The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-07
SCHLEY IN
 GULF CITY Mobile Veterans Pay Trib- ute to Admiral. GIVEN A MASONIC CHARM Interesting Exercises Include
 Speeches. Distinguished Naval Commander Res- ponds Feeiingiy to Address- Meets Son of Favorite son
 of the South,
Advertiser Bureau,

Mobile, April 6.
 The members of Camp Raphael Semmes, No. II. U. c: w., in uniform, battlefiag of the Confederacy. marched to Hotel Bienville this afternoon where they were met by Admiral w. s. Schley. reception followed. which lasted two hours. Lieutenant-Governor Cunning ham assisted in receiving the veterans of the' Confederacy. The function was a most enjoyable success.
 The veterans marched to the Bienville headed by the 1st infantry band. The camp flag and Old Glory were borne by Comrades Thomas Connolly and Frank A. Lumsden. Admiral Schley MT. and Mrs. J. T. Schley of Mobile, stood in the dining room of the hotel, Mrs. Schley carrying magnificent bouquet of bride roses wrapped with a broad red ribbon with the words "com- pliments of Camp Raphael semmes, No II, U. c. ""
 Commander saffold Berney of the Camp made the following address to the
 Admiral Schley: As its commander, have the honor and pleasure of in troducing to you, Raphael Semmes Camp, No. II, United Confederate Vete- ate soldiers-veterans of the War be- tween the States, many of whom are bent and infirm now with the flight or years, but who. in their youth and
  bloody fields, and bore aloft the stars and Bars' of the Confederacy. with a courage that won the admiration of the world, and shed a lustre on the Ameri- can name that no time will ever dim, have come in a body, this afternoon, to pay their respects to you. and to wei come you and Mrs. Schley to our city. man. born as you were in n Southern State, and with a Southern wife, tho South has always been, loyal to you, and, in common with the rest of the country, has rejoiced in your grand ca- reer as an officer of the American navy and your glorious victory in Santiago Bay. sent thrill of joy through every Southern heart.
 The Individual Honored.
 But it is not alone for your naval achievements. great as they have been. and the distinguished services which you have rendered your country and the honor which you have conferred upon its flag. that the South holds you in high regard. We honor equally, the man, the individual, the private citizen. whose high character and modesty and magnanimity in the hour of triumph, have never been surpassed. The man who. with victory's crown upon his brow, and a nations plaadits ringing in his ears could dictate Nthe famous Santiago ispatch-"There is glory enough for alr,Els greater than the Ad-
 "In conclusion, Admiral. permit me to say a few words In behalf of these old soldiers who are lined up before you The qualities of exalted courage, sub lime devotion to their flag, fortitude and endurance. none will deny them, and I take it that. In the years to come, when we have passed away, and the asperities growing out of the war have also passed away, and time has healed it's wounds and reversed its harsh judg- ments, and the minds of men. no longer clouded by passion and prejudice, can
 
 others, these virtues, in these old men, will come to be esteemed a heritata common to our whole country. equally so with the like virtues so gIoriously eXempIified on the same fields by the soldiers of the Union armies.
 Tn behalf of this Camp, I beg to ex- press to you and Mrs. Schley the pleas ure which your visit to our city have given us. and to welcome you both to Mobile. I now have the pleasure and honor of presenting to you Raphael semmes Camp, No. II. United Confeder- ate Veterans"
 Admiral schIey. after the band play ed Maryland. My Maryland.' thanked the Confederate Veterans from the bot tenn of his heart for the distinguished honor conferred upon him and Mrs. Schley.
 He said that in the war in which his honored visitors had contended with those on the other side. they built history which would live as long as time would last. He spoke of the ba.- tlefeldS as Meccas to which the future of Americans could jour ney and which they would revere. He had stood on the opposite side, so close as to be able to look into the mouths of Confederate cannon, and many times wished he were somewhere else. The results of that desperate struggle, he declar were much greater than all had dreamed of. He spoke of Eng lands struggles and said the children of England read of them with pride,