The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-27

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four ysars 10 the bloody nsid Of the
wilderness ana the others
AZ they marched the thrili grsw-it
grew In the civilians young and old
but the old soldiers felt u the most.
The cannon doomed ere, at the Cap
it0i. the battery Numbered out ~ -
iutes to the confedefacy and 10 SOL
disrs.
Al the order .Forward Marcfs- was
given, d tho head or the column IL was
-wig-wageed' from the top OF the
Fret National Bank skyscraper 10 the
waiting artilierymen at the Capitol. u
was the nrst time In the history Of
Montgomery that such realistic milf
tary usages wero observed.
Almost as the order was mashed
across the haif-miie OF space. the can
firing continued. through the march
up the hill to the Capitol. the band
playing. the silent cannon In the pa
rade cIanking. and orders shouting.
Then 1t was that the patriotism
grew.
Flag Heisted.
1t found Its first outlet when the
Confederate flag was hoisted by Cap
tain Paul Sanguiretti. to the new flag
pole at the cemetery. The great Grim
son flag. brilliantly new dashed across
with the blue bars sped up the hal
yards. the old rebel yell burst invoi-
Grams, contrasting with thrilling indi-'
viduaiity. all Its own with the cheer
ing Of the later generatiQH
The nag hosting camS at the FIRST
Of the exercises. Immediately following
the invocation by DR.. %. @. McGehee.
Of the Court Street Methodist Church.
Then when the nag was up. there be-
gan the tributes to those who fought
under the stars and bars.
Miss Georgia Thomas reeited the
lode 10 Sam Davis" telling OF the no
bility of the young Tennessean, who
suffered death on the gallows rather
than betray his friends and his inform
ers General Sanford. the Chairman,
told the story OF Sam Davis, young
Confederate. before the recitation. and
the story of the !chivalrous young
giorifed as deed unsurpassed by any
other hero of the worlds history when
the tribute In poetry had been spoken
by the young lady.
There was another recitation, that
OF Father Ryan's familiar poem, "Furi
the Conquered Banner" by Mrs. George
Raoui, whose ability as speaker Is
known to Montgomerians, thrilled the
people of Montgomery who heard her
yesterday tell OF the requiem of the
stars and Bars.
There was singing. with the ever
new Dixie" by the boys of Barnes's
School. and quartette rendition by
Messrs. Pierce. Lakin. Minderhout and
Hugh Stuart.
After the school boys had completed
their song. going through all It's verses
with their clear treble. Just wee bit
tempered with an awakening bass, the
band took II up and with the swing or
the voices and the stir of the instru-
ments, there was hardly a listener who
was not infused with real patriotic
thrill when the sounds had finally died
away.
The First Cavalry band made its de-
but yesterday to the general public OF
Montgomery 1t Is Montgomery's only
military band, Alabama's newest, and,
some have said. the best. However
that fs it's debut was. to say the least
suspicious. Most OF its forty-five menu
bers were In the ranks yesterday. with
their span new uniforms brown khaki
with the cavalry facings of yellow. and
most with Furnished new instruments,
the donation OF the national military
department. at Washington. To many
OF the members OF the military order,
the drilling and playing on the march
Is new, but there was not the Sigh test
hitch In Its behavior Of the day.
The band occupied its position In the
procession, just behind the marshal and
his aides. and II helped to swell the
line to the largest. probably, ever to
mark Memorial Day parade in Mont
gomery. For there were several new
.compeneuts to the entire procession. 81
Make Good ARpearanee.
starke's Cadets was another Of the
new features. Glad In their dress uni
form of duck trousers. gray coats, pur-
pie sashes on the officers. and cock
AIDED hats on all, the cadets made up
the most picturesque feature OF the
parade. They received the applause
OF the Montgomery people who lined
the streets and who thronged the GEM
etery.
The little fellows, trudging along
with abnormal strides, to keep apace
with the taller youths, but all as
straight and as unwinkinE as the most
correct militiaman In the parade, struck
the people who saw them as worthy
Of applause, ana hardly did the grey
coated veterans gain the greater share
of the housekeeping.
Another of the new features was
the newly-created signal corps, with
its orange facings to the uniforms.
Altogether, the line Of march was
strung out for half a mile and more,
with the militiamen. the veterans, Sons
of Veterans, the ladies OF the Memorial
Association, and the guests of honor,
including State and city oficials.
The old veterans of Camp Lomax and
Camp Hoitzclaw, who had gathered
with the procession on Bibb Street,
marched but a block. stood at review
as the entire line swung by, and then
mounted cars to the cemetery, arriving
there before the marching column.
The line of march. as organized on
Bib and Lee Streets. and which
marched from Bibb into Commerce,
thence up Dexter, up to the Capitol,
down cambridge to Jefferson and out
Jefferson to the cemetery, was made
up thus:
Mounted Police.
Band.
Marshal Captain Halls Taylor ana
aides.
General Graves ana stan.
Greys.
Blues.
Starke's Cadets.
Cavalry
Artillery.
Carriages: Mrs. NJ. d. Bib, Mrs ].
c. Lee, Mrs. Mary Arlington, Mrs. j.
Y. Brame, Of Memorial Association. In |
hrst; Mrs. Halls Taylor, Mrs. T. NJ.
owen, Mrs. George Raoui, and Miss
Georgia Thomas, In second; Rev. o. C.
McGehee. j. B. Fuller. Colonel Harvey
z. Jones, and General W. w. Brandon,
Frank N. Julian, Secretary OF State,