The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09
Reunion Marked by Great Parade. ADJUIANT GENERAL
 SUBMITS HIS REPORT GF Mobile In Warm Fight for Next
 Meeting.
Heat Tn Tennessee City was intense snd several Of the seutAern He- xees Prostratea--Youns wo-
 men On Program.

Memphis, Tenn, June s.-Frorn songs of war, from tap of drum and snrin scream of fife..>from martial uniform and accoutrements of battle, the scene in Memphis changed this afternoon at she Confederate reunion to dainty fem- sninity in Paris gowns and flowers.
 The beautiful flower parade was q deiightful transition and it appealed not only to the visitors but to the vet eraus as well. Over hundred stylish euuipases decorated with the most exouisite blossoms of the Southland and carrying the flower and beauty of Southern womanhood passed slowly through the city streets for nearly three hours. Every imaginable de- sign was carried out. Every possible coior combination was developed and at the side of each carriage rode two or more society men. wearing the coi- ors of the ladies whose escort, they were. Intersperssd in the line were twenty bands of music.
 One of the pretty features of the pa rade was guard of honor of one Kun dred old Confederate officers mounted and at each oficer's side, attired in snowy white. rode a young girl
 The parade followed the close of the afternoon session of the reunion at vh,ch General Theodore s. aarnett. of Norfolk. and Col. Louis Guion. of New 41rieans, were the speakers
 After the parade the veterans and Sons of Veterans jointly met to honor Ixhe women of the confederacy and in- Ispect designs in bronze for State. mon snments in their honor.
 Two Governors Speak.
 Eariier In the day the Sons of Vet i. ,nrans ccmpietaa their organizations and iIstened to addresses by Governor san Aers, of LoLuiaiafiA and Governor Noel OE Mississippi.
 After the reception 10 the women of che Confederacy tonight there was an informal dance to the sponsors and maids of honor at the Tri-State club.
 The fight for the next reunion has reached an interesting stage. Nash viile and Chattanooga. Tenn, Mobile, Ala. and Houston, Texas. are the main eontenders. The Texas town seems to have a complete organization and the entire city is placarded with signs bearing the statement Houston in 1si0."
 The other cities are not asleep. how ever, and the prediction is that only the final casting of the ballot win re- veal the name of the winner.
 The heat today was intenee and the humidity great. As a result there were a score or more of prostrations--two fatal--most of the victims being the old men in gray. The promise from the weather bureau tonight for cool CT weather. if realised win be well aaA kwF m
 The of1cial program of the day be- gan at 9 a. m. when the lamps around the Forrest monument were dedicated with pretty ceremonies by Mary La= tham Chapter, Daughters of the Con- federacy.
 Then, at 10 a. m.. the reunion began ct the Bijou Theatre. Major General !. H. McDoweil called the assembly to order and after an invocation. intro dueed Governor M. B. Patterson, who delivered the formal address of well come.
 He was followed by Mayor Malone. on behalf of the city and by General George w. Gordon, on behalf of the Executive Committee, who said:
 Gordon Welcomes Veterans.
 Comrades and Countrymen:
 "The honor and pleasure of greet ing you on this beautiful summer morning, on behalf of the executive committee of the reunion and the Confederate Veterans of Memphis has been assigned to me. And permit me a to say that esteem this courtesy to me as an exceptional distinctions; for am always proud and happy to meet and greet the friends and com rades of i've and forty years ago A king. much less my humble self. might we'll be proud to stand, uncov- cred. before the venerable fragments of as brave and heroic armies as ever stormed a citadel. fought a attle or won Q victory.
 Representatives fro mevery bat tleheld from the Potomac to the Rio Grade are here. The followers of Lee and Jackson, Longstreet. Hill and Cor don, of Stewart and Hampton, are here. Soldiers who followed the two Johnston, Bragg, Beauregard, Hood Polk, Hardee. s. D. Lee. Buckner, Cheatham, Hinman. Walthalls Cle- burn and Cranberry Forrest, Wheeler Morgan and Vandorn. are here. He- roes that carried the flags of Kirby Smith and Price. McCulloch, Cable. and Marmaduke are here. az also ceIe- braties. What floods of heroic mem- ories rush upon us. as the names and the valiant exploits of the men they commanded. are recalled.
 T welcome and bow to the rever- ed and honored remnants of the armies that fought battles and won victories when barefooted, ragged and hungry. And we would marvel that men of such mould could ever have been van quished. if we did not know that they were finally overpowered more by the vast preponderance of numbers and resources than by generalship. cour- age and prowess-more by famine than by fighting. For four trying and sanguinary years you maintain ed your cause against odds that would have driven the armies of Wellington or Napoleon to despair. It required four federal soldiers, who were better armed better. far, better clad and bet- ter provided in every important res pect. four long years to overpower ragged, barefooted and hungry Con- tederate.
 When the disparity in men and means. in war facilities. appliance and resources of all kinds. are considered; R must be admitted that the south made e gallant hRht in defense of her right to independence. And con gratulate the surviving of her pass-