Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-20
OLD CAPITAL IN LEAD
AS CITY OF REUNIONS
New Orleans Only Rival to
Richmond for First
Honors.
TENNESSEE FAvORITE STATE
Confederate Veterans Met Here O.,
1900. 1907 and i0I5-IsIpcct Tbix
he"nion to Eclipse Those or Dn,.
Gone Iiy.

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arms and heart to the gray-cInd dc.
lenders OF the Southland-now sadly
depleted by Father Time. but sim
brave In spirit. And as glad ae IN.
| city Is to honor her valiant slrcr
no less eager are they to yisi, Tn.
| ha'"wcd scenes 81 their youth, WHOSE
rise from the ashes is symboIIcaI Of
their own successful etrugglc for re-.
Mobilization from the terrible after
nath of war.
| only one other in the couHtry-
New Orleans-vics with In. Confcd-
crate capital for the popularity palm
] ms a reunion city. Through bcInl
the meeting place In which the plans
FOR the United Confederate Veterans
were launched. New Orleans can also
Jay cram 10 having had the survivors
! OF 'Cl and 'G5 with her four times
iiut Richmond has had four regular
reunions. each greater than It's pra-
dcccSSor, with the one opening today
! bidding fair TO be the most surcnss-
iul 90 all, even though the gray rank,
HAY" thinncd In the nfty-scvcn years
since Lee reluctantly gave up the IN
equal struggle.
vets Like Tennessee.
birmingham and Chattnnoora arc
next 10 Richmond and New orleans
/ Tor reunion hOnors. each having been
! host to the Confederate heroes thrc.
Times. jacksonville. Memphis ANA
NaShNIlIc nave each entertained the
veteran organization twice Ten
ncssce. however. has the edge on All
other States with six reunions to her
credit. Nashville having haf the
United Confederate Veterans once 10
augment the Memphis and Chnt,a-
nooEa total.
! Only ono time have the Southern
warriors left the South for their an
nual reunion. This was In 1917. when
the veterans met In Washington for
one OF tho Creates; gatherings in the
history OF the organization. Tulaa.
| Okla. although not In tho Ccnfcd-
| cracy. also has entertained the VET
/ Grams.
John B. Gordon was the first rcEu-
lar communicate chicf % tho vet
Grams. having been elected In 1889.
and serving through 1905 when
stephen -. lie. succeeded him for
three years. ". l.. cabcil served on"
year and was followed by Glenn \.
| Evans. who headed the veterans for
two years. Following year terms
by George W. Gordon ana =. l.. wat
kins. Ben II. Young took the rcins
FOR three years. Georg. W Iarrl-
and h. NJ Xan Zant served four
and X. NJ. Van Zant served four
| by Julius ;. Carr. the present com
mander in chief.
Met Here In 1914.
| Richmond was host to the Confcd-
crate veterans for the first time in
| 1896 when the sixth annual reunion
was held here. starting on June 80.
one of the features OF the occasion
was the laying of the corner-stonc for
a Jefferson Davis Monument. which.
according to the plans. would have
the form o: At colossal temple. which
was never erected. Mrs. Davis. Mise
Winnie Davis ana Mrs. Hayes were
among the honorcd guests.
| Nine hundred Confederate veteran
| camps were in the line OF march. in
addition to the other military org.ni-
%atione The comma ndcrs who were
| in line. along with their 10000 gray
| clad comrades. We're Generals Joseph
: Johnston. Wade Hampton. -. II.
iaury, w Il. Taliaf"rro, Harry iic,h,
/ VI. G. Butler. r. l.. Rosser, Joe
! Wheeler. W. ". McComb. James \.
| walker. l.. l.. l.omaN. -. y. Weis,ger.
q. NJ Terrell. T.. VI. Law. j. II. Lane.
Y. I. Nunford. W. j. BALL. John &.
! Underwood. :. II. Buckncr. \. l..
stewart. l.. McI.anc, 5. F.. French. ".
H. Forney. r. +. Hokc. T.. G. Wal
thall. r.. +. Alexander, Il. ". Duke.
Eppa Hunton. y. II. Norris. q. VI.
Logan. =. y. schoup. f, L. Thomas.
W. Il. Terry. NJ j. Wright. g. G.
wharton. j. +. Ship. G. II. Tcbaul,.
Pcyton Wise, W. II. Jackson and c.
| A. Evans.
| Inyeil Two Monuments.
The second visit OF the Cunfeder-
ate warriors to Richmond was In
| 1907, the occasion being marked by
the unveiling OF monuments 10 Gen
eral j. T.. II. stuart and jefferson
| Davis. The reunion was pronounced
the greatest that had been held up
TO that time. Mrs. Hayes daughter
of jefferson Davis. was again among
the list of notablcs. which included
| Mcsdamcs "Stoncwall' Jackson. j.
T.. IL. Stuart. William Malone. w. il.
| +. Lee. i. l.. Cooke. w. Is. Cox and
I-omaN Logan. and Miss Mary GUSTS
| Lee. Governor and Mrs Warfcld. OF
| Maryland: Senator's Daniel and Cor
mack, MIR. and Mrs. W. j. Bryan,
| Thomas Nelson Page. Justice Brewer
and many noted Confederate gen
! erals.
General J. r. Gordon was chief mar
| shall in the parade at the unveilinE
| Of the Stuart monument. while Gen
| cral stephen ID. Lee presided at the
| Davis Monument ceremonies. During
| the reunion the bad weather worked
many hardshipS among the aged men
| uuarteref in tents at the state Fair
| Grounds. but they were specify
moved to better quarters and made
| comfortable.
Came Again in 1918.
Again in 1915 Richmond and Vir-
| ginia united in honornE it's brave
defenders. now rapidly thinning out.
During this great gathering from all
over the South a monument to Cen
| cral "Stoncwall" jackson wns un-
yelled Among the other ceremonies
incident TO the reunion was the un-
yelling of tablet in memory Of the
women Of the Confcdcracy in Holly
wood and the unvciling OF a cannon
mounted on the last remaining part
Of the inner dcfenscs Of Richmond.
The reunion brought nearly 10000
veterans here. Of whom $500 were
cncamped at the State Fair Grounds.
Prior to the formation of tho
United Confederate Veterans "a great
rally Of the survivors Of the Army OF
Northern Virginia was held in Rich
mond, 1880, when the marks OF dis
astrous war had not been entirely cf-
faced Ten years later the most
dramatic occasion in the city's his