The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-11-03
FLORIDA CONFEDERATE vETER
ANS HAVE BIG REUNION
AT ORLANDO
General A. J. Cox Elected Major Gen.
eral-Lake City Next Place
Of Meeting


ing the sort of time today that was
promised them they would have in
Orlando. For the most part they cast
aside business. and went in for a day
OF pleasure.
AT half past eleven o'clock they ad-
journed from the opera house. and
marched 10 the high school, where
some formal exercises were held. AS
We 90 to press they are OFF in half
hundred automobiles for a trip around
the county.
Tonight the United Daughters of
the Confederacy have planned an en-
tertainment for them at the opera
house, TO be followed by a reception
at the Elks' Club. At nine o'clock the
Sons OF Veterans will give a dance, to
which the young people of the town
are invited.
The marcn TO the nigh school. and
the exercises held there, was from
the town peoples standpoint, the
most impressive of the ceremonies in
cident TO the reunion. The route of
march was from the opera house,
over Pine street. and south on Orange
avenue.
The band led, and the veterans
marched I'm two lines, in the form of
an elongated hollow square, General
Pasco and General Jewell fronting the
procession. They lined up on the
high school campus in double file,
and the school children banked the
portico and overfowed on the green.
II was an impressive scene, youth
facing life on the one hand. and old
age facing the gloom of the grave on
the other. AS the two groups stood
facing each other. out of the pause
which followed the grouping, the
band struck up Dixie
AZ the sound of the tune, the old
men shed their years. lifted their
hats and shouted with the kids. It
was aye. aye for the grand old land
Superintendent Coleman advanced
and greeted General Pasco and Gen.
eral Jewell. and during the handshak-
ing a color bearer of the Lakeland
camp advanced into the group carry
ing an immense banner.
Superintendent Coleman, i'm a brief
address, introduced the county super
intendent Of instruction. Rev. Mr.. Nc
Kinnon. who formally welcomed the
visitors.
General Pasco and General Jewell
responded for the soldiers.
The business session at the opera
house was begun at ten o'clock. A
feature of the morning was an ad-
dress by Seton Fleming. son of ex-
Governor Fleming. on the placing of
the Kirby Smith statute in the Hall
of Fame at Washington.
The third brigade held a meeting
early in the day and elected General
Il. r. Taylor OF Tampa TO the com.
mand General Taylor is the present
commander of Loring Camp, 1126
and during the war was connected
with the nth Tennessee cavalry OF
Forests original brigade. He was
horn in Murfreesboro. Tennessee.
Dr. A. d. Williams. of the r. Z. Lee
Camp OF Jacksonville. was elected to
the command OF the second brigade
which held meeting Immediately
preceding that of the third. DR.. win
liams Is perhaps the youngest veter
an In Florida. He says he Is Ga. anS
believes that twenty years somehow
got into the total that don't belonl
there. II you would take away hi
gray coat. he would easily be mistak
en- for an up-to-date metropolitan doc
tor. instead Of n veteran OF as years
past struggle.
During the war he was connecte,
with the 47th Georgia infantry. II,
was mustered into the service Ma.
Goth. 1862. and attained to the rip,
age OF fifteen the following August
He was with the immortal Johnston
and was in the smoke at Chickamau
ga and Missionary Ridge.
The Office of major general is TO b,
filled this afternoon, and at this tim,
Il looks as though the white-haire,
and venerable General J. A. Cox o
Lakeland will be the unanimou
choice of the gathering. He was in
dorsed this morning by the third bri
gade. which he once commanded. l
looks as though he will have natter
his own way.
General Cox is distinguished amonl
his comrades by snow-white hair an,
beard, and he looks the veteran o
many a campaign. He was with thu
army of Tennessee. and> he says th'
only time the Yanks got blood fror
him was before Vicksburg. when h'
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