The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-12-23
SONS OF VETERANS.
Loyal Young Men and Their Great
Order.
YRRMONT's PROGRESS.

Vermont, under command of Col. VIM
| ". Lapoint, has made a remarkable gair
| during the quarter ending Sept. 30, as
shown by the report OF Adjutant Elmer +
Perry. The Division began the quarter
| with 30 Camps, with membership of 7l3
and at the end of the three months had
| 81 Camps and 81 members, a gain Of foul
| Camps and III members. The larger part
of this gain was made by reinstatement
although number of recruits were mus
| tered. To the end that every eligible
| young man may have an opportunity to
| Join the Order il he so desires, the Com
| mander has appointed q number of active
workers TO take census of each County.
| This work is progressing rapidly and the
result is awaited with much interest by
those who arc looking to tie up building
OF the Sons Of Veterans. In many lines is
| the energy OF Col. Lapont and his efficient
staff OF officers telling TO the advantage OF the
Green Mountain State" and there is
reason to believe that the first Of the year
VIII see his expectation OF 900 members
realized
COL. CowDIN's DIVISION.
Michigan, under command OF Col. II. f.
Cowdin makes a splendid showing for the
quarter ending Sept. 20. as shown in the
report itlSt iDINd1GtG 10 N.lIGndI Head
quarters. Starting with 50 Camps and ! 1913
members, the Division gained five Camps
and 1876 members by muster, five Camps
and 81 members by reinstatement, and one
member by transfer. Three Camps and 1902
members were lost by suspension, one
member died and six received honorah bic
discharges. At the end Of the three mon tbs
81 Camps, with ,3l2 members. were in
good standing. II Will he seen that while
the loss was considerable by suspension il
was more than offset by the reinstatcments
Most noticeable was the large gain by mus
ter, which shows that the Order is attract
ave To that class OF young men who believe
the military and social features NAV be
profilaEiy combined Michigan Camps are
uniformed and armed. Those advocating a
purely social Order will have some diff
Guilty in explaining this large gain where
the military feature predomnates, while
some other State where it is almost entirely
lost sight OF shows losses.
KENTUCKY BRETHREN.
A Camp is being organized at Paints.
vile, Ky, and Col. T. Il. Morrow has re-
ceived an application for charter signed by
80 eligible young men.
Col. Morrow, in latest General Orders
calls the attention OF members of the Ken
tucky Division tO the fact that Posts of
Confederate Sons of Veterans are being
organized in all parts of the State. He
says: :" 1t behooves us TO make every effort
in our power to increase the mem bership
and standing of Our organization. If we.
organized to commemorate the deeds of
the men who fought for the old flag and the
Union, and who won the victory for the
cause which the whole world recognized as
righteous and just. cannot form and main
tain an Order superior TO these sons of men
who fought for an unjust and unrighteous
cause, then we should be known as de-
generate sons OF veterans. Let every man
who honors the cause and the flag for
which his father fought, put his mind and
heart into the work | am sure we then
shall be as successful i'm this rivalry for
supremacy as were our fathers in 1861 '65."