Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-02
SONS OF VETERANS.

tials was amended in accordance there
with.
SONS OF VETERANS.
General Stephen d. Lee, amid tremen-
dous applause, offered the following reso-
luton touching the proposed organization
of the Sons of Veterans:
Resolved That the United Confederate
Veterans recognize with peculiar delight
that call has been issued by Il. f. Lee
Camp, No. l. Sons of Confederate Vete-
rams, for a general organization of sons OF
Confederate veterans, and that this con-
vention hereby pledges the support Of this
body TO the movement. and that the com
handing general Is authorized 10 appoint
committee. to be composed OF one from
each division OF the United Confederate
Veterans and one from the camps out
side the organized divisions, TO confer
with the Sons committee and convention
and report at this meeting some feasible
means 10 assist their organization.
General Lee. in presenting his resolution.
made a stirring speech advocating the
movement 10 organize the Sons,
ana TO instill in their breasts the
great truths in connection with The
past Of their ancestry. The paper
was unanimously adopted and the
great convention cheered wildly.
THANK CHICAGO CITIZENS.
General II. Kyd Douglas, Of Maryland,
gained the floor, and in a most admirable
and patriotic speech offered the following:
"The United Confederate Veterans. as
sembled In annual reunion at Richmond,
ever mindful Of their dead comrades.
wherever they may lie, and holding in
grateful memory all those who do them
honor, desire to express to the city Of
Chicago their most grateful acknowledge
ments Of the broad-minded liberality Of
its people IN the erection and conservation
Of the lofty monument over the 5000 Of
our dead who rest within its protection,
and the boundless hospitality with which
II received all Confederate soldiers who
attended that dedication. Our thanks are
given without stint TO every army vete-
ran, soldier and citizen Of that great city
who participated In that memorable scene.
May the monument there lifted up stand
through the ages as perpetual reminder
that It's dedication was the final triumphal
scene Of a great war, CONNIE norative alike
of the heroic dead II honors, and ~ re-
united peace and friendship between North
and South"
This proposition was received with en-
thusiastic applause and prolonged cheers.
WARM WORDS OF GENERAL LEE.
In seconding the resolution offered by
General Douglas, General Lee said: II
desire to second the motion. ! was at
Chicago at the unwilling Of that monu-
rnent, and ] never in my life saw greater
and more cheerful welcome than that ac-
corded to the representatives of the Con-
federate army who were present. Three
fourths Of the money necessary to erect
that monument was subscribed by the
citizens Of Chicago. and when the Con-
federate delegation was In Chicago they
passed two or three miles through l5oWO
spectators. and every honor was given
them. (Applause)
"There was not one word, one look. one
motion that did not AIRY with II love and
friendship TO your comrades who were
there: md, my comrades, / want to SOY
that only until that visit never believed
that the war was entirely over. and It's
nreiudices gone. (Appisuse) felt then
that every Confederate soldier could go
in and make a display Of his loyalty to
the honor Of our common country loud
applause)
HE SENT HIS DAUGHTER.
General w. H. Cabell, of Texas. arose
and said: Comrades,-I have the honor
OF seconding that resolution; although l
was not present i sent my representative,
nv daughter. loud applause) She was
there. CONTINUED applause) From what
she has said, and from what my friend,
General Lee, mas Sdlu, Iio I'D'lS tNNSi'tH
hospitality in a more lavish way than the
city of Chicago did to the representatives
of the southern people Renewed APP
plause) Representing 225 camps in the
state of Texas, and $40 I'm the Tenth
Mississippi Department, / have the honor
10 second the resolution i'm behalf of those
noble men whom had the honor to COM
mand. (Cheers) Every man In the Trans
Mississippi Department from Montana
down to the Commonwealth or Mexico
bids me second that resolution. / do it In
behalf of as brave set of men as tina
sun ever shone upon. loud applause)
| second that resolution Ia behalf of the
Trans Mississippi Department, who were
brave i'm war, and at the same time they
have no apologies TO make TO anybody
under any circumstances. Renewed APP
plause) / second that resolution IN behalf
OF the Sons and Daughters of the Con-
lederacv. / do Il In behalf Of the men
who were not afraid 10 acknowledge
what they were doing during the war.
(Cheers)
In conclusion General Cabell said: Il
would not lake a lump OF gold as big
as Texas, and a diamond in II as big
as Arkansas for the part l took in this
war" cloud applause)
THE FIRST OLIVE BRANCH.
General Red" Jackson. OF Tennessee,
next arose, and said, Mr. Chairman ana
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