The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-31

One o! the Most Prominent Con'ed'
crate Organizations.
SKETCH OF THIS GREAT BODY
Though Only Eight Years vi"
Nearly one Hundred Camps All"
il stin Growing Rapidly -N""'os
and Locations of the Camps


''-'s,,,..,,, oreanizations OF the kind IN
a., so,,th Among its members have
noon enumerated many OF the braNest
sud most dashing soldiers VINO iouSht
under the Confederate iiag, ana men VINO
si,,e tho war have become wen KNOWN
in both commercial and professional me-
1, h. probable that there Will be some
three thousand Virginia cN-Conieuera'o
soldiers who VIII march Through the
streets on the big day Of the vast gamer
ing here. ,,,,-
The camps are TO he divided INTO loui
a 1s.ons each 10 he in chaIse oi i"
lieutenant grand-commander. Ihese ON
Gers will be Colonels John Cussons' OF
Glen Allen; James y. Stubs or "Iou.,
to-. Joscph NJ Garnett, OF Chariottes-
,die and = NJ Henry. The last-named
g the oldest past-commander living IN
Tits State. The entire column VIII be
headed hv General william A. Smoot'
Grand Commander Of the Grand Camp
OF Veterans.
7, IS the purpose 20 let uniformed
camp. headed by a Grassland, lead eac"
Of the divisions. The camps WIN 'he eN-
ception Of the four selected TO lean 'ne
divisions will be placed in line accord
ing TO their place on the roster-tha' u.
the Oldest organization VIII ne eh'i'ieu
to march at the head Of the column. II
&c ouite certain that Ice and Pickett
camps will be given positions Of honor
snd that each will lead didviSon' as
they are probably the best-uniiorinep or
e-anizations Veterans In the Sld'e'
Each lieutenant grand-commander VIII
select his own ndiutant and aides ana
these officers will Of course be moui'eu'
The Grand Camp was organized ~
result Of the military conferences heiu IN
Tho city Of Richmond on December lo'
1857. and on January g. lSNS and the ac-
credited representatives from the follow
ing canps met I'm r.. +. Lee Camp Han.
in mis- citv February 49, 1S>s. PICKETT
puchanan Camp. Of Norfolk; StoneWai
Camp Of Portsmouth. a. !. Hi camp,
q, Petersburg: and II. +. Lee Camp NO.
! Of Richmond. An organization was
esoctcd anil orders and regulations
adontcd for the government Of the Grand
Camp. c. V. as repor' cd by the military
conference Of January IL. ISIS. ana i"Ru-
lar officers were elected TO serve for one
wear. General John r. Cooke was elected
Grand Commander.
The first regular annual meeting was
hold Nav s 1855. at Lee Camp Hall, in
Richmond. and General Cooke was re-
elected Grand Commander. He resigned In
Lieutenant Grand-Commander Z. NJ
Henry was chosen as his successor.
IT'S RAPID GROWTH.
The Grand Camp grew rapidly. When
the second annual meeting was held I'm
Norfolk. June c. 1889. there were ten
camps on the roster. T. NJ. Henry was
reelected Grand Commander He was
succeeded I'm 1870 by w. +. Smith. The
Legislature Of Virginia AZ It's session
lSsq-'90 passed n bill 10 incorporate the
Grand Camp. Confederate Veterans De
partment Of Virginia. which was APP
proved January %. 1900 When the or
ganization met, I'm Fredericksburg. for its
fourth annual meeting. on June no. 1891.
the number Of camps had increased 10
fifteen. and the following year. at Roa-
noke. twenty-five camps were represent
cd At this meeting Thomas \. Brander,
OF Richmond. was elected Grand Com
mander, and he was succeeded the fol-
lowing year by Hugh Il. Smith. The
organization had then increased 10 thirty
camps Another was added during the
year. and Thomas Lewis was elected
Grand Commander at the seventh annual
meeting I'm Alexandria. June 9Th any
:. 1894. when the Grand Camp assembled
I'm Charlottesville last year hfty-three
camps were represented. William A..
Smoot OF Alexandria, was chosen Grand
Commander Winchester was decided
upon as the next place FOR the annual
meeting During the past year there have
been chartered many camps and when
the next annual meeting is held there
will be nearly one hundred camps in
the state. -
OBJECTS AND REGULATIONS.
The object Of the Grand Camp. Confc0e-
ont Of frf Is
n AID and assist all worthy Confede-
rates. who are INDECENT and In distress.
and 10 encourage the formation of new
camps as n means thereto Those entitled
10 membership are the Department COM
mandor and staff representatives from
camps composing the department. I'm the
ratio OF one 10 fifty. or fraction thereof
If not less than thirty, all past-com-
manders Of the department ana camps.
and all commanders of camps. or I'm the
absence of commanders of camps. the
senior officer Of such camp present The
stan Of the commander consists of an
adjutant- general. inspector-genoraL quar-
termaster-gencral. sureeon-gcrcral, chap
lain-gencral. and two aides-de-camp; none
OF whom are entitled TO a vote in the
Grand Camp by virtue OF their positions
merely bs staff-oftcers.
the Grand Camp is assessed 10 cents per
member annually to defray the expenses
OF the Grand Camp. The badge adopted
by the organization is the Virginia and
Confederate flags crossed. The seal IS the
coat-of-arms Of the Southern Confede-
racy.
THE OFFICERS.
The following are the officers OF the
Grand Camp c. v. Department OF Vir-
gina. elected at the last annual meeting
William 4. Smoot. Grand Commander
Alexandria.
John Cussoas. First-Lieutonant Grand
Commander Glen Allen
James y. Stubs. iSscond-Lieutenant
Grand Commander Woods X-Roads.
James NJ Garnctt. Lieutenant
Grand Commander Charlottesville
Thomas c. Morton. Inspector-General
Staunton.
Washington Taylor Quartermaster-
General. Norfolk
Rev y. y. Tucker ChaDlain-General
Norfolk
Or. John s. Powell Surgeon General.
OccoQUon. Thomas Elicit. Adjutant-Gene-
raj. Richmond.
r. =. Chew Aide-de Camp. Charles
town. W. Va.
james N. McCarick. Camp
Norfolk
Commander Smoot recently appointed
L. S Bosher Of this city Assistant Ad-
jutanf- encrai.
There are several committees which
ere appointed at the annual meetings
These are: Committee on Distribution
sRosolu,ionq. oSus OF Veterans. and
Ladies' Auxiliary. and on Monument Il
President jefferson Davis. Besides these
tNcro arc two pcrmanonf committees
Finance consisting of W. j. smith