The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-14
IN GREY.
I HE B
LATEST ORDER ISSUED BY GEN
CABELII.
Wants a Large Number of Delegates
to Attend the Big Reunion at
Houston-Advice to Veteran
Camps in the State.

The following order has been issued
by General Cabell and it is of interest
to all veterans who wore the gray:
Comrades: 1t is with feelings of great
pleasure, as well as pride, that | again
greet you. Another year has passed and a
kind Providence has extended its shell
tering wings over the white-haired vet
Grams who followed the flag of the lost
cause; their noble sons and fair daugh-
tiers, as well as our grand association,
which is growing stronger and stronger
each year. The number of camps in each
state and territory in this department is
increasing. Our old comrades are becom-
ing more familiar with the workings of
our benevolent, social and historical as
ISOLATION, and have increased the number
| of camps, so Adjutant General Norman
reports, until it makes 555. The death roll
has not been as great as we might have
expected. The dead have been properly
cared for. (My old comrades never per-
nit it to be said that one of these brave
men who followed the flag of the South
at Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Corinth
and a hundred other battleields was
buried in the potter's field.) The living
Confederate veterans who are incapac-
tated by sickness or wounds from making
a living have been provided for by the
different states in the trans-Mississippi
departments. They have good houses,
are amply provided with good raiment
and shelter, where they can spend their
last days in quiet and peace, as the hon
ored guests of the great states of Texas,
Arkansas, Missouri and the Indian Ter
ritory and Oklahoma. l therefore urge
you, my old comrades, to continue the
work, organize camps and join at once the
Association of United Confederate Vet
Grams. Noble sons and fair daughters
of the greatest women that ever lived
in any country, organize and be ready
to take the place of those who will soon
cross the river. Apply at once to Gen
eral George Norman, adjutant gen
eral, New Orleans. La, so that the
trans Mississippi department. will send
greater number of delegates to the
great reunion to be held at Houston,
Tex, on the ODD, Odd and 24th days of
May, 1895, than any other department.
Let every camp be represented Mt HOus-
ton by as large a delegation as possible,
and let them be fully authorized to rep
resent their respective camps in refer
ence to all matters. When n delegation
cannot attend, see that your. respective
camps shall appoint proxies, having the
same properly signed by the officers of
the camp. See that a correct roll of all
your members in good standing, with your
annual fee of 10 cents for each member,
is sent to General Norman before the
month of April, 1895. The committee
on transportation, composed of good bust
ness men, to-wit: Generals II. w. era
Der, S. Z. Mendez and Ii. i. Stoddard
and Colonels r.. h. Trotman and B. f.
| Wathen, will do all in their power to Sc
cure reduced railroad rates on all rail
roads leading to Houston. Local COM
mttees can communicate with this com
mittee.
would also, my comrades, call your
attention to the fact that the noble women
of this department, both old and young,
imbued with spirit that actuated
their noble mothers and sisters during
the war, are now organizing monument
associations, in order to erect monuments