The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-28
Dead of The Confederacy Are Honored
 In the City Where Confederacy Was Born

ton. Secretary.
 The second carriage contained the orator of the day. Capt Peter B. Mas tin. With him were Miss Julia Tayior. recltationist and Mrs. Halls Tayior. Assistant Secretary.
 The fourth and fifth carriages con- tained the young girls who sang at the cemetery The Cross of Honor. -
 Tn several of the carriages were mem- oers Of the City Council of Montgom- cry, headed by Hon. Gaston Gunter. who will be the next Mayor of the city.
 An interesting feature of the parade was the presence of Hamp washburn, an aged survivor of the war with Mex leo. the only one of his comrades who yet survives.
 Thousands of people lined the streets as the parade passed
 The star on the Capitol portico where President Davis took the oath of office was decorated with a magnificent wreath which was the gift to the la dies of the Memorial Association by Capt. Haywood Paterson. It was af- rewards carried to the cemetery where it was used to decorate the graves of the Confederate dead.
 Exercises at Cemetery.
 The line of parade was kept until the grand stand in old Oakwood was reached. Here the military, after sa- luting the ladies already in their seats. dispersed. The occupants of the car riages took their places both in the grand stand and in the chairs pro- vtded for them in front of the stand.
 Gen. John W. A. Sanford acted as chairman of the exercises. and intro duced the speakers and recitationists, according to the program. General Canford said, in opening the address:
 'Forty-seven years ago today Mont gomery was all excitement. The sem sat;on of the times was caused by the arrival of troops in the city to form the first regiment of the Confederate States army. There were companies from Mobile, Macon, Lowndes County and Coosa County. The total strength of these companies was about 1900 men.
 "The personnel of the members of the companies was of the best. Men we'll educated, of the highest intelli- gence. and of the most chivalrous in and file. They formed the 3rd Alabama regiment"
 General Sanford then named some of the more noted officers and paid the highest tribute to the men in the ranks. He said that 269 of the rank and file rose to high positions as officers. some of them attaining the rank of General by the end of the war.
 General Sanford then introduced Rev. W. M. Crawford. pastor of the Cum berland Presbyterian Church, who de- livered the invocation. As all of the spectators barred their heads, Mir. Craw- ford prayed that the Holy Spirit would guide the speakers on the program, and that the Holy Benediction would rest
 
 so active in the affairs of the State in the past, and who were now fostering the same spirit in doing right in the coming generation. benediction was asked for the widows and orphans of the Confederate dead. The prayer asked in conclusion, that as these vete- rams have been true soldiers on earth and as they have collected together for so many times in reunions, may they, in the end, be collected together in a final reunion as soldiers of heaven. A choir of veterans then sang "Auld Lang Syne." Their feeble voices were full of the enthusiasm of by-gone days, and after the first voice many persons the stand swelled the chorus to the mighty song hat t is.
 Miss Taylor RecitatiOnisf. '1
 Miss Julia Taylor was. the recita- tionist of the occasion. Miss Taylor's selection for her recitat.on@ was ad- mirable, 1t beih g Father 5Iasamss famous poem. "The March of the, c,Deathless Dead" Miss Taylor's voice was easily heard, and in her delivery was full of feeling. The poem follows:
 March of the Deathless Dead.
 By Father Ryan.
 Gather the sacred dust
 Of the warriors tried and true Who bore the flag of a Nations trust And fell in cause, though lost. still
 just, And died for me and yod.sn
 = 1stTs1 Gather hem, one and ali, -es7, From the private to the chief; Come they from hovel or princely hall, They fell for us, and for. them. should
 fall Ff The tears of Nations gfieft Gather the corpses strewn Ger many a battle plain: |