The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-19
WELCOMES
OLD CONFEDERATES

and the Governor was cheered as he
walked down the aisle.
Governor Mann was escorted to the
stage amid the cheers of the veterans.
and after shaking hands with the
grand commander. the other officers
of the Grand Camp and the women OF
the Confederate choirs, he delivered .
brief address, in which he dwelt upon
the things the South through it's vet
Between the States.
He said he did not intend recalling
those days of the strife. but that he
would talk about the things that had
occurred since. He touched upon the
gradual elimination of sectionalism and
predicted in the near future a coun-
try that would know no North. no
South, no East and no West.
sons of Veterans Meet.
AT o'clock this afternoon the Sons
of Veterans met and the following
!. Opening with prayer.
2. Presentation of Thomas w. Spin
die. commander of the Virginia Divi-
sion, U. S. C. ", by William L. Baker.
commander of Pickett Buchanan Camp,
No. 0. of Norfolk.
B. Thomas w. Spindle, commander of
virginia Division. U. S. D. c.. assumes
the chair and will present speakers.
A. Bonnie Blue Flag" by Confed.
crate choirs.
o. Address Of welcome by Theodore
). Garnett Jr, past commander Pick.
ett-Buchanan Camp, No. .. Norfolk.
.. response to address of welcome
py the Rev j. Cleveland Hall. divi.
SION historian, U. S. G. ", Danville, Va
z, I'VE Il MT.
federates," by Confederate choirs
Presentation of Sponsors and
Maids by r. Holman Willis, Buena
Vista. Va.
9. Reception Response by B. Mercer
Hartman. Division Adjutant, Roanoke,
10. "Tenting On the Old camn
Ground" by Confederate choirs.
H. Address to the Virginia Division,
y. G, ", by Colonel George c.
u Dixie" by Confederate choirs.
Including Grand Commander John y
Ewell of Bertrand, Va, and many
other officers Of the Grand Camp, hun
areds OF the Veteran reached Norfolk
,ast night and We're assigned to their
notels by the committee in charge OF
me reception at the bureau of infor-
nation. Many were accompanied by
.heir wives and daughters and spon-
sors and maids of honor.
rms morning every incoming train
ana steamer brought IN Veterans and
sous OF Veterans. who swelled the
number of visiting hosts to more than
1000. - '1'Ah
The streets gave evidences of the
leunioh almost from sunrise. The bust
ness houses were gaily dressed In
bunting and the American and Con-
iederate flags; the arches along the
principal streets were mass of col.
ors' and the veterans themselves adj
oed to the spectacle by their appear
anoe In the Confederate uniforms,
Wnlca We're frightened by the badges
u thelr respective camps, and the
newer ones that had been pinned on
theif coats by the committee at the
bureau OF information.
Miniature Reunions.
The Hobbies OF the Monticello and
Lynnhaven Hotels were scenes of min
lature reunions during the morning.
AZ the Monticello the veterans from
dlherent parts of the State met for the
nrst time since the last general gather
ing OF the State Camp. They We're
greeted by members of Pickett Buch-
anan Camp, of Norfolk: stonewall
camp, or Portsmouth,, and Niemeyer-
shaw Camp, of Berkeley. Members of
me Hope-Murray Chapter and Pickett
Buchanan Chapter, Daughters OF the
Confederacy, welcomed the sponsors
and maids of honor, and they paid
much attention to the veterans.
Criticizes Roosevelt.
KEY, j, Cleveland Hall, division chap,
lain of the United Sons of Confederate
veterans, In his speech tonight de-
clared that current school histories
"lltuliy malign the South.
lie also criticized Theodore Roose-
yeti for eulogizing John Brown, declar-
lhg at the same time that the raider
or Harper's Ferry was murderer, He
SAID most histories, studied even in
; southern schools, give wrong reasons
lor the war, and even say that the
south fought to keep negroes In slav-
cry This, he said, Is untrue.
Governor and Mrs. William Hodges
Mann occupied one of the boxes with
me Governors STAFF in full uniform.
society vas we'll represented. Colonel |
George Cabell, who left the congress
slonal convention to be present though !
re was talked of as a possible candi-
ain, delivered thGEoratio1 Of tina eve