The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-06-06
CONFEDERATE VETERANS REUNION
Veterans of the Lost Cause Splendldly
Entertained in Richmond, Virginia
OLD SOLDIERS ARE HAPPY

OLD SULDlEkS Ak[ llAFPf
Governor Swanson and Mayor Nc
Carthy Welcome the Veterans to
the State and Richmond, Both Be-
ing Received with Enthusiastic Ap-
plause-old Soldiers Rise to Their
Feet ond Greet General Lee With
the Utmost Enthusiasm.
Richmond, Va, Special.-With the
largest number Of Confederate vet
Grams gathered together since the war,
and the vast horse show building, IN
which the convention vas held, beau
tiful with flags and bunting and por-
traits of the leaders Of the Confeder-
acy, the twelfth annual reunion OF
the Confederate veterans began here
under the most suspicious conditions.
General Boiling introduced Rev. j..
William Jones, chaplain general OF
the grand camp, who presented Rev.
Dr.. j. R. Gravatt, of this city, and
the latter offered the opening prayer.
Governor Swanson of Virginia,
mid tbs widest enthusiasm, well
coined the veterans to the Old Do
minion.
Mayor Mccarthy, Of Richmond,
welcomed the visitors to the city
which As years ago they defended
AGAINST the armies of Burnside, Pope,
Mcclellan. Sheridan and Grant.
B. B. Morgan, of the local camp
Sons of Veterans, added the welcome
of those he represents to the well
comes. which already had been ex-
pressed.
General Boiling introduced the com
man~der-in-chief of the Confederate
veterans, Gen. Stephen d. Lee, and
the old soldiers rose to their feet and
received him with the utmost enthus-
iasm. General Lee assumed the gavel
of the presiding officer and delivered
his annual address.
He said among other things, thai
the coming of a Confederate veteran
TO Richmond was like the return of {
Iong-absent child to its mother-that
Richmond is to the C~onfederacy what
Calais was to that French Prince
who compelled to live In England
said: "'When I die, you will find en-
.graved on my heart the n wore
Calais"
At noon the first session of the re
union adjourned for the veterans t
take part in the unwilling of IN
equestrian statue of Gen. j. E. j
Stuart, erected by the cavalry asso
citation of the Army of Northern VII
ginia.
The parade incident to this cert
mony started at 2 p. m. and was
brilliant pageant. The weather wa
beautiful, and the display was wi
messed by a vast concourse, estimate
to number $4,000 to $4,000. !.
The people were packed along tx
whole course of the parade, a Oh
tance'of about two miles, on the sid
walks, on the porches and in tt
windows of the buildings on bot
sides of the street.
The whole number in line and
the sidewalks is estimated at fro
125,OOO to 100000. There are abo1
10000 actual veterans in the cit
OF sons of veterans and other au
iliarv bodies, military and so o
there are about 10000 and in ado
ton to these, there are about 300
visitors drawn hither by the reunl'
ceremonies.
Monument Unveiled.
The grand serenade at 2 p. m.
the unwilling ceremonies at t
Stuart monument were all that cou
be desired, both from a scenic VIE
and the elegant manner of its bel
carried out.
Veterans Stirred By Col. Lee.
Richmond, Va, Special.-In ]
speech, which aroused the Confed
sate veterans convention and VIII
proved to be the leading feature
the reunion thus far, Col. "BoI
Lee said in part:
"There never has been a m
critical period of American histt
than that which ushered the "
1860 upon the worlds stage OF a
ION. The trouble was of recent
igin. it was not the spasmodlc o
burst of an hour, nor the stubb'
and senseless resistance Of a'facti
maintenance of %groundless opinio
but was the result of the existel
~of antagonizing forces operating
"a long time in the country, the Sc
being first sown by the forefath'
some in the fertile valley OF
James, and some fell down on
rock-bound coast of New Engla
Sectional differences exhibited thu