Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-03
VETERANS RESENT
. B|TTERATTACKO ON
GENERAL YOUNG
General Thomas F. Berry,
of Oklahoma, Is Driven
From Rostrum.
YOUNG REELECTED
WITH ENTHUSIASM
Attempt to Revive Disprovcd
Charges Meets General
Disapprobation.
BIRMINGHAM REUNION CITY
BIRMINGHAM REUNION CITY
Helms Speech Carries All Before It..
Carr Heads Army Of North.
ern Virginia.

Attack yesterday afternoon before
the convention of tho United Confed-
crate Veterans by General Thomas F.
Berry, Of Oklahoma. on the name and
military reputation of General Bennett
Fl. Young, lying at the point of death
IN a Cleveland HOSPITAL. brought unen-
listed support to General Young. and
so violent was the opprobrium heaped
on the head of the incriminator that
he was driven from the rostrum and
practically forced from the hall
General Young was reelected COM
mander-in chief of the United Confed-
crate Veterans against the other nomi-
nee. General Felix II. Robertson, COM
mander of the Texas Division, by n
vote Of 1.166 to 5S4 1t was General
Berry's violent words that helped turn
| the tide in favor of the sick commander.
ATTEMPTS TO REVIVE OLD
ATTACKS ON COMMANDER
AS he began speaking and referring
to story that is old in the annals OF
( the Confederacy, as he narrated again
the tale of General Young's invasion
from Canada OF a New York town, the
old soldiers caught the trend of his
| remarks, and Berry was literally
! shouted down. He was caught in the
echo of his own violent outburst. and
his voice was drowned in the uproar
| which followed.
stop him! Down with him" the
| te-faced veterans cried
Il won't stop" General Berry yelled J
I'll tell you the truth if have i'd
shed my blood for it," General Georg
p. Harrison, who has been presidin
for General Young, attempted to regain,
order. But order then was as impossi-
BILE as 1t was when the Tower OF Babel
was in its building. M
I'll tell YOU" shouted General Berry,
''of Young's raid from Canada into ST.
Albain's. n. Y" But only those on
the rostrum heard him. The auditorium
broke Into pandemonium, and General
Harrison. laying down a heavy savel
time and time again, called to General
founG's detractor that he was out Of
order
DENOUNCED FOR ATTACKING
GENERAL YOUNG BEHIND HIS BACK
The proceedings are out of order"
said General Harrison his face ablaze
with anger. You are out OF order
General Berry, in thus attacking a
Confederate veteran behind his back"
II will speak" uttered Berry; but his
further words were drowned in the
noise OF the rebel cry. AS the speaker
put on his hat General !. H. Curry, OF
North Carolina, sprang to his feet and
shouted: II move that the man who
would make such a charge be expelled
from the association His motion was
never put. There was too much bable
and confusion for his motion to call
for immediate heed. General Berry
tried again to make himself heard, but
when he met the shaking finger and
the accusing eyes of General Harrison
he left the stand and departed from
the auditorium.
Il must invoke the authority invested
in me-" said the temporary commander
in-chief. This must cease. We must
have order. call or all of you to
help me restore this meeting to order
have never seen such disorder before"
Music was finally invoked. and under
its suasive influence the veterans re-
turned to calm. and the business was
continued.
BIRMINGHAM CHOSEN
FOR NEXT REUNION
Before this outburst. coming as an
anticlimax to meeting which had
been filled with all the fiery enthu-
siasm OF Confederate soldiers, Birm-
ingham. Ala, had been unanimously
voted for as the convention city OF
1915. Tho invitation was delivered by
Congressman Thomas VI. Hehin. of
Alabama. who reminded Richmond men
of the appeals OF William Jennings
Bryan. When he finished, and the
boys band of birmingham sounded the
strains Of Dixie the veterans were
as wild as ever they had been at
Chtckamauga or the battle OF Bull Run
wilder than they were when they fol-
lowed Pickett 'on the bloody heights OF
Gettysburg. Heiin held them in the
hollow OF his hand. When tho vote
was put, 1t was unanimous.
After the election of General Young
to the position of comma nder in chief