The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-20
ITO LEE AND { CONFEDERATES Were Many Tributes of
 the Day. CELEBRATION OF BIRTHDAY All Banks Were Closed and vst-
 erans Assembled. scheois Also Haa Apsrepriste Exer- cises-Csmp Lomax sf veterans,
 speaks Eaisxy Threush Gea. J. W. A. sanford at Nigkt.

With no lapse of memory from the celebrations of the past. the people of Montgomery. in more than one way. commemorated yesterday and last Gen. Robert E. Lee. In the schools and in commercial channels the rever- end feeling permeated the city. Most of the schools sang it songs of Con- federate reportory and a few had re- citations in honor of the dead hero of the south.
 The banks were closed as a unit and certainly no other line of business could have served more as a reminder of the day than the medium of ex- change. It Is the custom of banks in Southern oities to close on the aflni- versary of Lees birthday, and there was not the least hesitation this year nor would 1t be safe to predict, the day when the custom will have passed away.
 While the Capitol ofiiciais did not count the occasion as holiday. none of them overlooked the celebration in their memories.
 So much for the day proper of the celebration. Last night Camp LOmax, United Confederate Veterans. held It's usual celebration of Lees birthday by holding its regular monthly meeting on that date instead of on the third Tuesday in the month as the bylaws read. The meeting was held in the office of Judge John B. Fuller, Com mander. The office was crowded with veteran members of the camp, who listened to a brief but eloquent -audogy of the character of Robert E. Lee, the South's foremost soldier.
 A few remarks were also passed in harmony with the occasion by Secre- , tary B. M. Washburn. The address of the evening was made by Gen. John W. A. Sanford. In his charac- teristic style, the speaker told of the nobility of character that was the glowing feature of the famous Gen ever stay in the universe as fit for the emulation of all coming generations of men, whether in war or in peaceful pursuits. . .
 TribHte to Coarsdes.
 Much of General Sanford's speech was devoted to paying tributes to tue members of Camp Lomax who had departed their earthly existence since the last celebration of Lees birthday anniversary With remarkable mem ory, the speaker told of the peculiar qualities of the veterans who have died during the past year. He gave the exact comamnd. the exact regi- ment and the exact compauy to which each belonged. lsssks ts,S
 Those to whom tribute was thus paid and who were remembered in resoln- tions that were spread on the minutes of the meeting were: CoFnrade& M. B. Graham, John c. Harris. W. M. Gilky. U. c. Rike, J. P. Bryan, c. A. Lanier. and l.. c. Strong.
 In the proceedings of remembering . the dead, there arose a discussion as to the fitness of monument to be erected by the Camp in memory of the deceased members. It was proposed to erect the monument in Oakwood Ceme- tery and on the shaft should be enr graved the names of all members of the, camp. both living and dead. and opposite the name of each dead mem Der should annually be set star to indicate the passing away of each.
 The idsa seemed to strike the mem- bers with favor and 1t was moved suc cessfully to refer the matter of it's fea- sibIIity to a committed composed of Comrades c, w. Halls, Paul Sanguin- etti and c. A. Stern.
 Early in the evening the following officers for the ensuing year were elected, or mostly reelected: Com mander, J. B. Fuller; First Lieuten- ant Commander, R. P. Grigg: Second Lieutenant Commander, c. W. Hails; Third Lieutenant Commander, R. E. Banning; -Adjutant. Paul Sanguinetti; Historian. J. N. Mccain; Chaplain, A. F. DIX: Secretary Treasurer. B. M WashbLrn.