Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-05-29
THE CONVENTION
HAS ADJOURNED
After Rs-EIseting General Gordon and
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OtheFDliseIs BY Acclamation.
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AN IGNORANT TEXAN GIVEN LIGHT.
The Monument question Grand
Parade the last Feature Of
the Convention 900
People in Line.
AN IGNORANT TEXAN GIVEN LIGHT.

People in Line.
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New Orleans, May 2S.-After elect
ing officers and a grand parade the
Confederater Veterans adjourned sine
die
/. General Gordon was reelected COM
IuAuder-in-chief, and all the depart
3sehh commanders, Generals Lee, Wal
sker and Cabell were at the same time
chosens4o fill another year the offices
they have held so1ong. 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.
: 1t will be held in Louisville, Nashville
or ST. LOUIS IT is the desire of the
officials of the orgaalzaSion to arrange
matters SO that a single railroad rate
will allow the delegates to attend the
reunion and visit the worlds falr at
st. Louis, either going or coming. In
: the absence of any definite agreement
with the railroads and their inability
to say what could be done, the depart
menr commanders asked that the en-
tire matter be left to the executive
council for a final decision after con-
sultation with the railroad officials.
Their wish was granted by unani-
n7ass votes ag
General S. d. Lee presided at the
opening session of the reunion, in the
absence of General Gordon, who re-
NAMED in his room at the hotel to gain
! as much strength as possible for the
ordeal Of The parade tomorrow. The
attendance was smaller than at any
previous session though the hall was
well filled before the time for adjourn
ment. The committee on credentials
reported that there was a total of lob
camps represented at the reunion, with
2,423 properly accredited delegates. The
report was unanimously adopted.
General A. P. Stewart presented q
report covering his. connection with the
project to erect aSsaaorument 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 pSsition,iE favor Of firm which
ffAH been previously appointed for the
same purpose. He announced he had
q fund amounting to $202, which he
was prepared to turn over to the COM
mittee unless it should be otherwise
ordered by the convention. The mat
ter, upon the suggestion OF General
Lee, went over until later time Tor
action.
The report fo the Battle Abbey COM
mittee was then offered by General
Clement A. Evans. He had said but
few words when General Joseph Wheel
err came into the hall, and for a few
minutes it was all over with the BAH
tie abbey report, while the delegates
cheered a welcome to the little com
mander. .s
General Wheeler after reaching the
rosHFum, made short .address He
urged upon his hearers the necessity
of providing for the needy and aged
soldiers of the Confederacy, suggesting
that the best way to bring this about
was through the vdNious state legis-
latures.
At the conclusion of General Wheel
ers.speech, General Evans resumed tn
reading of the battle abbey report. HI
announced that the cash in hand and
-n fmmediate prospect amounts to $204,-
Am OF this amount $104471 is cash in
hank OO0O is the remaining portion
OF the Rouss donation; $4,000 has been