The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-17
TO BATTLE HYMNS
UNDER OLD FLAGS
Parade of the Veterans
at Louisville.
CHER0KEES In LINE
The Red Men Who Fought With the
North Carolinians Tramp Beneath
the Stars and Bars. Thinning
Ranks of the Souih's Great
CHEROKEES IN LINE
Army.
(By the Associated Press.

I
! Louisville, KY, June 16.-Beneath
i the shot-rddled battle flags that float
ed over many a sodden field and to the
thrilling strains of Dixie that oft
! had cheered them on TO victory or
! defeat the Confederate veterans who
wore the gray marched TO-DAY in proud
| review before thousands OF people
gathered in kentucky's chief city to
do them honor.
| There was not much in the way of
/ formation and order in the line so
! far as the old boys were concerned,
| but they marched with sparkling eye
| to the old tunes and heard the same
| cheers that have stirred their blood
annually since the reunions became a
| part of life in the South. Many of
! the captured battle flags recently re-
turned by the government were car
| ried in today parade and were the
objects of interest and veneration.
The temperature was near the SO
! mark and John Coke, of Lawrence
burg, KY. J. p. Allen. of Virginia, and
William Potter. aged 60, of Nashville,
were overcome and taken to hospitals.
The parade, which formed at First
and Main streets, was in three grand
divisions, comprising the trans Mssts
sippi department. the department of.
the Army of Northern Virginia and
the Department OF the Army of Ten
nessee. Colonel Bennett H. Young,
commander of the Kentucky division
was chief marshal, and the following
was in command of three divisions:
General w l.. Cabcll, Texas, the
trans Mississippi Department; General
C. Irvine Walker, South Carolina, the
Department of Northern Virginia:
General Clement A. Evans, the Army
of the Tennessee.
At the head of the column, as special
guests of the reunion, rode Genera
Joe Wheeler in citizens dress, and
jefferson Hayes Davis grandson of
President Davis. of the Confederacy.' \
They were escorted by Wheelers Cav
airy. Next came the COMMANDMENTS
chief, General stephen n. Lee and
staff. The distinguished leader was
cheered at every turn. The mand-
ers Immediate escort was the Column
bus Rifles. from the Generals home
city, Columbus, Miss, and then fol
lowed carriages containing Miss Carrie
Pcyton Wheeler, sponsor for the South
and her maids of honor
General c. Irvine Walker, of South
Carolina, occupied his familiar place
as head of the Department Of II
Army of Northern Virginia. The West
Virginia division headed the Depart
ment with General S. s. Drenen in
command.
The r. e. Lee Camp. Of Richmond.
Va. had the place of honor in the l
Virginia division The marching of
this camp was splendid. and tho men
wore cileered heartily. Then came the
Tom Smith Camp of Suffolk. Va. and
Stonowall Jackson's Old brigade with
several tattered flags. These old men
and their flags aroused tho crowd to
much enthusiasm. The William
Watts Camp. of Roanoke. Va. brought
up the rear of the Virginians.
Ohio was in line with one camp. tt
headquarters is ut Columbus and il
boasts four members.
Maryland bad but 3 few members
il line and they were just ahead of
the South Carolinians. General Thos.
w. Carwile headed the South Carolina
division. Following his commend
came the famous camp from Asheville,
n. c., carrying their familiar hornet
nests and several battle flags. There
had been misunderstanding and the
men from the mountains fell in line
ahead of their commander.
With the Asheville men were a camp
of Cherokee Indians, vino fought with
the North Carolinians, bringing up the
rear of the department under General
Walker.
General Clement A. Evans of Ceor-
gia, rode at the head of the army of
Tennessee. Then came General A j.
West of the North Georgia brigade.
Following as his escort was the drum
corps of the Atlanta fire department,
headed by their chief, w K. Joynel.
The bright uniforms of the firemen
and their splendid playing and march
ing evoked a continuous roar OF cheers
as the column moved on. After them
came the Tige Anderson Camp OF At
lanta, and then small detachment OF
veterans marching under the coiors OF
the Forty-second Georgia, their color
bearer holding proudly aloft a battle
flag not much larger than a ladys
handkerchief.