The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-05-23
VETERANS SELECT
NATIONS CAPITAL
Alabama General Elected Commander
Hove to Consolidate Con.
federate Organizations.


and be reviewed by the president OF
the United States led them to choose
Washington for the 1917 reunion city
at the closing business session OF
their reunion here tonight. Tulsa,
Okla, and Memphis received the next
highest votes in the order named
AT the election of officers late in
the afternoon, Gen. George P. Harri-
son, commander Of the Alabama di-
| vision of the United Confederate Vet
Grams, was elected commander in
chief of the veterans, succeeding Ge2.
Bennett H. Young Of Louisville, KY.
who refused to permit his name to be
presented as candidate for reelection.
Other officers named were:
Commander department Of the
Army of Tennessee, Gen. John P.
Hickman of Tennessee; commander
Trans Mississippi department, Gen. K
! NJ. Van Zant of Texas, reelected;
commander department of Army Of
Virginia, Gen. John Thompson Brown
Of Virginia.
The recommendations Of the res
oIutions committee, with the excep-
tion OF one favoring a reduction in
the salary of the adjutaat general
from $500 to $500 annually and
another favoring the consolidation of
the Veterans and Sons Of Veterans
organizations, were referred to the
commanding general and the heads
of the three departments. The res
olution favoring the consolidation OF
the two organizations was adopted
and a committee composed Of the
general officers and one representa-
tive from each division was appoint
ed to cooperate with a similar COM
mittee from the Sons to report to the
le1t reunion.
The effort to reduce the adjutant
generals salary failed when it was
learned that the constitution leaves
the matter in the hands Of the execu-
tive council and commander in chief.
The report of the committee On
the Jefferson Davis Home association,
represented by John g. Leathers OF
Kentucky, showed there were no
debts against the association and 1t
had a balance in bank Of more than
$500.
yhe election OF Gen. Harrison as
commanding officer followed touch
ing scene, when Mrs. Virginia Frazier
Boyle OF Tennessee, poet laureate for
the veterans, presented a handsome
silk flag to Gen. Young. The flag was
borne through the war by band OF
Norgan's raiders. The title OF hon.
orary president for life was conferred
upon Gen. Young by unanimous vote
of the convention.
Moved by Herbert.
Washington's claims for the honor
OF entertaining the boys in gray
next year were presented by Col Hill
ary A. Herbert, secretary of the navy
in the cabinet of the late President
ICleveland, in an eloquent speech. The
movement, he said, was started by
Hancock corps of the Grand Army OF
the Republic.
Gen. C. w. Hooker of Alabama,
Gen. A. J. West of Georgia and Mrs.
Cornelia Branch Stone of Galveston,
Texas, supported Washington's claims
in short speeches.
Gen. A. b. Booth OF Louisiana in
sisted that the next reunion go to a
Southern city. He injected the negro
question into the discussion for the
first time, declaring that the lack OF
segregation laws would force South
ern women as well as Southern men
to mix with negroes promiscuously
in street cars and other public
places.
Officers for Sons.