The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1896-05-30
United Confederate Veterans Notified
Tho following orders have been is-
sued:
UNITED CoNFEDERATE VETERANS,
Headquarters Louisiana Division,
New Orleans, May "a, 1896. J
Gnnnral 0rdoro M on

New Orleans. May "a, 1896. \
General Orders, No. 81.
The major general commanding an.
hounced to the Louisiana Division, u
Z. ", the near approach of the following
important events in the life Of their or
ganizatinn, and urges immediate atten-
ton throughout the division to having
the camps properly represented on the
occasions here cited, to-wit:
1. Tho ANIMAL meeting or conven-
tion of the Louisiana Division, U.
leans on Saturday, June 81, at 2 D. NJ
in Memorial Hall, to consider business
matters of the division and to elect a
major general for the term of one year,
beginning Immediately after the termi-
nation OF the general reunion next fol-
lowing said election, according to
precedent.
g. The sixth annual general meeting
and reunion of the United Confederate
Veteran Organization. which will be
held at Richmond, Va, on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, June 80,
July l and 2, during which the corner.
monument will be laid, and the report
of the Confederate Memorial Associa-
ton committee on the Battle Abbey of
the South will be rendered.
3. The unveiling of the Winchester
Monument to the Louisiana dead and to
the deeds OF her sons, who made in tho
valley of Virginia an imperishable rec
ord of valor and heroism. which will
take place at Winchester, Va, on July 4.
4. The same separate delegations,
with an equal number OF alternates, may
be selected for each occasion.
5. The representation of delegates is
| fival hv sac finn tipla nf "a pnn-
stitution at zone delegate for every
twenty members in good standing shall
be entitled to at least two delegates"
TO be in %ood standing, the camps
must have PAID their per capita for this
and previoust<ears.
Accredited delegates alone can par
ticipate in the business part Of the
meetings and reunions.
| Comrades of all arms, grades and de-
partments are cordially invited to at
| tend these events.
been fixed by the railroads at cent per
mile each way travelled, over all rail.
roads leading to and from Richmond.
| Va.
Tickets will he on sale at all railftdd
| stations June 26 to 80, both inclusive,
and will be good until July 10 follow
| ing. Thus the cost from New Orleans
| tn Richmond and back will be $50 80.
Sleepers will have to be paid extra as
| customary.
The executive committee of arrange
ments at Richmond have made provis-
| ions TO accOmmod odate the veterans with
quarters and food, free of charge. Those
who wish to be accommodated at hotels
can do SO at IA cost of 81 to SO so per
day.
At Winchester the people propose
taking care, free of charge, of all Lou
isiaua veterans on that occasion.
7. Camps are directed to report to
these headquarters by the Eth Of June
the number and names of their dele
gates aud alternates.
Members of the division staff will re-
port before the Goth of June whether or
not they will attend the reunion at
Richmond.
The major general commanding hopes
that large and influential attendance
will represent Louisiana at these me-
morable occurrences, that tAe pr0mi
nence she has held from the Beginning
in the formation and direction of the
United Confederate Veteran organiza-
tion may in no way be diminished, and
that her devotion to its interests and
welfare may find wise and eloquent ex-
ponents among the delegates the divis-
ion will select.
By order of w. G.. VINCENT
Major General Commanding louisiana
Division U. C. V.
j. A. CHALARoN, Adiutant General.
Hdqrs. United Confederate Veterans.
New Orleans, May 25, 1896.
General Orders No. 1867.
Many of the veterans who attend the
reunion at Richmond will visit the his
toric battle fields in Virginia, numbers
of which they enriched with their own
precious blood, and contributed by their
valor to make memorable for all time.
In addition to the laying of the cor
ner-stone of the Jefferson Davis Monu-
ment," which will take place during the
reunion, the general commanding
deems it properito call the special at
tention of all veterans to an incident
of great Importance which will occur
at Winchester, Va, on July the date
having been changed from June 27)
The Louisiana veterans will take ad- |
vantage of the time and occasion to un- |
veil the monument which they have |
erected in the beautiful Stonewall Gem
etery, in the historic town of Winches- |
ter, to the memory of their beloved |
comrades, the confederate dead of Lou
isiana.
The reunion will close July Q, and the |
nnveiling of this monument to the Lou
isiana heroes will occur on July 1t
will be an event of unusual interest. |
The "maimed hero" General Francis
T.. Nichols, stainless citizen, distin-
gnisliel soldier, statesman and Jurist,
he who led the Louisiana troops to that
extreme limit, where intrepid vaiOr met |
death in every form, will be the orator
or the day, and the good people of
Winchester extend hearty welcome |
to all.
The occasion is full Of pathos, and
will excite the tenderest emotions in
every sympathetic heart to witness the
which Louisiana sent to the front in
the sixties, then 10 the flower of youth,
now aged and bent, journeying over a
thousand and weary miles, and after a
lapse of II third of century, to stand
by the grassy mounds and place last
ing memorial of love and affection over
the graves Of their beloved comrades,
who, after deatless feats of courage, fell
at their side, and are now repOsing upon
the generous bosom of the "mOther of
states,n far away from home and kin
dred.
The general commanding feels as
sured that the gallant Louisianians will
not stand alone during the ceremony
upon that sacred spot, but that heroes
all the way from the Lone Star State to
"My Maryland" will join the throng,
gathering, as they journey to the "cem-
etary of the brave," the magnolia, the
orange, and all the sweetest Southern
flowers. to deck the graves of their own
hOnored dead, who lie side by side with