The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-27

II. c. ounnels. superintendent Of Bdu-
cation, ana ]. D. McNssi. Secretary
and Representatives Of Governor Conner,
In fourth; Representatives OF Mayor
and City Council In nth,
Boys Of High school, Barnes and
Edgar's schools.
The streets from Bib 10 the Capitol
were lined with spectators. and the
cemetery was thronged. Hundreds Of
PEOPLE, dover laden, awssttd the march,
ers at the gate to the cemetery. and
turned in. as the last Of the procession
entered following n 10 the platform
from which the exercises were deiiv-
cred
A slight halt was called at the Cap
itol. but not for long. The battery
which, on the Capitol grounds. had de-
iivered the statutes. swung INTO the line
| and made Its way TO the cemetery,
| Flowers had been placed upon the
| graves Of the Confederate dead by the
| ladies Of the Memorial Association and
| the Daughters of the Confederacy.
The flowers lay In wreaths and bunches
| upon the tombstones which stand AZ
| Intervals. with military regularity.
about the Gods Acre which enfoids
many heroes OF the confederacy. many
Of whom are unknown, and whose
| tombstone 10 but an unmarked slab.
! Over these the salutes were fired.
The infantry and cavalry. stationed on
! the ridge overlooking the yeterans'
| lot, fired their volieys above the graves.
Thrse hundred yards away. across
| the railroad in the new cemetery, the
artillery battery stood. facing the 9TH
ers. Az the companies fred In turn.
| the cannon and gatiing gun would an
swer. with its one solid roar. Several
volieys. and the responding cannonade
! were fred, and one more Memorial Day
| had past into history. once more sfhe
| men and the loyal women of Montgonl-
had paid theirAtribute and their hon
or to the Confederate soldiers. the
dead and the alive. and had sworn flu
ture fealty to the cause Of the Stars
\ and Bars.
The Capitol. standing a citing OBJ
| ject Of reverence In that II was the
| nrst Capitol Of the Confederacy. the
| cradle Of the short-lived nation. and
the building in which Yancey and 9TH
ers swung the Southern States. one BY
| one, to secession. had been decorated
during Sunday afternoon and Monday
morning by the ladies' organizations.
| The Confederate monument was
strewn with palms and with punches
Of flowers ana with wreafhs Tho jon
| Davis tablet, standing on which spot
| Davis took the oath as the first and
only President Of the Confederacy. was
marked by q wreath OF calax leaves.
from the semi-tropical groves of South
/ Carolina. Other decorations which had
been installed by the loyal women were
| those OF the orators stand. which was
hung. about the exterior. with the red
| Fouthern States. A picture OF Robert
q. Lee was hung ct the top Of the
stand. and In 'front.' facing the crowd.
| which thronged the space In front OF
! the orator.
Chairs had been placed for the vet
Grams. Just in front Of the stand, show
| ing that when provision was made for
the Confederacy and all that belonged
to It, the living heroes had not been
| forgotten.
The Montgomery veterans have lost
few during the past year. only q few
| In numbers. but the loss IL great when
| II 10 remembe cred that there IL only
| few in all. They came. q little grayer,
little more feeble, a little fewer IN
numbers and were honored.
Captain Halls Taylor was grand mar
shall and was assisted by John A. nj
more. Major A. c. Sexton, who was
also alternate orator. and w. L Mar
tin, M. /. Screws. r. w. Garner. Tay-
Tor, w. T. Pitts, @. H. Clisby, J. J..
Pierce, Tom Donaldson. Fred Whiting.
The mounted police who rode before
the column were Sergeant Troy MUIR
rell, J. L. Jackson, r. H. Williamson, RI.
T. Ragland. J. L. Taylor, ]. P. HAM
mond. Charles Patrick. L. @. Hill. q.
w. Marshall
The police stationed at the cemetery
were Sergeant Oscar McDade, N. P.
HUFFMAN. w. L. Leavsli, L. b Elling-
ton. Thomas McMahon. O. d. Watson,
v. o. Meredith, r. T. Sowell, NJ l.
stroud and NJ A. waiter
Indefatigable work on the part of
the marshals started the procession OF
at 3 o'clock to the minute. for the first
time In years. And the Inarshals, also.
prevented the congestion at the ceme-
terry gates, which has seemingly been
q necessary evil to the Memorial Day
procession, retarding the evenings
events by half an hour or more.
The artillery 1t Is which is always
the trouble. Yesterday. however, the
marshais piloted the batteries along
the Wetumpka road. ohviating the
danger which came heretofore. when
the artillery went its way through the
gates with the rest OF the procession.
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