The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-06
GEN. HALDEMAN> IS REELECTED VETERANS CHIEF R. s. Etheridge Of Chat tanoOga Named Com
 mander Of Sons 1925 CONVENTION
 IS WON BY DALLAS All Officers Of sConfeder- ate Memorial AssOcia-
 ton Renamed

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 With the reelection of the vener- able Gen. William B. Haldeman of Louisville, Ky, as their commander in-chief, and the selection of Dallas, Texas, as the site for the reunion next year, the United Confederate Veterans adjourned their thirty fourth annual reunion here late to- day.
 Tonight they rested around the camp fire, in preparation for the grand parade and ball tomorrow that will mark the close of the re- union-the last for many of them, and another fleeting milestone on the highway of life for all of them.
 The reelection of General Halde- man-known to the veterans as the grand old man of Kentucky''- was a magnificent testimonial to the esteem in which he is held by his comrades. When the moment cane for the nominations, Gen.. w. B. Freeman of Richmond, was called to the chair.
 A grizzled man in gray rose at the end of the platform. He wore no gold stars and there was no braid on his collar. He was the typical follower of Lee" Gaining recognition, he shouted the name of General Haldeman and declared that Tt should be against the law" to permit other nominations.
 Cheers Of Approval
 A mighty cheer of approval rose from that vast assembly of gray. General Freeman put the question and every veteran voted yes.
 General Haldeman, in brief address during which he had difficulty in re- straining his emotions, accepted the honor, not for himself, he said, but in testimony of appreciation for the work he had tried to do. i,s.s.. sAsl.,,. ss g. The Kentucky delegation presented the general with beautiful bouquet oi roses, which, he, with all the gallantry of the old south, which he typifies presented the gift to Mrs, Haldeman.
 Previously the convention had ac- corded General Haldeman a rising vote of appreciation for his work as com mander-inchief.
 The election of department command CTS resulted as follows:
 Army of Northern Virginia, General B. D. Taylor, Richmond; Army of Tennessee :. Gen. J. A. Thomas, Dublin, Ga.; Army of the Trans Mississippi, Gen. J. NJ. Cochran, Dallas, Tex.
 Reports of the adjutant general, and the committees on resolutions and credentials occupied most of the final business session of the reunion.
 To Honor Workers
 Among the resolutions reported by the committee and adopted by the con- ventiOn was one providing for the ap. pointment by the commander in-chief of a committee to prOmulgate a plan to erect a suitable memorial to the Moth. CTS of the Confederacy, of whom there are only few living. It was suggested that the memorial be erected on Stone Mountain, where the giant memorial to the COnfederacy is now being carved Another resolution asked Congress to adopt a bill to correct an alleged in. ] accuracy in the record of 126 prisoners captured by the Union forces at Rich mond in 1885 The resolution de- clared records of the War department show these men as ''destrters" from the Confederate army, although no record of their desertion has been found in the annals of the Confederacy.
 A resolution offered by I. P. Bard ard of New Orleans, the adjutant gen eral and chief of staff, in his report, making the Daughters of the Confed- eracy co-heirs with the sons of the property held by the United Confeder- ate Veterans was adopted by unani- nous vote.
 The selection of Dallas as the reunion city for 1925 had been forecast for sev- eeal days and the Texas city had little opposition. Birmingham and Norfolk entered the lists, but as the roll of states was called, Dallas rolled up a tre- mendOus lead. Even Virginia, with 90 votes in the convention, voted as unit for Dallas. Alabama and Georgia alone supported Birmingham, and the Alabama vote was split, 5 to AS, with the larger figure in the Dallas column.
 t> Storm ROStrum
 A delegation from Dallas stormed the rostrum and presented their claim to the reunion in the form of a warranty deed' to the city, backed by a bond for many millions, and a pledge to the veterans, to give them the greatest re- union in the history of the U. c. V.