The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-05-03
VETERANS REUNION
Great Gathering Of Heroes
Who Wore the Gray
OPENING A BRILLIANT fyfsT
Favored B. Perfect weaiAe. I'D
With the AErangemen.x Of sae
Temporary Building Bsyuad p
preach, the Old Soldiers Be-
Their Meeting in Nex Orleans L
der the Fairexs Auspices.

oNf TIC arrest Auspices.
New Orleans. Special Wvslne..
! si the hear1 "f \ catN Watsh k.s lssss
Tie htunI ot battle aua Worn 80
weeds "t Mourning Tor ia sakr. sHs
'7niederacy was revived at-a,a "a
These sho CHERISH Il for essryf.
ihat II "as lnien,iea ia b. aad .sa
"'ii lose li untii they die. :or +.
II mean, e. them AID io ile S.-sa.
tn" tales uI the hsfvi.u. th~ r.-
hee. lie agony aad the glory ~
great days sYere told agaia 10 gt....
Who never weary uf the story. 81
who cbeercd and aep' - turn. y
The bright 81 suu.bsr side of the 10
tar" MAS turned "a siew.
M rruut"n was ever held ys..Y
'aiir au>plr"s. aud ruue ever -. Il.
ed greater promise Of success. r..
weather Was perfect the arran....
m"nis "f the temporary buiid [,
erected Tor the rcualoa were ~. b.
passed and he details of the s.+f
work Of handling the great th,..sr
OF visitors carried oai aith pre- &C.
ION and care.
The Iirst session of the day -
the reunion formally launched .ltn
lis career. General :. ID Lee. .l.r
eommanderin-ehief. Adin;ant G.n-
eral MIckle and other officers of he
organization presented their np is
/ at4I 4 \ 4. 4
| NAL address.
HE convention waF called 10 ot,=.r
by Genera, Albert E<topinui, can.
mander-in-ebIef of the Louisiana ., >
Vision Of tie United Confederate y IT
| Grams.
After All eloquent invocation aad
been delivered BY Chaplain GeH@ell
Jones, of the organization the anthem
'lmmonals. composed by T. g. &C.
Leon. of Mobile. Ala. was sung.
| I'm address of welcome Ia the -
iiing veterans was then made by a. u-
eral Estopinal and solo. "a t.r.-
federate Toast III Song conn. a
by Miss Given. OF the United Da -
ters Of The tonfederacy. was sua. Nv
Miss Carrie Nick.
Governor Blanchard was gvee q
most enthusiastic welcome whe "a
stepped 10 the front of the plai;, ~
Ia speak for thc people of the = ie
of Louisiana. He. IN the most ,..I-
| dial manner, badc the visitors ..ri-
| come to tue State, and after n "a.
by Alfred Meister. Mayor Behft. IL
greeted The veterans in behalf o. hr
city Of New Orleans.
Charles Paine Fenner. of New .}e-
| leans, delivered q brief addres. r
welcome in behalf o.. tie local : te
Of Veterans.
Mrs. ". J. Belrman, preside a
the Federated Southern Memorial Z -
soc.ation. spoke few words of sr,-
come and then j. Y. Sinnott. ai,t
wee president Of the citizen's c&@eo--
tive committee of New Orleans. sls-lc
briefly. welcoming the veterans IS b,-
half Of the people IF Louisiana .4nd
| he then delivered To General = -.
Ice. a eommander-in-ehief of lac
Confederate veterans, the hall ere. -
| for their use daring the reunion
General Lee was then formally
presented by General Estopinal .afd
was greeted with roand after u. sd
| of cheers.
4 chorus arranged by Mrs. 7 A.
Burke was then sung and General Lsa,
after accepting the auditorium IN De-
half Of the veterans, delivered hi +or-
NAL address as eornmander-in-ehIs+
This afternoon was given Owe 10
the memory Of the Confederate uead
and address extolling tl.eir value. pa
triotism and devotion were eheered
again and again. Beautiful women
and stalwart men combined their
voices in hymns Of praise, and the
whole service proved that, while the
men themselves are gone. the mem.sy
of what they were and what they d,d
will never be forgotten by those VINO
have inherited tbs land they fought
TO save.
The afternoon session Of the reuB-
ion was devoted 10 the glory of the
Confederate dead, the exercises brns
| of 4 memorial character.
Genral w. l. Cabell, commando of
tie trans Mississippi department. ore
sided in the absence of General ; D.
| Lee. After the session had been o1sen
ed by prayer by Rev. Gordon Bake
well, chaplain general of the Lonis-
ana division, 4 mixed choir Of twenty
voices sang, in beautiful msaner.
Nearer. Ny God to Thee"
The first address was by Rev. DC
Ia Moriniere, OF New Orleans. Who
spoke at considerable length and uiti'
much eloquenee OF Robert E. Lee .nd
jefferson Davis. Ills address wss re-
eeived witk exceeding warmth and
many times he was compelled to matt
III his remarks 10 allow the app.- use
10 die away.