The Opelousas courier., 1894-03-17
fCONEEDEHATE REUNION.
Orders ISSUED for tho Gather
ing at Birmingham.

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The following general order concerning the
reunion of the Confederate veterans in April
has been issued:
HEADQUARTERS OF THE
UNITED VETERANS
New Orleans, March 3, 1894.
General Orders No. 100.
l.. The General commanding announces that
the fourth annual meeting and reunion of the
United Confederate Veterans will be held, as
stated Ill General Orders No. lis, current Sc
lies from these headquarters, i'll the city of Biz
niingham, Ala, on Wednesday and Thursday,
April 25 and &c, 1894. 9AlI Confederate organiza-
tons and Confederate soldiers and sailors are
cordially invited to attend this fourth general
reunion of their comrades.
III. He also announces that 40 camps are
already enrolled in the United Confederate Vet
eian organization, with applications in for over
one hundred more. EX-COnfcderate soldiers
and sailors are urged to form themselves into
bodies are requested to send in applications to
these headquarters in time to participate in
this great reunion.
Ill. - is anticipated that much business will
occupy the attention OF the convention and a
number of very important questions are to be
considered, VIZ: Care and decoration of the
of the veterans; the assistance of the destitute
living, and the compilation of the historical re-
cords OF the Confederacy. Also the considcra-
ton OF plans and means for the erection of a
monument to the memory of Jefferson Davis,
and toward securing a pension from the
States composing the late Confederacy for the
WIDOW OF the uedu cnle1taln.
~. Each camp now admitted into the Unit
ed Confederate Veteran organization and those
admitted before the reunion, are urged to at
once elect delegates to attend the reunion, as
only accredited delegates viii participate in
the business part of the reunion. The repre-
sentatlOn of camps at the reunion will be
fixed as one delegate for every twenty mem
bers, and one for any fraction over twenty,
every camp shall be entitled to at
least two delegates.
V. Attention is called to the resolution "that
no camp shall be lloWed representation in any
meeting of the United Confederate Veterans
unless the lamp shall have, on or before the 1st
day of April preceding the meeting, paid all
amounts due as initiation fee, 50. and also the
amount due per CAPITA
VI A programme to be observed at the reu-
Mon and all details will be furnished to the
camps and veterans. Any further Information
can be obtained by applying to Capt. r. E.
Jones, Commander Camp Hardee No. 80, chair
man reunion committee, Birmingham. Ala.
VII. The General commanding respectfully
requests the press of the country to aid the pa
tilotic and benevolent objects of the United
veterans by publication of these
Orders, with editorial notices of tie
organization.
VIII. The General commanding respectfully
requests that railroad officials will also aid the
Did veterans by giving such reduced rates of
transportation as will enable them to attend.
TX. Officers of the general staff are directed
TO assist department division commanders and
others in organizing their respective States,
ind generally to assist in the complete fedora |
ion of all Confederate survivors in one organ.
cation under the Constitution of the United
Veterans.
By order of j. B. Gordon, General Command |
GEO NORMAN,
Adjutant General and Chief of Staff.