Evening star., 1932-06-26
Remnants of Command of
Gen. R. {. Lee Pass in Re-
view After Convention.
FORGET OLD ENMITIES
UNDER STARS AND BARS
Notables in Reviewing Stand See
Southern Troops March for
Perhaps Last Time.

A hundred gray-clad yeterans-a
remnant of the once glorious command
of Gen. Robert E. Lee-swept along the
national parade ground yesterday to
pass in review before the populace Of
the city that was their objective in an
unsuccessful campaign of 70 years ago.
North of the Potomac from their
forty-second annual reunion at Rich
mond, nearly 100 United Confederate
veterans forgot, it seemed. the ravages
of time as they bore their tattered ban
ners of the Confederacy side by side
with the Stars and Stripes up Penn
sylvania avenue to a reviewing stand on
Constitution avenue.
Pennsylvania avenue was lined with
spectators eager to pay tribute to the
gray veterans as the long column
moved westward up this famous thor
oughfare. Unlike their beloved Rich
mond, where they marched between the
statues of Lee, Jackson, Stuart and
other famed heroes of the South, the
Southern soldiers paraded yesterday in
sight of the Peace Monument, erected
in memory of Federal soldiers who died
in that great conflict; before the statue
of Maj. Gen. John A. Rawlins, Grants
chief of staff, which was nodded from
Confederate cannon captured by Grants
armies, and in view of the statues of
Gen. U. S. Grant and Gen. Winfield
Scott Hancock, another Union Army
leader.
Forests Cavalrymen Lead.
In the vanguard of the procession,
their heads held proudly aloft rode four
cavalrymen of Nathan B. Forests IA
nous mounted brigade, parading per-
hapS for the last time. They were Gen.
j. G. Hooks of Georgia, in command:
Gen. Jerry G. Dennis of Alabama, Gen.
r. E. Burlington of Mississippi, and Col.
Bill Smart of Texas. Another member
of this cavalry brigade was in the pa
rade, but rode in an automobile. He is
Gen. Robert G. Atkinson.
Led by the commander in chief-elect
Of the United Confederate Veterans,
Gen. Homer T. Atkinson, and Gen. C.
A. De Saussure, his immediate prede-
cessor, the colorful column included
many sons and daughters Of Confeder-
ate soldiers as well as members of other
veteran groups, patriotic organizations,
civic units and bodies of 11tn from the
branches of the country's military es-
tablishment.
The official party at the head Of the
parade included Gen. William NICK.
Evans, commander of the Army of
Northern Virginia, and Mai Robert S.
Hudgins, grand marshal of the parade,
accompanied by their staffs; Gen.
Harry Rene Lee, DR.. George r. Tabor,
retiring commander in chief of the Sons
OF Confederate Veterans; DR.. William
Dancy, commander in chief Of that or
ganization, and Arthur Clarendon
Smith. representing the local chapter
of the Sons of Confederate Veterans,
who were hosts to the visitors.
Join Reviewing Party.
Passing the reviewing stand on Con-
stitution avenue, where Secretary of
the Navy Adams, representing the Pres
ident, headed notables viewing the pa
rade, the Confederate veterans alighted
from the machines to join the review
ing party.
Spectators at this point included Rear
Admiral Henry V. Butler, commandant
of the Washington Navy Yard; Rear
Admiral Harry G. Hamlet, comman-
dant of the Coast Guard; Maj. Gen.
Ben H. Fuller, commandant of the
Marine Corps; Gen. Perry Miles, rep
resenting the United States Army; Ben
T. Webster, president of the Washing
ton Board OF Trade; Gen. r. B. Lee,
and Miss Jessica Smith, daughter of
Orren Randolph Smith Of North Car
olina, designer of the Stars and Bars.
The days program was marred by
slight miShap which befell one of
the motor cycle police escorts to
the official party motoring from Rich
mond to the Capital for the parade.
Officer E. T. Mcconnell Of the
Virginia State police plunged over an
embankment 90 miles north of Fred
ericksburg while attempting to motion
a car to one side of the road. He con-
tinued the trip in one Of the automo-
biles Of the party and his injuries were
treated at Emergency Hospital after
arrival here.
Guests at Luncheon.
Other members of the veteran party
arrived in the Capital by train, reach
ing Union Station shortly after 10
O'Clock, the parade commencing imme-
diately afterward
Following the procession, Gems. At
kinson and De SauSSure and other
members Of the official party were
guests Of honor at a luncheon in the
Willard Hotel, given by the Greater Ma
tional Capital Committee of the Wash
ington Board Of Trade. George Offutt,
past president Of the trade body, pre-
sided as toastmaSter Brief talks were
made by Mr.. Smith, A. C. Case, chair
man of the Greater National Capital
Committee President Webster of the
Board of Trade; Mai Hudgins, DR..
Tabor, DR.. Dancy, Gen De Saussure,
Gen. Atkinson and Col Jennings c.
Wise.
Entertainment at the luncheon was
provided by Miss Mary Coward, blind
soprano. of New York, who also per-
formed in connection with a band con-
cent by the Marine Band at the District
War Memorial last night for the visit
ing Confederate veterans.
The backgrounds at Manassas were
the destination Of a group of the vet
Grams yesterday afternoon, following
which the placing of wreath on the
Tomb OF the Unknown Soldier and the
Confederate Monument took place in
Arlington National Cemetery.