The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-06-04
THE REUNION AT RICHMOND.
General Gordon Anxious for IL Large
Attendance OF fVctcrans-The Work

| Hdqrs United Confederate Veterans,
Now Orleans, La, May |, 1896.
General Orders No. lG4.
/. Tho general commanding an
nounccs that the sixth annual meeting
and reunion Of tho United Confederate
Veterans will be held as stated in Cen
oral Orders No. l54, current series,
from these headquarters, in tho city of
iNchmond, Va, on Tuesday, Wcdncs-
DAY and Thursday, Juno 30 and July
ana z, 1876. All Confederate organiza-
tlons and Confederate soldiers and sail
ors OF all arms, grades and depart
mcnts, arc cordially invited to attond
this sixth general reunion of their
comrades.
:. With pride and pleasure he also
announces that cight hundred and lif-
Teen camps are already enrolled in the
u. Z. V. organization, with applica.
lions in for over one hundred more.
IX-Confcdcrate soldiers and sailors
everywhere arc urged to form them.
selves into local associations, where
this has not already been done, and all
associations, bivOuaCs, cncampmcnts
and other bodies not members Of the
y. &. \. Association arc earnestly re.
qucstcd to send in applications to Chesc
headquarters without delay, in time
3 u,
and thus unite with their comrades in
carrying out the laudablu and philnn-
thropic objects of tho United Confcdcr-
ato Veteran organization.
8. business Of tho greatest imDor.
tancc will demand careful considrra-
tlOn during the sixth annual convention
such rs the best methods Of securing
impartial history and to enlist each
State in the compilation and prcscrva-
tion Of the history OF hor citizen sol
dicry; the benevolent care through
State aid or otherwise OF disabled.
destitute or aged veterans and the
widows and orphans Of our fallen
brothcrs-in-arms tho care OF the
graves OF our known and unknown
dead buried ut Gettysburg, Fort War
ren, Camps Morton, Chase, Douglas,
Oakland Cemetery at Chicago, John
sons Island, Cairo, and at all other
points to sec that they arc annually
decorated, the hca lstoncs preserved
and protected, aud complete lists Of
the names Of our dead heroes, with the
location Of their last resting places,
furnished to their friends and :clatlvrs
through the medium OF oar camps,
thus rcscuing their names from obiv-
ion and handing them down to history:
TO participate in laying the corncr-
stone OF the Jefferson Davis monument
at Richmond, Va: the consideration
OF The different movements, plans and
means TO complete the monument to
the memory OF Jefferson Davis, l'rcsi-
dent Of the Confederate StLtcs OF Amer
lca, and to aid in building monuments
to other great leaders, soldiers and
sailors OF tho South, and us there is no
rcllcl or aid Tor our veterans and their
lnmlllcs, outside OF ourselves and our
own resources, to perfect IL plan for Il
mutual aid and benevolent association:
to make such changes in tho constitu-
| tl0n and bylaws us cXpcricnce may
suggest, and other matters OF general
| interest.
1. Each camp now admitted into the
United Confederate Veteran Organizu-
tl0n and those admitted before the
| reunion arc urged to at once elect ac-
credited delegates and altcrnatcs to
attend the reunion, us only accredited
delegates will participate i'm the bust
ness part OF the reunion. The repre-
ScntatlOn OF delegates ut the reunion
will be as fixed in Section |, Article ),
OF the constitution, one delegate for
every twenty active members in good
standing, and one additional one for
Il fraction OF ten members, pro-
vided every camp in good standing
shall be cnttlcd to at least two dele
gates. Each camp can elect the same
number OF altcrnatcs as delegates,
who will serve in case Of any fail
urc on tho part Of the delegates TO at
tcnd.
,. Attention OF camps is called TO
Section ., Article ,, of the constitution:
"Camps will not be allowed rcprcscn-
tation unless their per capita shall
have been paid to the adjutant gen
| crai on or before the lst day Of April
next preceding the annual meeting
| u. programme to be observed at
the reunion and all the details will be
furnished to the camps and to all vet
Grams by the committee OF arrange
| monts in due time, and any further
information can be obtained by apply
ing to Gen. peyton Wise, chairman y.
&. Y. Reunion Committee, Richmond,
Va.
7. The general commanding respect
fully requests the press, both daily and
weekly, Of the whole country to aid
Of the United Confederate Veterans
by publication Of these orders with
editorial notices OF the organization.
s. The general commanding respect.
lully requests and trusts that railroad
officials will also aid the old veterans
by giving such reduced rates OF trans
portation as will cnabic them 10 at
tend
D. Officers Of the general stan are
directed to assist department., division
commanders and others t0 organize
their respective States, and generally
to assist in the complete federation OF
all Confederate survivors in one organ
iZation under the constitution OF the
United Confederate Veterans.
BY order Of j. Is. Gordon, General
Commanding.
GEO. NORMAN,
Adjutant General and Chief of SLaif.
Headquarters S.C.DivisiOn, U.C.V.,
Charleston. $. g.. May %, 1896.
Respectfully and earnestly referred
to the camps uf this Division. Tho
press Of the state is urged to aid the
cause.
BY order OF G.. Irvine Walker, Maj0
General Commanding.
Onicial JAMES G.. HOLINESS,
Adjutant General, Chief OF Staff.
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