The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1896-07-25
NETTING OF THE WINCHESTER
COMMITTEE.
Resolutions Passed i'm Acknnowiedg-
ment of Courtesies Extended to
EOuisiamians.

NJ States.
The Winchester Monument commit
n1e met last night in Memorial Hall for
!. the purrS,se of arranging final details
Major w illiam Laughlin presided and
all of the members were tpiesent.
Mr.. Laughin has been a cry earnest
worker in behalf Of the SJnchester
monument, and before final adjourn
ment last night he was thanked 10y
unanimous vote of the old veterans tor
his efforts.
Mr.. LaughIin reported to the meeting
that all of the money that had been
raised in Louisiana for the monument
was six hundred and forty dollars and
was not received in winchester until
the day before the arrival OF the local
delegation there owing to its having
been missent. This, however, was not
a sufficient sum to complete the monu-
ment and it will take considerably
more to do SO.
1t was generally agreed, he said, to
make additional embellishments which
had not been contemplated at first, e. L.,
to arrange on the corners Of the monu-
ment the bust Of four of the leading
Confederate generals OF Louisiana.
The busts would entail an extra cost OF
about forty dollars piece.
At the conclusion OF the report 1T was
decided that some kind of an acknowl-
| edgment be made OF the hOspitabie
manner in which the veterans OF Lon
isiaua were entertained at Winchester.
On Botion Comrades VIM. McChesney,
president OF the Louisiana division OF
| the army Of Northern Virginia !; DR..
| Tichnor, president of Camp No. 9, c.
| S. c.; Judge F. A. Monroe, president
of the Louisiana division OF the Army
of Tennessee David liable, j. Y. Gill
| more, VIM. Lauglin, Tii0s. Higgins,
|. .Thos. Carter, Nicholas Cuney, Alex.
| N. Power and Charles D. Delery were
appointed on O committee to draft suit~
able resolutions.
The committee reported back the
following resolutions which were unani-
mously adopted
| s'The Confederate Veterans of Louisiana to the
| Turner Ashby Camp and to the Fair Wo-
| men OF Winchester, Va:
| For thirty.fiye years the dust of our COM
rades who fell in our defense have made more
hallOWed the sacred soil Of your beloved State
After generation had passed away and a
new one grown up, we, survivors OF the his
toric struggle in which our comrades had fall
| en- by our side Oh your soil. came with tremb.
| ling step to your gate, in this year OF
| grace, 1896, for the last time before we join
them on the other shore, to pay the tribute OF
| a tear to the memory OF those who perished
1 in battle by our side and to raise a monument
| on the spot where they sleep, in order that
| their noble deeds, and the cause for which
| those brave men died be not forgotten, nor
their names and fame perish from among men
Our hearts were deeply touched when we saw
that with loving hearts and reverend hands
| you had during all these years cared for the
| sacred remains OF our dead as you had OF your
/ own. We came thousand miles strangers tG
| land, every foot Of which had been stained by
the bloody foot prints Of our weary feet, and
| sanctified by the blood of our fallen braves
You received us as brothers with loving hearts
and open arms to your bOspitabie homes, and
| we we're strangers no more. As long as minG
and memory last we can never. forget the open
free, generous, royal hospitality with which
| YOU entertained us in your homes, the grizzlet
remnants Of a war long passed, when we came
on our holy mission to your doors. Hereafter
when we describe to our children and to OuI
use no higher and stronger term than 'AI
Old Virginia WelcOne." such as has beel
awarded us by the citizens of Winchester. Ou
hearts are too full to say more.
We thank you, God bless you"
| DIR. Tichenor here took occasion to express
his heartfelt appreciation for the manner il
which they had been treated by the ladies 0
Winchester and complimented them yer.
highly. There were others who followed Dr
Tichenor who said that they had never beer
received better in all their lives, and each o
whem attributed such a hOspitab1e welcome t
the patriotic women of the South who ha
charge of such matters at Winchester.
Following the speakers COmrade Higgin
. arose and moved that the resolutions be en-
| crossed and framed before their presentation
at Winchester. The motion was readily cal
ried. In very few minutes twenty-five do
lars had been subscribed for the purpose.