Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-16
Unanimously Chosen to Succeed
Himself as Commander-ln-
Chief Of Association.
NEW ORLEANS GIFTS REUNION
Crescent City Had Little Difficulty in
Capturing Honor of Entertaining
Weare's of the orey-ereetlnes Re
ceived From Indiana G. A. r. State
Encanpment Offend One Delegate.
(By Associnteh Press. J

U'y Associated iress.)
/ LOUISVILLE, KY. June l5.-Thc
United Confederate Veterans today re-
elected their old officers as fellows:
Cumman,lcrirCbicf. Lieutenant Gen.
ieral Stephen ID. Lee. Mississippi
Z Commander rransMisssSippi de,
lar'nmnl. Gen. l.. ". Cabcll Texas.
Commander army IF Tennessee de-
lmrtmpnt. Lieut.. Gen. Clement a.
Evans. Georgia.
Commander army of Northern Vir-
Giria department. Irving Walker.
South Carolina.
New Orleans had little difficulty III
securing the convention for 1906.
Nashville made fight which surprised
The convention. bnt the sentiment was
strongly III favor uf the Crescent City.
Too Muc!, Fraternizing For Him.
Fratcrnal greetings were read from
the State cncampmcmt Of G. a. r.. of
lniiala IN session n. Madison. The
greetings we've only moderately cheer.
ed and one delegate on the platform,
with the remark that there is get
ting 10 hc tho much of this frlterniz.
Ing" took his hat and departed.
Other interesting reports submitted
dnping The day. were those of the his.
tory committee and the battle abbey
committee
The spectacular feature of The re-
unio:.--ilo parade Of the remnants of
the Snllth's once great army-will take
place tomcrrGw and it. is expected that
The number Of men will exceed those
Of any recent reunion. The line of
march will cover a distance nf nearly
three miles.
Tho frs! business of the convention
today. after tic Invocation. which was
by Rev. james i. Smith. of Richmond
Va, one of The two surviving staff Of
llcors of StGEcwal Jackson, was the
reading Of tho report on credentials.
Considerable Confusion.
AS there we're no contests this busi-
ness was Huiciily disposed Of There
was considerable confusion among the
del. gates, and General Lee took the
veterans sharply To task for delaying
he business Of the convention. Bust.
ness WIS about to be resumed wlcn
The arrival Of dunn corps. with flies
playing Dixie" set the veterans wild.
Quiet WAS restored. but only momen-
lar!ly, rs the drum corps marched out
and few minutes later re.appearrI
esccitins q group of sponsors 10 the
platform.
Tho report of the history committee
was then submitted by General Evans.
Of Georgia. its chairman. The object
of the committee Is To secure accurate
history. which is TO he Incorporated IN
the books in Southern schools. The re-
port says III part:
During the first two decades after
tho surrender an effort was evidently
made tn cast the general record of
the Southern States into an oprobrinu,
shadow and also to infect the minds Of
The youths of the country with the
"p'H'pit tiuL lueIc WIS HElHlflS NOME,
nothing soo,l in The Confederate cause.
Attempted Perversions Resented.
"rhe attempted perversions of his
tory were resented, hut the South, was
without facilities for reaching. by any
kind Of literature. the masses of their
cntntrymeil of the Northern States to
correct the errors into which they
wore led
Therefore, unfair history and other
pcrnlcious publications gained on
trance into The schools and homes Of
nearly every section, north and south
and disastrous inflammation of the
sectional spirit was the result. The
protest Of Confederate associations.
caused investigations Which resulted
in the discovery that the South was
permitting its sons and flnr ghtcrs to
lie taught that tho gross charges
against the Southern people, of rebel.
lion, treason AMI war atrocities ami
the like were historical facts, This
discovery was followed by appeals to
htarls of education and ether civil au-