The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-07-19
OUR CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
The Virginia Department Of the Grand
Camp and lis 0flcerS.
THE SUBORDINATE VIRGINIA CAMP.
A Review Of the Work Which 10 Being Done.
They Are Raising Funds for Monuments
and Aiding Distressed Comrades.

War IL a stern episode Il schools people
in virtue and teaches them things that are
valuable after the smoke of battle has rolled
away and the song Of the gun is stilled.
A boy shoulders his musket and marches
10 the front The drum beat before him
monotonously and the bugle blows its notes
about him. He sees the sklrmsh line thrown
out in front of the line Of battle. and hears
the irregular swapping of their muskets.
Mlnnie-balls and parott shells pass above him
and around him. One by one his comrades
fall. Their warm blood oozes out through
their clOt es and soaks into the earth. he
feels the awful presence of the death angel,
and the boyhoOd passes awgy-he is a SOL
der man BE Il only one battle-or hum
dred-he his learned involuntarily the lesson
of life he has learned to be courageous and
self-relant, and the tendeTer chords OF bis
nature have been laid bare.
Courage. sef-re lance and sympathy are
virtues that are born of battle, and that when
hls battles are over. stamp the soldier with
distinct and impressive individuality. The
soldierly qualities that have won him the re-
spect Of his enemies win for him the love of
his compatriots in time of peace, and his
country adores him.
SO il is that the men who fought with Lee
and Jackson in the by-gOne days that will
never be forgotten are honored and loved by
their cOuntrymen now. In Virginia the coat
OF gray which the Confederate veteran wears
is a badge of honor and the man who wears
it has the confidence and respect OF his fellow
citizens.
We HONOR THE CONFEDERATE.
When on some holiday some festive. OF
some funeral occasion, the gray haired men
| Of Lee Camp march in military column along
| the streets Of Richmond the people accord
them honors such as are given to no civilian
organization, however eminent Its members
m4y be. This IS well for these men, who
are no longer young and who march with in
elastic step, are the nations heroes who
! proved their manhood when Virginia needed
men.
The veterans Of the Confectionery however,
are not mere figures of u dead era; they are
men who command respect now by reas on OF
the same attributes which gave them place
in history.
1t is not strange, in the light Of past events.
that the men who won laurels IN 81 should
still wear them in 81. and he tue moving
spirits Of Nirginia's material progress
WHY THESE INITIALS: &c. v."2
It was because Virginians were not willing
| TO forget their past that the Association or
| Confederate Veterans was formed. and our
people regard this organization with that love
and respect that the people OF Lacedemon
gave 10 the survivors of leonida's devoted
| three hundred. They are our sacred corps.
b. whom we give all honor.
But the Association of Confederate Veterans
has even greater purposes than the perpetua-
ton of their comrades fame. Not only does
it keep green the graves of the dead, but 1t
succOrs and assists the living.
In the constitution OF the Grand Camp OF
Confederate eterans is this article.
The object OF the association shall be to
perpetuate the memory Of fallen comrades.
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cultivate a fraternal spirit towards all true
soldiers. whether they wore the blue or the
gray. who have buried the animosties OF the
war"
This expresses in = nutshell the objects for
which the Confederate Veterans are banded
together and tells better than volumes OF
eulogy could why they are beloved.
THE GRAEs CAMP OF VIRGINIA.
II may not be uninteresting to refer at this
time to what is being done by the Grand
Camp of Virginia Veterans in pursuance Of
the objects stated in the paragraph quoted
above
When the Grand Camp met at Fredericks-
burg several weeks ago. much practical work
WAS mapped out and the fruits of this work is
already apparent
One Of the resolutions passed provided that
each camp should make such contribution to-
wards the monument TO the private soldiers
and sailors of the Confederacy, now being
erected in this city on Libby Hill. as their
means might permit. and also instructed each
camp - appoint committee 10 solicit private
contributions for the same object.
This resolution has been the means OF
greatly increasing the fund for the LIBBY Hill
monument. and the fund has grown large and
larger with each week, which shows that the
camps are IN earnest
HONOR TO JOHNSTON.
Another resolution passed by the Grand
Camp looked towards the removal OF the re-
mains of General Joseph L. Johnston TO Rich
mond and the erection of q monument above
the grave.
Still another resolution was passed which
recommended that legislative aid be asked for
the Soldiers Home, and that all the churches
III the State DO requested 10 take up collec-
ton every year on the Sabbath preceding
January 18th for the same object.
This shows what the work of the Grand
Camp is-practical application of the soldierly
yirtues-fellowshi and generosity.
THE GRAND CAMPS OFFICERS.
The present organization Of the Grand
Camp Department Of Virginia. is as follows
Grand Commander w. p Smith, Rich
mond: First Lieutenant Grand Commander
Thomas A. Brander. Richmond Second Lieu
tenant Grand Commander W. Gordon Nc
Cabe. Petersburg; Third Lieutenant Grand
Commander Dan NJ Lee, Fredericksburg;
Inspector-General James n. Binford, Ports
mouth; Quartermarter-G General Washington
Taylor, Norfolk Chaplain Beverly
d. Tucker, Norfolk: Surgeon General DR.. Il.
b. Slower, Richmond.
TUE SUBORDINATE CAMPS.
There are nineteen camps in Virginia, two
of which are in Richmond. The camps are as
follows:
X. +. Lee Camp, No. 1, A. w. Archer, CON-
mander. Richmond: Maury Camp, No. 2.
Dan. Nj. Lee. commander, Frederic ksburg;
Pickett-Buchanan Camp. Theo. 5. Garnett,
commander Norfolk; Stonewal Camp, John
II. Hume, commander, Portsmouth; Il. Il.
Lee Camp, No. 2, w. A. Smoot, commander,
Alexandria; A. p. Hill Camp, No 6, Hugh K.
Smith. commander, Petersburg; Clinton
Hatcher Camp, +. V. White, commander,
Leesburg: Sam. Garland Camp Kirk Otey.
commander Lynchburg; George T. Pickett
Camp, Alex. Jennings. commander, Rich
mond; X. L. Lee Camp, No. 3, A; S, Seegar,
commander, Hampton Urquhart-Gillette
Camp. w. Is. Stands, commander. CORTLAND;
John r. Cooke Camp, II. NJ. Miller, command
er. West Point: William Watts Camp. Sam. 3.
Brooke. commander Roanoke; John Bowie
Strange Camp, Charlottesville; Pierre Gibson
Camp No. is, ID. A. Grimsley, commander,
Culpepsr; Callcote- Wrenn Camp, N. L.
Young. commander. Isle Of Wight Ewell
Camp, John 3. Powell, commander, Prince
William county: j. f. Is. Stuart Camp, M. A.