The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-16
ana YOU Will have full credit for every dollar

building in which snail be gathered. u great
lihray. portraits and statues. IN Hall Of
10 our Confederate leaders, our heroes Of tho
which shall tell to fntiire generations tho tru.
story Of our great struggle FOR constitutions.
freedom, should command tho warm sympathy
and support OF all lovers of tho truth"
The Davis Monument.
The report of the Jefferson Davis
Monument Association of the United
Daughters of the Confcderacy, showed
that tho committee now has In bank for
the purpose OF erecting the monument
$50, COO and that the contract has been
signed for the unwilling of tho work IN
Richmond OH June I'd. 1907. The report
was unanimously adopted 1t Is hoped
to make the unwilling ceremonies n part
or the reunion Of 1907.
General Lee Instructed General Lowry,
Of mississippi, to draw up II resolution OF
thanks 10 the ladies' Of tho monument MS
ISOLATION on the completion Of the Davis
monument. MAKE 1t strong" yelled Com.
rnde Jim Grow, OF Sheffield Ala, and
It was 80 ordered. 8
pended this afternoon and the annual
memorial services held. The opening
prayer was delivered by tho Rev. Carter
Helm Jones, y. D., Of Louisville. AL
dresses were delivered by the Rev. 10 l..
Powell, of louisville, and tho Rev. Lam
sing Burrows. of Nashville. The benedic--
ton was pronounced by Chaplain. General
j. William Jones.
Next Meeting Place.
At the opening Of the afternoon session
General Lee introduced Captain N. u.
Harris Of Macon, Ga, who delivered the
annual address TO- the veterans. Captain
Harris spoke for more than two hours,
and held tho attention of his audience
throughout
General Lee had barely announced Wat
the order Of business was the selection or
place of meeting for next year, when
from every part OF the hall camc shouts
OF New Orleans" Order was restored
long enough to permit GcncrH A. B.
Booth, commander Of the Louisiana d.
vision, to extend the official Invitation of
New Orleans and the state of Louisiana.
General George w. Gordon, OF Mcmphisf
commander of the Tennessee division, cx-
tended tho invitation Of Nashville, IN be-
half of two and half million people of
tho state und Of various organizations
Of Nashville. G.. w. Baskctte. cGi&s of
the Nashville Banner was introduced,
and he gracefully seconded the invita-
ton. The check to the enthusiasm for
New orleans was but temporary, and OIL
$cided upon. The selection was made
unanimous. ii
Dixie to Remain Unchanged.
General George P. Harrison, Of Ala
bama, chairman of a committee appointed
to confer with committees from other
Confederate organizations, read re-
port recommending that the words Of
the famous song, Dixie" be not changed,
as the sentiment of tho old boys in gray
was decidedly against 1t. 1t was adopted.
The report Of tho Committee on Reso-
lutions was read by former Governor
Fleming, OF Florida. The report endorsed
the efforts to bring about peace between
the foreign nations of the Far East and
expressed the hope that before tho full
monday of this twentieth century uni
versal peace shall be proclaimed and that
all $the nations Of the earth shall have
'.beaten their swords into plow shares.
the spears into pruning hooks, and ma
tons shall learn war no more"
Major e. w. Anderson. first lieutenant
commander OF Charles Broadway Rouss
Camp, No. 1871. Of Washington, D. c.,
offered the following resolution, and the
committee Incorporated it in its report:
Whereas. the bill before Congress
for the care of the graves Of Confed-
crate soldiers buried near hospitals
and prisons in the North has SO far
failed of passage by that body; be 1t
Resolved That this association Of
d united Confederate veterans, IN COM
vention assembled, urges the passage
Of this bill as q matter OF right and
duty, not only on the part of the sena-
tors and representatives in Congress
from Southern States. but also on the
part of those from all other States Of
the United States, In that the govern
ment IS charged with the sepulchre Of
those who died prisoners in Its hands
according to the i>Sages OF civilization,
Of which the United States forms
large and competent part ys
Old Officers Reelected.
This section Of the report caused con-
siderable discussion. but It was finally
adopted.
Tho report recommended the creation
of the office Of vice-commander-in-ch
but after much discussion this feature
was defeated. The remainder Of the re-
port was adopted.
The election OF officers was then taken
up and present officers were quickly re-
elected.
It was just Gao O'clock when General
Lee declared tho reunion Of 1905 adj
journed sine die.
CALLED FOR RICHMOND.
Reunion Of 1907 Will Be Held in
This City.
Especial to The Times-Dispatc h.l
LOUISVILLE, KY, Juno l5.-Rlch-
came very being seleeted as
reunion this afternoon.
! General Stephen .. Lee had announced