Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-17
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
HOLD ANNUAL REUNION
Greetings From President Taft
at 0pening-Addresses and
Committee Appointments.

LITTLE ROCK. Ark. May l1.-Gree;-
ings from President TAFT to which a mes
sage in kind will he sent in response;
the annual Grafton delivered by DIR. r. &
Cave of st. Louis. addresses of welcome
and the naming of the committees made
up the opening proceedings OF tn re-
union of United Confederate Veterans.
The address OF Gen. James +. Smith.
commanding the Arkansas division. OPEN
ing the convention was brief. He re-
ferred to the events of the war of 1851
80, the days of reconstruction. the or
ganization of the veterans and the TWEEN
ty-one years history of that organiza-
ton
After the invocation by the Rev. r. Lin
Cave. chaplain general, the United Con-
federate choirs. led by Mrs. j. Grif Ed
wards of Portsmouth, Va. sang south
ern songs.
Governor Welcomes Delegates.
Gov. George w. Donaghey of Arkansas.
welcomed the delegates on behalf of the
state. DR.. II. Fl. Hartzog of the United
Sons of Confederate Veterans delivered
an address of welcome, in the course of
which he reused the assembly to frequent
that their descendants would keep alive
the memories of the war.
Othere speakers included Prof Junius
Jordan, in behalf of the Arkansas Vet
Grams; Mayor Charles f. Taylor of Little
Rock, for the city. and Col George l..
Basham, commander of Omer r. Weaver
Camp Veterans, Little Rock.
10 these addresses. through which ran
the spirit of civic pride and desire TO ac-
n he oI1 eD11 I, IL,
was made by the commander in chief
Gen. George w. Gordon. who praised the
city for Its hospitality and the manner in
which its offering had been accomplished.
though attended. according to the speak
er. by personal Inconvenience to whole
families.
Committees Appointed.
The appointment of committees and
sion and after a recess Of two hours the
convention reconvened TO hear the an
nual grafton.
There is keen rivalry between Oklahoma
City. Houston. Tex; Macon, Ga, and
Jacksonville. Fla. for the honor of en-
tertaining the convention next year.
Literature was distributed and campaign
ers are kept among the delegates. Sup
porters for Macon and the Florida city
are most in evidence.
Precedent. 1t is commended. calls for
giving the reunion one year TO city
west and the next one east of the Mis-
sissippi river.
Veterans Growing Feeble.
There are more veterans here for this
reunion than for any previous Confed-
crate gathering. However there will no,
be the number of marching southern sol
diers in the parade tomorrow as there
have been at other reunions. The weigh
of years will deter hundreds of veteran.
from attempting the march in broilne
temperatures. Two Of the veterans were
stricken last night One died of hear
disease.
a monument TO the Capital City Guards
of Arkansas was unveiled in the presence
of large crowd here today.
Sons Elect Officers.
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
elected the following officers:
Commander-in-chief. ". G.. Pritchard.
Norf ok, Va.
Executive council-Past Commander in
Chief. c. j. Owens. Washington; w. w.
Old. Norfolk. Va: j. p. Norfleet. Mem
phis; Thomas E. Rowe, St. Louis.
Department commanders elected are
Army of Northern Virginia. George r.
Wyman. Louisville. Ky: Army of Ten
nessee. John l.. Mouiton Mobile. Ala.
Transmississippi. ". y. Brandon, Little
Rock. Ark.
Historian general-W. Thomas II. owen.
Montgomery, Ala.
To the retiring er-in-chief a
loving cup was pr scented.
An amendment which would have
changed the name of the organization to
Sons of Confederate Veterans instead of
United Sons of Confederate Veterans was
voted down, the margin being eight votes
less than the required o-thir6s.