The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-16
LOUISVILLE WINS
THE NEXT REUNION
my Old Kentucky Home .
is Irresistible.
LEE is AGAIN ELECTED
Forty New Camps Organized. ResoIu'
ton to Build a Home for Needy
Confederate Women at Rich
mopd Adopted. Annual Pa
rade of Veterans Today.
Bv the Associated Press

Nashville, Tenn, June ia
sweet-voiced young woman, of Nor
folk, Va, Miss Mary K. Ewell, maid
ing of MY Old kentucky Home" to-
day won for Louisville the reunion
next year for the United Confeder-
ate Veterans. 1t was after the ola
veterans had chosen Lieutenant GEN
eral Stephen d. Lee, as their COM
mander-in-chief and had listened to
n stirring speech by Colonel Bennett
II. Young, of Kentucky. extoll1ng the
beauties, capability and hospitality OF
his home city and people and their
desire to entertain the followers or
the stars and bars, that Miss Ewell
was escorted to the front Of the
stage. Her voice thrilled the great
crowd that filled the tabernacle ana
the last note of the famous song had
barely left her lips when the conven-
ton went wild with shouts of Louis
ville," Louisville"
Seconding speeches were unneces-
sary, although General Lee graciously
permitted one from a Virginia dele
gate and another from Kentucky be-
fore recording the choice of the vet
Grams as unanimous. the date VIII
be determined later.
The veterans, i'll addition to the
eecting officers, disposed of vast
amount of routine business, but did
not complete their work and final
session will be held at four O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon.
Adjutant Generals Report.
The report of Adjutant General
Mickle which was adopted shows that
since the last reunion, charters have
been issued to forty new camps, max
ing the total 1868.
When General Mickle took charge
the first of last year. the organiza-
lions had debts of $2,375.
General Mickle's predecessor had
borrowed money to pay most OF the
debts on his own personal securlty.
This indebtedness has been cut down
to $3.50 during the year. The eX-
penses for the year were $685..
The women's monument association
was instructed by the veterans to
turn over all funds to the Sons OF
Veterans, who will complete the work
of erecting monument to the women
of the South.
The most interesting part OF the
Committee on Resolutions report is
as follows:
First. that the resolution requesting
Congress- to take appropriate action
looking to the care and preservation
of the graves of the Confederate dead
now in the various cemeteries IN the
Northern States be adopted.
The committee reports to the asS0-
citation that more than one application
has been made to this association to
fix a permanent place for our annual
reunions but your committee is OF
the opinion that for the present 1t
would be wise, for many reasons, to
hold our annual reunions as here
tofore, at such time and places as
the association shall fix from year
to year, adopted.
Aesolved, That all Confederate vet
Grams regularly rolled in this associa-
ton. and none other. shall be eligible
to election or appointment in this as
ISOLATION. Adopted
The Memorial Services.
At noon the regular business of the
convention was set aside for the me-
mortal services, at which Judge Thos.
'-dFWheS -. ma shrd shrdlu mann
G.. Jones, of Montgomery, was the ora
tor. All the departed heroes OF the
Confederacy were referred to by sew
eraI speakers, but General John b.
Gordon. the last great figure to pass