The Washington herald., 1917-06-08

one OF the most amusing features
/ OF the procession oddities. were ths
servants and and coioreS color sa COCK. Dy yt PSSg. SoS.
4 federete officers
Just what the Significance Of these
mascots" was. the crowd interpreted
In dinerent ways. One onlooker
meant to he recs sfessiSn tss tnsa da1. It ss1 sss
Yankee henroosts were won't Ia
furnish delicacies for the camp cook's
larder. Another declared that It was
merely symbolical OF the races fono-
ness for chicken.
ern families Of war history Is rep
resented at the reunion by Capt N.
III. Seagle, of Hickory, N. c,
Mr: Seagle is ~ Years old and one
OF nine brothers who were all in the
Confederate armies. One brotheFLwas
still five brothers living. There were
nfteen full brothers and sisters in the
family. seven of whom are still livins
at an average age Of So
Capt. Seagle's father was Gen.
;;' Seag;ie' Of the North Carolina State
grandfather was John Seagle, who
was one Of the heroes of the battle
ot Kings Mountain in the Reyolu-
The aged veteran now attending the
reunion is the maternal uncle OF
James Lee Bost. Of Washington.
For perhaps the first time at any
national reunion of the Confederate
veterans, scores of Southern women
scorned to ride in pronereS auto
mobiles and walked side by side with
their veteran kinsmen from the start
to the finish Of the long parade.
In the NorthS Carolina division Of
adjutant of the division, was ac-
companied by his two daughters, Miss
Camelia London and Mrs. J. Henry
Fell on foot.
trudging proudly beside their hus-
bands, fathers and brothers. Some
Wore uniform caps and coats Of gray.
others In the hoop skirts and fiounces
Of the days OF 81. Some supported
their sires wearied by the long march
Women ambulance drivers dress
ed in neat gray uniforms with
short skirts, leather puttees, and
military caps, were on hand with
forty-eight motor cars to take any
of the marchers to the Red Cross
TSsy or 70 nSsps fss yauntssr Ny
tor Sevice of the Washington Red
Cross chapter.
The parade wouldn't have been
complete without Gen. George p.
Harrison, commander-in-ehief Of the
United Confederate Veterans He
has headed many other reunion
given an ovation all along the line
of march.
I'VE admire your spunk," an old
veteran told one Of the women suf-
frage pickets in front OF the White
House, when he stopped, as many
did, to give them a word Of encour-
great deal of attention.
Col. Harry R. Lee, q victorian, and
now military aide to the governor of
Tennessee Is proudly showing. to his
COT Ice eaiisted 'Gra IN the sefsHs Brfsisb SaSy
in the early eighties and was award
ed the medal for gallant conduct on
board H. NJ. s. Infiexible during the
bombardment Of Alexandria, Egypt.
Col. Emmett Cavett Is one Of the
distinguished Mississippians attend
ing the reunion. Col. Cavett Is a
member Of the Mississippi Assembly
and owns q cotton plantation near
Macon. He IS famous for his politi-
cal articles about the doings Of the
assembly, signed big Bud"
Miss Bessie Leclaire Brady. sponsor
for the Trans-Mississippl Division Of
Veterans, is one-sixteenth Indian and
was regarded as the prettiest, or at
least one Of the very prettiest girls
father Is a prominent business man
Of Tulsa and was in charge Of q
special train that brought the Tulsa
boosters, but the one big reason why
Tulsa was selected for the next re-
I'm glad. oh, I'm glad that I'm
heah," exclaimed Reuben Patterson.
OF Florence, Ala, yesterday to q
group Of men on Pennsylvania ave-
nue..
desc heah old Confederates that !
jes hav' to cry sometimes. United
we stand an divided we fall We
all is united and sho' is glad"
Reuben is as black as black can
be and s6 years old. He went
through the war with his master.
Caleb Sewers and s. T. Palmer, the
only survivors of the fife and drum
corps of the Montgomery division OF
Virginians ''cut q figure" In the pa
rade. They are always together.
A mountaineer here from East
Tennessee isn't used to wearing
shoes. He bought pair to wear to
the reunion, but when they hurt his
feet yesterday, he took them on and
walked in his stocking feet
The west Pointers Of the South"
cadets from the Virginia Military In
stitute, were greeted by an outburst
of cheers all along the parade route.
Southern hearts were proud Of the |
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