The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-27
Great Throng of People at 0akwood
 Cemetery. MAJOR HARRIS
 ORATOR OF DAY Miss Sanford Recited a Poem Written by Her Father. military oompaniies, Piatoons of Poe uce and Prominent Men ia an Imposing Parade-Judge
 sayre Presided over
 the Exercises.

Montgomery yesterday paid its an- nual homage to the memory of the Confederate dead.
 Despite the fact that scores of vet erans of the Capital City were spend- ing the day in New Orleans at the annual reunion of the men who wore the grey, and the numerous other meetings and attractions in Montgom- cry, few more successful Memorial Days have been seen in Montgomery.
 Nature smiled on the occasion. The sun never shone brighter. the breezes never blew sweeter, and the color of the flowers of April was never more lovely. The grim graves of Oakwood Cemetery seemed brighter with the wreaths and gar1ands that had been placed upon them by the loving wo- men. who endeavor to perpetuate the brave deeds of their forefathers of the Confederacy.
 The crowd was bright but respect full. The music was now enlivening and now bearing a. touch of feeling that caused one to think of the men of the sixties, who had heard the crack of the rifle, the whistle of shrap- mel and the boom of cannon, the men who lay sleeping on the side of ;he green hill of beautiful fOakwood.
 school Children Present.
 All the schools of Montgomery gave half holidays in order that the chill dren might participate in the exercises and many of the down-town stores and business houses kept short hours. The offices of the courts and Capitol were closed during the period of the exercises. {.
 At o'clock large crowd began assembling at Oakwood Cemetery. which Sexton Pat Ryan had in perfect order, while throng of people were on the sidewalks along the announced line of parade.
 The parade was formed at 3 o'clock at the usual rendezvous at the corner of Bibb and Moulton Streets. The parade was headed by platoon of twelve mounted patrolmen, command cd by Police Captain Miles Smith. The policemen were all dressed in their new uniforms and wore white gloves, and presented a neat and creditable appear ance..
 They were followed by the Mont gomery City Band of twenty five pieces. led by William H. Smith. Grand Marshal Albert T. Goodwyn followed with his mounted stan. and behind the veterans came the officers Of the Ladies' Memorial Association, the orator of the day. Major John G. Harris, the chair man, Judge A. D. Sayre, and the reef tationist, Miss Mandevillene Sanford. In the next carriage was Father T. J. Baton, the Chaplain. and Judge Thomas c. Jones. In carriages followed All dermen of the City Council and ofi- ccrs of the city government. including Mayor W. NJ. Teague.
 The military contingent was com manded by Major E. F. Baber, Jr. The companies included the Montgomery Greys, commanded by Capt. E. Hayerly Jackson; the Montgomery Blues, com manded by Capt. William F. Weiss; Battery "B." 1st Artillery, commanded .... Fry. ss q commanded by Lieutenant w. F. Lee ',
 Tho procession moved at 330 o'clock. To the strains of martial airs of the South, the parade moved up Commerce Street to Court Square. up Dexter Ay- enue to the Capitol. where the soldiers saluted the Confederate monument, and from the Capitol to the cemetery.
 The approach of the procession was made known by signal guns, fired by a squad of artillerymen under com mand of Sergeant George Todd. To the solemn and stately trend of Cho- pins Funeral March. grandly rendered by the City Band, the parade passed of the dead to the pavilion from which the exercises were held.
 Exercises at Cemetery.
 Judge Sayre called the immense thong to order. and Lead Kindly Light" was feelingly rendered by the band. Judge Sayre then presented Fa- ther Eaton. who offered an invocation to the Heavenly Father for the success O. the gathering. He prayed as fol- Jews:
 70. God. Eternal Father. who in thy Spirit didst brood o'er the abyss at Creations dawn and in Creations splen- dor dost OCT Thy creatures hover. let thy particular love direct the actions of
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