The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-09
INTERESTING RACE
 FOR COMMANDER CabeII, Evans and Gordon Ap- pear to Be Leaders WHAT THEY HAVE DONE Georgia Is Working Hard for Evans, While Tennessee Delegations Are
 RaIIying Around Gen.
 eral Gordon.
WHAT THEY HAVE DONE

The choice for commander-in-chief of the Confederates seems to lie between
 three of the most popular generals in the army. Lieut. Gen. Clement A. Evans of Georgia, Gen. W. L. Caben of Dallas Tex, and Gen. George W. Gordon of l Tennessee, although Gen. C. Irvine Wal | ker' commander of the Army of North ern Virginia, has many supporters. Until the recent death of General Lee
 this was not issue, but the effort to
 replace that generous leader is occupy
 ing the minds of all. and was the chief
 subject of conversation yesterday. It is
 probable that this matter will be de- ] cided by committed
 To command all the living forces of the great war is of course an honor not
 to be cast aside by any of the generals 1 but while their friends are active. none
 of them are doing any canvassing. General Cabell, as the next officer n
 rank, took up the reins at the death of General Lee He is the oldest of the three, being S2 years of age. He is en- Enthusiastically supported by the Texas ii-
 2isions and in case he does not enter an objection, will most likely be strong candidate.
 Evans Has Strong Following. Gen. Clement A. Evans also has strong following in many states. He is
 man of pleasant address, and one of the most loved in the army. He is a na- tive of Georgia and born of North Caro- lima and Virginia Revolutionary parent age. He was a graduate of the Georgia
 Law school and began practice of law at
 IS years of age. He was elected judge of the county court at 9 and state senator at 25.
 The Confederate war commenced while he was senator and although he was ex- empt from military service he joined a company in his county in January, 1851 and began his military career. He YVES first elected major of the Thirty-first Georgia regiment and then promoted colo mel. His regiment was put in Lawton's brigade, afterwards Gordons brigade. | General Evans succeeded Gordon when 1 he was promoted major general, and again succeeded Gordon in command of
 the division. His service was in the army
 of Northern Virginia and he participated
 Tn all the battles fought on the soil of Vir- .einia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. He
 was wounded five times, two of them very
 severe, one at Monocacy and the other at Gettysburg. In command of his di- vision at AppomettoX he made the last fight which was done after the surrender i because he had not received notice of the truce.
 He has been active in the United Con- | federate veterans, having attended all re-
 unions except one He was commander 1 of the Georgia division F years, with 1 rank of major general, and is now com mander of the Army of Tennessee de- | pertinent. with rank of lieutenant gen.
 eral.
 Tennessee for Gordon.
 The whole Tennessee delegation arrived last night. enthusiastically in favor of General Gordon for the position Maj. J. NJ. Williams of the generals staff said last
 night that Gordon is young and active
 and deserving the honor He called at tention 10 editorial in yesterdays Com . merca Appeal, of which this is an ex-
 tract:
 There is no better living Confederate and no better citizen today than George w. Gordon.
 His war record was one of constant
 fighting. Young, strong and courageous
 he brought to the high command he held
 the fire of youth along with that tenac-
 ity that marks great moral and physical
 courage.
 All through. from, the first fighting i up to the tragedy at Franklin where
  were killed and he was in the onse- hurled across the enemy's breastworks his career reads like a page from the i journeys of a Launcelot or Galahad.
 Gordon is the embodiment of that
 chivalric spirit in warfare which was
 typical of the Confectionery. No man since the war has done more than Cor don in keeping alive the memory of the
 herolsm of his fellows and of vindicat-
 ing the highest type of civilization and
 manhood for which the Confederates fought He is yet active man. If
 his Confederate fellow soldiers sh bald , call him to the supreme command he will not fail them, as he did not fail them in the triumph and tragedy of tll"
 greatest band of warriors that ever strug- gled for a sacred pr!ncple.'
 Command of Forests Cavalry.
 Major Williams is also interested in the successor to the command of Forests cavalry. He said
 No man is more worthy of being elected general commanding Forests cavalry than Col. w. F. Taylor of Mem phis.
 ''lIo truer man followed Forrest, and no regimental commander in the whole serv- ice served with greater i'd ty cour- Gge than tEis colonel of cavalry. Colonel Taylor's ambition as a soldier
 was not for promotion to high rank but to do his work so as to win for himself the consciousness of duty well done. For rest never had braver nor a more loyal lieutenant.
 Colonel Taylor served until the end of the struggle and with that modesty and courage indicative of true manhood began the work of cooperating with his neigh bors in the struggle of bringing to his loved southland the triumph of peace. "As Confederate, a Tennessean a Memphian loyal to the best traditions of the south, there is no better citizen than w F. Taylor.
 'If Forests old soldiers should select w F. Taylor as their comma nder the ] l,nr fa1l Ia Q ttor ,r...