Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-06-07
FIGHT BATTLES
OVER AGAIN.
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Elect Officers and Adjourn.

UVEk HuAIN.
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Elect Officers and Adjourn.
Saturday the business session of the
closed. Birmingham, Ala,
won the honor of next years reunion.
The grand camp United Confederate
Veterans reelected its general officers
as follows: Commander-in-Chi Gen. |
Stephen ID. Lee; Lieutenant-G Generals, |
Gen. Irvine Walker, Gen. Clement A. |
Evans, Gen. w. l.. Cabell.
The report of the committee on reso-
lutions recommends that the speeches
of Gen. S. d. Lee, Senator Daniel and
Col. r. E. Lee, jr., be printed in pamph-
let form for distribution. 1t thanks
Congress and the President for return
ing the captured battle flags and for APP
propriating $500, 600 to mark the graves
of Confederate soldiers buried in North
ern soil. Itlikewise thanks the Twenty
third New Jersey Infantry for erecting
tablet at Salem church, near Freder-
icksburg, to the Alabama soldiers, with
whom it was engaged. The report
urges that the Southern States give
each Confederate soldier a testimonial
of his record, and when death comes,
an appropriate burial. 1t declares that
the title of general shall be borne only
by those who had that title during the
war.
The Sons of Veterans passed a resolu-
ton forbidding the election of any per-
son to the organization other than son
of Confederate veteran.
Glorious Day for Vets.
Monday was the browning day of the
reunion. The railroads reported rs, 900
strangers in the city that day. Fully
200, 900 lined the streets and viewed the
grandest parade ever seen in the South.
A flood of brilliant sunshine fell like a
benson from the cerulean dome upon
the grey-coated veteran hosts. Cumu-
latlve enthusiasm mounted to the fever
pitch at noon, when, with bands playing
''Dixie," Maryland, My Maryland, >"
''The Bonnie Blue Flag and other
stirring patriotic airs, the Stars and
Bars floating in the June breezes, count
less thousands cheering and waving the
colors of the Confederacy, the army in
gray and its formidable escort of mill
tary pageantry for two hours moved
through the streets of the beloved
old capital of the Confederate States
towards the Jefferson Davis monument,
to the westward, the course of the set
ting sun.
To Jefferson Davis, first and only
president of the Confederate States of
America, whose fame was long ago
indellibly written by the people of the
Southland upon the tablets of love and
memory, the imposing granite and bronze
memorial that stands in Monument
avenue was unveiled that afternoon.
The draperies fell from the stately
monument amid the booming of the
Howitzer guns, sounding a president s
salute. A paean of triumph was the
martial monotone that rumbled from
the threats of the grim line of cannon,
the paean of people who are victorious
even in defeat, worn out with con-
quering," but their strength now re-
gained.
The cord releasing the cover of the
heroic-size figure was drawn by Mrs
j. A. Hayes, daughter of President
Davis, surrounded by her sons, the
president grandchildren.
A vast assemblage, covering probably
ten acres, was banked around the
monument during the inspiring cere-
monies. The enthusiasm was at all
times intense, sometimes spectacular
Old and young men and women were
moved to tears.
The ceremonies were opened with
prayer by the Rev. DR.. j. William Jones,
of Richmond, chaplain-general. The
first address was by Governor Claude A
Swanson, and he was followed by Mayor
Carlton Mccarthy, who introduced Gen
eral Clement Evans as orator of tn,
day.
Pen cannot describe the deafening APP
plause which greeted the speakers
Virginia's young Governor, at all time
eloquent, surpassed himself on this oc
casion and his speech was interrupted a
intervals by deafening applause an,
impromptu volleys from cannon:
mouths. Gen. Evans, with superb elo
quence drove the hundred thousan
listeners to fever pitch, and when hi
peroration died away, sounding tn,
close of the greatest of reunion festivi
ties, it was long time before the thronl
ceased shouting and began to dispers
to the four corners of this Union.
! Tidewater Vets Pass Resolutions
At a joint meeting of Lawson-Bal
Camp, of Lancaster, and Lane-D igg
Camp, of Mathews, and associated
veterans of other Camps, held aboar,
the State steamer Commodore Maur,
June 3rd. 1907, the following resolution
were offered and adopted:
Resolved, LIST. That vote of thank
be extended Governor Swanson an,
Commodore Lee for the use of thi.
fine and commodious steamer in con
veying US to and from Richmond.
Resolved, End. That vote of thanks
be also extended to Captain Dogget
and his officers and crew for their kind
courteous and royal treatment.
Resolved, Bird. That copy of thes,