Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-23
CARE FOR CONFEDERATE WOMEN.
Lee Camp Will Make an Effort to
Provide N Home and Cemetery.


Provide n Home and Cemetery.
The fact that Mr.. ID. Smith Redford was
to disclose his plan for providing for the
needy widows and daughters of Confede-
rate veterans to Lee Camp last night had
the effect of attracting an unusually
large muster OF the members OF that or
ganization.
Commander John NJ Warren called the
camp to order at $50 o'clock. and an
nounced the following aides-de-camp, ap-
pointed by Grand-Commander John Gus
sons: Captain Thomas Elicit. of Rich
mond. adjutant general; Colonel Il. l..
Farinholt, of Baltimore. and Captain L.
i. Christian, of Providence Forge.
Comrade Redford was then called upon
to PROFOUND his plan for the amelioration
of the condition of needy widows and or
phaus of the Confederacy. He made
very earnest and touching appeal, dwell
ing at some length on the achievements
of the women during the war. They had
been the best soldiers. he said. and their
work in the hospitals and among the
sick and wounded had been heroic. Many
a soldier had his life saved by their ten
der Offices. and General Lee had his army
recruited again and again from the hos
from death and sent strong and well to
the front again. Now, said Comrade Red
ford. many of those women have nothing
to look forward to but grave in Potter $
field, and If they are taken i'll bed in
the almshouse.
WHAT THE COST WOULD BE.
He urged the purchase of a burying-
ground. and an assessment of dollar or
to a decent
for the women of the South who had no
one to bury them. He said that IL the
camp would undertake this it would GER
tainly not cost more than $780, possibly not
more than $3.50, a year. They were pro-
viding. in n most liberal manner. for old
soldiers in the Soldiers Home. Were the
women. who bore an equal part. TO be al
lowed to starve while alive and be shovel
led under ground unceremoniously at the
end? He spoke Of the noble efforts OF the
Ladies' Auxiliary Corps in their behalf
that they were doing a great work at
great personal sacrifice, and urged the
camp to come forward and assist them.
A lot at the Soldiers Home might be
converted into cemetery. he said, and
a burial association formed TO conduct it,.
He had ascertained that the cost of a
burial would be but $3.50. He moved that
committee of ten should be appointed
TO confer with the Ladies' Auxiliary
Corps Of Lee Camp, II. f.. Lee Camp, Sons
of Veterans, and the Daughters of the
Confederacy to devise ways and means
to care for the widows and orphans OF
Confederate soldiers.
TO FOUND A HOME.
Mr. Redford's speech was well received,
and suggestions were made that home
should be founded and that needy women
should be properly cared for. 1t was
stated, however that the original motion
comprehended this, and 1t was put and
carried unanimously.
Commander Warren appointed the fol-
lowing as the committee: George l.. Chris
tion n. V. Randolph, John B. Cary. Jo-
seph b. McKenney Il. A. Catlin, ID. Smith
Redford. Virginius Newton, Rev. James
| Power Smith, Greer III. Baughman, and
Frank w. Cunningham.
On motion of Comrade Thomas A.
Brander II was resolved that letter OF
thanks from Lee Camp should be sent to
Rev. DR.. James Y Fair for the able and
| eloquent sermon delivered before the camp
on Sunday. January II. 1897 the anniver-
sary Of the birth Of General Robert r.
| Lee.
Commander John Il. Laughton urged
! that the pictures of noted generals Of the
| war should be donated to the camp by
| individual admirers and be hung upon
| the walls.