The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-27

an army whose memories are ito never die.
 beautiful. an impressive tribute was paid these memories yesterday. at Oak | wood. The survivors Of the great strug- sie held the center Of the stage J. M Carmichael, one-armed Confederate soI- dier. was chairman. two that were boys yet fighters in the great struggle, B. R. Bricken and o. F. Gregory contributed to
 the solemn services to the dead And the speakers stand was filled with griszled survivors of the lost cause.
 Thes old-time rendezvous for Memorial processions on the corner of Blob and Moulton Streets was selected as the starting point of yesterdays parade. The various commands, vehicles and eques- trians assembled on that corner. The
 procession was formed by Grand Marshal w.. B. Jones, assigning to its proper place l each part of the procession.
 The Procession Moves.
 few minutes after o'clock the word
 was given, the band struck up and the procession swung down Bibb Street to
 Commerce. It was headed by a platoon of mounted patrolmen under command of Sergeant Miles Smith, all of them re- splendent in their new summer uniforms. The mounaed police opened the way for Prof. William Courtnay's local band.
 This band, which furnished the stirring | music for the march to the cemetery, was given a prominent 'place on the pro- | gram at Oakwood. .-s. Behind the band came the company of
 marshals and aids headed by Capt W.
 B. Jones. Grand Marshal. The Marshal and aides appointed by Captain Jones were as follows: Marshais, Col. J. B. Fuller. Major W. W. Screws, J. c. Cro-
 we'll Esq, John G. CrommeIin Col. B. M. Washburn, Col. Wade Mcbride. Capt
 John G. Finley. o. W. Fucker, George F.
 Sedberry. W. D. sayre. Capt. George c.
 Cllsby. T. H. Moore, W. F. Ledyard, H
 H. Robinson. George Ely, Milton Ray,
 H. c. Davidson, J. H. Galloway. Walter
 Stokes, George Beers, Charles Stern,
 George w. Halls, David Johnson, W. W.
 Wadsworth, Capt. E. W. Booker, David Abraham, C. L. Ruth, S. B. Hall,. E. c. Fowler. c. A. Lanier,a R. R. Poole, Will liam Berney, J. H. Eason, J. B. Gaston
 J. H. May. A. L. R Thompson, J. T. Rob-
 ertson. Capt. J. H. Judkins.
 The following Sons of Veterans acted
 as aides: Hon. Thomas M. owen, Com
 mander Sons of Veterans; Burgin Fuller Ray Jones. Fred Hammond, Capt. Phil
 Stern, Benjamin F. Noble. Junius J.
 Pierce, Sidney J. Well. Baldwin Wash
 burn, c. A. Lanier, Jr., s. J. Cassels Robert Arlington. Emmett Seibels, Hugh Dent, w. s. Reese, Hunter Roquemore. L. H. Moore, J. w. Tullis.
 The main body of the procession was
 made up of the Montgomery military companies cavalry. artillery and infan- try The battalion formed by the
 Blues and the Greys was commanded by Captain E. F. Baber of the Mont
 gomery Blues. The Blues dressed in regulation uniform, was commanded by Lieutenant W. F. Weiss.
 Immediately behind the Blues and in front of the Greys was a carriage con- taining the sponsors for the Greys. Misses Annie Lowe, Agnes Carr. Lu- ciile Washburn and Helen Scott. The Greys. commanded by Captain Shep- herd Roberts wore dress uniforms, with white duck trousers.
 They were followed, by the Mont- gomery Field Artillery. its equipment of fine guns. drawn by mules. the off, cers being mounted on horses. The Artillery was under the command of Captain Sam Roswald.
 Troops First Appearance. In the parade the Governors Noun ted Guards" Montgomery's new cav airy troop, made its first public ap- pearance The Guards showed up fine- ly with forty men, splendidly mount ed. The troop. which was under the command of Captain Tyler Goodwin. was complimented on its first appear ance in a Memorial Day procession.
 Marching slowly and haltingly, many of them maimed and crippled, came the survivors of the greatest war of modern times making their way to the cemetery to pay their annual trib- ute to their comrades who had preced- ed them to the grave. The attendance of the old Confederate soldiers was very large. practically every veteran in Montgomery, uniting in the tribute to their dead associates. At the head of the company of old soldiers made up of the members of Camp Lomax and Camp Falkner, United Confederate Vet
 erans. was Judge John B. Fuller, com
 mander of Camp Lomax. The veteran wearers of the grey were unable to