The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-28

| They should not rest apart; Living, they struggled side by side; | Why, should the hand of Death divide
 single heart from heartg q.
 Gather their sacred clay.
 1 Wherever 1t may rest;
 Just as they. marched to the bloody
 Just. as they fell on the battle day. | Bury them breast to breast.
 The foeman need not dread.
 This gathering of the brave:
 Without sword or flag. and with sound
 We muster once more our deathless Out of each lonely grave.
 The foeman need not frown. l They all are powerless now:
 We gather them here and we lay them | down,
 And tears and prayers are the only We bring to wreath each brow. And the dead thus meet the dead. l While the living OCT tn en1 weep; | And the men by Lee and Stonewall led. Ard the hearts that once together bled | Together still shall sleep. Y
 Captain Peter B. Mastin was the | speaker of the evening. He. was in- | troduced by General Sanford as do- 1 CT of deeds, "a man who is known
 
 complished things during the trying period Of the so's.''
 slle Captain Mastin speaks. Captain Mastin after acknowledgins the introduction of General Sanfou said that it would i'll become him as the orator of the evening. not to ac- knowledge the kindness of the ladies of the U. D. C. in selecting him as the orator of the occasion.
 
 cheeks were rosy and their eyes bright. when they accepted the greatest of sac rifioes with smile. to this very day I have the greatest respect for them and how to them with the greatest 1 of reverence"
 T notice many vacant chairs in our | ranks even since the last reunion. | Times ravages have been great. ana there soon will come time when the | little bronze cross will be seldom seen. I want to impress upon our young boys | and girls that whenever they meet wearer of the little cross that they favor the wearer with their brightest | smile and sweetest bow. for in so do- ing. you are showing respect for a | man whom kings are not the equal" Captain Mastin then referred to the work which the U. D. c. is doing in commemorating the Confederate sol dier. He spoke of the unveiling of the great monument on Shiloh battle field which bad been erected by Ala bama women He spoke of the prom inent spot which it occupied. and told how the coming generations would ai- ways think with reverence of the men who died on that bloody field
 The body of Captain Mastin's speech was vivid description of the Ala bama troops on the field of Shiloh. He spoke of some of them as being the first time which they had ever exper- fenced the sound of shot and shell. He told of their bravery in lying under fire while not firing a single shot themselves. He told of the position of the troops in that battle. and of the thrill experienced at the sound of the rebel yelT' when the mornings fight ended with the Confederate position all but complete victory.
 Captain Masttn spoke for about halt an hour and his audience was thor oughly interested the while.
 Children Present Crosses.
 After Captain Mastin's address one of the most interesting features of the program took place. About twenty l little girls under the care of Miss 1 Abercrombie sang The Little Bronze | Cross" After the singing. the grand | children of Confederaue. : Veterans l known as Mir. Morgan s. Gilmer's Yel- | low Hammers. distributed the. crosses l of honor to twenty eight Veterans The | crosses were the gifts of the Sophie | Bibb and Cradle Chapters of the U. D. | C. Two of the recipients, Messrs | Alex Aids and W. A. Goodson received | the crosses from the hands of their | grandchildren.
 Master Edward Terry. who delivered | the cross of honor to W. J. Robertson. | was lifted to the top of theerailing | of the grand stand by Captafh Mastin and made the presentation address for | the children. Surrounded by Veterans, | In a clear, firm voice .the little child | said,
 My dear grandfathers. Because | your Daughters have let us give you | your Crosses of Honor has made this | the proudest day that has ever come | into the lives of your little Yellow Hammer grandchildren. >
 And we want to tell you that when | you are gone out from among us, and your sons and your daugh ters have | been called to join you in the Great | Beyond. then are we going to take up | their task of keeping your graves and | your memory green, and to teach the children of this Southland. that for all that was pure. for all that was noble and for all that was brave, this was the Confederate States soldier.
 And now with uplifted faces look ing into that of our Heavenly Father, we pray Him.
 "To guide thou your feet in holy ways, shine on your in your darkest days. Uphold you till your life is past. Then bring you all to Heaven at last"
 The following children delivered the Crosses of Honor to the veterans:
 Alex Aids, Lois Aids, own grand daughter; c. w. Abercrombie Mary Burnett; E. F. Bedsole. for his father, Pitt Maner; Walter. Bozeman, Allen Reynolds; A. J. Brooks, Occie. Wood F Holt; John M. Burge, Bertha Holt: T. N. Cloud, Warren Dent; James L. Copley. Annie Spann; William A Good- son. Elna Apperson, own granddaugh- ter; B. Ham, Tom Cohoon; Charles F. Hannon, Dorothy Hannon: A. Hood. Erline Minderhout: Seborn-. Jones, I. L. Kitchen. F. NJ. Mann Jack Kirk patrick Elkerton. Mead. Celia Strat- ford; F. H. Merritt. Alice Chapman; D. s. Patterson. Louise Johnson: T. A Rola, Maxine Mayer; J F. Sansom, Jordan Reynolds; J. S. Sellers, Benton Holt; W. J. Sellers. J. L. Smile. James Wade; L. D. C. Smith. Beale Hart; A. B. Stroud, F. T. Tennene, Nave Steiner; w. W. Thrasher, W. Robertson, Edward Terry; E. Wright. William Crist.
 The military companies then re- formed and. with the occupants in the grand stand. took their places above the hillside on which are the graves of the Confederate dead The