Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-09
with Col. lIcn Morris N ihc CHAIR. ". "

! with Col. Ben Morris Ina the chair. ". w
/ Morris acting secretary
/ II was moved and seconded that II IL III,
sense 81 this convention 20 have a general re-.
] unlon. unanimously adopted
u was moved aud carried that The delegate
3 10 the convention tu select u place for the nrNt
mcnt. 'H
u was moved and carried 10 go into a pcr,na.
, nSnt organization, and require a book IN which
I an N'tonicdcratc Alahanints be requested Ia
enlist their names
i was moved and carried 10 appoint an ad.
I luiaht general. whose duty u shall hr to keen
( the archives OF This association, etc.
IL Was moved aud carried 10 appoint Captain
htnncdN Morris delegate to The general con
! Il was moved and carried to add col. Il. Nor.
1 ~ a. q delegate also 10 the general canycn.
/ eiect captain Kennedy a. adiut,mt general OF
Z this association.
:, u was then moved and carried to elect col.
bcn Morris commander IN chief of all cN.Con
icderate Nlahanians In this association
~ was moved aud carried that each member
! oi thls association Of cN-Confcdcraic Alabam.
ANS ne required 10 nay AN annual assessment
] ni MY cents TO the secretary, 10 dcfray cN-
pcnscs.
4 II was moved aud carried that each member
I or ms association constitute himself n com,
mljice Ia solicit and ascertain names of cN 3
Confederate Mahamians aud report the same
/ To Ndiuiant General Captain Kennedy.
u was moved aud carried to have these pro-
cccdlngs published in the Fort Worth GAZETTE.
II was moved aud carried 10 adjourn sine die
Res MoRlu>, President.
DwtRD DrAsoS, secretary.
GiiEEN's BRIGADE.
AZ Il business meeting of Green's brig
AIDE, held on the reunion grounds at Fort
Worth Thursday, August &, 1883, an or
ganizaiion was effected by the election OF
( j. Y. llogscti as temporary chairman. j.
q. Rankin, secretary, read the minutes u1
"a previous meeting, which were approved.
roll book was opened, and members
present requestcd.to enroll their names
permanent organization of the brigade
was then effected by the election OF Capt.
II. >. Pridgen, president; j. Y. llogsett.
first vicc-presidcmt; Peter Smith. second
vicc-president; J. q. Rankin, secretary
aud treasurer.
II was decided that the brigade hold 4
reunion In $50; and, on motion, Calves
toms invitation was accepted the day
and date to he fixed by the presiding OIL
Ger. II
EN-CONFEnERATEk ENTI' CkttNS.
The ext confederate kcntuckianS met
AZ their headquarters and effected tenn
poraIy organization by clcctiug pr. IL.
&. Smith aS chairman and e. w. GecrS
secretary. ON motion of \. Edwards of
Decatur the following resolutions. which
was reported by the committee on organs
zation, was adopted;
Resolved, that we, the committee On perma
ncnt organization, report the following officers
for the ensuing year. o-wlt G.. W. Cunning
ham, president, and G. W. Gccrs, secretary,
On motion, Capt. james MclIattan was
elected yicc-presideut of the organiza-
don. On motion, Judge Israel $. Thur
mon OF Big Spring, an cN-Morgan man, Il
brother OF the late Judge Thumond of
Dallas, and formerly IL resident of Fort
Worth, was requested TO address the re-
union from tho stand tomorrow morn
ing. The Judge consented To do so, and
President X NJ. Van Zandt placed his
name ON the list OF speakers.
II was resolved unanimously that all
the eN-Conlederatc keutucl,iaS should
register, and that all the history touching
their whereabouts, occupations, exploits
etc, should be published in book form
and that a list of all dead Kentucky sol
dicrs should be obtained. \ resolution
was also adopted making an assessment
of one dollar on each member of the rs
soclalion to defray expenses incident tC
the work.