The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-24
His Objections Lost in the RoaI
ofAppIausG Which GrGesd
His Name.
NEW ORLEANS SELECTED
FOR NEXT MEETING PLACE
Resolution Passed Withdrawing All
Patronage From Grant University
On Account of Article Writ
ten by a Professor.

Dallas, April 23.-Confoderate Veterans
assembled In reunion here today and
transacted important business with a
rush Generals Gordon Lee and Cabeli
were reelected and Gen. c. L Walker
elected to succeed the late Cen Wade
Hampton as commander of the army Of
northern Virginia. New Orleans was Sc
lected as the place for the next reunion.
! General Gordon was given no chance to
retire. voice from the back of the hall
cried: THE only way you can get away
from the office, general is by dying"
So for another year General Gordon
will be commander-in-ch Gen Stephen
ID. Lee, commander of the army of Ten
nessee department, and Gen. w L. (Old
Tige) Cabell, commander of the army of
the trans Mississippi department. The
election was unanimous by a standing
vote. Glowing tributes were paid to the
officers and half the audience was in
tears when the meeting adjourned
Long before the meeting opened the
camp grounds began to fill up. and by
! IL o'clock the largest crowd of the re-
union was present. The bureau of lnfcr-
nation gave out a statement that lodg-
ings for 10000 people had been prepared.
The estimated number of veterans pres
ent was 10000.
General Gordon called the convention
to order at 1880, and memorial services
for the late General Hampton began.
Chaplain General Jones delivered the in
vocation and General Lee followed with
Of he Ia,, ,.st,-
rior and statesman. From General Haj
ton the speaker had received his
J missions as II 2tenant lioutenant-col'
onel and a colonel cf artillery. His asso-
} Citations with the famous soldier had
been intimata, and there were tears in
his eyes as he spoke OF Hampton's recent
death.
General Gordon Speaks.
General Gordon spoke briefly of the
dead soldier. with his DEATH" 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
Dun n forever. light to guide our foot
steps to the highest pinnacle OF glory"
Nearer, My God, to Thee" was Their
sun by the audience, following which
eulogistic resolutions for General lIamp-
ton We're adopted. "old Tige' Cabell was
called for and added his tribute while
his eyes were filled with tears.
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 a wind
mill and that his windmill had blown
| down nd h had to stay at home and fix
| 1t. Then for hour the witty Missis-
| siPpian Kept his hearers In high state
| Of enjoy menr with anecdote after anec-
| dote. He was nearly exhausted when he
| concluded, but the cries of Allen Allen
were so strenuous that he was compelled
| to return and say few more words. In
concluding his speech Mr.. Allen said:
1T was not the fash of the generals
| sword that struck terror to the Yankee's
| heart. 1t was the rebel yell and the crack
| of the privates rifles. They were the
| men who kept the Yankees off the gem
erals while they slept They fought not
| for conquest nor for ambition. but for
principle and sentiment. backed by the
| bravest. truest women that ever lived.
Gcd bless our country from sea to sea-
| At this point there were cries OF
Wheeler Wheeler" A man looking sin
| gularly like Little Old Fighting joe
| entered. He was not General Wheeler,
| but he bore a telegram from the latter
dated Brooklyn, as follows:
Wheeler Couldn't Come.
Regret that bad cold prevents my
coming. Health, happiness, good luck
and Gods blessings to my beloved COM
rades.'
General Gordon then announced that
the hour had come for the memorial seTv-
ices for the Confederate dead. He men,
toned especially the name of Winnie
Davis THE Daughter of the Confed-
eracy."
Chaplain General William Jones was
announced as the speaker. He spoke In
| part as follows:
! "Varina Anne Davis (more Familiarity
known as Winnie" the daughter of the
| Confederacy, the crowned queen of our
| affections, was my personal friend, whom
| | so admired, honored and loved that 1t
| Is really difficult for me to speak of her
| in terms that do not seem extravagant."
Turning to discussion Of the field lead
ers he said:
Time falls me to tell of our leaders,
Albert Sidney Johnston, the great soldier.
who fell In the hour of victory at Shiloh,
prevented, as far as We can see, the cap
ture and destruction of Grants army,
Robert Edward Lee the peerless soldier
OF tha century. the college president. fNe
stainless gentleman, devout Christian;
Joseph r.. Johnston, the great strateglst
and the idol of lis men; Gen. G. T. Beau
regard the accomplished engineer and
gallant soldier. whose defense Of Charles
ton ranks with the most heroic and skill
full In the worlds history; Kirby Smith,
the able comma nder of the trans-Msrls-
sippi department.; John B. Hood, whose
heroic daring and MANNED oody won the
rnceasing admiration OF his men, and
"Stonewall'' Jackson, the thunderbol, OF
the war
General Stephen d. Lee delivered
stirring appeal for the decoration of Con-
federate soldiers graves by the govern
ment. At l2:45 p. m. recess of one hour
was taken.
Grant University Matter Discussed.
When the meeting had again come to
order Chairman ]. Taylor Stratton of tho
resolutions committee reported. Among
the resolutions adopted was one with
drawing the support of all Confederats