The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-09
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Hef1in's Attitude
To the Editor of The Advertiser:

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 Apropos of the recent appeal to senti
 ment In the Hehin speeches I am re minded or the story of the old reyolu-
 nonary veteran who was tried for steal ing ing a hog. All the evidence was against his guilt. But his lawyer so stirred inc patriotism of the jury by recounting the valorous deeds of the old soldier in war. now he had been shot all to pieces and had advanced in veritable hail-storm of British bullets, and had yelled and nlanted the star spangled banner on Stoney Point. that the jury brought in the following verdict: We the jury find the prisoner not guilty but It is damned good thing Tor the revolutionary hero that he stormed Stoney Point" Reader
 A Reunion of Confederate Veterans. To The Editor of The Advertiser:
 mere never was a more pleasant re- union Of old Confederates than that of the Ioth Alabama survivors held in Montgom- cry last November. There is State organization. but 1t is an integral mart or the United Confederate Veterans, with delegates from the different encampments have any right to vote in its proceedings
 The United Confederate Veterans with their sponsors. maids of honor, Sons and Daughters of Veterans, and the Daught- CTS or the Confederacy are so blended and mixed at the annual reunions that hum lreds, If not thousands of the genuine old veterans, practically have no part nor lot Tn the proceedings as have heard several state, further than to march in the pro- ceSsion. Last November, l made appli- cation to the regular organization for a place in the line of march for the 18th Alabama, the survivors of a regiment who saw real service, and 1t was denied us by that organization. We went out and marched to ourselves and had no part or lot in the review, simply because we did not belong to General Harrison's com mand. It did not hurt us. but was in- tended as a rebuke to any old veteran commands attempting to hold reunions, as they came out of the war. without any newly made officers with shining new uniforms, or any of the paraphernalia, which are now worn on such occasions by newly made majors. colonels and gem erals of the United Confederate Veterans. It is confusing to history. We should stand by our record as we made 1t in the army Suppose we have this year, here in Montgomery a reunion of the sur vivors of Laws Alabama brigade, com posed of the survivors of the 4th, 18th, 44th, filth and 18th Alabama regiments with no officers except those who were such in fact, and with no sponsors or maids of honor, but trusting to the good people, and especially the ladies, to honor us with their presence. Let us trust to them to voluntarily aid us as they did in actual war. l want again to see the old gray heads of veterans come together, em- brace, and sned tears of joy at meeting, after years of separation, and hear them recount the trying scenes of their young manhood, when they met double their number in the death grapple of redhand- ed war. Such a meeting would be a real reunion. Hundreds who were good sol- diers are too poor to pay camp dues. and keep up local organizations, or to go far to attend a reunion. Let us have a State enrolment free to all who were good soldiers and depend on voluntary con tributions to meet necessary expenses at reunions. Let these be free to all without money trusting merely to the contribu- tions of the good people. In this way every man can represent himself. see and