Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-05-14
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS.

NEW OhLbANot LA.s ApAs lDbui
To Editor Herald:-
Dear Slr-Gen. j. B. Gordon. Com
mandlug United Confederate Veterans,
respectfully requests the press, both daily
aud weekly, OF the whole country to aid
the patriotic aud benevolent objects Of
! the United Confederate Veterans by pub
! ll-blng date Reunion 10 take place at
Nashville, Tenn, on Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday, June 22nd, 23rd aud
9th, 1897, by publication of this letter,
with ed torial notice.
1t VIII be he largest and most impOr-
taut U G. V. Reunion ever held. The
personnel of the Nashville REUNION Com.
Wlttee under the leadership OF It's chair
man Col j. B. O'Bryan, is a guaranl e.
hat everything will be done for the
comfort and convenience OF the old Veter-
ans and all visitors which is IN the power
of man; 1t is a splendid body of very able
and distinguished Comrades, who are
'ullJ alive to the magnitude Of the work
entrusted to them Ia entertaining and
ealing for their old Comrades, and it will
be their pride to make it the most
memorable Rem lou upon record; and the
citizens OF Nashville are low with an
thusasm, an1 patriotism, at the pros
pect of dispensin! their far famed hos
pItalitY to surviving heroes OF the Lost
Cause.
Also to urge Elk Confederate s,ldiers
aud sailors every where to form local as
sociations. aud send app cations to these
Hescs quarters for papers To organ Re
Camps Immediately, So as to be in time
to participate ia the great Reunion at
NJ ard nuffa thf.ff
comrades IN carrying out the lauda5lo
and philanthroplc objects OF the oIganizi-
ton: a. only Veterans no belong TO
organized U c V. Camps can partici-
pate in the business meeting at Nashville.
Business of the greatest Importance to
the Survivors of the southern Army will
demand careful consideration during the
Session OF the Seventh Annual Conven
ton at Nashville, Tenn. as the
best methods OF securing impartial his
tory, and to enlist each State in the COM
platlOn and preservation Of the history
of her Citizen sOldlery; the benevolent
care through State aid oc Otherwise of
Of abled, destitute or aged Veterans and
the widows and orphans of our fallen
brothers IN arms; TO consult as TO the
feasibility of the formation OF L. Z. V
Benevolent Aid Association; the care of
the graves of or known and unknown
dead buried at Getty sburg, Fort Warren,
Camps Morton, Chase, Douglas. Oak
wood Cemetery at Chicago, JOhnstJn's
Island, Cairo and at all other points, 10
see that they are annually decorated, the
headstOnes preserved and protected, aud
complete lists of the ,nes of our dead
heroes with the location of their last
resting places furnished TO their frieni-
and relatives through the medium OF onr
camps thus resculng their names from
ubliyiuu and handing them down IN hts.
tory; the consideration OF the different
movements, plans and means to erect a
monument To The memory Of Jtft rsOn
Davis, President of the Confederate
States of America, also to aid in building
monum-nts to other great leaders, sol
dIers and sailors of the South; also to
assist IN the promotion and completion OF
the proposed battle Abby; to vote
upon the proposed change of the name OF
the Association from L. c. V. TO c. 5. A.;
and TO change the present badge or but
ton which is not pa'enta1le for the ne"
one proposed which is; and 10 make snch
as experience may suggest, and other
matters of general int eat.
Total number of Camps nov admitted
9O0 with applications in for about one
hundred aud fifty more. Following Is
nun er of Camps by States;
Northeast Texas DIVISION 81; West
Texas Division 81; Southwest Texas Di'
vision 80; Southeast Texas Division 81;
Northwest Texas Division Il; total 2i7;
Alabama %; Sonth Carolina Il; Missouri
II; Mississippi 6f Arkansas %; Georgia
D.; Louisiana 81: Kentucky 80; tennessee
"a; Virginia 81 Florida so; NORTH Caro-
liua 90; Indian Territory u; West Vir-
ginia II, Oklahoma 8. Mary g. Ne"
dexico 3. Illinois ,. Montana, Indiana
|, District OF Columbia 1, California |.
Very respectfully,
GEO. MOORMAN,
Adjlta General and Chief of Staff.
County papers please copy.
Geo. w. MieY. adie. Camp $50