The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-05


 veterans who were fed by the ladies of Camp Pelham. U. D. C.. and the women of Birmingham, c. B. Bell Snyder was appointed a committee of one to express the thanks and appreciation for this un- looked for act of kindness and consider ation.
 MT. Bell Snyder last night made the fol- lowing statement:
 q was asked by the ladies who are conducting the restaurant at the Confed- crate headquarters on Third avenue be- tween Nineteenth and Twentieth streets, to go and find all veterans who had not been able to get anything 10 eat, and bring them in where they would be fed free of charge.
 "I went out and for more than two hours I hunted for veterans who were hungry. l found them. Generals, colo nels, majors, captains and privates. who Emma Leedy; Miss Lillian Roden. spon- sor Fourth brigade, and her maids of honor. Miss Millie Nabb and Miss George Weatherly; Miss Pauline J. Hannah, sponsor First brigade, and her maids of honor Miss Annie May Grigg, Miss San ford and Miss Julia Taylor; Miss Reedy I1dWSOI.I SpOnSUI tulilD 1Oindh, Htl maid of honor, Miss Mary D. Me. Arthur; Miss J. l.. DeAmore. sponsor, and Mrs. J. F. De Amore, Camp Pelham; Miss Alma Seay, sponsor Camp Hasler, and her maids of honor, Miss Fife Atkins and Miss Fora Perkins; Miss Martha M. Bell, sponsor Fourth Brigade; Miss Mollie Thagard, sponsor.
 The following was Mrs. J. A. Roun- trees address of welcome, which was de- lvered at the Hotel Hllman last night, at the meeting held there:
 Afternoon Session.
 At the afternoon session of the Veterans the first business was the election of division commander and brigade com manders
 General George P Harrison of opelika was unanimously elected commander of the Alabama division, U. c. V. The nom ination was made by Camp Hardee of Birmingham, and the motion was second- ed by Camp Calhoun. The hundreds Of veterans in the theatre rose and with cheers reelected the famous commander for the ensuing year.
 Following this election General Harri- son made a short addres of appreciation of the honor conferred on him. ne then called on the charmen of the various brigade caucuses which had named the commanders to succeed those of the pres ent year.
 The first brigade named Brigadier Gen eral John w. A. Sanford to succeed him self, and the choice of the brigade was unanimously elected to the place of com mander by the convention.
 The second brigade named P. D. Boles to succeed Brigader General E. V. Vaughan deceased. His name was placed in nomination and the election was unani- nous.
 The third and fourth brigades nom- mated Brigader General J. N. Thompson and Brigadier General John w. Bush to succeed themselves as respective com manders of the brigades.
 After each man was elected a speech was called for, but General Bush was the only one present He responded briefly.
 The committee on credentials, composed of J. B. Francis, J. B. Fuller and w. s. Neal reported 1t had examined the cre- dentias of the various camps and moved that it be accepted. This was done. A special committee, consisting of General Joseph B. Johnston, Major W. B. Leedy and Colonel s. H. Dent, was appointed to meet this morning at o'clock and att tend to A number of matters which would be referred to 1t.
 General Johnston's Speech.
 Gen. George D. Johnston of Tuscaloosa delivered lengthy and scholarly address on the life and character of Jefferson Davis The speaker depleted man who was born to be a leader, and who from earliest boyhood showed the signs of the coming greatness, which afterwards made him the President or the Confeder- asv. and one of the greatest men ever born in the south the land of great war riors heroes. statesmen and orators
 General Johnston showed that President Davis. guided by his great skilI the four years of storm life of the Confederate states and that through his wisdom and ahlitv the thirteen states were able to make fight which will ring down through the ages as the greatest ever made by men. The speaker then drew a nicture of the life of DavIs after the war was closed. and almost every insult pos sible was heaped on him by the enemy. The patience with which the great leader bore the almost overwhelming burden nlaced on him, and how with Christian like fortitude he never complained ex- cent on the one occasion at Richmond, when he spoke the great truths about his treatment.
 The speaker then referred to the book