The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-05-29

the colum came Gen. ]. B. Levert,
of New Orleans. the chief marshal,
with his numerous staff, all beauti.
fully mounted and presenting a
brave appearance in gray and gold
The scarlet uniforms of the Mem
phis Bugle Corps were seen ahead
of Company A, of the Confederate
Veterans of Memphis, whose splen-
did marching induced great ap-
! plause.
Behind Company A came beau,
tifully decorated float, upon which
were seated the sixteen heralds of
the reunion Miss Eunicc Niche
OF Virginia, Miss Willie Henry of
Louisiana, for Maryland; Miss Julia
Alexander of North Carolina, Miss
NJ. E. Watrouse of South Carolina,
Miss Elise Vance of Tennessee,
Miss Frances Meldrim of Georgia,
Miss Willie HARRISON of Alabama,
Miss Ethel Syvley of Mississippi,
Miss Elliott Todhunter OF Missouri,
Miss Elizabeth Fleming of Florida,
Miss Estelle Cartwright of Texas,
Miss Bessie Rogers of Arkansas,
Miss Madaline Br1dgeford of Ken
lucky, Miss Bessie Utz of Louisiana,
Miss Bennetta Coleman of Indian
Territory. The young ladies, all
in white, presented a beautiful
picture, surrounded by the gray
decorations of their float and no
feature of the parade with the one
exception of the old soldiers,
brough forth as much applause.
HoNoRED WOMEN.
Following the young ladies were
carriages in which rode ladies',
whose husbands had rendered dis
tingulshed services to the Confed-
eracy. They were Mrs. Stonewall
Jackson, Mrs. E. Kirby Smith, Mrs.
Braxton Bragg, Mrs. Thomas ].
Semmes and Mrs. John H. Reagan.
Judge Reagan was in one of the
carriages with two of the ladies.
After these had rolled away with
the cheers following after, came the
parade itself, with the cause of it
all, the service of it all, the veteran
soldiers of the Confederacy. 1t
means nothing that applause
should be given unspar1ngly to the
pomp and show of a parade, to the
features that fasc1nate with bright
colors and sparkling steel, but it
means much when deafening cheers
are given as old men march by with
ranks that viewed with military eye
are kept none too we'll; it means
much when fair women break into
the lines to hand them flowers, to
clasp them round the neck, to kiss
the wrinkled face and all these
things happened to-day. not once,
but many times.
In the hearts of the people there
was nothing too good for these
men, and they told their loving
message in cheers that lasted as
long as the parade itself. These
we're the men whose morning was
spent in pain and suffering, who
stood at noon in the sunburst of
fame, and around whom in their
later years has gathered the light
that knows no evening, the light of
the glory that will never die.
ORDER OF THE VETERANS.
At the head of the veterans rode
Gen. C. l. Walker, commanding the
of Army of Northern
Virginia, and the division of his
marched in the follow
ing order: South Carolina, North
Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia
and Maryland.
Gen. S. D. Lee, of the Army of the
Tennessee department, rode with
his staff just behind carriage con-
tanning Mayor Capdevielle, Gen. A.
P. Stewart and Gen. Joseph Wheel
er. Following Gen. Lee were the
divisions of bis department: Louis
lana, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida,
Mississippi, Georgia and Kentucky.
Gen. Cabell, of the TRANSMITS. |
slssippi department, headed the last
division of the old soldiers, and
with him were the men of Texas,
Indian Territory, Arkansas and
Oklahoma. With each department |
was a carriage containing the spon-
sor and her maids of honor.
The Sons of Veterans were
strongly represented, and the par
ade was closed by long line of