Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-02
headquarters Amy OF IennessV

columbus. Miss. May 30 lS'o'
.,.aor-cenerll George Norman, AuJu-
tant-G General and chief OF stan ohs'eu
confederate Veterans, New OiieahS, 10.
Comrade. Pursuant TO the lcqulIeino"'11
~ the constitution Of our 49,,
nave th4 honor 10 suonl, ,'.o , ,V
annual r1port with regard to the p'Se' ,,l &c
- ,ro 6uiies incumbent upon me as Heu-
tcn.nt-general commanding' .o,..,,,
49,, ,ir,,io Of my election by the cohNei-
- ~ tho United Confederate veterans
MA al Houston Tex. May go i.s,'
go che eubsequent PRONUNCIATION py me
gcnerol commanding Of the cohS'l'ur ,'
ol.,fed az said convention, tht unu.t
49, a February o. 1896. issued MS
$3.50, o,5c, No / assuming command
~ Inc Army OF Tennessee Department -
80 orTor he enumerated among other ii"-
-to,t matters 90 come before tnis an
..I convention the laying of the c'ihsi
s,ope Of the mausOlcum 70 be effc's1 W
a. to,,ir,, hands OF fair women ana p.aEs
wen TO tie memory Of our illusuio"Y 20.
cr,esfaip. the immortal Jefferson i1.,,,,
i0.ewisc The determination OF int rne.t-
~ - co,tt's Rattle Abbey. and eat"o.-
% ~ stfenfion 10 the magnitude az.
growing Importance Of our ieoei" Ia CON
-, ar.v M aiI comrades who coui' W."
.t,,,4fv do SO TO attend said rrnl.' -
~, eot1 dav issued General oraer W
a,nounclrr my staff % serve ', ~
-, torn OF ONCE or pleasure i"''
az follows. r c,kns OF Co
jumbus. Miss adjutant-seNe'" '
Of staff. - New orleans,
Colonel w H. Rogers ol
Il inspector general .,.,s,, Tom.
colonel Va. &. Myers, Oh Wv
puartermastcr-genera n,o,ua Ala
Colonel T. J.. Russell or NoD'e'
rommissnry-gc genera ~, Atlanta Ga
Colonel W. T. Calhoun OF A'ian'"' N'''
audge-adyocatc-gene - Nashville
Colonel W. !. McMurray' OF NaSn''''''
rre,n srrceon-general
Colonel Vs. l.. fehi0N' VI
Ia chaplain-general. IN.
Colonel Tully Brown OF
Tenn. aide-de-camp. . ,,...,,,s
CeIo,el ] Henry Martin OF Memphis
Tenn. aide-de-camp. ,
colonel Richard r. Jones, OF Brmihs-
Sam. Ala, aide-de-camp. ,,,.
Colonel Frank j. OBrien. OF Birmihs-
ham Ala. aide-decamp.
Colonel r. NJ Howard, o. Georgia, aide-
de-camp. 49,, q.
aide-de-camp. .,
Colonel L. S. Middlebrooks, OF Coving-
ton. Ca. aide-de-camp.
Colonel G. d. Sands. OF oxford, Miss,
alie-de-camp.
colonel Thomas Harrison, OF Columbus
nide-de-camp.
Colonel John r. stone. Of clinton, La
eide-de-camp
Colonel e. +. Eshleman, or New UT
leans. La. aide-de-camp.
Colonel A. j. Russell OF Jacksonville
Fla. aide-de-camp.
Colonel Jephtha V. Harris. Key West
In General orders No. 3. Under date of
March g. 1896. Colonel George NJ. Helm
Of Grcenvie Miss, was announced as
4 eido-de-camp.
on May 18th last General order No. s.
from the headquarters OF this department.
was issued. announcing the contemplated
4 "details OF and the railroad rates TO the
reunion. and repeating with urgency the
8fc0uost that all comrades attend the
fame on the same day Special order
ft1o. ?. giving special directions to the
stan. as TO their attendance on
ana duties at the convention, was issued
and promulgated
The following roster embraces the
names OF the division commanders and
their acknowledgement I'm the Army Of
tennessee Department. as organized,
February q, 1876. and existing ut this
date:
Alabama Major -Cenoral Fred s Fer
puson comma Birmingham Colonel
Henry p. Jones. adiutant-general and
phief Of STAFF. Montgomery, Ala.
Florida Major General J. J Dickinson
commanding. Oesla. Fla; Colonel Fred.
J.. Robertson, acknowledgement and chief
~ steh, Brooksvilc. Fla.
rgia-Major- General Clement A.
Evans commanding. Atlanta. Ga: Colonel
Andrew j. West, Acknowledgement and
chief Of staff Atlanta, Ga.
I.ouisiana-MaiO r-Gencral w. G. Vim
rent commanding New Orleans. La:
Colonel j. A. Chadron, adiutant- general
and chief Of staff. New Orleans La
Mlssissippi-M ajor-General w. d. Hol-
Ger commanding. Jackson Miss: Colonel
b y. Watts. Acknowledgement and chief
pf staff Meridian. Miss
Tennessee-Major-Ge General w. F. Jack
Jon commanding; Nashville. Tenn; Col
bnel John r. Hickman. adjutant-general
md chief of stan, Nashville. Tenn
Though l. am without a report from
)ut one OF the division commanders. /
rave reason 10 believe, at least hope. that
heir several duties as prescribed in
Article 3. section g. OF our constitution,
lave been faithfully discharged
All OF which is respectfully submitted
S. d. LEE.
Northumberland Commanding.
The Quartcrmastcr's Report.
The following report was presented by
CuaTtermaster Shipp
Headquarters
Quartermastcr-General ONCE
Chattanooga. Tenn, June q, 1896.
General George Norman. Adjutant-Gen-
esa and Chief OF Staff, United Confede-
rate Veterans:
IL my report 10 the last annual meeting !
~ Houston Tex, l recommended that the !
matter OF rates and transportation for !
our annual reunion be handled by the |
uuartarmaster generals OF each state d. |
Vision OF the respective departments. for |
The reason that distant points should be |
given longer limit and "A lower rate pro-
portiouately than nearby points. l would |
recommend the same plan be pursued in |
The future for coming meetings.
For matters OF detail / Md il more |
satisfactory for the local camps in most /
Instances 20 deal direct with the local /
passengoT agents representing transporta- |
ton lines \ would advise against de- |
partmenth or camps establishing any one !
line "a the official route. Such arrange |
gnents es a general rule. are not produc |
tive OF the best results. and. besides. ii Is
unfair to competing lines who join in
making the rate
The society badge OF button has long |
been matter Of much concern TO this de- |
partment. j began four years ago 10 have |
The old design protected by copyright but |
FOUND that society badges could not be /
copyrighted. l then took the matter up 1
with the patent-Ofice Department. and /
after considerable correspondence | filed |
an application for the protection of the /
Did design. This was attended with long
delay. ana was finally informed that the
design was not patcntablo | then sub
mitted the present design, and was in