The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-27

He spoke as one Sho had by practice become acquainted with the things ard times he was speaking of. Judge Car michael-had heard the dull below of artillery. he had heard the rattle of rifiery and the hiss of the minnie ball. he had heard the chatter of charging sduadrons. the shrieks of the wounded and the prayers of the dying. He knew what the war meant and his remarks were peculiarly vivid and impressive.
 He was frequently interrupted by ap- plause and throughout was given care- ful attention.
 At the close of his remarks. he was accorded hearty applause
 Major Washburn then introduced Lieutenant J. Pierce and Mir William F. Christian. who sang duet. These voice and not note of their entire song was missed by the audience. They were heartily applauded.
 Major Washburn said that Judge Carmichael had most fittingly paid q tribute to the patriotic women of the South He spoke of their faithfulness at home. attending to the business of the families, while the husbands and fathers were busy repelling the invader and how they always found time to send provisions and clothes and neces- sities to the soldiers on the firing line and by their example leant renewed patriotism to the cause.
 Recitation by Miss Goodwin. He presented Miss Priscilla Goodwin, the recitationist of the afternoon, and descendant of Confederate soldiers and men of distinction by a long line of ancestry.
 Miss Goodwin, charming young miss. just blooming into womanhood, recited with fine expression. perfect composure and graceful jesture, "The Phantom Host" said to have been the composition of Father Ryan. the below ed poet priest of Mobile and the poet laureate of the Southern Confectionery. The beautiful lines of the poem were eagerly received by every member of the audience and Miss Goodwin was warm ly applauded.
 MT. Cobbs then pronounced the bcn- ediction. The moment was one of solemnity, when the young minister spoke the impressive words and 1t was as coming into new life, when the solemnity was broken by the band bursting into the familiar and never dying strains of Dixie. The veterans sent up the famous rebel yell and they were joined by the throng who cried right Justify and the women who ex- pressed their patriotism by clapping their hands.
 Decoration of Graves. The assemblage then filed to the graves of the Confederate soldiers to see the young soldiers pay their an- nual tribute to the brave men who fought a good fight. .
 The graves of the soldiers were in their Memorial Day attire. Near each plain headstone was miniature flag of the Confederacy and plethora of flowers. The members of the Memo rial Association had busied themselves about these graves throughout the day. They had strung garlands and
 strewn flowers and the graves scnt up
 an aroma of springtfme as the grim
 visaged young soldiers stood on the
 brink of the hill above the graves to
 nay their tribute with the sound of
 musketry so dear to the soldier heart.
 The infantry and the cavalry were
 drawn up in line of battalion on the
 brow of the hill of the old cemetery,
 while across the ravine in the new
 cemetery was a battery of artillery,
 which boomed out the first salute. This was answered by three voileys
 from the infantry and cavalry com
 mands and all was silent. when skilled bugie sounded the melancholy notes of taps. the soldiers requiem.
 The companies fired salutes over the graves of distinguished Confedarates; over the tonbs of Generals Lonax, Holtzclaw. Clanton. Judge John c. Winter and Captain c. A. Allen, late commander of the Montgomery Blues, who met a tragic death three years ago.
 The crowd hurriedly dispersed and the sad things of the day were forgot ten fin the joys of the present. Small boys had their inning and the streets from the Cemetery to Court Square re- sounded with their whistles on the empty shells discarded by the militia men.
 On the return to Montgomery exhi- bition drills were given on Dexter Av-
 enue by the Governors Guard andsthe
 Blues and Greys.