The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-25
Old SOLDIERS GIVE.
REBEL YELL WHEN
DIXIE IS PLAYED
Chattanooga Turned Over to
Veterans of the South for
Annual Reunion.
BUSINESS SESSIONS
BEGIN THIS MORNING
First Meeting of the Southern
Memorial Association Was
Held Yesterday.

CHATTANOOGA, Oct. 24.-The first
seeusiness meeting OF the United Con-
e1ederate Veterans will be held at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning The opening
session Of the reunion Will be called
TO order by Commissioner L. d. Bass.
and the address Of welcome to the city
viii be delivered by Mayor A. w.
Chambllss; Governor A. Taylor will
welcome the veterans to Tennessee;
General John p. Hickman, commander
Of the Tennessee division, will then
turn the convention over to General
Van Zandt, commander in chief of the
Y. G. ", who win take UP the business
Of the reunion.
Tomorrow there viii be many social
functions for the veterans and official
ladies', and In the afternoon there will
be a military parade OF the sixth
United states cavalry, followed by a
sham battle Mt q local park. At night
the military ball will be held
At a dinner tonight preceding the
first business session of the sons of
veterans. General N B. Forrest an
nounoed that he would not be can
didate for recollection as commander in
chief and it is said that Judge Edward
Scurry, oc Wichita Falls, Texas, would
probably be elected to succeed him.
Special trains came in that had not
been scheduled. The Memphis special
ran in sections. carrying three hundred
persons to the section. No. SS from
Memphis was in two sections, bringing
in 500 people. No. 95 was in three Sec
tions, carrying 900 in all
Tho rebel yell rcsounded through the
rotunda and was echoed through the
halls OF a local hotel this evening when
the Mississippi Industrial and Training
school Boys band struck UP the strains
of "Dixie."
The first session Of the Confederate
Southern Memorial Association held
here today iii junction with the United
Confederate Veterans, was featured by
address OF Mrs Roy w. Mckinney,
president general of the Daughters Of
The Confederacy and General Nathan
Bedford Forrest commander Of the
sons OF Veterans, and Miss Mildred
Rutherford Of Georgia.
mrs. A. Med. Wilson, of Atlanta,
president general of the association,
replied to the greetings.
Miss rutherford urged the contin-
uance OF Southern memorial day, a
return to the sacredness OF its original
observance She also urged members
OF the association and the u. ID. C. to
protest against tho movement which
would unite the observance Of South
ern memorial day, decoration day and
armistice day and set a part one day
for honoring the soldiers OF the North
and the South and world war
Al large majority of the monuments
to Southern heroes have been erected
BY the Southern Memorial Association,
Miss Rutherford said, and that organi-
zatlon viii be largely responsible for
great monuments to be made of stone
Mountain, near Atlanta About figures
of General Robert e. Lee, Jefferson
Davis and General Joseph Johnson,
carved ia bold relief and high on the
side of the mountain, viii be grouped
the whole armies of the confederacy.
thirteen rooms are to be carved at
the base OF the mountain. one for each
Of the southern states, TO be used as
museums The memorial Is 10 cost
Approximately S2.oOo.oo0, which is now
being raised by nationwide subscrip-
fions. and. wiil~be completed, it is ex-
pected, in eight years.