The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-13
REUNION NOW OVER
AND VETERANS LEAVE AUGUSTA
FOR THEIR HOMES.
LITTLE MISS eALT'S HoNoRs
SUPPLEMENTED BY ACTION or
ALABAMA VETERANS,

Little Kentucky Girl Was Made
sponsor for Life for Alabama.
beautiful Badge Presented Her on
Behalf of Alabama by Adjutant
General Oxford-AIbum Presented
Her by the Augusta Cnmp--Vet-
Grams Meet Next in Rome.
Augusta, Nov. IAN interesting in
cident occurred this afternoon in the
parlors of the Albion Hotel, when Adjt.
| Gen. A. C. oxford of the Fourth Ala
bama Brigade, U. c. ", presented to
little Miss Laura Gait of Kentucky a
costly and beautiful badge as the vet
erans' sponsor for life for the state of
Alabama.
Gen. oxford arrived this afternoon.
and stated to the little lady in appro-
pirate remarks that he had come ex-
pressly to bear this commission from
| the veterans of Alabama. When the
General closed his remarks and pinned
on the badge, the pretty little maiden
made no efforts to reply in words, but
unaffectedly presented her rosy lips to
the grizzled veteran, who calamity
kissed her in the name of Alabama
and sealed the bargain of her accept
ance of the honor conferred.
Miss Gait was also presented with
an album by Camp 435, u. c. ", Au-
gusta, whose guest she has been dur
| ing the reunion, containing the auto
! graphs of all the veterans of the camp.
Tomorrow Miss Gault will leave at 4
o'clock over the Georgia Railroad for
her home, and Camp 495 Will see her
| NJ NJ
Business of the Reunion.
The closing session of the reunion
| this morning was devoted to the wind
! ing up of unfinished business, receiv-
| ing reports of committees, adopting res
| olutionS of thanks, and voting for the
| next place of meeting.
| The committee report of most in
terest was on the school book ques-
ton and calls on the State School Book
| Commission and County School Com
misioners to select no books that fail
/ to do justice to the motives and
achievements OF the Confederate sol
diers or misrepresent in any way the
| Southern states"
Invitations for the next reunion were
presented with appropriate speeches
| from Rome Macon and MilledgeVille,
but the selection of Rome was made
unanimous amid great enthusiasm.
Then came the words OF thanks and
farewell and the reunion adjourned,
sine die, the veterans leaving the hall
for the appointed rendezvous to join
! in the great parade.
Tonight, though the reunion is over.
and many of the veterans have left
for their homes, there is no diminu-
! ton in the noise or the crowds on
| Broad street. and the street fair and
/ other merry-making features of the
week continue in full blast.
Parade of the Vetrans.
The parade of the veterans to-day
| on Broad street, between two solid
| walls of enthusiastic and cheering
| spectators, was the great spectacular
| finale of the reunion and the greatest
parade in the history of the Georgia
| u. c. V. The column was headed by
the commander and staff with a mount
ed escort of fifty horsemen, on beau
tifully caparisoned steeds. Then came
! the First Artillery Band discoursing
inspiring strains.
The South Carolina division, over
100 strong, in their gray uniforms and
/ covered with badges and scars of many
battles next passed by the stand.
Then came the head of the Georgia
I division, led by Capt. w. NJ. Dunbar
| and Miss Laura Gait on grey horses.
AS the gray-haired veteran, with the
dainty little lady, came in sight the
cheers that rose were fairly deafen-
ing.
| A large staff of well-known heroes
surrounding the loved form of Gen.
Evans, followed, preceding the head
of the column, which was led by Floyd
| Camp u. C. V. Then came Camp
| No. 421 of the FIfty-third Georgia
and Camp No. 1904, clad In the grim
habiliment1 of the war, followed by
Camps Nos. 1889, 391 and $685. Then
| came the grand old Gordon division.
! a number of carriages filled with Fades
OF the Southern Confederacy societies.
| The bright dresses Of the sponsors and
the smiling faces of the children made
a most charming picture. A very
pretty feature was the marching of
the school children, waving little flags
and cheering with all their might.
The Forty-second Georgia and the
Wheeler Camp, followed by Camp
Anderson, aroused the utmost enthu-
siasm in the crowd. The Richmond
Academy Cadets, in their natty uni
forms Of blue. alongside the gray vet
Grams, ELECTED applause, and the stu
dents of the medical college of the
State University were in line, enliven-
ing things with their college yells.
II was great parade, and Gen.
Evans and his associate officers de-
clare it the most enthusiastic and sue
cessful reunion that has been held in
Georgia.
Made queen of the Carnival.
One feature of the reunion and car
nival week has been a voting contest
for the queen of the carnival The
balloting closed tonight at midnight
and the count shows the election OF
Miss Laura Calf by a plurality of over
1000 above the next nearest COMPETE
tor, Miss Madge Houston. Miss Galts
vote was 2S,739, and Miss Houston's
was 1918.