Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-05-17
Resolutions Pledge Lives, Fortunes and Honor for
 Defense of Country.
READY TO RESPOND
 TO NATIONS CALL
Washington q. A, R. Anxious to Have COnfederates Hold Reunion in Ma. tiOnal Capital Next Year-Seleo-
 ti0n to Be Made Today.

Birmingham, Ala,, May 16.-Both the United Confederate Veterans and the Sons of Veterans dopted resolu- tions at their meetings today pledg- ing lives fortunes and honor to the government Of the United States should it become necessary for the defense of this country.
 ; Following in the wake of the ac- 5 tion of the old soldiers at the open } ing session of their reunion this ; morning, the Sons at their afternoon session adopted resolutions intro duced by Clarence J. Owens of { Washington, past communicating of the organization. After calling at dention to the fact that the interna aational relations of the United States for the highest and purest patrio- stism and the loftiest statesmanship" and that in President Wilson, son of the South, the nation has a worthy leader, the resolution reads:
 Resolved. by the Sons of Confed- crate Veterans, in annual reunion assembled, that assurance be con- veyed to the chief executive of the nation of .ile sympathetic interest of inc sons of the Southland in the task devolving on his high office; of the belief in principles of preparedness that we may be ready to protect with power the land we love, and we offer, should our country call for the Sons of Confederate Veterans, to respond with life, fortune and sacred honor"
 The resolutions adopted by the old soldiers declared their "unfaltering allegiance to the government of the United States in this. it's hour of great international difficulties"
 To-day" the resolutions continue, "the remnant of the army of the Con- federate states of America do hereby offer itself, it's sons and its prop erty upon the altar of reunited country, which we love and seek to serve, protect and defend"
 Award of prizes in the contest for the best essays on Confederate his tory, given by the Sons organization also was announced The first prize of $20 went to Lloyd P. Everett Of Washington, D. C., and the second prize, $5, to A. H. Jennings of Lynchburg, Va.
 Washington Strong Contender.
 Washington loomed to the front to- day in the contest of the netx re- union, when Col. Hilary Herbert, secretary of the navy under the late President Cleveland. arrived here with the official invitation from the municipal authorities and the trade bodies of the capital.
 "The movement for bringing the boys in gray to the national capital originated with Hancock camp. G. A: R., of Washington" said Colonel Herbert, "and secured the enthusl- astic endorsement of the Loyal legion Vt would be a history-making event for the soldiers of the old South and would do more than anything else to cement the growing friendship be- tween the two sections of the conn- try"
 Memphis, Tenn, snd Tulsa. Okla, delegates were busy throughout the day, procuring pledges of support for their respective cities. The election of the next reunion city will be made tomorrow.
 At a get-together gathering of the old soldiers this afternoon massed band of 15O pieces furnished patrl- otic music while the veterans ex- changed "reminiscences.
 The women of the Confederate Southern Memorial association heid two business sessions today when reports of general officers of the as- sOciation were received.
 Heavy rain during the night, had made the temperature more comfort able for the veterans and visitors when the first session of the twenty, sixth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans and other Southern patriotic bodies was called to order today. The Bijou theatre where the meetings are being held' was packed to suffocation when R: w. Massey. chairman of the local program committee. rapped for order.
 Aged Bellies Dane Jig.
 The "yip-yip" of the old war cry responded to the strains of Dixie. "Old Black Joe," "Suwanee River"