Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-06-12
Grand Camp Confederate Veterans.

A session of the Grand Camp of the
Confederate Veterans of Virginia was
held at Charlottesville last week. 1t
will be held at Winchester in October
of next year.
The organization has increased by
eleven camps in the last year.
The attendance this year was about
three times larger than at any other
meeting.
From the proceedings as reported
in the Charlottesville Progress. we
make some extracts.
The committee on School History
made lengthy report in which it re-
commended that this Grand Camp call
on every city and county school board
in Virginia to use its influence to select
a school history from the three South
ern histories on the State list, viz: Hol-
mes Chambers and Shinn's, and also
| suggested that in all the private schools
| that the same care be made in select
ing histories by Southern authors. In
the report was embodied the recon
mendations of the United Grand Camp
at its recent meeting at Houston.
A number of gentlemen spoke upon
the report. The report was adopted.
DR.. Jones in a speech said Barnes
History lies by the yard in what it
says, and leaves out thousands of
truths that it should publish. And
yet, the schools of Richmond and Char
lottesville are still using Barnes His
tory. He was earnest and forcible in
| his remarks.
On motion, the committee on His
tory was increased from FIVE to seven
The committee on resolutions, amidst
general applause, reported the follow
ing:
"ReSolUed, That it is the sense and
opinion of the Grand Camp that the
action taken by the Advisory council
| OF the Camp in recommending the
establishment of National Park at
Appomattox Courthouse by the Ma
tional Government, was inexpedient
| and unadvisable, and that said action
30 far as binding on this Grand Camp
be revoked and rescinded, and that
| each subordinate camp be left free to
express its own opinion on the subject"
The same committee recommended
that as soon as the Sons of Confeder-
ate Veterans secured fifty Camps that
| they be allowed a separate Grand
| Camp.
The following officers were unani-
mously elected
William A. Smoot, Alexandra.
| Grand Commander.
John A. Cozzens, Glen Allen, First
Lieutenant Commander.
| J. n. Stubbs, Woods Cross Roads,
Second Lieutenant Commander.
| j. M. Garnett, Charlottesville, Third
Lieutenant Commander.
L. G. Morton, Staunton, Inspector
General.
Washington Taylor, Norfolk, Quar-
| termaster- General.
Rev. Beverly D. Tucker, Norfolk
Chaplain General.
DR.. John S. Powell, Occoquan, Sur
geon-General.
Thomas Elicit, Richmond, Adjutant-
| General.
The salary of the Adjutant- General
was increased to $50 year.
Captain Williams, of Winchester,
offered the following
WHEREAS, Charles Broadway Rouss,
member of General Turner Ashby
Camp. one of the Camps of this organ
ization, made to the recent meeting of
the Grand Camp of Confederate Vet
Grams at Houston, the munificent offer
of 500, 600 for the erection of a memo
rial hall and cognate purposes, which
was referred to special committee to
report at the next meeting,-
ReSoIUed, That while we deem it i'm
proper to express an opinion upon the
matter thus referred to by the Grand
Camp U. G. V. to one of its committees,
we at the same time deem it privilege
as well as duty to place upon record,
as we hereby do, our hearty apprecia-
ton of the liberality and patriotism
displayed by Comrade Rouss in his
munificent offer.
ReSozUed, That copy of these reso
lutiOns be communicated by the Ad
jutant General to Comrade Rouss
Adopted.