Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-02
500

Commissions ........ .......s...... o,lnV
Pamphlet proceedings OF the three
| reunions....,... ......... ......s.... fSp
Charters to date...... ..............s %
Sundry circulars and documents. 300
\ Receipts for commissions. charters.
orders addresses, etc.,. go. 1910
Letters and circulars received...... &i0o
Letters written and sent out...... Se1
-
! Making a total.... ............ ..Spl0
Letters. orders. circulars. packages. etc.
sent out and received since / have been
| adiutant-general, so, 30
IL has row become vast bureau, With
an enormous accumulation OF books and
papers, and 20 carry or the business with
| correctness and facility requires a room
with an area OF fully 10 by 100 feet
The adjutant-generars department Il
now fully supplied with a complete outfit
OF all necessary books blanks stationery
etc. There is a complete registry kept
OF all commissions, charters. and every
| thing sent out OF the office. and receipt
required for the same. which IL kept on
| file. The books OF the oflco show re-
cord OF everything done. Every Southern
| State is now represented IN the list Of
| camps. In the organization OF so many
/ new camps / have. OF course. encountered
many difficulties. but. am happy 10 say
there has been no friction with the adiu-
tant-generars Office IN any quarter but
the Utmost harmony has prevailed.
DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTH.
I deem 1t my duty to point out such
measures as my correspondence and in
formation, received In the atiutant-gene-
rails Office, suggest as important for you
% know.
one Is the urgent necessity Tor a
department Of the North, 20 be differed
bv an active and influential major-gene-
raj IL seems 20 me that the purpose 50
frequently stated IN general orders from
these headquarters, the care OF tag
graves Of our known and unknown dead
buried at Gettysburg. Fort Warren,
camns Morton. Chase, Douglas. lakewood
Cemetery. at Chicago; Johnson's Island.
Cairo. and at all other points. TO see
that they are annually decorated, and
headstones preserved and protected. and
complete lists Of our dead heroes WIN
! the location of their last resung-place
furnished to their friends and relatives
through the medium OF our camps mus
rescuing their names from oolNloh, anu
handing them down I'm history shouh
be sacredly carried out.
The great good accomplished By Major
General John c. Underwood In furnishing
70 these Headquarters the names and To-
cation OF the graves Of our comrades
buried az the places named above, am
through his wonderful ability, high otaoi
of patriotism. and great pecunioiy loss 70
him as well as an expenditure or uulo
| and labor of such magnitude that IL Gnu
scarcely be arrived at. in building inc
beautiful monument at lakewood Gems
tory at Chicago. t. the Confederate
dead q" is an oloquent reason why this ie-
partment should be revived and the
| phianthrqpic purpose OF the United CON
! federate Veterans 81 worthily and gfanu-
| ly carr edsout during General undetNoo
! administration. be continued. lhe''
| thoughts are mainly inspired through the
/ generous action Of an eX-northern SOL
/ der "a farmer. I believe, who, IN le'.e'
TO these headquarters from Columbus W.
! calls attention TO the dllapidated ana neg
| lc.ted condition Of the enclosure around
some Confederate graves near Columbus
! O.. and in a spirit OF fraternity and COM
radeship. which shows that magnani-
nous ana brave heart beats In his breast,
offers TO NOW the grass. repair the Fences
and dress the graves 81 his former Ioes
into shapely mounds. at his own expense
II only authorized 10 do so.
THE CHICAGO MONUMENT
II IS our sacred duty, and the dictates
of honor require that we. the living shai.
keen green the memory and The graves OF
| those OF our heroes whose arms are
nerveless. and whose families many OF
| them. are helpless, who az .ieeplng 20
far away from homes and kindred and
| respectfully recommend that "A department
OF the North be created al once. suita-
bic commander be- selected. and tho srana
work. so ably and periodically started py
General Underwood, be actively contnu-
ed.
No formal report has been made TO TINS
body OF the completion OF the grand con-
federate monument I'm lakewood Cemetery
! at Chicago, Ill. which 'sen-lne the
| bivouac OF the dead-our dead who VIII
sleep forever upon the shores Of the great
lake, within the hospita0le gates OF the
great city Of the Northwest. Nor has any
greeting been sent by this body 70 that
| magnaninOus city which shelters our
| dead" upon her bosom, and which, with
| so much grace and hospitality. wo!comed
the Confederate survivors 10 witness the
conservation Of this historical memoriali
! nor has any action been taken 10 express
/ the apprecation or the veterans tor the
! great ability. unselflsh labor, and pa
triotism, worthy OF emulation, shown oy
Maior-General Underwood IN his noble
work
THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS.
would recommend legislation at this
session which will provide az once for
the formation Of sons and daughters OF
veterans into separate national orsani-
cations prescribing plans and forms Ler
! immediate organization. and the arpoint-
ment By the general commanding At this
body OF the first president or command
er. of each association. they 20 be- made
| auxiliary, and to report 20 the United
Confederate Veterans. and the members
/ of each organization 10 pay per-capltl-
tax OF cents per annum into the United
Confederate Veterans treasury. This -
urgent from the nournful fact tina. oup
ranks are thinning daily, and our loN
representatives should stcp In now ard
arrange 10 take charge OF southern his-
tory. our relies, mementoes, ard monu-
ments. and stimulate the erection or
other monuments 70 our heroes ere
TAPS" are sounded for the last OF their
fathers.
would suggest that n clause be en-
acted, giving members holding proxies
| the right ~ vote. when held ~ a mein-
Der OF any camp In the division. lnis'
think necessary on account OF the long
distance which frequently separates inc
veterans from The reunion and their Oh
age. infrmities, ana often straitenea
circumstances. entities them 10 this char
acter of representation from their moro
fortunate comrades
would suggest that the clause making
the charge OF 81 for commissions manda-
tory. be changed. 50 that commissions
must be sent to all officers OF camps, anu
stan leaving It to their option 70 remit
II they feel able to do 80.
As section 1. article Y. Of the constitn-
ton Is ambiguous. 4 would suggest that
| the clause, "and one additional one for