The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-11
Hot Contest Among Confed-
crate Veterans for
Commander.
MEMPHIS WILL BE
NEXT MEETING PLACE
Cabell Is Defeated BY Vote
of / 1882 to 1,084-A Flor
al Parade Was Feature
of Entertainment of the
Day.-Reunion Is Adj
journed.
sx As.oelated PROC

by Associated presA
Birmingham, Ala. June 10.-With
the selection of Memphis as the place
for the next reunion, and the election
of General G.. A. Evans, of George, as
commander-in-cAief. to succeed the
late General Stephen d. Lee, the
United Confederate Veterans adjourn
ed their annual convention late to-
day.
General Evans has been active in
the United Confederate Veterans,
having attended ali reunions except
one. He was commander of the Geor-
gia division IL years, With the rank
of ma5or-general, succeeding Gordon
as commander of the Army of Ten
nessee department, with the rank OF
acknowledgement.
There was the greatest excitement
in the convention hall this afternoon.
when the time came to elect a new
commander-in-chief General Ben
nett II. Young nominated General
Evans in a glowing speech. Cen
eral Withers nominated General Ca
DELL, and the vote resulted Evans
1,232, Cabell 1854.
In the contest for the next meeting
place the vote was Memphis LBS.
Atlanta 1,12e.
First Order.
Upon assuming command General
Evans issued the following general
order No. /:
I'm obedience to mandates of my
beloved comrades, as expressed in
the convention this day, assume
command of the United Confederate
Veterans. Commander William E..
Mickle is hereby appointed adjutant-
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rank of major-general He will inn
mediately enter upon the discharge
of his duties, and will be obeyed and
respected accordingly"
Following the election of a conn
mander-in-chief, General George w.
Gordon was elected commander OF
the Department of Tennessee, to sue
coed General Evans; General Irvine
Walker was reelected commander OF
Army Of Northern Virginia, and Gen
eral Cabell, commander of trans
Mississippi department.
Floral Parade.
The entertainment feature of to-
day was floral parade this afternoon
which aroused much applause. No
table exhibits were automobiles built
to represent various fighting ships OF
the Confederacy. with a large number
vi doo UduQo vi luuSlC III line. w men
the floral parade passed through the
streets lined with veterans, and the
bands successfully struck up Dixie
and other airs best loved in the
South, the applause was deafening,
and tears streamed down the cheeks
of hundreds as the remnant of For
est's Cavalry swept by.
Reunions of various regiments. bril-
SadeS and commands were held in
different parts of the city today One
interesting feature of the convention
was the Inauguration movement to
buy the birthplace of Jefferson Davis.
The Kentucky division announced
that they had been working 10 this
end for some time, and asked the
veterans TO take steps and acquire
the property. A committee OF 15
were named to investigate the, FEAST
bility of the projee. and report next
year. The home is located near
Hopkinsville, Ky.
This mornings session of the cor
vention was devoted chiefly to me-
mortal exercises, with General Evans
as principal speaker. Adjutant-Gen-
eral Mickle presented his annual re-
port
General Mickie's Report.
Major General William Z. Mickle.
adjutant general and chief of stan of
the United Confederate Veterans, to-
day made public his report for the
year ending December 81, 1907. In
this report General Mickle comments
favorably on the liberality of officers
and camps in paying their dues. He
mentions with qualification the addi-
tion of new camps and the revival of
old ones. and declares that he is
greatly pleased TO note that a larger
percentage of camps paid tneir dues
than ever before in the history of the
organization The receipts for the
year amounted to S6.490.21. and the
disbursements were S6,353.42
General Miclle refers in his report
TO the many veterans who have an
swered their last roll call and men
tons among these General Stephen
ID. Lee, Brigadier General John T.
Morgan, Brigadier General Edmund
w. Pettus, Brigadier General Ellison
Capers. Colonel Andrew r. Blakely