The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
Vote Stood 16OO to 300 With San Antonio and Nashville
 in Competition
REELECTION OF OFFICERS
 AND GREAT ENTHUSIASM
Report Suggests the tooth Anniversary of Gen. R. E. Lees Birth-Despite Vicious Weather the Ses-
 sion We'll Attended.

Richmond June 1.-The grand camp, United Confederate Veterans, today re- elected It's general officers as follows:
 Grand Commander-Gen Stephen D. Lee of Mississippi.
 Lieutenant General, Department of Vir- ginia-Gen. c. Irvine Walker of South Carolina.
 Lieutenant General Department of Ten nessee-Gen. Clement A. Evans of Geor- gia.
 Lieutenant General, Department of Trans-M s-Mississppi-Gen. w L. Cabell of Texas.
 The Sons of Veterans failed of a suf- ficient gathering today and decided to postpone their election of officers until Monday.
 The officers were chosen by acclama- ton.
 Birmingham was chosen for the next (eighteenth) annual reunion of the veter- ans. Other cities competing were San An tonic and Nashville The vote stood at first about 1900 to 800 in favor of the Ala bama town.
 Confederate Hospital.
 The report of the committee on resolu- tions was adopted without debate. It recommends that the speeches of Gen. r.. D.. Lee, Senator John M. Daniel and Col Robert E. Lee. Jr., be printed in pamphlet form for distribution and endorses the objects and aims of the Arlington confed- crate monument in Arlington National cemetery.
 On the correct representation of the Confederate battle flag, the resolutions committee submitted that the action of this association, at it's convention held in Nashville, Tenn, In 1904, be indorsed and reaffirmed."
 The report favors the preservation of all papers, manuscripts and historical sketches of the Confederate states and recommends the endowment of a Confederate hospital in the home for merly owned by "Stonewalr' Jackson, at Lexington, Va.
 It suggests the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of General R. E. Lee by a memorial at the Washington and Lee university, of which he was president, and favors the erection of a monument to the soldiers killed at Appomattox. The building of this last mentioned memorial, 1t commends to the camp at Appomattox.
 The report recommends the tabng of the recommendation for the request for the Daughters of the change of rules governing the crosses of honor so that they may be worn by the descendants of recipients. It thanks Congress and tho fnr ba afn bat r. tie flags and for appropriating $2,00O000 to mark the graves of Confederate sold- iers buried on northern soil. It likewise thanks the Twenty third New Jersey in- fantry for erecting a tablet at Salem Church to the Alabama soldiers with whom it was engaged.
 The report urges that the southern states gives each Confederate soldier a testimonial of his record and when the end comes, an appropriate burial: also that the division commanders shall con- stitute the executive committee of the association. It declares that the title of geenral shall be borne only by those who had that title during the war. It also recommends the tabling of the resolution passed by the Daughters and providing that no state sponsors and maids of honor be appointed. It likewise recom- mends the tabling of the resolution re- earding monument to the women of the south and extends sympathy to the family of ..4rs. Mckinley.
 The report Is signed by Joseph F. John ston of Alabama. chairman: John P. Hickman of Tennessee, secretary; B. w. Green of Arkansas, S. E. Lewis of District of Columbia, Albert A. Estopinal of Louisiana, Thomas Spiga1t of Mississippi w. H. Burgwin of North Carolina, L. G. Goree of northwest division, E. K. Goree of Texas Samuel Pascal of Florida O. L. Schumpert of South Carolina.
 Sheets of Rain.
 Great sheets of cold wind-swept rain were sweeping down from a drowning sky when the gray coated boys Of '6l-'6 gathered once more in the horse show building to attend the third session of the United Confederate Veterans, but lachry- nose heavens and chilly weather could not drive the sunshine from the hearts of the old soldiers.
 The joy of being again with the con- rades of over fur decades ago overleaped all difficulties and ignored all discomfort while the stirring southern airs played by the band aroused a host of dormant mem- ores which were sweet in their revivifca- ton.
 To say that the weather was viciously disagreeable. but half expressed it, yet hundreds and hundreds of Johnny Rebs were in the hal lwhen the body was called to order. In fact, the attendance was but little smaller than that of yesterday when Gen. stephen D. Lee rapped the body to order and presented the Rev. Dr McKimm of Washington, who offered prayer. Dr. J. M. Jones submitted the annual report of the Confederate Me- morial association, which dealth chiefly with the status of the Battle Abbey and the benefaction of Charles Broadway Rouss.
 The report stated that after long and vexatious litigation all of the money de- noted by Mir Rouss, s100000. had been --ocured. This was promised years ago
 condition that sl00000 should be raised.
 provision had been met, and all the now is in a Richmond bank, while
 Qp1ck of the movement are ready to
 I'd at an early date in the erec-
 memorial.