The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-28
Notable Memorial Meeting is
 Held in Atlanta
DAUGHTERS GUESTS OF HONOR
Corporal Tanner of the G. A. R. Pays High Tribute-General Evans Delivers a Strong Address
 of Praise.

Atlanta. Ga, March 27.-Uniting in their tribute of veneration, honor and respect to the memory of Gen. Joseph Wheeler, the leader in two wars his comrades and foes in the sixties and his followers in the war for Cuban freedom gathered here today and joined in such a celebration as is accorded to few men in military or civic life.
 Reused to a pitch of enthusiasm by the words of General Wheelers friend and as- soeiate, in war and in peace, former Com gressman John w. Maddox the old sold iers shouted themselves hoarse. Stirred to their hearts by the tribute of Corporal James Tanner commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic they stood in their places and cheered, waving hats and handkerchiefs and refused almost to be quieted
 Nearly five hundred Confederate veter. ans gathered with a third of that nunl- Der representing the northern armies The old Confederate uniform was seen here and there; both flags that General Wheeler followed were wound together about the theatre where the addresses were made. The old Rebel yells greeted
 
 that fell from the lips of some speaker Not a diseordant word was heard but all joined with deep earnestness in the praise given to the memory of the honored dead Daughters Are Guests of Honor. The guests of honor were the daughters of General Wheeler Miss Annie Wheeler, the Army Angel" of the Cuban war Miss Lucy Wheeler and Miss Carrie Wheeler, also Mrs. Julia Wheeler-Harrls sister of the late general They shared box in the theatre with Mrs John B. Gordon. the widow of another great Confederate commander. The ladies of the Daughters of the Confederacy an other similar or ganizations occupied the boxes of the theatre The main floor was reserved for the veterans of the north and the south while other hundreds crowded the remaln- ing portions of the great auditorium. The heavy rain which fell almost with out interruption from carly morning seemed not to dampen the ardor of the services, but it prevented the spectacular l feature of the day, which was to have been n parade. largely military in eharac- ter, in which the Seventeenth United States infantry at Fort McPherson and the Fifth Georgia infantry, with numer- ous veteran organizations were 10 have places.
 The programme of the day was opened os 1oi. HpHlpSon H. Jones' cnalrman or the local committee of the Camp A. Wheeler cavalry, who made a brief ad- dress of tribute, and introduced Governor Joseph M. Terrell. He spoke briefly and appropriately and and introduced the oth- CT speakers of the day
 Maddox Is First Speaker The first of these was John W. Maddox ! a member of General Wheelers command in the civil war. and associate with him subsequently, in Congress Judge Maddox gave a sketch of General Wheel CTS career and character A graduate of West Point Military | academy, General Wheeler was appointed immediately upon leaving that institution a lieutenant of cavalry When the notes of war sounded he followed the lead of Robert E, Lee and others and cast his lot in the struggle with his native southland Connected n the first days of his service with the artillery and the infantry, he was soon tranferred to his best loved branch of the service and was placed in command of a brigade of cavalry. With this branch he connecteu until the last hope of the Confectionery was gone His rapid rise in rank was without q par allel in the war. At 24 years he was a lieutenant, at % a colonel, at 26 a brigadier general at 27 major general commando ing n corps. at 2S a lieutenant general commanding all the cavalry of his depart ment During the five years of his ser vice he under fire In more than eight hundred minor engagements and com manded in more than two hundred bat ties.
 When the terms of peace were arranged he lead in the efforts to build up the places devastated by war. For twenty years he was a member of the United States Congress and none was more &C., tive than he in behalf of the geenral in- terest of the whole country
 In peace as in war he commanded the respect and the confidence of those under him and associated with him. and moro than this. their love and affection Great as leader in battle, he was also great and energetic and earnest in his duties as a statesman.
 Evans Pays Tribute.
 Gen. Clement A. Evans representing the United Confederate veterans. spoke as follows
 Sacred duty similar to that which now engages us prevents the personal pres enee of General Lee. commander-in-chief of the United Confederate veterans. He, of all men could have most fittingly rep resented in these memorial ceremonies the entire body of his Confederate com rades He himself is a lofty. patriotic personality upon whom all the people of our country. and all our armies. whether retired or active look with exalted es- teem. Ihere IS surely the true grandeur of manhood in that American citizen around whom the brave men of two armies who were recently foes in bat tle and two peoples lately estranged even to bitterness can gather with mu- tual respect frank confidence, and friend ly union. Let us be grateful, my eoun- trymen that sue ha lives in the parsonage of this veteran chief of all Confederate veterans.
 There Is another man of magnetic personality numbered now among our country's illustrious dead. whose own in- spring life produced the same concensus of Northern and Southern popular senti- ment. He is foremost in the memorial thought of this significant hour for we are assembled to honor the patriotic character of General Joseph Wheeler.
 Law of Brotherly Fellowship.
 ''There are occasions of public enthu-