The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-20
Birthday Celebration of the Former. GREAT NAMES LINKED
  Confederate Organizations Joined in Memorial. Judge Jones, in Presence of Veterans, Sons of Veterans and Ladies at Home of Mrs. Beale Delivered a Brilliant
 Address.


 his intrepid, magnetic lieutenant, John B. Gordon, as the lives and services of the two illustrious soldiers were linked to- gether in the fateful struggle that ended at Appomattox.
 The two each in his sphere had made history together, and together in history their fame endures. The closeness, the affinity of the two soldiers on the part of one a loyal devotion to his chief, on the other a loving confidence in his com rade and assistant was: perhaps. never before made so tangible. so apparent.
 Pictured by Judge Jones.
 The open frankness. the tender ccnfi- dence between Lee and Gordon was pie tured by Judge Thomas G. Jones who was a witness to the meetings between the two which became historical and incidents in which they participated no less widely known, but no less significant and import ant. r-
 The address of Judge Jones was largely reminiscent of the closing hours of the great struggle when General Lee leaned on the grilliant, reliable Gordon as he leaned on no other man. The speaker brought to his hearers the vivid idea of the personality of the two men, as per- haps no other living man could have done. He portrayed meetings of Lee and Cor don in the stir and shock of battle, their conferences in the quieter hours which followed, the earnest, almost loving words which followed. in a way that brought home to his hearers the relationship that existed between the two great soldiers,
 The exercises, to the gray-haired veter- ans, bore Sa deep and a special signifi- canoe. They were no less in honor of the illustrious memory of Lee than they were in memory of the matchless Gordon who had so recently passed into history. Cor don had belonged to Alabama. He had gone into the Confederate army as an Alabamian at the head of an Alabama command. There were men In the audi ence who, like Judge Jones. had served with and stood at the side of this "Chev- alier Bayard of the South,'' men who, perhaps, remembered him at Morey's Heights, at Sharpsburg or on that awful 12th of May.
 The admiration which Alabamians had accorded Gordon was second only to the devotion which the South had given Lee. There was mournfulness, the touch Of sorrow in the thought that Gordon's ring ling voice was forever stilled and the light that flashed from his eyes was forever lquenched. A sigh came with the thought lthat the dashing Gordon had crossed over the river to join Jackson. Stuart, Lee and other great leaders of the Confederacy.
 There was In Judge Jones's address the Icharm, the interest of personal experi- ence. He was a witness of the scenes he described. some of them widely known and some to be known of the future. He was a member of General Gordon's staff and in a rare degree enjoyed the confl- dence of the great soldier.
 May Write of Gordon. l It is possible in the future that Judge Jones may write the life of General Cor don The General had in his life time requested this friend and comrade to un- dertake the work.
 | The value the human interest of the ad- dress of Judge Jones of yesterday fore shadows the importance of Life of Cor don when he finds time to undertake the work
 | The exercises were under the auspices of the Ladies' White House Association of which Mrs. Beale is Regent. Mrs. Beale, who was the gracious hostess of the occasion, Is also vice president of the National Association of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. All the organizations of Montgomery which have for their purpose the perpet- uation of the memory and the fame of the Confederate soldier were invited and | were represented at the exercises. The Ladies' Memorial Association, the diff | ferent chapters of the Daughters of the Confectionery, the LomaX and Jeff Falk- ner Camps of United Confederate Veter- ans and Camp Hotzclaw of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans were pres ent.
 General Sanford Presided. General John w A. Sanford, one of the most distinguished veterans of the State. presided. General Sanford is dignified and graceful presiding officer. His de- votion and advocacy of the principles | for which the South contended have be- come famous and upon an occasion of such significance as that of yesterday he was a model presiding officer. His re- marks were brief but full of force and elOQuence.
 In the large audience were Mrs. J. c. Lee, vice president for Alabama, of the Confederate Memorial Associations, Mrs. l. M. P. Ockenden representing the Mem orial Association of Montgomery, Judge J. B. Fuller, commanding Camp LomaX, Captain J. M. Falkner of Soldiers Home fame, and Thomas NJ. Owen, division commander of the United Sons of Con federate Veterans of Alabama. The handsome Beale home was hand | somely decorated for the occasion and the decorations were in the colors of the Confederacy bearing in every detail loy- alty and memory of the South. The folding doors between the double parlors were thrown back uniting the two splendid rooms in one large apart ment. At either end of this apartment there is a magnificent mirror, mirrors which have attracted more than local at l tention. On one of these mirrors was draped the Confederate flag of the Seces- sion Chapter of the Daughters of the | Confederacy, and upon the other mirror was gracefully entwined the Stars and | Bars of the Cradle of the Confederacy Chapter of the Daughters
 | Over the table at which the presiding
 officer sat, hung portraits of the great
 Southern leaders. Davis. Lee, Jackson
 and Gordon.
 Confederate Decorations.
 All the decorations were in red and
 white, the colors of the Confederacy. The
 columns and arches in the hall. the arch
 over the sliding doors, were draped in
 Confederate flags The Confederate flags
 which were used were manufactured es-
 pecialiy for the entertainment given by
 the Ladies of the White House Associa'
 lion two years ago to the delegates who
 attended the National Association or the United Daughters of the Con-
 federacy when 1t met in this city That
 entertainment was given in the First
 White House of the Confectionery"
 The whole scene during the exercises U of yesterday was illuminated by the