The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-28
BIRTHDAY OF LEE
COMMANDER or SONS ISSUES AN
 ORDER.
January le Celebrations Will be Held fn All somthera stRtes to Mark One Hundreath Anniversary
 09 Birth.

Dr. Thomas RI Owen, iommander.in- Chief of the United Sons of Confed- erai order. calling upon ali camps iu the Confederation to unite ln gem eral observance of the one hundrsdth anniyersary of the birth of Robert E. Lee January 19. 1907.
 No set program accompanies the or- der. The local camps arc -iven dis erection as to the best means of enter- tainment in the celebration of the oc. casiop which is of so much interest and so much significance to the South. The local camps and individual Sons are urged to unite and help in every way the general observance of the
 An order of similar nature has been sent out by Commander Stephen D. Lee of the United Confederate Vel dren of the Confedefacy have already made provisions to join in tho ceiebrae-
 The more important celebration. how ever. will be had at Washington and Lee University In Virginia of which General Lee was president and at which place he died. To the elaborate ex- ercises planned prominent men from all over the country have been invI
 Governor Jelks of Alabama has is- sued a proclamation calling attention to the hundredth anniversary of Gen- eral Lees birth, and 1t Is supposed that similar proclanations will be is- sued by other Southern Governors. General Lees birthday has been made O legal holiday in the States of Ala bamas Georgia, Florida. Virginia. North and South Carolina. Sentiment to have this done is crystallzing in other. States Of the South; The Educational De have prepared and sent out to the school children of the State programs for the exercises on the day.
 The order of ommander-in-Chief WN 10 1
 General Headquarters, United Sons of Confederate Veterans.
 Montgomery. Ala, Dec. 27. 1906. "Cseneral Orders No, 14.
 "First--It is hereby ordered that camps of the United Sons of Confed- crate Veterans observe with formal and fitting ceremonies. January ID, 1907. the one hundredth anniversary of Lee. The exercises may be held alo sep or as a joint exercise with other Confederate organizations. Individual servance of the day in the schools of their communities, and to cooperate with every effort or movement looking to It's observance in other ways. It should be pleasure to the descendants of the heroic men who followed Lee, as we'll as of all others who shared Tn the patriotic struggles of the sixties, to yield ready rSSssIponse M and obedience s,., of this gallant soldier and Christian gentleman has grown with the pass ing years. until he is easily recognized as one of the really great Inen of all time.
 "second---No special form ef exereis- es will be prescribed, each camp being expected to prepare ana carry oul such a program as will best suit local conditions. It should, however, enl- brace patriotic songs, the rendition oi prose and poetical selections, briet biographical sketch of LeC with a formal address by a Veteran or by some member of the camp. Confeder- are flags and iikenesses of Lee should be used in the decorations
 'Third--AGeneral headquarters will be glad to advise with camps in the preparation of programs, Cr in seeur- ing appropriate selections. etc. NewS paper or other accounts 1f neetings together with copies of addresses, or other printed matter, such as pro- grams, etc., should be promptly for warded the Conrpander- in Chief for preservation in the Confederate rec ords.
 '"rhomas M. owen, "Commander-ln-C Chief. "ofacial:
 Albert c. Sexton.
 "Aaiutant-General and Chief ot
 The birthday of General Lee will be celebrated in Montgomery with tittins eXeroiReS