The National tribune., 1895-01-10
Ex-PRIsONERs OF WAR.
Official Circular 1 and General Order ]
Issued by President Davis.

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT STATE HOUSE,,
BosroS, MASS, Dec. 20, 1884.
To Al Union En- Prisoners Of Var:
The annual Convention OF the National Asso-
citation Of Union Ex-Prisoners of War having
reelected me TO the position of President for
the ensuing year, beg to assure you that, while
approaching the honor which has been done
me, / am conscious Of the responsibilities
which have been placed upon me. and fully
realize that if our cause is to he successful, aud
the work we have undertaken is accomplished,
il will require the united effort and combined
support of our comrades, wherever located. To
this end 1 address you, i'll the hope that may
induce every survivor of a prisOn-pen of the
Confederacy ID unite with us in a determined
and persistent effort TO secure the justice so
long delayed. If you are not already MEM
Der of the National or of local Association.
most earnestly ask you to become SO at once.
If no Association exists in your part Of the
country / hope you will Immediately secure
the necessary number of ex-prisonefs Of war in
your vicinity, aud form an Association. ii you
are so situated that this cannot be done, trust
that you will at once take steps TO become a
member of the National Association.
1t is old saying that God helps those
who help themselves" Let us, AS Union ex.
prisoners of war, remember this maxim. and at
once take steps to help ourselves. SO that we
may realize the full force of its exempli fcation
believe al opportunity is steadily approach
ing of which we should take advantage and be
prepared when it arrives to act as men and sol
diers. We must organize. Without organiza.
ton our forces are scattered, and individual
effort results only in failure. Every Union ex-
prisoner of war should be member OF the Ma
tona or of local Association. and thus give tile
cause for which we are aboriDg not only the
moral support Of your memb ership but the little
financial advantage which would result there.
from. The rights of one belong to ALL The
interests for which organized and organ
iZing are not ours alone
The book ia reply to JEFF Davis's article on
"The Treatment of Prisoners of War" we hope
TO have published at an early date.
The officers for the coming year are: Pres,
Charles q. Davis State House, Boston, Mass;
Y.-P, George w. Grant, Minneapolis Minn
Chap, J. S. Ferguson. Keokuk Iowa. His
torian, Oliver Il. McNary. Leavenworth. Kan;
Sec. and Treas, Stephen NJ. Long East Orange,
NJ. Executive Commttee-L. G. Mcknight
Gardner. Mass Stephen NJ. Long East Orange
n. j.; Charles f. Sheriff, Pittsburg, Pa; Chas
G. Davis, Boston, Mass; Ezra II. Ripple, Scran-
ton, Pa; Alexander Schaler, New York, n Y;
Louis Z. Fortescue. Philadelphia, Pa. George
w. Grant, Minneapolis. Mimi
Pardon me for again reminding You that tho
important work before us cannot be accom-
plished so quickly and so successfully without
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help Let US have il. 1t is duty you owe to
yourselves, to your families. to the country
which you served so faithfully. to your com
rades living. aud to the memory Of our dead,
all of which should make you TO no longer
hesitate, but stimulate you to immediate
action.
The following appointments arc hereby an.
nonnced: Stephen NJ. Long, OF East Orange
N. j., to be Secretary and Treasurer Of the
National Association OF Union Elk. Prisoners of
War, vice J. L. Killgore resigned.
BY virtue Of the authority vested in me by
the constitution. hereby appoint the follow
ing comrades as Aids TO the President of the
National Association: Warren b. Galiuca,
Dcdham. Mass. Senior Aid; Theodore l..
Kelly, Boston Mass; l.. II. Alvord, Spring
field, Mass; Joseph A. Peloubet, Bloomfield,
n. J. They will be obeyed aud respected
accordingly.
The Presidents Of the various local Associa-
tions in good standing in the National Associa-
ton are requested to forward at once the name
and address of good working member of their
Association for appointment as Aid to the
President.
BY order of CHARLES G. DAVIS President.
Official: STEPHEN NJ. LONG, Secretary.