The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-22
THE VETERANS
 FINISH WORK New Orleans Reunion
 Now History. WHEELER GIVEN OVATION old Comrades Cheer the Ala bama Warrior. The Selection of Place for Meeting in 1904 is Left to Committee.
 Lee Presides in Cor
 don's Stead.
WHEELER GIVEN OVATION

flew Orleans, May 21.-The actual busi- ness of the Confederate reunion was brought to an end today and the delegates 'adjourned sine die at noon
 General Gordon was reelected Com marder-in-Chief and all the depai tinent commanders, Generals Lee. Walker and Cabell. were at the same time chosen t. All for another year the offices they have held so long. All the elections were unanimous and were made by one shout of aye"
 The place of holding the next reunion was left to the Executive Committee. It will be held in Louisville. Nashville or St. Louis. It is the desire of the officials of the organization to arrange matters so that single railroad rate win allow the delegates to attend the reunion and visit the Worlds Fair at St. Louis, either go- ing or coming. In the absence of any definite agreement with the railroads and their inability to say what would be done, the department commanders asked that the entire matter be left to the Executive Council for a final decision after consulta- tion with the railroad officials. Their wish was granted by unanimous vote.
 General Lee President. , Gen. S. D. Lee presided at the opening session of the Confederate reunion In the absence of General Gordon, who remained in his room at the hotel to gain as much as possible for the ordeal of the parade tomorrow. The attendance was smaller than at any previous session, though the hall was we'll filled before the. time for adjournment.
 
 there was a total of 1,523 camps repre- sented at the reunion, with 2.s2S properly accredited delegates The report was unanimously adopted. sltse @sf 9s The report of the Committee on Reso- lutions was called for, but that body was not prepared to appear. and very con- siderable delay ensued as the convention waited for the report.
 Upon motion of a delegate, the selec- ton of city for the next reunion was made a special order-for Il o'clock. Gen. A. P. Stewart presented a report cover- ing his connection with the project to erect a monument to the women of the South. General Stewart reported that at the Memphis reunion in 1901, he had been made treasurer of the fund.- but had later resigned his position in favor of a com mittee which had previously been ap- pointed for the same purpose. He an- nounced that he had a fund amounting to $2R, which he was prepared to turn over to the committee unless 1t should be otherwise ordered by the convention The matter, upon the suggestion of General Lee. went over until a later time for action.
 Gen. Wheeler Welcomed.
 The report of the Battle Abbey Com rnittee was then offered by Gen. Clement A. Evans. He had read but few words when Gen. Joseph Wheeler came into the hall, and for few minutes 1t was all over with the Battle Abbey report, while the delegates cheered welcome to the little commander.
 General Wheeler, after reaching the ros- trum, made short address of thanks for the welcome that had been accorded him. He urged upon his hearers the necessity of providing for the needy and aged sol- diers of the Confederacy, suggesting that the best way to bring this about was through the various State Legislatures. At the conclusion of General Wheelers 8 speech General Evans resumed the read ing of the Battle~Abbey report. He an- nounced that the cash in hand and in immediate prospect amounts to S204,47l. Of this amount S1047A is cash in bank, $40,00O is the remaining portion of the Rouss donation, s50,O00 has been donated by he city of Richmond and $10,0O0 by individual residents of that place 7a
 The committee, therefore. recommend cd that as $200,e00 the minimum amount desired for the erection of the Abbey, had been secured the time had arrived for the commencement of the work The re- port was adopted.
 Judge Christian of the Davis Monu- ment Committee, announced that all the money required to build the memorial was not yet in hand. The committee desired at least $75.OO0 and it had but S57,OO0
 A delegate from Texas asserted that he wished to see a monument erected to the private soldier. claiming that none ex- isted. He was promptly showed under by the declaration that they existed all over the South, three of them being in his own State.
 H. T. Davenport of Anericus, Ga, de- clared that the private soldier built monument to himself when he built one for, Jefferson Davis. He declared that MT. Davis was a patriot and Abraham Lincoln traitor to the country, and that the Davis monument should be erected at once.
 The Committee on Resolutions re- ported favorably on a resolution offered by General s. D. Lee expressing the thanks and appreciation Of the Confed- crate veterans to Congress and to Secre- tary of War Root, for the offer of the national government to prepare roster of all the soldiers of both sides during the Civil War.
 Root is Thanked.
 General Joseph Wheeler spoke strongly in favor of the resolution, saying he had the assurance of the Secretary of War that all original documents sent to the War Department would be carefully copied and returned
 An amendment was offered to the reso- lution by Taylor Stra.:on of Richmond, providing that the commissioned officers of the Confederacy be added If possible to the committee in charge of the preparation of the roster in order to assure fair treatment of the Confederate soldier.
 This brought General g. l.. Lee to the front in an impassioned appeal for the passage of the resolution. He declared the cffer itself was integrity ae the government. ton with