
ing for the sole purpose of seeing the
| old soldiers, were added to the null
titude already on the streets. That
4 the weight Of years was on most of
/ them was apparent in furrowed cheeks
| and snowy hair; in hating steps and
rounded shoulders; but that the old
| pride of achievement and duty well
| done remained was also to be seen in
! the dogged persistence with which they
| followed the old flag and threw off
| their years to the strains of Dixie.
Many veteran who in other days ex-
! hibited a brilliance of execution which
added much to the success of the STRAIT
| egems of Confederate leaders was COM
| PEELED to drop out of line before the
march was over. Many from the de-
| crepitude due to advancing age or
| wounds received in battle were UNI
able to report, but they found places
along the way and waved their hats
and screeched the famous rebel yell
! to show that they were with the
marchers in spirit if not in actuality
The line of march, covering the down
town district, was a packed mass of
humanity. The crowd was far and
away the largest that the city has ever
entertained
Windows were bright with the faces
of women and girls, with waving
handkerchiefs and flags, and the side
walks were almost impossible by rea-
son of the congestion, The decorations
by reason of the splendid weather re-
Gently were as bright as on the first
day.
AL the available police were kept
busy trying to keep the crowd off the
throng was far too large to admit of
control by any ordinary force. The
spectators were for the most part or
DERBY and many were forced into the
street by pressure behind them on the
sidewalk
Grand Ovation to Gordon.
The start was made at Main and
Austin streets at IL o'clock. Mai. Gen.
Van Zandt, marshal of the day, and
staff, preceded by mounted police to
clear the way, led the parade Fol-
lowing him came Gen. Gordon and
staff. The erect, slender figure, the
alert eyes, the gray-pointed beard of
the commander in-chief were wen
known to most of the spectators. The
location of the gray horse which he
bestrode could almost be told by the
increase~in the volume of cheers pro-
crossing like a wave. The General
started to acknowledge the plaudits by
taking off his hat, but soon left it off
entirely. bowling in&ssantly to right
and left.
Near the head of the line came the
famous Carolina Hornets, with hornet
nests pinned to their breasts or hang
ing from poles. In this division was
the old flag of the Third North Caro-
lima Cavalry. The old emblem hung
in shreds, but was carried with all the
more pride for it's wounds.
Georgia, Texas, Tennessee, Ken
lucky, in fact every Southern State
was represented in the parade, proud
ly boasting flags now faded and torn.
Many had to be held together with
nets, but they were proudly waved,
nevertheless, in answer to the plaudits
of the crowd
The Arkansas delegation carried a
banner inscribed;
I'VE are from Arkansas, now laugh,
darn you"
The sponsors and maids of honor
of Forests Cavalry rode with the vet
Grams on horses and were roundly
cheered all along the route.
Tennessee Girls i'm Parade.
Even greater was the cheering for
the Tennessee maidens, who walked
side by side with the old soldiers whom
they had come to honor. The Tennes-
seeans made a fine appearance as their
dress was the uniform of grey of the
Cohfederacy and they wore army caps
and for the most part carried muskets
with bayonets fixed.
A country delegation from this state
having no muskets. carried canes on
top of which they placed their hats.
The Louisiana sponsors were mount
ed and rode behind the tattered flag of
the old Fourteenth Louisiana.
Behind the old soldiers 5aIIls the
members Of the Sons OF Confederate
Veterans They were proud to follow
their sires, as was stated by speaker
at their meeting yesterday, I'VE could