Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-22

Of 0eoo. 100. furnished about the same per
cent. or 100000"
NEGLECTED TOO LONG.
IT heartily endorse the movement" said
Cnptatn H. r, Howard. 1T has already
been neglected too long. I remember that
when we were stationed Mt the Hewlett
House IN 1854 an order came to furnish
a roster and descriptive list OF oil the
virginians In the army. I kept copy
of the list OF my company, and have II
now. No doubt these papers or some OF
them are still In existence"
Mr.. A. l.. Boulware said: The idea is
an excellent one. II any soldiers deserve
such recognition they are the soldiers OF
the Confederate army"
II think" declared Colonel William
II. Palmer. "the suggestion Is an admira-
BILE one. The State owes the preparation
OF such a roster TO the men who went into
the field in response to her call and served
in her defence. The matter cannot be
too strongly pressed"
Captain J. Thompson Brown expressed
most yemphatic,lly the view shst ~
ought to be done. X would be shame.
he continued, "for the State not to do II.
Virginia does not know what troops she
had In the field. Nearly all the other States
have had prepared such rosters as the
one proposed. II Ia injustice to the men
who stood the storm OF 1916 that theii
names are not preserved In enduring
form"
ALREADY AT 1T.
IT have been hammerinS away at that
matter In Pickett Camp for two years.
| said Mr.. Alexander Jennings. I'VE have
| a complete roster OF the seventeenth
an almost complete one Of the Fifteenth
| camp looking 70 securing a complete ros-
| ter OF the division Pickett's). 1t is also
| designed that members Of the camp who
were not I'm the division get rolls OF theii
respective companies.
Sergeant w. r.. Whitlock said: II en-
! dorsc the proposition out and out most
heartily have complete roll OF my
! company"
| TT ought 10 have been done Ions
| ago. Most certainly ! favor it, wal
| the reply Of Mr.. Heber Burlington.
"Jf our state ever intends TO get up
| roster OF the soldiers OF 1916, now Is
| the time to do IT," said Mr.. j. Il. Lam
! bert. "a few years more delay mieh'
| be too late. / have no doubt u was 'i'
| careless delay OF Virginia when mace
| II appear that Massachusetts furnisne'
| more troops than Virginia during the lie
L NOlutlOnHTV WAR. IL SttilN W isN ti''N WV
! monument loving friends should give some
| attention TO the record OF the men whose
| bravery caused the monuments to b
| built. IL Is getting to be intensely re
| snectabIe to be known as follower
| OF the immortal Lee. Let the state pu
| ON record the names OF those VINO re
| sponded TO her call.
ROLL OF HONOR.
| .rI in h.
| position TO have State roster OF all IN
| Confederate soldiers from Virginia, sat
| Rev. DR.. James Il. Smith. 1t VIII D
! a monument that cannot be destroyed
| and will have engraved upon II ever.
! name IL will be contribution 10 MS
| tory that Is Indispensable to completeness
| and accuracy. II viii be a roll Oh mono
| IN which our children will come ana mt
| the names OF those who loved the cause
and risked all for its success. II VII
| not be difficult to secure the rolls, 10
many Of them are already prepared an
| others can be found on the war records
| at Washington"
| "I read the articles In the Dispatch o
| Sunday last" remarked Colonel w. /
Smith. calling attention to the desiraplh
| ~ and feasibility OF compiling rosie
Of the commands and officers ana mel
furnished by Virginia TO the Confederau
army, and I fully agree with you ma
such a record would be valuable an
| tbot the General Assembly should AM
would readily appropriate the amount ne
| cessdry.
"The expense attending the work woul
not be much and If the record shoul
| not be entirely complete. 1t should b
made as complete as possible. think tn
| camps and other Confederate organiza
| lions in the State ought to take up IN
| matter, and the sooner II is begun, III
| easier it Will be to get the correct data.
! "Please continue to agitate the ques
ton of Virginia doing her duty by tn
brave men that enlisted in the Confed
crate army" said Captain II. Lesll
| Spence Their names must be preserve
and handed down to posterity. noble
band of heroes never lived on this globe
| Future generations will thank and prais
| YOU IL you can have this work done
! And right along of the same line see ina
the fact is forever passed down the lin
| that the enlistments in the Union arm
from 81 to S5 were 2,S6S,3ls as agains