The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-26

scene as the gay dresses or the ladies fluttering with the bright colors Of tho Confederacy, came rapidly through ths aisles side by side with men In the Confederate gray.
 Commander in -chief owen made an address in acknowledgement of the courtesies shown the visitors by the municipality and people of New Dr. leans.
 Commander owen was prodigal Of hts praise of the Confederate soldiers and evoked considerable enthusiasm among his hearers by his whole souled eulos gium.
 Routine business in the nature of the announcement of the committee on credentials and resolutions brought the morning session of tho reunion to . close.
 The afternoon session of the reunion was devoted to the glory of the Con federate dead, the exercises being en- tirly of a memorial character. Gener- al w. T.. Cabell commander of the trans Mississippi department. presided in the absence of General Leo. After the session had been opened by prayer by Rev. A. Gordon Bskewell, chaplain general of the Louisiana division, a mixed choir of twenty voices sang In a beautiful manner Nearer my God to Thee"
 The first address of the afternoon was by Rev. De LaMorinier of New Orleans. who spoke at considerable length and with much eloauence of Robert P. Lee and Jefferson Davis His address was received with exceeding warmth. and many times he was com pelied to halt in his remarks to allow the applause to die away.
 When he had concluded the choir sang Jesus Lover of My Soul and GeneraI Cabeli then introduced Rev. w McF. Alexander of New Orleans who spoke at length on the constitn- tional side of the right of the states to secede. He claimed it was the un- doubted privilege of the states to leave the union prior to 1881. Tt Is not right now" he said. "because the war has settled the fact" MT. Alexande, closed his address with an eloquent tribute to the women of the South.
 The memorial services proper were ended by a benediction pronounced by Chaplain General Jones.
 General Cabell then introduced Lieutenant Governor Jay Sanders oi Louisiana, who in behalf of the Sons oi Veterans, addressed the delegates. He assured the old soldiers that it was believed by their sons to be a duty and privilege 10 show the world at large what was done by the men of the South before, during and since the war. was believed fin, honored. and cherished by he the duty of the on-coming genera tions to see that the truth only Is re- corded of the deeds of the Confeder- ate soldiers.
 j.. H. whyte. a handsome and en- thusiastic young Confederate, then committee selected by General Cabell to make reply to the greeting to the Sons of Veterans.
 The presiding officer in a few words introduced as the orator of the reunion Judge James B. Can't of Jefferson City, Mo. the Major General command ing the Missouri Division of the Con- federate Veterans.
 At the conclusion of Judge Gantt's address an adjournment was taken un- til 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. At night a series Of exhibition drills was given in the auditorium, the first event being by the Beauregsrd Ca dets, commanded by Miss Lillian Nor velIe. 'sThe March of the states led by Miss MoIlIe Blanchard. was a very pretty feature. the States being repre- scented by the following young ladies. South Carolina. Miss c. Feeny: Mis- sissipi, Miss Jane Brunson; Alabama Miss A. David: Florida. Miss A. Nores Georgia, Miss Emma Rohrbasher; Lou isiana, Miss L. Ptnski; Texas. Miss F. Mohr; Virginia. Miss M. Peigrat: Ar kansas, Miss c. Ranaud; North Caro- lima, Miss Coe; Tennessee, Miss R. Bernard; Kentucky. Miss A. Legendre; Missouri. Miss A. Hoffman: Maryland, Miss T. Hunzelman.
 A dress parade and prize drill by a number of boy cadet corps concluded the regular program and the remainder of the evening was spent in dancing.