The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-31
IN HONOR OF GEN. MLAWS.
THE NEW CAMP OF UNITED CON-
FEDERATE VETERANS NAMED
AFTER HIM.


A Charter TO he Applied for at Once
and A. soon A. IL Is Received the
Camp VIII BE Permanently Or
Eanized-A Probability That the
Confederate Veterans Association
Membership viii he Merged Into
the General Society-Their Aims
and Purposes the same.
Lafayette McLavgs Camp No. 595 Of
I the United Confederate Veterans was or
ganized in Savannah last night. The APP
pication for charter was signed by forty
veterans very nearly all Of whom are
members of the Confederate Veterans AS
ISOLATION.
The charter will be applied for at once
70 the headquarters Of the association in
New Orleans, and as soon as it has been
received the camp will be permanently
organized. The temporary organization
will be continued until that time.
The meeting last night was held in the
superior court room and was attended by
about forty veterans. 1t was organized
by the election Of Mr.. T. Z. Besseleu
chairman. and Mr.. 7. T. Chapeau. sec
rotary.
Mr. Besseleu, who has been a member
of the association for several years and
who has taken deep interest in it. sub
mitted the constitution and bylaws as
they are now in force and explained at
length the reasons for the organization
Of camp here. The United Confederate
Veterans is the only general organization
of veterans of the late confederate army
and navy. The Confederate Veterans As
ISOLATION of Savannah and those of adj
joining counties, which were organized
as the outcome of the Savannah associa-
ton, are the only organizations of the
kind so far as known, and are purely
local, having no general headquarters.
The proposition to unite with, or merge
its membership into. the United Veter-
ans has been before the Confederate Vet
Grams Association for some time, but, for
one reason and another, the union has
never been accomplished. There was some
objection on the part of some Of the mem
bers of the veterans to surrender their
name and Organization.
The meeting last night was called in
dependant of the Veterans Association
to form camp of the general society
constitution and laws of the United Vet
Grams We're read and discussed, and i'm
mediately a motion to proceed to organ
lie was passed.
The charter application was signed by
nearly every veteran present. Veteran
w. II. Patterson moved that the camp be
named after Gen. Lafayette McLaws, Ia
fayette McLaws Camp. The motion was
seconded with applause and was unani-
mously adopted. Gen. McLaws, VINO was
present, thanked the veterans for the hon
or they had bestowed on him and assured
them of his sympathy and cordial sup
port
1t was deemed advisable, after some
consideration, TO defer the election of
officers until the charter has been re-
ceived.
Capt J. r. Dillon offered the following
resolution, which was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That the temporary organi-
cation be continued for two weeks from
this date, and that the chairman be au-
thorized to apply for a charter; that after
the reception of said charter five days
notice be given, during which period the
roll shall be opened for the signatures
of charter members, when a meeting shall
be called for permanent organization,
election of officers, etc.
The application for charter is signed by
John r. Dillon, T. e Besseleu, John II.
Keogh, p. McGlashan, W. H. Chaplin l.
Perlinski. A. F. Marmelstein, C. A. Will
hanson, n. o. Titon, r. j. Davant, Z. G.
Cabaniss S. I. Baker. N. NJ. Timer, In
gerson Washburn, S. A. Goodwin, G w.
Lamar, T. T. Chapeau, L. A. Mccarthy,
w. II. Elliott, ]. B. Withers. II. c. Morgan,
w w. Chisholm. W. c Workman, J II.
Estill, Clement saussy w. H. Patterson,
w B. Puder r. II. Wylly S. A White,
j. f. Campos, T. j. APPEL. J Gardner, Fl X.
Wilson, 2. ]. Golden. Peter Reilly, Thomas
L. Healey, James Ferguson, c. II. r.
Thorpe.
The matter viii be presented to the
Confederate Veterans Association in the
hope that the membership of the two
organizations may be practically identi-
cal. The aims and purposes of the two
| associations are the same. to foster the
| memories of the confederacy and TO col
lect historical data of the war between
the states. There are already thirty-two
camps of United Veterans in Georgia and
thirty-siX In South Carolina, and in all
something over GOO in the south.