. Minutes . is hotel. (3ther generals, Robertson, of Florida; Cordon, of Tennes-see; AVhite,, of West Viiginia ; Fusz, fi-om tlie Northwest, andTyler, of Forrests (/orps, who arc j^ait oj tiu advance guard,aiH enthusiastic over tin? visible prepn rat ions which Birminghamhas nmde for i-eeeption. ({eneral l^iVaiis estimates tic attendance of veti-rans be-tween ;:),00() and 10,000. (bueral liobertsoii is j)ositiv(; will be here. AVe do not Iniow just how many will com theranks liave been deeiiimtcd by de;ifh (hiring thi> |)asi \r;ir, bnt1 believe liuii, there will be 7,0
. Minutes . is hotel. (3ther generals, Robertson, of Florida; Cordon, of Tennes-see; AVhite,, of West Viiginia ; Fusz, fi-om tlie Northwest, andTyler, of Forrests (/orps, who arc j^ait oj tiu advance guard,aiH enthusiastic over tin? visible prepn rat ions which Birminghamhas nmde for i-eeeption. ({eneral l^iVaiis estimates tic attendance of veti-rans be-tween ;:),00() and 10,000. (bueral liobertsoii is j)ositiv(; will be here. AVe do not Iniow just how many will com theranks liave been deeiiimtcd by de;ifh (hiring thi> |)asi \r;ir, bnt1 believe liuii, there will be 7,000, said (hiiei/id l^]vans. The 1) )ys are getting more anxions to be present at eaclisncceeding i-eunion, for fear that it will be tlieir last. Down on the parlor floor ol th(> Hillm;in ( J^redKobertson was calling Ceneral M|iekle Billie. (That is howli \\;ii e;illed when lie was ;i |»ri\;il( in llie ;irmy of \i r;.-in ia.;in(l lie loves 1 lie sonnd.) ,. 1 •: ■ ■. ■• .■ t). ft Q S H 22 EighteentJi Reunioji, Birminif^liam, Ala., June 9-11, 1908. Adjutant General AVilliam E. JMickk* was dressed in hisgray unitorni. He was busied in pieparing for the exercisesof iuesday at the Hippodrome. I have not beeii out to see tlie decorations, said GeneralIMickle. 1 have been busy in here all the morning, I expecta large representation of the veterans. A reunion of Confederates is different from any otherevent. It is a meeting of brothers, of comrades. When we havea reunion it is for our people, for ourselves. I saw two veterans watching the cyclorama of Gettysburgand the tears streamed down their faces as they pointed outeach spot that they had known, the locality of thi^r connnand,the very trees where Bill and John and Jim had is the reason we come together to remind ourselves of thetmies that Me spent together in the defense oi our country. A gentleman who had seen both reunions of the GrandArmy of the Kepublic and tlie United Coiifechnate Veteransstoo
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