The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-17

lifelong friend, we decided to try to secure as many pictures of the mem sibIe, put them in frame and present to your company, and as far Us We have been successful we now place Sn your keeping the same"
 Responding for his company Captain Weiss spoke as follows:
 "On behalf of this company. Major Washburn, want to assure you that we are very glad indeed to receive the you we do so with keen sense of ap- preciation of it's value to our company.
 There arc two reasons why we shall al%ays prize t as ns Sns or tbssa qgr mSs. n sons is that 1t comes from one whose very name has always been an inspir- ation to the Montgomery True Blues, one who through thick and thin, proven himself a true and loyal friend to this company, a True Blue f there ever lived one.
 "Fhe second reason for which we shall appreciate 1t is because it is a picture of those members of our com pany who served in the Civil War, for we are justly proud that they, mem bers of our company, took part in that them solely because they were soldiers. or because they were members of our company, but because they were Com federate soldiers Confederate Soldiers! ID HltHQ NHdl fB StiC RAQAAN0k %AtAD that can be borne by any man. It is term that is synonymous with honor and courage and chivAlry and heroic endeavor. It Is term that is used to designate the men that conn posed the grandest army ever assem- bled on the face of the earth. It is a term that will reverberate through the ages to come, and will ecao and re-echo the, story of their marvellous achieve merts of those matchless heroes who maintained for four immortal years the most glorious struggle in which the blood of patriots was ever shed.
 How could we fail to feel pride in the knowledge that they, members of our company. participated in that great conflict2 How could we fall to be proud of the record of their deeds which with their blood they wrote upon eve honor and love them because they were Confederate soldiers and were loyal to that great cause, and it is a pleasure to have their pictures hung where we can point to them with pride and where they will be an in- spiration, not only to- ourselves, but to the generations of Blues that will sue
 SAnd while we are pagticularly pleased to receive aid are gratefully behoIding this picture, portraying their material likenesses, which our true and loyal comrade. Major Washburn, has presented to us tonight, we take this | occasion to solemnlX affirm that what ever may be the future fate of this token of your love for this company, | the pictures are engraven in our hearts and in our minds of those represented here, and of the principles for which | they so vaiiantly fought will endure until taps have been sounded over the mortal remains of the last True Blue. The photographs in the group picture presented to the Blues by the Survivors | Association are those, of B M Wash burn, James 4 Harris s; S Harris John Fillmore; E; J Lee. E H. ceSb, E. s. ton, W. W Screws, c. P. Rogers Frank P. o'Brien, Henry Goldthwaite | James w. Pc v sll, H. B kIlinugh, Jcs-
 eph Pollard. A. H. Caffey. E. D. At
 kinson, G. M williams, John A. Camp I bell, Henry BetnCa and Sol Elan gan
 In addition to the group picture Major | Washburn also presented to the young
 soldiers photographs of James R. Stew
 art and E. H. Fletcher which had beer
 secured too late to have, them placed 1T | At the conclusion of the remarks o Captain Weiss there were calls for Col | onel Bricken who spoke briefly com | mendinR the Blues as one of the bes companies in his regiment. He tool occasion to say that he expected t' | issue an order soon compiimenting thI Blues and the Greys for their promp response to the order by Governor I Jelks to be in readiness to go to Mo
 bile two months ago.
 Mayor Teague was called out ant
 spoke to the company. He declared himself in favor of an armory for th
 Montgomery soldiers which declaration
 was applauded with enthusiasm.
 Col A B. Garland of the Reserv Corps, Capt. Everett Jackson of tn
 Greys. Capt. W, F Lee of the Cover
 nor's Guard and Capt. Sam Roswald O
 Battery B" made remarks
 II It was a late hour when the com
 pany and their friends dispersed.