Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-07
CONFEDERATE VETS
 ! TO PICK OFFICERS TAT ToDAY'S SESSION
|rkansas Delegation Plan to Place General Cooke in
 Nomination
AMY ATTEMPT TO REFLECT VAN BANDIT
rOwd of Old Soldiers Unable to Get in Packed City Auditor
 ium; Plan Big Dance With z Old Timers


 XIX Houston, Texas, Oct. 6.-The re- Jpicn of the Confederate Veterans Ifes opened formally here today with \ lGro sessions at which Governor w. P 'Irbby of Texas, Mayor A. E. Amer
 sF'n of Houston and representatives Vf Texas Veterans and members of E afiliating organizations extended a x iE leone to the visiting soldiers of te Civil war.
 lSThe city auditorium, with seating |3Npacity of 7,5O0 persons, was filled at overflowing, many veterans fail N E to get inside the building for the Fcting. As one observer expressed :. ' the ranks of the old soldiers seems be increasing rather than thinning S Simultaneously with the sessions the veterans, the Sons of Veterans, 9yd the Southern Confederated Me- \ Frial association held business ses- Mpns and several social functions NIfre held for visiting women. k7Tomorrow the election of officers Nh all three organizations will take AEce, that of the Sons of Veterans RN the forenoon and of the Veterans aMd Memorial association in the af- sslfnoon, it is expected. According to astlcgates to the sons reunion N. B aNfrrest, commander in chief of the ~ 1s'&anization will be reelected with slAt opposition.
 ET Boost Arkansas Veteran. "A movement was on foot tonight to Maelcct General K. M. Van Zandt of EHrt Worth, Texas, Commander in fhief of the Veterans, although he GIfd he would not be candidate. In E event he is not nominated, Arkan- ;aHs delegates said General Virgil Y foke of Batesville, Arkansas, com hhnder of the Trans-Mississipp de- sartment will be placed in nomina- 8n. Friends of General Julian S |1rr of Durham, N. C., commander
 the department of the army ot Ebrth Virginia, stated that they Rikuld make an effort to bring about Rte election of General Carr if Gen Ilhl Van Zandt is not reelected. RfNext years reunion city also will R selected in the afternoon. Little Rttck Arkansas, and Savannah, Ga. Having been mentioned as probable Ahdidates for the honor.
 \ 1At the meeting of the Sons of al3terans today, speakers urged that ke organization take steps to bring I.5out the use of histories which |fuld bring out the attitude of the Bluth just prior to and during the Elkil war in way they would con- iller fairer to the leaders of the Ilhsc of the Confederacy. A move Mlnt also was started to have the or sthization indorse projected trans. lhtentinental highway through the aHuthern part of the United States iId be called the Jefferson Davis Highway" and to bring about recog- jikion of the leaders of the Confed IIhcy during the Civil war by the in BIEiption of their names in an amphi- Eleatre at Washington, for which B8ngress has appropriated $17,000,- .IlAt tomorrow mornings session of fk veterans' organization, in addi- lin to number of reports of com DHttees, there will be an address on lotion Tax and Pensions" by Gener- !H HGeorge Hillyer of Atlanta, Ga. The \ lteting will adjourn at noon to allow veterans, the sons and the me lgbrial association to join in memori- M exercises.
 EEIomorrow night will be featured hb | grand ball in honor of the Unit Veterans at which the flor will be reserved exclusively for sA old soldiers and their ladies dur Ak the grand march. The floor also VII De cleared at intervals during eS evening to allow the veterans and Ikir partners to dance the Virginls lEkl and other dances of their youth SThe only event of tonight's pro- sm was a song and ldance revue Hder the direction of the Houston ||ldbnter of the Daughters of the Con lerscyS depicting in its scenes and
 Of the various periods Tn the
 torv of the South from Civil wal
 VI to the end of the World war.
 Announce Personnels.
 eha. personnel of two committees
 the veterans organization were
 Bounced tonight by General Van
 kdt. commader in chief. The ere
 tials committee is composed of
 following:
 .olonel c. H. Craig, Selma, Ala,
 ;cr ~ Nicely, Searcy, Arkansas;
 iors ". H. Ballard, Tampa. Florl-
 General D. B. Morgan. Savannah
 sr~ia: Colonel John E. Abrahams,
 ;s3;lle. Kentucky; Major J. w. ,r,ev. Jackson, Miss; General G. Laneford. Marshall, Missouri;
 ernl ". A. Clark, Columbia, s. C.;
 snrs n M. Mckee. Columbia, Tenn. &.r Bradford Hancock. Waco, IN. Colonel c. c. Abraham, Wash ton, D. c. Fhe members of the committee on Iolutions are:
 .rAral J. T. Garretson, Birmlng-
 I'M: Major B. B. Chism, Paris,
 "A. Colonel Frank Harris. Ocla, .;d.. asneral A. ]. Twiggs, Au-
 fa Ca.; General N. B. Death
 ce Richmond. Ky; Colonel J. 5. x Es|s;ken Louisiana: Major Clay rri.y - Jackson Miss; Colonel A. -.cr Kansas City, Mo; Colonel lf | Raed. St. George. s. C.; Dr. ',
 Roberts. Nashville, Tenn.' n oClon.,