The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-03
Veterans Send Message to Wilson Urging Him to Stand for Honor of the American Flag
HEFLIN'S PRAISE OF PRESIDENT GREETED
 WITH BIG OVATION
Election of Young Follows Spirited Contest - Con- cert Given in Honor of Mary Custis Lee

Richmond. June 2.--Gen. Bennett II. Young of Louisville was today re- elected commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans in an- nual reunion here
 Birmingham was selected as the re- union city for 1916.
 Before the close of the final business session the reunion sent the following greeting, in the form of a unanimously adopted resolution, to the President of the United States
 The United Confederate Veterans in twenty-fifth annual reunion. assembled at Richmond. Va, send greetings to Woodrow Wilson President of the tnited States As soldiers. who know only too we'll the horrors of war, and as citizens of d reunited country. we are glad at heart that We havo Ut Washington n President who. strictly neutral between warning nations. will with wisdom and courage stand for all regard and respect for the honor of tho American flag and proper observance of the. full rights of the humhlest American citi1en.'
 Heflin Speaks
 The reading of the resolution was received with tumultuous applause by veterans who again eheered the nama Of President Wilson when Congress- man Heflin of Alabama declared that the defenders of the south had been
 spared to see man, born in tho southland. the son of confader.ak.,l soidler. the President of the United States"
 General Young was re- elected com i mabder-in chief after n spirited contest, his opponent for the honor being Gen. Felix II. Robertson of Crawford. rex. Prior to the election the delegates d. reoled that q message of sympathy be sent to General Young who was kept away by illness, and who has returned to his home In Louisville from Cleve- ianu, O. In pursuance of this direetl 5n, Adjutant General William E. MielSln sent the following message to General Young:
 The convention heard with joy tho announcement of your improved eondi- ton. and directed me to express tho gi sat sympathy felt at your confine- Inent which caused your absence. md the hope of your speedy reeovery Rain, which fell in torrents through out the day, seriously interfered with the programme of events and aroused anxiety for hundreds of the aged veter- ans encamped at the fairgrounds fn eworks display and a floral parade l taly al. tomorrow after the military parade anl laying of the corner stone of monu- | ment to General Stonewall Jackson l A. Camp Henry C. Stuart where 5uao veterans are eamped, unusual pretan- tions were taken. Hundreds were ccm- pelled to remain within doors
 Principal Events Today l Despite the inclemenes of the weather, however, preparations con tinue for the principal events of the | i ennlon tomorrow. The military pa- fado will be held at o'clock. The Virginia militia arrived today to par 1 tic,pate in this event Governor Mar | ous II. Holcomb Of Connecticut and his first company. Governors Foot guard also arrived today from New Haven and will take part in the parade. Late today the United States bani from Fortress Monroe gave a concert 1 in honor of Miss Mary Custis Lee. l daughter of General Robert E. Lee. and Mrs Daisy McLaurin Stevens. president of the United Daughters of the Confectionery. Mrs. Jesephus Dan- 1 iels, wife of the Secretary of the Navy. arranged the concert.
 l W. N Brandon of Little Rock was elected commander-in-chief of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans at the bus- ness ss sssion of their convention today. Other officers elected were: Ernest q. Baldwin. Roanoke, commander of the army of northern Virginia: Creed Cald- we'll Pine Bluff, Ark. commander of tho Trans Mississippi department and Dr. Thomas M. Owen Montgomery, eusxo- | dian-in chief