The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-16

of the confederacy." and acquitted himseif with ho9ors
 veteran of 70 winters, commander of the company of which George D. Dixon was first lieutenant, spoke Of the Hero ! for whom the camp, was named" His tribute to Dixon was magnificent, and when he said the navies of the world had patterned after Dixon's sub- marine boat in which Dixon and his Charleston. the applause was beyond expression. He asked the camp to get up an excursion to Charleston to lay a tribute on Dixon's monument. and then suggested monument to the hero Tn
 Others followed with impremptu l speeches and the smoker proved a great
 The commlssary at German Relief Hall was a scene of activity all day Hundreds of veterans were served with meals and Chairman Powers tonigh;
 said not less than 2.oo0 meals were | The four brigades of Alabama Con- fcderate Veterans. in attendance at the
 reunion, are represented as follows: | Brigade Rosters. First Brigade. Gen. John ": A. San | ford commanding-Lieut. Col. John B. Fuller Adjutant and Chief of Stan :
 Major Amos Jones. Quartermaster Gen
 eral; Major John B. Gasten. Chief Sur | | Artillery; Major T. P. Hudman. Chief of Ordnance; Major c. P. Rodgers, Chief Engineer: Major B R. Bricken. | Judge Advocate General: Major T. !. Carlisle, Inspector General; Major W A. Middleton, Commissary General: Major w. H. Thomas. Paymaster Gen. eral; Captains, John A. Smith. J. c. | Chambliss. John A. Fitzpatrick, w. Rast, aides: Major A. F. Dix, Chap
 Second Brigade-aeneraI P. D. | Bowles. commanding; Colonel B. M. | Huey, Adjutant General and Chief of
 Stan: Colonel Stafford Berney. Inspector
 General; Major T. E. Netties. Chief of
 Artillery; Major M. A Can't. Quarter master: Major w. s. Neil. Chief of En- gineers; Major ]. B. Withheld, Surgeon General: Major Thomas Dennis Chief of Cavalry: Major J. B. Stanley. Judge Ad- sary General; Major J. J. Babcock. Chief of Ordnance; Captains O. H.
 Spencer. c. P. Deming. E. E. Newton, Aides.
 Third Brigade-General J. N. Thomp-
 son. Commanding; Adjutant General
 and Chief of Stan, Colonel T. P. Lamp win: Quartermaster General. Colonel
 II. P. France: Captains Alfred Moore. A. J. Hayse. Aides.
 Fourth Brigade-8enerai J. w. Bush, Commanding; A. c. Oxford, Adjutant General and Chief of Stan; j. L. Darby, | Assistant Adjutant General: B. F. | Roden, Quartermaster General; S. W. Vance. Inspector General; T. A. Hamil- ton. Commissary General; N: H. sewali, l !. W. Con. T. S. Plowman. J. N. Miller, | Aides; Samuel l.. Robertson. Chief of Artillery; Rev. Luman- 8. Handley, \ Chaplain General.
 General Enrrison's stan. l The following Is the stan of Major l General Harrison. commanding the | 1ot fxrfo4 Int faH fo Veterans:
 | Colonel Harvey E. Jones, Adjutant
 General and Chief of Stan. Mobile. Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas Stall
 worth, Assistant Adjutant General. Ev- | ergreen.
 l Lieutenant Colonel Thomas R. Roul- hac, Inspector General. Sheffield. Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Coleman, Judge Advocate. Huntsville,
 Lieutenant Colonel James B. Francis. PaymasterN General. Birmingham.
 Lieutenant Colonel Rinaldo M Green. Quartermaster General. Opelika
 Lieutenant Colonel James Lauder dale, Commissary General. Selma. | Lieutenant Colonel James M. Mason, Chaplain General, Evergreen.
 Lieutenant Colonel ]. w. Barclay, Surgeon General, Birmingham.
 l. Lieutenant Colonel s. Ii. Dent, Chief of Artillery. Eufaula. Lieutenant Colonel John C. Webb.
 Chief of Ordnance, wadsworth. | Lieutenant Colonel James A. Grove,
 Chief of Cavalry, Sheffield.
 | Lieutenant Colonel William Berney, Assistant Paymaster-General and Di-
 vision Treasurer, Montgomery
 Lie".enant-Coionel William H: Hurt,
 Assi' %it ouartermaster-General., Tus- | kege,.
 | Lieutenant- Colonel Benjamin M.
 Washburn. Assistant Commissary-Gen-
 I'iextenant- Colonel Joseph F. john
 ston. Judge eAdvocate-General. Birming- ham.
 Assistant Inspector General, Mobile.
 LieutenantrC Colonel David NJ. Scott, Assistant Chief of Engineers. Selma.
 Major A. H; Head. Assistant Surgeon
 eHF,, Aides,del I Camp: Major Robert c. Hewitt Birmingham; Major R. Fl. Bel
 many Fort Mitchell; Major Richard H :.
 Adams, Decatur; Major J. ,Is,,,, B seau-
 HandIey, Roanoke; Major William E. wailes, Selma; Major William B.. Jones
 Montgomery; Major Beh1a min Ec Hudman, ope1ika; Major William Wal lace Screws, Montgomery; Major George | W. Ely. Montgomery; Major J; M. Riley
 Montgomery; Major James H. Bicker' staff, Scale; Major William l.. Nesbitt Brickyard; Major Benjamin F. Roden l Birmlngham: Major W. B. Leedy, Bir- mingham; Maj for, James PrendergHst | Mobile; Major tThomaS T. DOrfndn. MO bile: Major William H. Denson. Bir-
 mingham; Major Joseph Fl. May, Mont
 gomery. I The Sons of Veterans.
 The Alabama Division of the United | Sons of Confederate Veterans neid I their meetings in Temperance Hall
 The attendance was the largest in the | history of the organization.
 The hall was well filled when Hon Thomas Nj. Owen, state Commander
 called the meeting to order. A fine
 oratorical program had been arranged
 a program which included Hon jE. M Robinson. of Mobile Michel Screws of Montgomery and Hon. w B. Bankhead of l Huntsville. The entrance of the sponsor
 and her maids of honor was the signal | for a spontaneous burst of applause | They were Miss Mary Kate 4 Prince
 sponsor and Misses Mary Rich and | Louise Futile, maids of honor, all ol
 whom are fair representatives, oi 1 Mobile.
 At the outset of the proceedings Dr. | C. J. Owens of Anniston presented to Commander Owen a gavel made of
 wood taken from the. room in which | John Pelham was born.
 The invocation was offered by Com 1 rade Semmes of George E. Dixon Of l Mobile. The general order for the reunion was then read by the Division
 AdJutant The following Committee