The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-27

It's fine armament made good impress
sion upon all who noted. Capt. George
The handsomest feature of the pa
rade was the trap filed with several
beautiful young ladies OF Montgomery
MONTGOMERY Grays. The young ladies'
were Miss Roberta Roberts. sponsor for
| the Greys, and Misses Algie Hardwick.
Maud Burke. Mary Knowles and Bon.
| ME Andrew. Their proud and FORUM
ate escort was Sergeant J. II. Guerry.
| 1t is understood that there was IN
| tense rivalry in the company for the
fine military billet which went to Ser
The Following were appointed mar
shals and aids:
Honorary STAFF Major w. w. Screws.
s s95 aaa NJ Thomas 4 %ssd ion! 1anes A. Emor'
| Assistant Marshals-A 3. Garland.
| Charles Drum, John @. Cromelin, H. T.
Hall. G. w. Fuller. John B. Fuller,
Frank G.. Browder, w. NJ. Seldom. B..
n. ,washbgrn, Robert Halls. Dr.. T; N.
". f B. whiting. g. T. so B. Msstin, W. II.
Lawson, Dave Abraham, John Metcalf,
IT, Roberts w. s H. Grnsius HoT 5os
want, W. s. Stokes, s. j. Pettus Paul
Sanguinnette. Il. D. Lopez, John @.
Thomas, George W: Beers, George Q.
| Aids to Marshal-Thomas NJ. owen.
Commander. Sons Of Confederate Vet
ton. 3. q. Manef, George Cochran. j.
A. Thompson, d. W. Mclver, W. c..
Swanson, H: 4, Belser, Morris Norris zones
s sseen, E soe And W F ph T. T.
b. Holt Ray Jones, Charles H. Scott,
W. J. Connif. John w. Tullis. .Jr.. ].
| Roherteon L X jackson. II. b. Tay-
ior. Horace Hood, Jr, c. c. McRee, 1.
B. Thompson, Junius Pierce, T. w.
Donaldson, w IT, &; Gunne Mexican War
| veteran, was in the parade.
| The line of march was up Bibb Street
| to Commerce, up Commerce to Dexter
itol. and from the Capitol to the ceme-
| terry.
| Past Historic Scenes.
1t was a splendid setting for such
streets through which the parade of
yesterday passed. In every Southern
town and in every Southern city a
and marched to some flower bedeoke ed
cemetery. but no parade in all the
| South passed over soil and scene SO
by e e0f Which as that was wsrn
"the storm Graded nation that fell"
Soldier. young and old, and ripping
Nag of the dead nation moved past the
/
passed beneath the windows In which
| the cabinet of the Confe1eracy dis
cussed those problems which human in
na asssd besds the eo spot
which Jefferson Davis met and con-
ferred with the leaders Of the new
nations-the spot on which he saw
the others who led with him. They
| passed that spot on which Jefferson
Davis conferred with that splendid SOL
| dier, General Beauregard, and sent him
to South Carolina and to the front.
| A few yards further on the parade
went under the windows of that build
ing from which the fateful and tragic
| order went to fire on Fort Sumter-that
building in which the word was given
| for the raising of the curtain on the
bloodiest and most tragic drama of
| AS the parade swung around by the
Capitol a splendid past looked down
| upon 1t. The mute white walls OF the
old State House had seen another and
| a grander scene. They had witnessed
| the birth OF a new nation-and they
had witnessed It's death. On the Capt.
| toll porch Jefferson Davis had taken the
| oath of office as President of the Con-
federate States and within it's walls the
deliberations. The walls of the old
| liberations. The walls of the old Capt.
toll had held hopes and aspirations
compa FED to which the cargo OF the
boat which carried Caesar and his for
tunes. carried but ignoble freight In
deed.
Nor were the Alabamians who
marched in line Yesterday unmindfui
of the glorious past of the old build
ing. The parade hafted at the head OF
Dexter Avenue. Silent tribute was
paid the historic memories and a salute
was fired.
For Veterans Comfort.
At the cemetery special provision
had been made for the old veterans. 1t
was commented upon as something
praiseworthy that the arrangements
fore. Immediately in front of the
stand. chairs for all the veterans were
placed. The section reserved for the
veterans was separated from the crowd
that the old soldiers could not be de-
prived of the privileges reserved for
them
In calling the great audience to or
der and attention, General Brandon
spoke eloquently of the tender memo
ries which clustered about the day. All
civilized people remembered and hon.
ored their dead. but the South gave
memory of the heroic wearers OF the
grey. General Brandon's naturally
fine voice was in excellent condition
and every syllable he uttered was
heard by every person in the crowd.
He introduced Rev. e. c. Holland.
pastor of the Methodist Protestant
Church, who offered q neloQuent pray
err, asking that the inspiration that
should come from the lives of the men
who were honored should not be lost
upon the younger people, who were
not called upon to pass through their
ordeal.
General Brandon announced with
some qualification a new feature of
the program. song would be sung
for the crowd by voices that the crowd
had never heard and under ciroum-
stances, such as the song was never
sung before.
A special chorus composed entirely
of veterans then sang, I'll be there"
And when they had finished the large
crowd gave them enthusiastic APP
plause.
Members of Well KNOWN Family
In bringing forward the next number
of the program, General Brandon took
occasion to pay an eloquent tribute to
Mrs. NJ. d. Bib. He said that in the
morning he was awaked as the sun
was rising by many hurried and happy
school children on their way to carry
flowers to the woman who had devot-
ed her life to the honor and the memo
ry of the Confederate soldier. 1t gave
him peculiar pleasure to present as a
rcitationist a member of that family
lovely bearer of distinguished
name.
Miss Bibb was given most cordial
reception as she stepped forward to
recite, I'm the Land Where We Were
Dreaming" Miss Bib Is tall and
slender. All in white, she presented
a lovely picture as the words of the