The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-14
HUNDREDS OF
 SONS PRESENT Reunion of the Alabama
 Division. SEXTON AGAIN COMMANDER
Insurance May Be Made Feature
 of Organization.
Many and vaxied Matters transacted in Busy Session, and Eioquent Speeches Delivered by Divis-
 isa Oncers Yesterday.

of Confederate Veterans assembled at ;. the Commercial Club rooms at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning and was called to order by Capt. Robert Tyler Goodwin .Commandant of Camp Holtz- claw U. S. c. w.. and in a neat speech was turned over to Col. c. R. Bricken, Commander of the First Brigade. U. s. c. ", who in turn placed the gavel in , the hands of the Commander. Albert c Sexton. Colonel Bricken was very happy in his remarks and paid very high tribute to Commander Sexton in delivering him the gavel. Commander Sexton took the chair and the business of the Convention was launched.
 Invocation was pronounced by Rev. Stuart Mcqueen. of the Church of the Holy Comforter, in the absence of Division Chaplain Rev. F. K. Sims, of Mobile. The address of welcome by w. c. Swanson, of Camp Holtzclaw, was full of patriotic expressions and dealt with many phases of the work of the Division. He dwelt at length upon the many historic interests centered around this city, and delivered speech that was in every way in keeping with his broad abilities in this direction. and fully in accord with the spirit of the oo- casion.
 The response by Hon. John H. Wall lace,, Commander of the Fourth Bri- gade, was in happy vein and was full of eloquence and patriotic suggestion. His sloquence was characteristic and in the course of his remarks. he paid many beautiful and fitting tributes to the occasion, and lent unusual interest to the proceedings by the wide scope of his thought. r
 During the morning. Mrs. A. Bruce Kennedy sang a delightful solo to the Sons, Why Adam Sinned." She was accompanied by Mrs. J. D. Carter. She was compelled to respond to an encore.
 Later iH the day, Marshall King, P. J. Minderhout and DrA Lakin, rendered a selection as a male trio. accompanied by George |. Johnson.
 As this point in the proceedings, the Division Adjutant, John A. Fillmore, read the various official papers of the convention in the form of general or ders and circulars issued from head quarters.
 There were appointed upon the com mittee on credentials John A. Fillmore, chairman, and John L.. Moulton and John D. Leigh, who reported after an absence of a few minutes that there were sixteen camps represented and the number of votes in the convention sew enty, re- Hng 1,0O0 Sons or Neber- ans.
 pr. ( .,s-eeea Abbeville, Comm ,l&s F sht nag anessee Deuart.szs3 IRaf sa sal ora ton s F 5 Q ny one and epa e i,ss aas t@he was aytBe .sss sss sfIAaAsr. 3l eech coY- a- 4 8lA @s.0 a great his- t..rt ii.4 -sH LtaIl H5t questions sssst g uh- 4s6 tlss ot stgs Confederate s.a today ana L.4 h confront ea htas in the years that lave passed. Ase-tas given hearty applause.
 e were many interesting and in s I've reports of officers, including ~esa !s from brigade commanders, and
 Cry report it was easily seen that - was a spirit of deep devotion to the cause to which the Sons stand pledged, and developed the fact that conditions affecting the work of the division were not in any manner dor mant.
 Dr. Thomas M. owen made an ex- haustive report upon the activities of the historical committee and gave de- tailed information as to what had been accomplished in this direction.
 All committee reports were full and will afford much valuable matter for the compilation of the minutes of the convention.
 A new feature was added to the pro- ceedings of this convention in the mat. ter of preserving a full and accurate report of its proceedings. This was in the form of a stenographic report and win enable the commander to prepare
 
 tions of the convention.
 From reports received and made by the Pelham Portrait Committee 1t was ascertained that many Sons had in- terested themselves in placing a por- trait of the gallant Pelham in the De- partment of Archives and History, and Is was assured that sufficient funds for the purchase of his portrait would be forthcoming.
 Under the head of miscellaneous business, there was much and varied work accomplished. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted.
 Resolved, that the heads of the Ala bama Division, be and are hereby ex- tended to the railroad lines for reduced rate, to the press for zealoue co-opera- ton in giving publicity to the reunion. to the Confederate patriotic organiza- tions and to the people of Montgomery for unbounded hospitality, and to the Commercial Club of Montgomery for the use of it's rooms as headquarters
 Be 1t resolved by the Alabama Division, United Sons of Confederate Veterans, that the plans and efforts og the Georgia Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy, for the erection of a monument to Captain Henry Wirz, the Confederate martyr at Andersonville, Ga, is hereby earnestly endorsed and commended, a. ed the Sons of Confederate Veterans of all financial aid possible"
 . Resolved. that the Alabama Division U. S. c. " places on record its deep