Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-11-28
LEE CAMP MEETING.
or Mr.. DAvls's BIRTH
SUGGESTED As MeMoRlAL-pAY.
Tho Two confederats Organizations TO
Prepare FOR the Celebration of Gem
ernI Lees Birthday.

Lee Camp had large meeting last night
aud one OF unusual INTEREST," to the soldiers.
Colonel John Murphy stated that gallant
Federal soIdIer-a member Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic. Captain q. @. Shell
don, Sixteenth Michigan infantry, Fifth
army corps, United States army-had
generously given to the hospital fund Of
the Soldiers Home the sum of $50. The
thanks OF the Camp were voted 10 Captain
Sheldon.
The Camp having been informedof the
death OF the wife Of Comrade Thomas 4.
Mosley. UNANIMOUSLY adopted resolutions
OF sympathy fer him in his affection.
LETTER FRoM FITz Ike.
The following letter and enclosure re-
ceiyed from General Fitzhugh Lee in refer
ence TO a general memoriaLday for tho
South was referred 10 the Grand Camp
Confederate Veterans Of the State OF Vir-
ginia;
GLASGOW, VA, November "a, 1891.
Colonel Arcker, lee caDp, HiehmoAd, Va:
BY Dear Colonel,-I have received several let
tera, one OF which send you, IN reference 70 the
selection OF Ar. Dayis's birthdAy-namely the
30 Of June. for memorial-day OF the South. do
not know what dag has been selected by tee me-
AbbIlhi ttbpcldLlOuh OF HlcliuDUu 10 Iih~t UDNflN
upon the graves of the Confederate dead. but
presume IL Is regulated 20 some extent by the
season. II the 30 Of June is not late OF course
Il would De very appropriate day
You might tring the subject 20 the notice OF
your Camp and sec what they have 20 say about
IL. j am very truly yours, fiTZHUGH Ike.
BIRTHDAY or LIB. DAVIS.
The enclosure reads:
ALKxAsDRIA. November 21, 1891.
My Dear General,-ln eug costing tho birih-
day OF President Davis as the southern Memo
rial-dsy bad no idea that the legislatures OF
take oction on the proposition, but that the yar-
Gus memorial associations in the South, beginning
with that at Richmond, should adopt the DAY,
and that whom the next day comes around, M
stead Of decorating tho graves at Hollywood IN
May, Let the work be done on June 30, and by
agitatinR the plan this winter, the next birthday
might be accepted and adopted until by eustVm
June 30 will be recognized as the day for the
South. A spontaneous aud voluntary action Of
this sort is far better and a far more gratifying
tribute 10 the memory Of President Davis than
anything done by alegislaiure having the force
and effect OF law. Now, do not let this matter
drop. Start the subject by opening correspond
once with the association and Confederate Camp
at Richmond, then We may hope the contagiOn
VIII spread, and 60 have our people cherish tho
memory OF ono whose character and aims we're
high and lofty, and who. trust, In after years
may have justice at the hands Of history.
Truly, Z. r. LEE, JR.
GENERAL LEES BIRTHDAY.
The special committee, consisting Of
Messrs. i. G. Crump, T. Taylor Stratton,
and G. Purcell Bigger, appointed to con-
slider Jointly with similar committee from
Pickett Camp the feasibility and expedi-
ency of celebrating in some appropriate
manner the anniversary of the birth of
General Robert l.. Lee on the 18th of jan
uary next, submit the following as the re-
suit of their labors:
Thatit is eminently proper and therefore ex-
pedient 20 celebrate the anniversary Of the birth
OF General X. H. Lee. the Christnn, patriot, sol
der. and citizen; that such occasions tend 10
increase our love and Veneration for the heroes
OF she COnfederacy, reneWs aud warns up the
brotherly feeling and comrad0ship that should
exist among old soldiers, and, above all, Is one
OF tho best methods OF teaching the youths OF the
South the grand principles tnat Gctuated our
people in their heroic struggle for independence;
that we recommend that each Camp appoint q
committee Of ten of its members 70 make all 0r-
rangemenfs for such a celebration; that said
committee shall elect Its own chairman; appoint.
such sub-committees as may be necessary, and
may add TO its numbers such citizens or other
members of tho respective Camps as the COM
mittee may deem proper.
The report was adopted and the follow
ing committee appointed Il. q. Crump,
c. p. Bigger, j. Taylor Stratton, Alexander
W. Archer, ID. A. Brown, j. b. Mckinney,
John A. Booker, ID. Smith Redford, Thomas
A. Brander, and A. q. Evans.