The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-07-25
CONFEDERATE REUNION.
Meeting of the Executive
Committee Yesterday
Afternoon.
Indications Of an Immense Attend
ance and a Grand Good Time
Letter from General
Marmaduke.

Pursuant to call the executive commit
tee OF the ex-cOnfederate association Of Sc
dalia, and q number Of ex-coufederates
who are not members of the committee,
met at the court house yesterday afternoon
for the purpose Of perfecting arrangements
for the reunion of ex-confederates to take
place in this city, August 18th, 10th and
18th.
In the absence Of the chairman and secre-
| iary of the committee, DR.. J. T.. Brown was
called to the chair and Maj JnO n. Ed
wards acted as secretary.
A resolution offered by DR.. Conkrwight,
to the effect that as the time now
lett before the date fixed for the
reunion was inadequate to make
proper arrangements for a barbecue,
| that that feature OF the reunion be
abandoned, was adopted.
Col. HOY offered the following resolu-
ton, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the committee on accom-
mediation, be instructed to ascertain from
the citizens of Sedalia how many per.
sons can be accommodated with lOdg-
ings at private houses and report on the
morning OF the 18th of August the names
Of those willing to lodge visitors to the
convention, with the names of the parties,
the street and the number of house and
the number of persons that each can lodge
The following named gentlemen were
added to the committee on accommoda-
tons: w. s. Baker, Mai. Nj. NJ. Hampton,
Mai. John N. Edwards, H. w. Platten-
burg, DR.. j. C.. Brown, Samuel Stuart, j.
NJ. johnson and Frank Craycroft.
(sn1 Hnv eooA q 1offoy ed h. ksvv,
from the secretary Of the Galloway county
what arrangements had been made with
the railroads for reduced rates. The let
ter stated that Galloway county would send
one of the largest delegations OF any place
in the state with the exception Of ST.
Louis, it being estimated that the number
who would attend from that county would
be between three and four hundred.
After some informal discussion the CON-
mittee adjourned.
LETTER FROM GEN. NARMADUKE.
Knowing that there are many OF the
citizens of Sedalia who are interested in
the proposed reunion and who desire to
obtain all the information possible re-
lating thereto, the BAzOo knows of no
better way of imparting such information
than by reproducing the following letter
from Gen. Marmaduke, president of the
ex-confederate association of Missouri,
published in the Republican of Yesterday !:
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 81, 1882.
As the president of the x-Confeder-
ate Association of Missouri" wish to
give all the information bearing on our
next meeting, which will be held at Soda
liza, commencing August ID.
The second reunion will likely hold
during August Is, Is and IL.
The first reunion lat Moberly) declered
that all ex-confederates living i'm Missouri
were eligible to membership in the asso-
citation
The purposes of the association were
then declared to be:
First-To extend charitable aid to those
lin NEEDY who served in the confederate
army and to their families. inssmuch as
they neither asked for nor ex pected pen
siOns.
Second-To prepare and reserve the
genuine history of the war as far as known
BY them.
Third-A purely social meeting OF COM
rades who had been on many hard fought
battlefield.
To the end of carrying out the wishes
of this association, there was chosen q
president, thirteen vice presidents, secre-
tary, corresponding secretary and treas
urer, also five committees, tO-vit:
First-Committse on constitution and
bylaws.
Second-Committee on historical data.
Third-Committee on transportation.
Fourth-Cemmittee on arrangements
for meeting.
Fifth-Committee on invitations.
These committees have all been
assiduously at work. and will at the proper
time report to the association.
The report of the committees on trans
portation and arrangements will be found
herewith. IL will be seen that the COM
mittee ON arrangements have made all
satisfactory preparations by the following
telegram:
Sedalia, Mo-, July l5.-Gen. John l..
Marmaduke-As chairman of the execu-
tive committee, at Sedalia, / am happy to
state that our arrangements are completed
for the union of ex -confederates August Is.
Ample provision has been made, and the
citizens of Sedalia.- irrespective of party.
will give them royal welcome.
J. B. JONES.
The committee on transportation have
made excellent arrangements with the
railroads. as their following report shows,
tO-wit:
ST. Louis, Mo-, July 10, 1882
Gen. John $. Marmaduke, president of ex-
confederate association of Missouri, St.
Louis, No.:
Dear Sir-The undersigned committee
on transportation submit to you the fol-
lowing report:
Arrangements have been made for
transportation of all ex-confederatee, their
wives, Children and friends, to and from
Sedalia, Mo-, who may desire to attend
the reunion OF the ex-confederate associa-
ton of Missouri, to be held At that place
August Is, 1882, at the rate OF one full
fare to Sedalia and one cent per mile on
return, with the following railroads and
their branches, viz: The Missouri Paci.
G. rai1vav Missouri Kansss 4 TeYAa