Louisiana capitolian., 1881-08-13
LOCAL MATTERS.
Jhursdap's edition.
Our Confederate Veterans.

There was meeting last night OF th,
Confederate Veterans, mainly for tn,
object of re-organizing the Association
with view of establishing it on firm
er basis. Heretofore the members hav,
been admitted without any initiation
fee; neither have they been required t.
pay dues Or attend meetings.
In consequence, the Association has
been unable to accomplish any other
result than to assemble, by the free will
0fits members, at two or three meetings
or reunions, and on the occasion of the
visit of the Army Of Tennessee to this
city.
No organization can be found that
Will be nearer to the hearts of our peo-
pie, than one composed Of our veterans,
some of whom fought on almost every
battlefield, from Gettysburg to Mans
field
While it may be held that the only
condition required of o member should
be that he served the South faithfully,
yet, organizations cannot exist solely
on such foundation. Hard though
it may seem, members must contribute
for the maintenance Of the Associations
to which they belong, if they would
have the public to hold them in esteem,
and accomplish meritorious acts.
The Louisiana Division of the Army
OF Northern Virginia, with its perfect
organization, has won the warm afec-
tons of the people to such an extent
that they have been enabled, in few
years of work, to construct a vault ca
pable OF receiving twenty-five hundred
OF It's dead, over which stands q monu-
ment surmountcd by the statue of the
illustrious Stonewail Jackson.
Thus has it bequeathed to New Or
leans and to posterity monument
whose value cannot be computed in dol
lars and cents.
The Army Of Tennessee is successfully
engaged in similar undertaking..
1t does seem to us that the large num-
Der OF ex-Confederate soldier. in this
city and section ought to remember
that across the Mississippi, nearly OPP
posite.the Capitol, resided planter who,
when the drums beat the assembly, in
1861, enlisted as private soldier in the
Fourth Louisiana Infantry, Of which he
soon rose to be the heroic and beloved
Colonel; and who, in that capacity, fell
desperately wounded at their head, on
the field of Baton Rouge, on the 9TH of
August 1862.
They ought to remember him as the
disabled veteran whom the love and |
Of the people elevated to the
highest trust, that of Governor of the
State of Louisiana ana who, after set
ing all example Of the purest devotion
% duty and country, retired, when the
,anse was lost, to die from his wounds
u foreign land
They ought to remember that Baton
touge, the Capital of Louisiana. his
ZONE, almost, where he received his
leath wound, is pre-eminently the spot
where All enduring monument should
'e reared to perpetuate the memory of
lie patriotic citizen, the heroic soldier
md wholesouled Governor, HENRY WAT
ms ALLEN.
We are happy to announce that the
'eterans appointed committee on Re-
'lslon of Bylaws, looking to the for
nation of their organization on firm
nd lasting basis.
Having accomplished that, we doubt
lot that they will take up some under
aking that will receive the hearty en-.
orsement and support of the people.
All the officers were reelected by ac-
iamation, namely: Major John J.
YAK, President; Captain John Ne
irath, Vice President Captain q y