Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-06


the old soldiers paying the expense of
| their reunions themselves. He said he
| was tired of going around with sub
| sdription list asking people to contribute.
| He hoped county organizations would be
| formed and that they would raise the
necessary funds and forward to the local
committee at Dallas to defray the ex-
! penses of the next meeting.
Gen. Cabell of Dallas moved that the
reunion be on the third Wednesday and
| Thursday in August, 1890. He thought
three days too mich. His motion pre-
| vailed
| Gen. Caben was elected president; H.
| Z. Mccullough, first vice -president; w.
| d. Wylie, second vice-president; II. L.
! Ewing, secretary.
A resolution was adopted requesting
! each organization represented to appoint
! two members of a committee to devise
| plan for erecting in Texas monument
! to the Confederate dead.
A message was received from Gran
! bury's brigade, announcing that they
would hereafter meet at the general re-
unions.
The meeting then adjourned for sup
per.
AT NIGHT.
The night session was taken in hand by
the pioneers, and number OF short
speeches were made on topics incident to
the early settlement of Texas.
While many were gathered at the arbor
to hear the speeches, others were scat
tered about in small groups, and many
interesting stories of hardship and ad-
venture were told, stories that, commit
ted to paper, would read like fiction,
{ he rnl-
part in enactIng them.
AT the Stock yards hotel a hop was
held, and the young folks danced meTrily
away until the wee sma hours.
Most of the Southern states have head
quarters on the grounds, whore the old
soldiers who represented them in the war
have gathered together and formed their
organizations or elected new officers for
those already formed. Those, obtainable
are given below, together with roster of
the members, so far as they have handed
in their names at the various headquar-
ters:
VIRGINIA.
J.B. KING, president; p w. Wood
lief, secretary; 5. O. Fraley, orderly
sergeant; J II Thornhill, quarterm as
ter; J B. King, f. p. O'Brien, w. l..
North, J. H ThornhiIl, H. Meyer, II.
Cook, A. s. Nicholson, B. c. Kirtley,
John J. Conway, J NJ. Peters, J. w.
Zimmerman, d. S. Stone, p. w. Wood
lief, F. w. Childs, w. A. Massie, s. O.
Fraley, J . J Dawes, B F. Smith, A.
A. Bridges, J j Massie, A. c. Wo-
mack.
GEORGIA.
VII. BROKER, San Antonio, president;
J. A. Kidd, Springtown, secretary; A.
d. Dixon } . F. Gray J W Higgins, II.
W. Baggett, Jas. Mcfarland, J. H.
Smith, j. A. Kidd, c. w. Peabody, w.
NJ. Blevins, A. J Mortelles, I. B. Har-
ris, A. n. Dill, J A. Mcdonald, H. 7.
Gordon, w. H. BROKER, Lieut.. Dixon
Connally, w. r. Hollon. 7. r. Carson,
n. S. Laney, J. 7. Tree, D. r. My
ers Curtis Green, Lee Green, Lieut.. Il.
G. Dupree, Lieut.. John T . Freeman,
Capt w A. Williams, Sergt Maj. w.
F. Allison, w. J Curtis, S. L. Akin,
Capt w. L. Robinson, SeTgt. NJ. F.
Daniel.
TENNESSEE.
Joe Brewster, president; John Brown,
ice-president; w. B, Hedgpeth, secre-.
tary; e. W Vaughn, orderly sergeant;
NJ. W. Mcknight, treasurer; L. 2. Tay-
lor, 7. S. Carrier, j . e. Rucker, w.
B. Hedgpeth. R. w. Pittman, NJ. B.
Mooney, f. W. Yates, J. c. Boyd, g.
II Vaughn, Thomas Yates, J L. Beal,
W. a. Blackburn, w. II. JordOn,
Thomas A. Butler, r. Gooch, r. L.
Park, Samuel Hardy, s. K. Jennings,
Joe II. Watson, John Massey, l. f.
Brooks, W. J . Leach, Joe BTuster, G..
q. Heron, j. II. Hart, b. NJ. Porter,
John Brown, w. q. Berry, Hugh f.
Ewing, W. g. Turner, j. H. Oglesby,
b. d. Simpson, J. L, Rogers, A. ID.
Emerson, j . I. Criswell, w l. NJ Can
non, A J. Massie, J ". Parsley, w.
E. Jones, H. s. Davis.
LOUISIANA.
New officers not yet elected. Mem
bers registered: i. z, Brown, H. d.
Brown, 3. S. KillgOre, S. S. Henson,
J r. Brown, Fred Anderson, John q.
Condor, Chick Autry, d. L. Pearce, j.
5. Gilbert, D. J. Gilbert, R. w.
Aycock, Sill Cline, J S. Washam, p. V.
WooIey w. W. Upshaw, John Hard
isty, F. M Ryburn, w. J . Hargroye, T.
J Foster, H. D. Pearoe, W. H. Kidd,
c. w. Goodwin, w. A. Maddox, Frank
Miller.
MISSISSIPPI.
T. NJ. Daniel, president; J. w. Sim
mons, vice president; J. G. Shepard,
y '
sergeant; J 5 Watson, J . II. Rose. D.
NJ. Dill, S. P. H. Kelsey, H. G. Neel,
c. c. Cummings, J. d. Stockett, J. A.
Lee, William Hulyard, J A. c. Rodgers,
J r. Cocker, c. C. Sullivan, j. T. Sher-
Iy, F. NJ Martin, n. f. Lane, J H.
Dennis, H. Cantreu, J. H. Murphy,
Terrell Jackson, J. D. Parker, j. n.
Cockren, p. B. Atwood, q. 7. Davis C.
S. Cooper, Eugene McCage, H..
NJ. Daniel, j. NJ. Lyles, T.
J. Harbour, D. X. Whitley,
R. B. Waggoner, W. o. Stillman, A. A.
Casey, II. c. Maddox, T. B. Walsh, J.
w. Wells, W. NJ Word T. G. Gilmore,
W II. Towery, e. A. May, S. Il. Her
man, w. F. Wilson, Robert X. Croft,
George Estes, 7. w. Chapman, d. L.
Malone, J. NJ. Blackwood, c. c. Cut
birth.
The Mississippians adopted the follow
ing resolutions:
We, the members of Confederate
Mississippi associations do tender to the
citizens of Fort Worth our most hearty
thanks for the hospitality shown US on
this occasion.
BOYS IN BLUE.