The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-26

tiOHs didS met 10 40 1ouldSe " thch
forbears.
Captain John Lamb, Of Richmond.
as well known as a statesman as he
was on the field of battle. Illustrated
the manner in which the ages are
linked in Virginia by calling the cher
sponsor for the Veterans to rise beside
the chief sponsor for the Sons. MRS.
James Y. Leigh, whose countenance
belied the II years she has seen. arose
from her seat to stand beside Miss
Josephine Shields, an attractive
twenty-year- girl from Roanoke,
who loves the cause of the South. not
for what she experienced during the
four years 1t was at battle, but for
the traditions and the fealty that have
come down from . long line OF South
ern ancestors
Mrs Leigh stood upon a point OF
order to ask that she be allowed the
floor as Mother of the Copfederacy'
to tell OF the bravery and heroisn
that was as well displayed In the home
as on the fields where loved ones fell,
Those wonderful women OF Virginia
and of the entire South, as described
by Mrs. Leigh. received as rousing
cheer and heartfelt applause as greet
ed any soldier who had gone into
conflict that meant almost certain
death.
Thrice before has Mrs Leigh been
an official representative of her state.
Never before. she declared, has she
felt so great an honor or been so CAD
to receive it as that which entitled
her to a seat upon the stage last
night.
One of the chief speakers last night
was Major James N Stubbs, for four
years on General Mcf;ruder's staff and
who has served longer in tho State
Legislature OF Virginia than any other
man. Major Stubs short address
abounded in wit and humor. Severa.
times he was interrupted by long con-
tinued applause.
NJ. D. Cary, commander of the Vir-
ginia Division of Sons, presided He
was introduced by Garland p. Peel.
commander OF PickettBuc n a n
Camp. and past commander OF the
Virginia Division.
W. w, Old, Jr., past commander-in-
chief, delivered the address of well
come to Sons from other parts or
Virginia, to the sponsors and to the
veterans. The response was delivered
by w. Macdonald Lee. past COM
mander Of the Virginia Division, who
referred to the Sons of Confederate
v
the makers of a new South"
". B. Forrest. son of the famous
general who bore his name. took Issue
with other speakers on the term
South" He declared that there is
no such thing as a new South; that
the traditions the ideals and the as
pirations of a country that stands
apart from the rest Of the nation is
unchanging. that tho South today
stands for what the South of CEN
fury or a half century ago stood for.
The sponsors and maids for the vet
rams and the sons were presented by
A. b. Davies, past commander of Car
penter-Battery Camp. s. c. ", Of Cliff
ton Forge. Roderick Trtplett OF
stonewall Camp, Portsmouth, re-
sponded,
BY no means the least enjoyable
feature of the meeting was the rendt-
ton OF number of Southern songs
by the Confederate choir.
The Veterans held business sessions
in the morning and the afternoon.
With one exception. all officers OF the
United Confederate Veterans, Division
of Virginia, were reelected for an
other year. Colonel r. V. White, of
Norfolk, was elected commander OF
the First Brigade, TO succeed Major
General w. r. Freeman, Of r. Z. Lee
Camp, Richmond. who was made COM
mander of the division. General 8. q.
Brooke, OF Roanoke. was again made
commander of the Second Brigade.
The Third Brigade Is still commanded
by General r. S. Parks. of Luray. and
the Fourth by General James Baum
gardner. Of Staunton.
The officers were installed in OF
fee by Lieutenant-General ]. Thomp-
son Brown, commander of the Depart
ment OF the Army OF Northern Vir-
gnia. He pinned a handsome bronze
badge. made for the occasion, upon
the breast of the commander OF the
Division of Virginia
Reports were read by the brigadier-
general and the maj or-ganeral of the
division. showing that the number OF
greater than at any time since the
close of the war. Several monuments
have been unveiled in the past year
to honor the memory of comrades who
fell on the feld OF battle, and the
reports showed that practically all of
the camps had held reunions.
In a short business session at the
Southland Hotel In the afternoon, the
Sons of Confederate Veterans ap-
pointed committees on credentials and
to extend greetings to the visiting
veterans The committee on greet
ings is composed OF A. b. Davies. Of
Clifton Forge. chairman; B, 8. Hern-
don. of Portsmouth, and s. s. Rodgers,
OF Petersburg. The committee on Gre
dentials liz composed Of Ernest Ball,
of Richmond, chairman; B. S. Hern-
don, of Portsmouth, and Garland P.