Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-03
THE SONS AROUSED.
THEY SMART UNDER THE CRITI-
crsM OF VETERAN GATES.
THEIR ATTENTIONS TO TIE SPONSORS
The Young Men Claim That They
Were Not Lacking in Ganantry or
Responsible for Defects in the Pro-
gramme.
gramnac.

The innocent little criticism expressed
by Comrade s. r. Gates. OF Pickett
Camp, on Monday night. at the expense
Of Lee Camp. Sons OF Veterans. has
greatly aroused the Sons. Mr.. Gates
as a representative of the Entertain
ment Committee, charged with the ar
rangements for entertaining VISITING
delegates and sponsors TO the Grand
Camp. said he had been mortified be-
yond his power OF expression at the way
in which the Sons OF Veterans had neg
lected their duties and obligations IN the
matter Of entertaining the sponsors
They had undertaken to do giant
share. he declared, but had failed ig-
ANONYMOUSLY. At Glen Allen only four OF
them put in an appearance. ana 'ne
eray-bearded veterans had to pull them
selves together and dance with the
SPONSORS and their maids of honor The
same state of affairs, he said, existed at
the ball given at the Masonic Temple
which cost the committee $3.50. Only
about twenty Sons of Veterans were
present, and the ladies left supperless
for their homes, after dancing with each
other and with old soldiers for three
hours. At the banquet, said Mr.. Gates
only six of the Sons were in attendance,
and then he yentured the opinion that
the Sons were being unduly exploited,
considering their exceeding apathy.
THE SONS ARE AROUSED.
rhaso statements were met with q
storm of Indignation yesterday, and
some interesting developments may be
looked for. Lee Camp, 1t Is understood
will take up cudgels on behalf OF the
juniors. and resolution in defence or
the Sons has already been prepared for
introduction at the meeting OF that pody
on Friday night. But the Sons of Nete-
rams are not at all backward In their
own defence. One Of the leading mem-
bers of the Juniors has presented the
reverse side of the picture de says
that the Sons of Veterans were not IN
vited to take part in the entertaining OF
the sponsors. and II was not until the
eleventh hour that they were asked TO
appoint a committee to cooperate with
the veterans in making arrangements.
In regard to the Glen Allen trip, he says
that q member of the committee gave
one of the Sons fifty invitations to be
distributed among members OF the or
ganization but the tickets were not
given to an official, and the gentleman
to whom they were entrusted forgot 10
distribute them. Consequently, no one
went and IL was only when the speclai
train had started for Glen Allen that
Captain Cussons discovered that he had
no partners for his fair visitors to dance
with. and he then telegraphed TO Ken
mond for some young men 10 come OUT
and thirty-five responded TO that INVITA-
ton. No arrangements were maze LOT
the sponsors to be met upon their re-
turn TO the city, and unless the Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy had taken the
matter I'D and provided carriages, the
SPONSORS would have been compelled to
walk to their homes at midnight upon
their arrival.
CHANGED THE SONS PLANS.
Again, he says. the ball which the
Sons had proposed to give 10 the spoh-
| sors at Lakeside was changed by the
Veterans Committee. and all the ar
rangements were taken out OF their
hands. Moreover, they were not invited
| to the Masonic Temple, and the whole
| thing was a disappointment. The sons
were invited to send a delegation TO the
| banouet. and complied with the request
They were entirely subordinated, ne
claims. in all arrangements
There is another fact that seems 10
have been lost sight of, and that Is that
at no session Of the Grand Camp, Sons or
| Confederate Veterans. were there more
| than sixteen members present. 1T was
a decided disappointment, and the six
| teen delegates were lost among the
sponsors and the maids OF honor. The
Entertainment Committee did not take
this fact into consideration, and they
all not invite members Of the local camp
| To narticipate in any of the festivities.