The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
United cONFEDERATE VETERANS.
a Stirring Letter from Col. Wise on
the sixth Annual Reunion.

In acknowledging the receipt Of the list
OF officers. roster and per capita OF La
fayette McLaWs camp. No. 5s5. United
Confederate Veterans. Col George W.
Norman, adjutant general and chief Of
stan, pays high compliment 10 DR.. T. E.
Besselieu, adjutant OF the Savannah
camp. Col. Norman says:
The report OF the splendid condition Of
your camp gives great satisfaction, and
the roster and papers you sent are the
neatest received"
The following circular has been received
Dy the camp from Col PeytOn Wise, chair
union Of the United Confederate Veterans
at Richmond. Va:
Richmond, Va. March .. lSsS.-To the
United Confederate Veterans Everywhere.
your sixth annual reunion will be held at
richmond. Va, on the goth June, lst and
"a days Of July next.
. Nldeiy scattered since the war by the
lies OF family and old-time fresideS, by
the demands OF business. by your natural
energies, and by the necessities Of life,
you are coming home-home TO the city
Mhlch Is yours by the supreme tests of
the rain of fire through which
you went, and OF the sea Of
olood through which you passed,
on the mission of her and the common de-
renee You have been no prodigal sons,
Tor you inherited only the remnants of a
rapaclous raVage that was rampant every
nothing left but the manhood from which
you were inseparable. But the fatted calf
shaIl be killed for you, and We shall be
merry together not because OF pity for
demands
You shall traverse again the streets
WHICH thrilled TO the tread of your legions
while they were passing to the ranks Of
the best army that the world ever knew.
You shall be confronted by the Virgin
ians who were the comrades Of your i'm
mortal glory and u-nO brothers
forever
You shall see again the women who
nursed you back to vigor from the feeble
ness or wounds and want, from the
Wretched woe of your losses, and who
pointed the dying gaze Of your fellows to
the heaven with stopped to enfold them
Your eyes shall behold for themselves
the city which proudly wrapped herself in
your patriotic flames from which she has
emerged thing Of beauty and joy for
You shall revisit the battlehelds which
nave been consecrated by your blood and
where, If you lost your country, you
found a fame that fills the world.
Heartily helped by our city and her citi-
zens, we are building for you place of
reunion, in which ten thousand of you
may make the welkin ring to the music of
Dixie and TO the chorus Of the rebel yell
On some appropriate day Of the reunion
you shall be part and parcel of the rear
ing or that monument which shall be to
JEFFERSON Davis, not merely because he
was your president and dwelt as such in
the capital of your confederacy, but be-
cause he was the unspeakabe type of
that ineffable manhood which made the
armies of the south
During your stay here there will be
many a bivouac, where, not in bravado or
disloyalty, but for sweet memory's sake
Will be sung over again the old songs, told
over again the old tales, fought over the
old fights, yelled again the old yell, and
raised again the old flag.
Come, then. Come TO our hearts and
homes and TO these bivouacs. Before We
pass to the great beyond we ought to have
one more bout and toast together. The
toast shall be to our own memories and to
our confederate comrades wherever they
may be; but 1t shall carry along with it a
brave blessing for our fellow-citizens
everywhere. a determined devotion to the
safety, honor, and welfare of the entire
country. Peyton Wise Chairman.