The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-17
Parade the Browning
 Feature of Reunion.
old Soldiers Leave the Gulf city Loud in Their Praise of the Generous Hospitality of Its Citizens.
Advertiser Bureau,
 NE-Afr AY- rl

The Sixth Annual Reunion of the
 Alabama Division of the United Con-
 federate Veterans went into history to-
 day in a blaze of glory. Thousands
 and tens of thousands cheered pa- rade over a mile long. a parade which Is declared to be the longest that Mo- bile has seen in recent years.
 Gen George P. Harrison. Commander lof the Alabama Division, United Con- lfederate Veterans. In a statement giv- en The Advertiser representative im- mediately after the parade, said. The reunion in every detail is the most suc- lcessful in the history of the Alabama Division. The attendance was the Largest. the interest was the greatest. the parade was the longest and the en- thusiasm was the highest of any re- union that the Division has ever held. In past reunions Birmingham and Montgomery have done nobly. They | placed the Veterans of Alabama under a debt of gratitude for their warm hos pitality. But the love of the people of Alabama for the Confederate soldier appears to be on the increase. I can not account for the outpouring of the people. for the enthusiasm that has marked the occasion in any other way. Mobile has covered herself with glory. The reunion of 1904 can not be forgot ten by the soldiers of the Alabama Di- vision."
 l Gen. Stephen D. Lee declared that in many respects the parade was finer than that of the General Reunion at Nashville. The spirit was finer. the enthusiasm greater and there was less confusion than at Nashville" said Gen. eral Lee.
 1 The attendance at this reunion has been larger than that of any other re- union that the State Division has ever held. More people stood upon the streets of Mobile and cheered the old l Veterans and the bullet-torn battle flags than ever before saw a parade of Confederate Veterans in Alabama. The reunion brought together more soldiers of the Confederacy than ever assembled in the State since the stormy days of '61-'65. It was declared by old residents of Mobile that the parade was the longest and most impressive ever held in the city. and they had in mind, too. the parades of many years at Mardi lGras.
 This in a measure may have been due to the presence here of Gen. Ste I phen D. Lee, the Commander-in-Ch Chief
 of the United Confederate Veterans. and many other distinguished Confed- crate soldiers and distinguished men. The parade was reviewed by General Lee at the corner of Government and Royal Streets. A throng of enthusias-
 tic thousands gathered here. Cheer. followed cheer as the parade swept by. At the head of the long line was Gen. lGeorge P. Harrison and Governor R. NJ. Cunningham. The parade had formed on Royal Street, marched down that street and around Bienville Square.
 The parade had then marched across ito Government Street and counter
 marched up and down that street,
 where it was reviewed by General Lee,
 his Adjutant General. W. E. Mickle. lGen. George P. Harrison and Governor Cunningham and their staffs.
 The entire line of march was lined
 with people. It was said to be one of
 the greatest crowds that ever assem-
 bled in Mobile. It was a gathering
 well worthy of the spectacle which it
 witnessed. The Veterans who had at
 tended the reunion at Nashville last
 year declared that the parade and the Icrowds of today were second only in size and importance to the Nashville
 gathering. It was further asserted
 that no State reunion of Confederate
 Veterans In any Southern State had ever equalled IA size the Mobile re-
 union of 1904.
 There were two noticeable features
 of the parade of today. The first was the marked enthusiasm of the record
 breaking crowd, and the second was
 the size of that part of the parade made
 up of Sons of Confederate Veterans.
 It was said by Commander Owen of
 the Sons that more Sons marched in the
 parade and more attended the reunion
 than attended the Confederate reunion
 of all the Southern States in Nashville
 last June. It might be said that the old soldiers and the Sons who brought
 up the rear of the long procession
 marched through lanes of cheering peo-
 ple. Every prominent feature of the
 parade was cheered. A few old negro
 servants who hobbled along with their
 aged masters carrying chickens. bread
 and other eatables as evidence of their
 ability were cheered repeatedly. During
 the stops the people crowded around
 and shook the hands of these old
 negroes with if anything more enthusi- asm than they greeted the maimed and
 crippled veterans that marched in the 1 procession. Whenever a band struck up "Dixie" a wild cheer that could be heRrd all over the city went up. Praise of Mobiles hospitality Is the | theme of every tongue of the visitors now. The Montgomery Veterans who have entertained the old soldiers in the l past and who won their gratitude are | unstintlng in lauding the warm -heart- | ed hospitality of the Gulf City They ] do 1t unselhshly and spontaneously. The preparations for the comfort of the | Veterans, the details of the reunion in all it's features. the evidences of hearty welcome they say could hardly l be surpassed. They are leaving the city singing the praises of Mobile. Selma and Huntsville are the bidders for the next reunion. Their repre- sentatives declare that the people of those cities are keen to show their love and affection for the old soldiers. Every passenger train leaving the city is packed to the platforms. great crowd gathered here. a greater crowd than Mobile had ever looked for, a crowd that came because the news of what Mobile was going to do for her visitors had been spread throughout Alabama
 The Parade.
 Following was the formation and route of the organizations participating in the parade of Confederate Veterans today:
 Formation.
 Major General George P. Harrison, commanding the Alabama Division, U. C. ". and stan. accompanied by Lieu tenant Governor R. M. Cunningham and stan. took position on Church Street. east of Royal. The division sponsor and maids carriage was in the rear Of the stan.
 Band of the 1st regiment, A. N c. Escort.
 Sailors from the United States rev. enue cutter. Mobile Battalion of the