Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-01
REPORT ON HISTORY.
Interesting Paper Presented By the Con-
uillse Of United Confederate Veterans.
MANY ACCOMMODATIONS MADE
last of the Books Regarded as
suitable for Use In southern
scheoIs--unanimousiy Ao"p'e" ~
the Convention.
tho Convention.

WAS submitted by cthS''' 'N~i
.,f Mississippi the chairman OF the com.
,n,ttee. 20 the convention yesterday anu
which IL printed below in fun Is h'os'
.xhaust,ve document, treating every
phase of the great history questions WIN
which the organization has been oean"s
for several years.
The paper was unanimously adop'eu'
and tho thanks Of the convention "e's
ATTENDED 10 General Lee and MS assn
ciates. ana the committee continued "'"'
4, might further prosecute its work Whle
General Lee was reading the report ne
YVES frequently interrupted with applause
Below is given the full text Of the report
and its recommendations:
Maior-General George Norman, Aalu,,
tant-Gencral and CHER OF stan Ch''u
Confederate Veterans; ,..., as
Dear Sir,-Your committee, known as
the "Iiistoricai Committee ana on SOU 20
ern School History" appointed AuSus1 10,
lsS.. made report at the reunion OF 'ne
veterans AZ birmingham, Ala. Aprn -
and 26 1894 which report was uhahllnouSg
adopted and the committee cphtlhueu WIN
enlarged powers 10 fll NacaN clts, anu "
recommend histories, ana TO encourage
Ar the ffth annual reunion, held at
Houston, Tex. May =, ~ ana - ios3'
your committee submitted secohu lclo1t'
closing with tine following recommends
ton: 'In conclusion your committee re-
commend the enlargement or TINS commit
tee TO fifteen 80 as TO embrace hleHpVi
from each OF the Southern states, anu
thus insure a larger NUMBER IoI the id""
action OF business"
This report was unanimously adopteu'
including the above recommendation.
GENERAL GORDON'S LAST ORDER.
In conformity with this action OF me
veterans tho commanding eehtl III IssuVu
Headquarters United Confederate
Veterans.
New Orleans. La, May 81, 1875.
General orders No. 1E.
The Historical Committee and on South
err School History, created by Geneial
Orders Nos. 70 and us, current SERIES
from these headquarters, TO iorinuiate q
PLAZA 10 secure true and reliable history
arG truthful histories Of the United States
10 recommend FOR use In the pnDHc aha
private schools of the South, OF when
the distinguished soldier and peerless Gnu
zeS. lieutenant General Stephen d: Lee,
is chairman, at present consists OF Cnly
seven members as follows:
Lieutenant General 5. II. Lee Chair
Uaro, Starkville, Miss. m.
Tenn.
Roads Gloucester county, Va.
General Clement a. Evans, Atlanta, Ga.
Najyr-Ceneral Ellison Capers, Columbia,
Colonel II. l.. Bentley. Abilene, Tex.
Professor j. w Nicholson, Baton Rouge,
Ia.
In the eloquent and exhaustive report
submitted 10 the reunion At Houston. TEX,
the committee recommended that theiI
number he increased so as to embrace
one member from each Southern state or
Territory, or United Confederate veteran
Division.
Reciting the truism from Maceulay, in
their appeal 10 the survivors and TO the
rising generation. that - people which
takes no pride IN the noble achievements
Of remote ancestry will never achieve
anything worthy 20 be remembered by re-
mote descendants the committee, as con-
s.itutei, performed such splendid work
in the matters entrusted 10 them, in
their patriotic utterances. in their truthful
and fearless exposition of southern facts
and history, and completeness of the re-
cord, that the glory II the work perform
ed by the Historical Committee woulu
alone justify the organization Of the
United Confederate Veterans, should no.
thing else be accomplished by the order
The general commanding hereby APP
points the following additional members
TO this committee, who will report to the
Chairman. Lieutenant Gencral S. ID. Lee:
Major-Generai 5. q. French, Winter
Park, Fla;
Major w. +. Campbell. Little Rock. Ark.
Colonel n NJ. WISDOM Muskoeee, l. r.
Major Graham Dawes. Asheville, n. c.
Major +. 5. Ferguson Birming-
ham. Ala
General Basil Duke, Louisville. Ky.
Colonel Winfield Peters. Baltimore, Nd.
Captain w. @. Lowd, Washington. ID. G.
Colonel John O. easier, Oklahoma City
Okla.
Captain William Montgomery Romney
W. Va.
BY order If ]. = Gordon. General COM
manding. GEORGE MCORMAN.
Authenticated and Chief OF staff
(Ohicial)
WORK Or THE COMMITTEE.
Your committee. thus enlarged 10 repre-
sent every Southern State, have thought
II best 10 direct their deliberations TO the
j. TO a review of former reports. with
special reference 10 the recommendations
heretofore made.
2. To. ar examination Of the results
which have so far been accomplished by
the former recommendations.
g. To the consideration OF such addi-
tional matters as properly come within
the purview of the committee.
After careful review of The report
submitted at Birmingham. your commit
tee unanimously and cordially approve It's
statements aud its general scope and pur-
port. We find that II Is patriotic and
liberal In tone. correctly rejecting the
generous and honorable sentiments OF
the Confederate veterans, AT the same
time. IL firmly and strongly sets forth
the Injustice which has Been done the
South by partisan historians. who have
perverted many historical facts and Is
pable indifference of the South IN per-
uniting the facts of history to be per-
verted or ignored. 1t urges upon all vete-
rams, upon all the people of the Southern
States. and upon all just minded men,
North or South. to rise above partisan
spirit. and TO unite. In the effort 10 pro-
serve the truth OF history, and to hand
down 10 posterity true record OF the
civil war
The report goes deeper, and comments
on the neglect OF southern history from
the Colonial times TO the present. II
set forth in the recommendation of the
report, preceded by an explanatory dis
cussion. Your committee renew these
recommendations. and can find no stronger
way to urge them than 10y quoting the
language OF the previous reports, as fol-
lows:
A GENERAL HISTORY.
''rhe order of the association creating
this committee requires us TO formulate
p plan for securing q true and reliable
history OF the late civ;l war Ia at
tempting 10 formulate this plan, the COM
m,tse has been led 10 examine the whole
held OF history. We find. as mas been
heretofore set forth In this report. that
Justice 10 the South requires. that the
entire field OF history be explored. and
It's neglected facts faithfully gathered and
portrayed. We need a Renaissance OF
history throughout The South. We have
locked around for the best agency TO effect
this obje {,
what will be the most efficient agency?
IL must be a universal agency, a con-
sfnuing agency. an Influential agency 1t
must be an agency that can stimulate
Historical research; create historical taste.
produce. not only one work, but many
works; employ. not only one mind. but
many minds. make the work assume va
rtous shapes not only In the form OF