Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1883-04-14
Bx-Confederate Reunion.
From the X. C. Times.l

The third annual reunion Of the ex-confed-
erate association of Missouri has been set for
Jefferson City, August % and %. At . meet
ing of the council in st. Louis the president
appointed committees on historical data and
membership, one member from each congress
sional district. 1t is hoped the first Of these
committees will be able to secure all matters
bearing on the attitude of the Missouri
soldier in the confederate SERVICE. and to this
end the public at large is requested to COM
Mcnamara. Of St. Louis, all Information rel
ative to the subject. General Marmaduke,
president. and Captain Lesueur, secretary Of
the association, have issued q pamphlet con-
tanning the proceedings Of the second reunion
at Sedalia and giving general instructions as
to the purport and desired ends of the organi-
zation. Special stress has been laid upon the
duties Of the vice-presidents as important
factors in the work, and the point Is made
that all spurious claims. to membership
then says: .The vice presidents may see by
careful reading of the constitution just what
their duties are. Upon their activity, zeal
and executive ability will largely depend the
success of the association. Its objects are
broad, philanthropic, non-political, non secta-
rian. Zach vice president should, so far as is
practicable, secure roster of the ex-confed-
crate soldiers now living in his district,
and another roll of the honored dead. He
should, also, make diligent efforts to increase
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end . concise article relative to the objects at
stake should be prepared and printed in the
county papers. Vice-presidents are reminded
that the solemn duty devolves upon them of
oranizing in each congressional district So
ciety to raise money for the confederate GEM
signed to Be erected there. This should be
done at once, and done with determination
that the results shall be such as to bring no
blush to the cheek ofany ex-confederate soldier
If any cause can appeal to the liberality Of our
people, it must be this one. The present
officers of the cemetery association are Cap
tain Geo. N. Jones, president; Rev. w. H.
Hayden, secretary; DR.. G. X. Dyer, treasu-
rer, Springfield, Mo.
In conclusion the report says "Several
letters have been received by the secretary
asking for remittances for needy ex-confeder-
ates. To all such the rcplyis here made that
the society is so young that it has not yet
even completed Its plan Of organization for
work, and itsrecefpts haye so far only been
sufficient to pay Its incidental expenses. The
treasurer is the custodian of its funds, and
can only pay out money on warrant drawn
by one vice president and countersigned by the
president. 1t is .heped that plan for relief
Of destitute comrades may be agreed upon at
manent, and that the work in the districts
may enable it to be done adequately.
That the organization in all its aspects and
bearings has awakened great degree Of in
terest cannot be questioned, and that the ros-
ter will be largely augmented st or before
meeting of old comrades, the pleasant
reminder of former brotherhood,
the perpetuation Of a society the objects of
which are comprehensively and pertinently
described as "broad, philanthropic, nom
political, non-sectarian."
congressional district, composed of Jackson,
johnson and Lafayette counties, are Morri-
son Munford, Esq, of Kansas City, vice.
president, chief officer: Captain Joseph A.
Wilson, of Lexington, assistant secretary ;
aud r. T. Dalton, of Warrensburg, assistant
sergeant-a:-arms. The next annual meeting
of the association will be at Jefferson City,
Tuesday and Wednesday, August % and %.
In the mean time the district organization
will be perfected by its officers, especially in
sofar as it relates to the matter Of q permanent
organization to raise funds for the cemetery
at Springfield, and for eleemosynsry pur-
poses. This will be done by the appointment,
by Vice-President Munford, in his own way,
probably by the appointment of committee
to act with the officers in the matter of which
due notice will be given. The following pro-
ceedings had at the meeting at Sedalia, last
year, will add something to what has been
said by the Kansas City Times above:
Maj. Harvey W. Salmon offered the pre-
ambles and resolutions below:
Whereas, The ex-confederates of Spring
field, aided by few noble women in different
parts the state, did, shortly after the war,
gather up from the baltefieds of Wilson
Creek and Springfield, and the vicinity round
about. the bones Ito the number of 5Op Of
fboir adaly yyhn had hocti iIv -,
some cases but partially buried there. and re-
inter them in one common burial-place: and
Whereas, For the want of funds to prop
erly care for and beautify this, the only con-
federate cemetery in the state, 1t Is becom-
ing through neglect an eyesore, and is Il dis
particularly is it source Of humiliation and
shame to those of us who live in the vicinity,
who are compelled to listen to the adverse
criticisms Of friend and foe in regard to this
neglected spot: and
Whereas, The men who lie buried in that
cemetery are from all parts, aud some Of
them from outside the state of Missouri
ReSol ed. That this state association, by
the request of those who with much sacrifice
ard labor began and executed this work,
hereby adopts this as the Missouri state ceme-
terry for ex-confederates.
Resolved, That we will endeavor to prose-
cute the work of raising funds until the
grounds are properly fenced and besuti6ed,
OF those than whom there are none more
| deserving.
Maj. G. NJ. Jones, of Springfield, made q
feeling speech in support of the resolutions,
and tney We're unanimously carried.
Capt. Jas. II. Payne moved that the local
| committee now In charge of the cemetery be
| recognized by the association as the organiza-
| tion to control it for the present, which mo-
tion was agreed to.
Mr.. Morrison Munford moved that the
president, on report Of the committee above
alluded to, be authorized to appropriate funds
out Of the treasury as they can be spared, to
care for the cemetery until the next annual
meeting Of the association. The motion pre-
vailed.
On motion of Gen. D. N. Frost the vice
presidents in each of the congressional dis
trlcts were instructed, and urgently appealed
to, to organize in their respective districts
means to raise money for the purpose of pre-
serving, beautifying and adorning the ceme-
terry, and for the further object of erecting
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