The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-05

sell county; President John D. Mo Innins, of the Mississippi Railroad Commission; H. s. Hammond, of Mont gomery; John w. Watts. of Montgom- cry; John c. Bush, of Mobile, and Captain Buck Adams, of Marengo coun- ty. Two graduates of this class, John H. Chambers, of Tuscaloosa. and c, H. Ellerbe. of Liberty Hill were killed in battle.
 An astonishing fact is shown in the list of. the dead undergraduates Of this class-more than half of them were killed fin battle or died from the ef- feet of camp life No less than twenty six of these University students were either killed or died in the Confeder- ate Army./
 No living graduate of the class of 1863 Is recorded, but the undergrad uates list contains a surprisingly large number of well known Montgomerians. John E. Cheney. John R. Cantelou. Major s, T. Westcott and Deputy Sheriff w. B Whiting, Colonel Charles G. Brown, late Attorney General of Alabama, are among the prominent liv- ing undergraduates of that year. 9th CTS whose names are well known are Captain E. l.. Graves. of Barbour County; William H. Caffey, of Bolton, Miss, and Colonel William Garrard, of Savannah
 
 living graduates, Captain Spettswood Darlington, of Wilmington, Delaware, and William J. Hammer, of Hemstead, Texas.
 Among the living undergraduates of that year known throughout the State are Fay NJ. Billings, of Montgomery; Thomas G Bush, of Birmingham; John H. Flournoy. the well known capitalist of Columbus, Ga; Captain N. H. Fra ger, of Union Springs; Morgan 6. Gil- mer, of Montgomery; Colonel William C. Jones, of Camden; Judge Alto V. Lee, of GadsdenS Judge P. H. Pitts of Selma; Colonel Nicholas Stallworth, of Evergreen. and E. M. Trimble of Montgomery.
 Some of the undergraduates of that year lived such fruitful years that though dead their names are still well remembered. Colonel William H. Dem son, for many years a member of Congress John Roquemore. of Montgomery, and others of the boyish students of those days are well remem- bered by Alabamians of today.
 Again Summons Sons.
 Now when more than forty years have slowly passed with all the changes that forty years can bring, the Univer- stty is summoning the war time stu dents again to the shade of the elms and to these walls which have grown slowly I'D from the wreck the war left It will be an suspicious time for such a gathering to those who went out from the old University, a far hand somer and more impressive structure than which now stands among the trees. It is an suspicious time be- cause the building of the Greater Uni yersity actually begins with this conn mencement.
 The University is assured of half a million dollars for the Greater Univer- sity. The money is to come over n period of four years, but 1t will come as rapidly as the University will need 1t. So the inception of the great un- dertaking is to be shown in the laying of the cornerstone among the reunited students of the war period.
 The Universitys helpfulness and sacrifice for Alabama and for the South has never been fully understood or appreciated. Through the looseness of state officials more than score of years before the war the University lost largely and nearly all of it's finan- cial resources. During the war no less than five hundred former students held commissions as officers of the Confed- crate Army exclusive ef the others, who were not SO honored. but who served in an number place equally as we'll The register of the Univer- stty Is dotted with entries such as these, set opposite the name of some former student, Killed at Chickamau- ga." Fatally wounded at Franklin