Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-29
Veterans Great Time.

Mobile is fast filling up with the
old boys in gray, and the city is
ready for their coming. The streets
are brilliantly illuminated at nig4q
and decorations are abundant. All
public buildings and most private
ones are covered with bunting and
flags. The larger part Of the Virgin
ia delegates and visitors to the re-
union arrived in the Gulf City Mon
day evening, and were assigned quar-
tiers in preparation for the three days
festivities The r. E. Lee Camp, of
Richmond, came in Sunday afternoon
in private car airing about forty
people, and repaired to headquarters
for registration.
Brigadier General J. Thompson
Brown, Of the First Virginia. Brigade,
and staff, including Miss R. Lee Muir
ply, sponsor; w. B. Freeman, chief
of staff, and Lieutenant Governor }.
Taylor Ellyson, of Richmond, and
General Samuel Griffin, Of the Second
Virginia Brigade, have opened heaq-
Quarters at the Battle House. About
seventy-fve Virginians arrived this
morning over the M. and o.
A party of thirty or forty veterans
arrived from Virginia over the Sea-
board Air Line in two special Pullmns
Monday morning at $3.50 O'Clock.
General Clement A. Evans, cOmman-
der in chief of the veterans, Joined
this party at Atlanta and occupied
the drawing room. General Evans
was accompanied by Assistant Adju-
tant- General J. L. McCollum and his
son, Lawton B. Evans, of Augusta, Ga
The meeting bids fair to be one Of
great interest and much enthusiasm i!
shown
Mobile, Ala, April ga slender
| black clad, Frightened girl stood on ;
raised platform today. and while 500
Confederate veterans cheered, ant
while the bards played ''Dixie,"
score or more gray-bearded Confede
rate general officers passed in review
before her, and with uncovered head
kissed her hand The young girl wa
Miss Lucy White Hayes, granddaugh
ter of the only President Of the Con
federacy. The incident was the eli
max of the first days session of tn
United Confederate Veterans.
The big tent, which is said to sea
comfortably 5000 people was packed.
When the new Daughter Of the Con
federacy" was being presented to til
convention, the old veterans went ma
The band was playing "Dixie''-
of them were-'but the combinatio
could not drown out the cheers. TIL
veterans. surged forward, but the rope
stopped them. The one by one tn
stately general officers on the stag
moved in review before the brighten
ed, trembling girl, and each kissed he
hand as he passed. Miss Hayes seem
ed overcome with emotion as sh
passed back to her seat on the an
of her maid of honor, Miss Ell
Mitchell. Miss Hayes is the "sponso
for the Southern Confederacy'' in tn
reunion, and takes rank over a.
others, sponsors and maids.
A threatened storm among the Son
of Veterans was averted in thei
convention today by the magnaiI
nous action of the Virginia delega
tion, who met in caucus with tn
executive council last night, and i
order to preserve harmony decided
withdraw their candidate for con
mander- in chief. w. G.. Pritchar(
with the understanding that Vii
ginia's claims would be recognize
next year.
Virginia withdrew her oppositio
to the so cents per capita tax, and \
Bedford Forrest will be continue
: as adjutant- general, with penmanel
headquarters in Memphis, Oh a sala1
of 81, 900 year. This amount W;
raised i'll about ten minutes, at I'll
closing session today, and the found'
lions laid for an active campaign fl
the organization Of new CAM
throughout the Confederacy.