The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-02-05
GENERAL CABELL's LETTER.
The Gallant Texan Addresses his old
Comrades, The Southern Ex-
COnfederacY.

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The following circular letter has
recently been issued by Lieutenant
General w. L. Cabell, of the Trans
Mississippi Department, united con-
federate veterans:
HEADQUARTERS TRANS MISSISSIPPI
DEPARTMENT,
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS,
DALLAS, TEXAS, JANUARY 30. 1894
COMRADES greet you, my old
comrades, with a heart full Of love
and affection | greet you with
feelings of pleasure as well as with
pride and say that a kind Proyi-
dence has extended his sheltering
wing over us another year, and that
our Association is still growing.
The number of Camps in each State
and Territory, not only in this De
partment, but through the South,
is increasing, and that our noble
Association has nearly 500 Camps.
! Our comrades are becoming more
familiar with the workings of our
! benevolent, social and historical As
sociation.
Although several Of our old COM
rades have crossed the river, yet
the death roll is not as great as We
have right to expect twenty
eight years after the flag Of the
lost cause was forever furled and
and laid away The dead have been.
properly cared fer, and the living
Confederate veterans incapacitated
by sickness or from making a living
have been provided with good
houses, amply provided with raj
ment food and shelter, where they
can spend the evening of their lives
in quiet and peace, as the honored
guests Of the great State Of Texas
Arkansas, Missouri and the territor-
les Monuments to commemorate
the heroism of the dead have been
erected in a number of places One
at Oakwood cemetery, Chicago, to
the memory of 5000 Confederate
soldiers buried there, Soldiers true
to their cause, who died in prison
far from home and loved ones, and
preferred death to dishonor. 1t is
grand monument, over twenty
feet high, surmounted with stat
ute eight feet high of Confeder-
ate Soldier-the worn warrior, look
ing down on his 5000 sleeping COM
rades-heroes from every Southern
State whe
"Loved their country with a love far
brought y
l therefore urge you my old COM
rades to press forward the good
work, organize new camps, make
every arrangement to be fully rep
resented at our great reunion to
be held at Birmingham, Ala. on the
%, and 26 Of April 1894, and also TO
attend the dedication Of the Con
federate Monument at Chicago on
April 28, and 20, 1894
Let every camp be represented
by as large delegation as possible
and let them be fully authorized to
act for the camp. When the camp
cannot attend send a proxy proper
ly signed by the officers Of the camp
to some other camp or comrade.
The committee on transportation,
composed Of good business men,
Gen. S, B. Mendez Chairman, will
secure reduced rates ON alIrailroads
leading to Birmingham. Local com.
mittees can communicate with
them,
would call your attention to the
fact that every camp, not in the
Trans-Mississippi Department, but
in the Department of the East, has
been called npon to- contribute a
small amount to complete the pay
ment Of monument on which a
small payment is due, and to prop
erly enclose and beautify the
grounds, This monument is the
work Of our faithful and true com
rade, Gen, Underwood, aided by the
good citizens of Chicago,
Not over ten dollars $1,000 will
be required of any camp, to be for
warded to Gen ]. G. Underwood,
Omaha Building, Chicago, Iii.
nois,
1t is not necessary for me to say
any more on that subject, except
to urge the Division Commanders
in the different states and territor-
les in thus department to lay this
before the different Camps in their
districts,
Let us rouse up and send from