Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-30
AFTER TRUE HISTORY
4 Business Meeting Of The Committee
Of the Veteran Association.
SEVERAL WORKS ENDORSED.
The Report VIII he Submitted to
the Veterans ut the Convention
To-Day-what It's Recommends
lions VIII he.

| confederate veterans met ny oNJ0u' "A
| from Saturday night at the JEFFERSON
Hotel yesterday morning at 10 O'CLOCK
| when much business was transacted Inc
session was a long and interesting one
| There were present General Stephen ID.
Lee (chairman), General S. ID. French OF
| Florida; Bishop Ellison Capers, OF south
| Carolina; Captain w. r. Garrett, pro-
fessor of History. Peabody Normal Col
lege; Major w. Il. Campbell Arkansas;
Colonel John o. Cassola, Oklahoma; Sen
ator Clement 4. Evans, Georgia; Hon.
James n. Stubs, chairman History Com
mitee. Grand Camp Of Virginia; Colonei
John Cussons, Mr.. r. A. Brock, DR.. J. L.
NJ Curry. and other gentlemen.
Mr.. Brock, who acted as secretary OF
the former meeting, was again requested
to act in the same capacity.
General Lee read the preliminary re-
port of the committee, which will be pre-
scented to the association to-day. a por-
ton of Il, in which was enjoined the cree
ton OF a monument to the noble, devoted
women OF the South. elected remarks
pressing the measure by DR.. Curry, Bish-
| op Capers, and General Evans. 1t re-
cited that OF the heroes Of the war, the
women who remained at home and car
ried on the struggle there were the great
est and most deserving.
WANT A NATIONAL PARK
Resolutions from the Battlefield Park
| Commission Of Fredericksburg for the
establishment Of a national park in the
vicinity Of Fredericksburg. that city OF
grand historical environments, was sub
mitted to the committee. on motion OF
Bishop Cauers, the resolutions were re
! ferred to the Grand Camp of United Con-
federate Veterans for their consideration
with the suggestion that a committee be
! appointed TO urge them.
DR.. Curry recommended that the Hon.
]. Randolph Tucker be asked to prepare
a paper giving a history OF the prepara-
ton of the Constitution of the United
| States, and gave as an incident or the
lack of knowledge on this subject that at
/ the centennial of the inauguration OF
Washington the Hon. Chauncey Depew
| gave the sole credit of the authorship OF
this immortal compact to Alexander Ham
| ilton, while It was a notorious fact that
he had nothing to do with it.
| A resolution recommending the use in
! our schools of Mrs. Williamson's Life OF
General Robert f.. Lee" was adopted.
| WHAT THE REPORT SETS FORTH.
The preliminary report of the commit
tee, which will be presented to-day, covers
the work from the beginning, giving an
account of the committees origin, with
various recommended towards the con-
| summation of its objects. These are the
| encouragement of the gathering of his
| torical material, the establishment OF
chairs of history I'm colleges. the insttu-
ton of historical and memorial societies,
the cooperation of such societies as exist,
| the appointment of committees by the va
rious divisions of Confederate veterans,
and the use of every effort to secure the
| cooperation of camps and individuals in
the collection, preservation, and publica-
ton Of the materials Of State and south
ern history, and of the rostefs of the SOL
| diers in our late grand struggle. 1t was
| also recommended that each division have
| camp historian, and that publishing
| companies be formed.
Historical works which are now I'm use
were divided in various classes-those by
northern writers which are prejudiced,
those which were partial, and those SEEM
| ingly impartial.
] The necessity of the preparation or
works by southern writers was urged
and their use in families and schools en-
Joined. This report, with notifications
| and engagements. is similar to the two
former reports submitted by the commit
tee.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED.
Among the books recommended for use
in our schools are: Histories OF the
| United States, by Hansel, Chambers,
! Shnn, Stephens, Holmes Howison. Field,
| Mcdonald, Blackburn, Terry, DIR. j. Will
| liams Jones, and Mrs. Susan Pendleton
Lee; "Our Country" by o. II. Cooper;
4 .arrra-- o.
and Dr. Curry's book on the Constitution
A long list OF works. more than sixty In
number, were recommended for use in
schools and families. The list was head
ed by the Southern Historical Society pa
pers, comprising twenty-three volumes,
fourteen OF which were prepared by DIR. j.
| William Jones' and nine by the present
secretary Of the society. Mr.. r. A. Brock
| The works OF General d. H. Maury. Pri-
vate Carleton Mccarthy, DR.. John l..
Johnston. Mrs. Mcclure. and Mrs. Susan
Dabney Smede were also recommended.
THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER.
The report closed with a glowing tribute
| to the Confederate soldier and his value
| as a citizen.
Remarks commendatory OF the value
and impartiality of the records OF the war
| published by the United States Govern
| ment were made by Bishop Capers and
| Generals Lee and Evans 1t was remark
| ed by Captain w. r. Garrett that re-
cent Official publication of the United
States Government gave the survivors or
the war Of the Federal army as 100000,
| of the Confederate States army as Az, 600.
| and of the colored troops 1900. The accu-
| racy OF the estimate as to the survivors
| of the Confederate army was seriously
| questioned. as It's total number in the
| field was only 10000. The whole 1900 OF
colored troops should be properly ac-
credited to the Federal army, inasmuch
as not a single negro was ever enlisted in
the Confederate army.