The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-01-21
THE BLyE AND THE GRAF.
Gen. Cordon's l., clure on the Last Days of
In. Confe1eracy.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. 2O.-En-
campment GO. Union Veterans Legion.
and the Confederate Veterans Associa-
ton have united their forces, and pro-
pose 10 make Gen. Gordon's great lecture
the event OF the season. A joint COM
mittee of these two associations has been
at work for the past TWO weeks per-
fecting the arrangements. and Saturday
evening. January 9th. will witness an
assemblage at Convention Hall never
equaled in this country.
Gen. Schoheld. commandcr-in-chief Of
the army. will preside, and among the
many distinguished Union and Confeder-
ate officers who have been asked to act
as vice-presidents are the following:
Union-General Charles +. Manderson,
General John NJ Palmer Senator Calvin
s. Brice, General Redficld Proctor, Cen
eral y. NJ. Curtis, General Daniel II.
Sickles, Representative Henry w. Blair.
General Chas. ii. Grosvenor. Hon. George
b. Fielder General John Gibbon, Cen
eral ". w. Dudley. General S. L. Faunce,
Governor Thomas c. Fletcher, General
Philip s. Post, Representative John a.
Picker General Walter @. Gresham,
General Joseph c. Hawley, Senator W.
V. Allen, Senator w. +. Villas. General
John G. Black. Representative Amos j.
Cummings. Representative Thomas b.
Reed, General II. II. Bingham. General
Absalom Baird. Commissioner VIM. Loeb
rem, General S. S. Burdette General Al
bert Ordway General David y. Hender-
son. Representative &. A. Boutelle, Cen
eral J. c. Burroughs
Confederate-Gen. Eppa Hunton, Gen.
H. c. Butler. Gen. III. Heth, Gen. Wade
Hampton, Gen. W. II. Payne, Gen. Il. G..
Walthall, Gen NJ. j. Wright, Gen. Joseph
Wheeler, Gen. William r. Cox, Gen. i. r..
Robertson, Gen. d. II. Maury, Gen. l.. l..
Lomax. Gen. Frank c. Armstrong, Gen.
c. r. Hooker, Gen. NJ. ID. Corse, Gen. w.
g. Bate, Gen f. NJ CoclrelI, Gen.
John T.. Morgan. Gen. NJ. w. Ransom.
Mai. John w Daniel, Col Thomas II.
Garter. Senator j. {. s. Blackburn, Senator
Charles j. Faulkner. Representative j..
w. Marshall, Col l.. j. Vance, Col. H..
A. Herbert, Speaker Charles +. Crisp,
Mr. Henry Wise Garnett, Representative
John NJ Allen, Representative William
L. Wilson
The object of the lecture Is TO provide
relief for the disabled and needy veterans
Of the two associations, and when it was
suggested that General Gordon's services
be requested 10 aid this worthy object,
ii met with universal endorsement
The Joint committee Of the two associa-
tions having the matter In charge organ
lied by selecting Major Robert w. Hunter
as president; Gen. Joseph c. McKibben
yice-presiGent; Capt. Robert T.. Lee, treas
urer and Capt G. Il. Troutman, secre-
tary. Encampment &C. Union Veterans
Legion, is represented by James Tanner
Joseph c. McIiibben. M. b. c. Wright
Charles e. Troutman. William y. Davis.
NJ. NJ. Whitney. H. G.. Mcfarland. L. W.
Gifard, +. G.. Jones; the Confederate
Veterans Association by Robert w. Hun
ter, Mills Dean, NJ. S. Thompson. James
d. Darden. Leigh Robinson. Robert L.
Lee, r. X. Crane r.. Il. Lewis, II. L.
Biscoe, G. Edmundson, and the press by
Crosby S. Noyes. of the Star; Frank Hat
ton, Of the Post and r. G.. Alvord, Jr.,
of the News.
The lecture describes Lees veterans
during the closing scenes at Appomattox,
and has been delivered In New York and
Brooklyn. The New York and Brooklyn
press all speak Of il in the most hattering
terms. as an eloquent description of the
closing scenes.
New Confederate Camps.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan 2O.--The general
commanding hereby announces the fellow
ship Of the following named camps in the
organization Of United Confederate Vet
Grams:
Jackson county Jefferson. Ga: Carnot
Posey. Wesson, Miss; Joseph T.. Johnston,
Maysville, Ky; G c. Wharton, Radford
Va; Sam Dill Camp. Louisville, Ark.
William Barksdale. Koscousko. Miss;
Confederate Veterans Romney, w. Va;
Confederate Veterans Pocahontas Ark.
Confederate Survivors Association, Ulti-
ma Thule, Ark: Confederate Survivors
Paragum. Ark. Hampton. Hyman. s. c.