Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-04-27
CONFEDERATE REUNION.

SIX thousand Confederate Vetersrs
assembled for the annual runlon OF the
United CJnfedenti Veterans 10 Mobile
yesterday.
General Bingham hsd been sssigued
he sutjset Of "JuitIce to the Sou b."
and he began by rsciliug tle dying
commissioner OF General St'pheu B. Lee
to the sous of Confederate soldiers, the
famous com mission 10 defend and emulate
The men who wore the gray. He next
read some OF the resolutions passed
by Grand army posts, especially In
Massachusetts,, protei ting against erect
ing 10 the national capital tie statue CT
General Robert z Lee sltlred 10 a Coz
ledeTale u Iiiorm.
II, declared that no bad not read
ct iess blse slanders" with any idea Of
answering them because they 'gained no
credence, even AMONG tie itlpIdest sDd
most ignorant Of our people,"
at Is bat simple justice to sdd," the
speaker cOuliIu d, that not all the PEG.
pie Of Massachusetts are so wretchedIy
Ignorant, so stupidity partisan, as the ex'
t'sct from the resolutions read ID you
would indicate"
Then Gen. Bingham told how Charles
Francis Adams, of Boston, bad declared
that had he been 10 Lees place he would
have acted IS Lee did. Bingham d.
cisred that 1t was The duty Of the people
of the south to teach their Children, 10
eDlighten th'ir -couutrymeu, 10
tell to the world the circum.tinces which
brought! on the war, the Issues thst d..
vided brothers, ~ see that f. tire geners-
tions do justice not only TO the stuh tu
ID our country aud our race.
A stsiking feature of The reunion was
when slender, blsck-slsd, frightened
girl tt,od on a Platform, and, while
5000 veterans cheersd and while the
bands played Dixie" a score or more
grsy-besrded Oorfederste officers passed
10 review before her and with uncovered
heads kissed her hand. The girl was
Miss Lucy White Hayes, granddaughter
OF tho only president OF the Oonfedsrscy.
The big tent, which Is said 10 seat
5000 persons, WIS packed to Its tor
mott tier Of seats. The sides bad bern
raised, and the thrOogs outside bad
pressed 10. When the I'D lighter Of
the OOnfederacy" was being pressrtid
to The convention the old veiersns
went mad. The baud wss playing
"Dixle"-.hree OF Them Wtre-tu. tae
combined bra'sss could not drown out
the cheers.
The veterans surgtd forEsrj, tut the
ropes stopped them. Then, enc BY one.
the t,tely officers on the siege moved 10
review ie'ore the frehIeutd, trembling
girl and each kissed her hand as ne
passed.
Miss Hayes eyes filled ei!h tears, and
she seemed overcome WITH emf ton as
she passed back 10 her seat on the arm
Of her ms'd Of honor, Mics Ella Nit.
chell. Miss Hayes is the "sponsor for
the 5cu bern Coufederscy" 10 the re-
unioD, spd takes rank over all other
sponsors and msids.
The afternoon session Wss brlef. The
Confederate choir ssDg aud, Judge L. B.
Mcfarland, Of Memphis, delivered the
orst 90 of the day.
The Sons OF United Confederate Vet
Grams continued their sessions last night.
The principal events were the election
OF officers and the listening to the address
of K. W. Bingham, of Louisville, KY, on
Justice to the South"
Then followed the election OF officers,
All of the oil officers were reelected, in |
Gliding Commsnder-'n-Ch Chief Clarence J. |
Owtns,of Abbevile, La, by unanimous
vote.
The Sons decide to make permanent
headquarters at Memphis, and voted |
8 900 for propaganda work.