The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-06-16

and chief of stan, in accordance with q
unanimous vote. sent the following
telegram TO General A. p Stewart, who
is i'll at Borden Wheeler Springs, Ala:
BY unanimous vote of the con-
ventIon today, was directed to express
to you the sincere sympathy of your
Confederate associates in your sickness,
and the earnest hope that God in His
mercy would long spare your life to,
make glad our hearts May heaven
choicest blessings be with you.
WILLIAM E. MICKLE.
"Adjutant General and Chief of Stat
RESOLUTIONS AND CREDENTIALS.
The committee on resolutions AMI
credentials have been made up. but
were not read by the chairman.
There are several vacancies and 1t
is not expected that all of them will
be filled before the reunion is ever.
The committee OIL, resolutions is as fol-
lows:
Alabama, Major w. B. Leedy; Flori-
da, General Frank P Fleming; Georgia,
| Colonel w. o. Waddell: Indian Terri
| tory, Colonel Stilwel P. Russell; Ken
lucky, Colonel Charles L. Doughty;
| Louisiana, Coonel David Fable; Mary
| land, Colonel Winfield Peters; Missouri,
DIR. K. D Morton; North Carolina, Gen
eral James I. Metts; Northwest, Lieu
| tenant Colonel ". H. H. Ellis; Okla
homa, Colonel A S. Reaves; Pacific,
Brigadier General l. w. G. Harrison;
| South Carolina, Colonel o. L. Schum-
| pert; Texas. General B. B. Paddock;
Virginia, General j. Taylor Ellyson.
/ Committee on credentials:
Alabama, Lieutenant Colonel James
A Crow; District Of Columbia, Hickey;
Florida, Major Thomas J. Appleyard; ;
| Georgia Lieutenant Colonel w. B. Ror-
/ roughs; Indian Territory, Brigadier
General ]. P. Wood; Kentucky, General
l. J M. Arnold; Louisiana, Colonel c. L.
j Walker; Missouri, Major o. H. P Ca
tron; North Carolina, Colonel H. A
London Northwest Colonel William
Ray; Ohio, M. J. Caldwell; Oklahoma
Colonel w. H Primrose; Pacific R. ?
Bean; South Carolina, Colonel Davie
Cardwell; Texas, Brigadier Genera
Thomas H Edgar, Virginia Colonel l.
L. Marks; West Virginia G. L. Thomas
! In the course of an impressive ser
vice under the auspices OF the Con1ad
Grated Southern Memorial Association
: the Rev C. H. Polhill of this city,wht
made the principal address, urged tha
: the men of the south cooperate witt
a the, men OF
y the women of the association in an ef
= fort to erect fitting monument Tor Je1
= ferson Davis who embodied in him
self. as did no other Confederate sol
dier or statesman the whole cause 10
:, which we went to arms.
The orphan brigade held its twenty
second annual re union late this alter
- noon. General Simon Bolivar Buckne
. was one Of the speakers. Captain j
,IH. Weller was reelected commande
!, of the organization by reclamation.
= Efforts to arrive at the exact mum
her of veterans and visitors in Louis
Vile tonight are necessarily futile
:, Railroad men who have had experlenc
\ in the handling of crowds at other re
unions assert that the numerous Spe
cial trains arranged for the LOulsviii
- meeting were more crowded than
4 any other reunion in the past nv
- years A conservative estimate Wouic
u however seem TO set the figures
+ near the Is, 900 mark.
- 1t is understood that Nashville WI
n make bid for the next convention ah
80 that Chattanooga has Withdrawn
~ favor of the Tennessee capital but SCI
~ timent is strong IN the direction OF II
METROPOLIS near the mouth OF the MI:
-, sissippi General Lee will probably
a reelected r-in-chief as WI
~ also the other: officers of the organize
J. ton.
Tonight the street cars are jamme
"A with people the concert at JOCK
at Club park was given to the capaco
,d of the enclosure, the river steaHe
III were crowded. the parks held the
throngs and the sponsors ball held
fractions for hundreds yet the not
lobbies were filled with pushlng' pc
as spring crowds up to a late hour.