The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-16
SHARP CRITICISM
FOR GENERAL MILES
Battle Abbey Report Presented
and Appeal Made For Funds.
No Change to Be Made in
"Dixie"-The Situation
Among Sons Caus-
ing Alarm.
(By Associated Press. }

LOUISVILLE. KY, Juno 15-The
United Confederate Veterans to-day re-
elected their old officers as follows:
Commander-In-C Chief, Lieutenant G en-
eral Stephen y. Lee, mississippi; Com
mander trans mississippi Department.
General l.. W. cabell, Texas; Commander
Army OF Tennessee Department. Lieu
tenant General Clement a. Evans, Gcor-
ga; Commander Army Of Northern V1r-
gnia Department, Irving Walker, South
Carolina.
New Orleans had little difficulty III
securing the convention Tor 1906. Nash
Vile made fight which surprised the
convention. but the sentiment was
strongly In favor OF the Crescent City.
Fraternal greetings were read from
the State encampmcnt OF 9. A. Il. OF
Indiana, in session at Madison. The
greetings were only moderately cheered.
and one delegate on the platform. with
the remark that there ''is getting to be
too much OF this fratcrnizing," took his
hat and departed. s
Interesting reports submitted during
the day were those Of the History Com
mittec and the Battle Abbey Committee
The spectacular feature OF the reunion
the parade of the remnants OF the
once great army-will take place to-
morrow, and 1t Is expected that the
number OF men in line will exceed that
OF any recent reunion. The line OF
march will cover q distance OF nearly
three miles.
The Session in Detail.
The first business OF the convention to-
day after the Invocation. which was by
the Rev. James p. Smith, Of Richmond,
va. one OF the two surviving stan
officers OF Stonewall Jackson, was the
reading Of the report on credentials. AS
there; we're no contests, this business
was quickly disposed of. .js.2 "a. s.s
There was considerable confusion
. among the delegates, and General Lee
took the veterans sharply to task for
delaying the business OF the conven-
tIon. business was about to be resumed
when the arrival of drum corps, with
f,fes, playing Dixie set the veterans
wild. Quiet was restored, but only mo-
mentary, as the drum corps marched
out, and few minutes later reappeared,'
cscortlng group of sponsors to the
platform.
History Committee.
The report Of the history committee
was then submitted by General Evans.
of Georgia, its chairman. The object OF
the committeei i sto secure history Whlch
is to be Incorporated in the text books
in Southern schools. The report says
in part:
"During the first two decades after
the surrender, an effort was evidently
made to cast the general record OF the
Southern States into an opprobious
shadow, and also to infect the minds
OF the youths of the country with the
opinion that there was nothing, moth
ing true, nothing good, in the Confed-
crate cause. The attempted perver-
sIons Of history were resented, but
the South was without facilities for
reaching, by any kind Of literature,
the masses OF their countrymen OF
the Northern States to correct the err
rors into which they were led.
"Thercfore, unfair history and other
pernicious publications gained en-
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 tho South was
permitting It's sons and daughters
TO be taught that the gross charges
against the Southern people, Of rebel
lion, treason and war atrocities ana
the like, were historical facts. This
discovery was followed by appeals to
boards OF education and other civil
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