The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-16
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establish a great truth of history?
 three sympathetic veterans-the chair
 man reading hurriedly a decision pre-
 pared in favor of one contestant, be-
 Tore large audience who knew al-
 most nothing about the facts and de-
 elaring great contended point of his
 tory thus true! I protested then it was
 not the proper way to decide a great
 contested point in history--I protest 1t now and again. Seeking an introduc-
 tlon to Gen. c. Walker, whom I had
 not personally met, I told him that
 was still unconvinced about it, in Tact more than ever convinced of MT.
 Marschall's right to the honor and
 that would continue to claim and pro- claim what I believed to be true. In dear and fatherly way he advised
 me for my own sake and for the sake
 of peace to let the matter rest at it was.
 Is it not the most wonderful thing to see these old veterans who went to the jaws of death for what they thought best admonishing the U. D. c. to abide by a wrong for peace sake?
 With her flags and her friends. Miss smith went to the meeting of Sons of Confederate veterans and telling what had been done by the veterans, asked for indorsement, and the gallant sons never having even read the facts, also by vote, unanimously proved this dis puted point of history-without even a small committee of three to investigate. We laughed at some of, them about it and they said they hated to make the ladies feel bad. We are great provers of true history, aren't we? The sons |have redeemed themselves though. They |have appointed a committee and are now weighing each side.
 Answering Gen. c. Irving Walker's committee.
 In the first place, l hold that Gen. c. Irving Walker, chairman, in commenting l on the proof sent in showed undue bias l in submitting Miss Smiths claims as agatnst mine, deliberately arguing for Miss Smith and quoting only such parts |of my proof as it pleased him. He says flor the committee, he respects the claim |ant's veracity even if he is forced to l doubt the reliability of memory of either. Yet he immediately takes the memory of those on Miss Smiths side and rejects the memory of those for MT. Marschall. In the next breath General Walker says no evidence is submitted which throws a shad W of doubt on the accuracy of IMajol Smiths memory and much is given 2 to high character.
 1 MAYOR CONTAINS ATTITUDE General Walker does not state the fact that Major Smiths memory did not be- gin until 1910, AS years after the events happened, nor does he speak of the high esteem expressed in my affidavits for the splendid character of the renowned artist and good man, Nicola Marschall, who numbered among his friends Major Jabez currie, Dr. J. l.. M Currie, Gen. E. w.. Fucker, Gov. A. B. Moore, Gen. N. B. Forrest, Augusta V. Evans and other squally celebrated. But" says General Walker, very important evidence is sub
 nitted impeaching the recollections ot MT. Marschall,'' and he produces in proof bf this and accepts as final an unsus-
 aimed affidavit of Maj. Lamar Fontain
 laiming that Major Fontain designed
 he Confederate uniform. Replying,
 would say, purposey. I did not bring
 h any mention of designing of Con
 ederate uniform, though do not mind Baying that believe MT. Marschall gave
 design for that. too 1 did not bring
 his in because the, question under dis
 :ussion was the designing of the Stars
 md Bars, not the uniform, and I knew