The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-17
GEN. aonDAN,s ANNOUNCEMENTS
VI Inc Incorporation OF n Thousand
Confederate Camps.

Atlanta Ga, June 10th, 1897.
10 My Confederate Com1.a des:
u was my proud privilege to an
| tiiouhce o1llclally q few days since that q
;I camps have been Incorporated
lleo Inc United Confederate Veterans"
| glorious brotherhood organized for.
non-partisan and noble ends. Ali these
camps Will be represented, trust, In our
annual reunion at Nashville. This re-
markaole growth Of our organization
niust pc TO you q source Of sincere pride
| and pleasure. It will be welcome news
to brave and magnanimous mon in evarI,
| sectlon or our country, who comprehend
! us phllanthropic and patriotic aims. TO
NE IL IS q source Of profound eratifica
tlon that our brotherhood has reached
80 present vast proportions during the
Years IN Which you have so steadfa stIy
anu with such unparalleled unanimity
honored me With the position Of Com
mander-in-C Chief. This growth is the
more remarkable because it has oc
Gulteu IN an organization which has no
oatllsdll purpose to stimulate Its efforts,
and no cohesion Of sectional passion o1.
sellsh aims to bind It together. While
ELIMINATING from it's life all narrow pre-
ludlces That tend to dwarf Its manhood
ana whlle inspired by a sentiment most
helptul to the harmony of the sections
and the we'll being Of the republic this
representative body Of ex-Confederate
soldiers Is resolved to guard through the
potent agency Of impartial history. the
sel1-respect Of our people and to con-
Seite me manhood OF Southern youth
by transmitting. not the passion, but the
hallowed memories of q marvellno,sIy
heroic struggle
Such q success could never have been
attained except by the earnest co-opera,-
LION OF the able Commanders of Depart
ments and Divisions and Of thei1, %
workers in the camps. But these die.
tlngulahed officers and the noble men
com landed 10y them, will unite with mo
IN according to General Nfoorman. nv
cnlef OF staff, the largest share Of honor
III the achievement Of this great result
1t IS but simple justice to this superb
stalt o1iicer to say that In oil these years
or upbuilding, Of anxiety, and Of labor,
orten. amidst difficulties and discour.
agements OF the g1lvest character he
mas gwen his time. his thought, his
energies and olis talents, ungrudeingly
and without a dollar of compensation
70 the arduous task imposed upon him |
by the duties Of his office: and no amount
Or work for the welfare Of the orEani- |
Hatlon mas been too onerous or exacting
lor him to cheerfu1ly and efficiently per
form. 80
IN announcing this gratifying success
wish to make my most era teful ac-
knoWlments to my comrades Of every
rank, In every State. While It has been
one OF the chief pleasures, as we'll MS |
Inc station TO which your I,artiality has |
SO repeatedly called me, and while I |
shall ever cherish the n,mebrless evil |
dences OF your confidence, yet I mus, |
ask you TO prepare for the selection at |
NASHVILLE or some one else as your COM
mander. You are my witnesses that |
nave repeatedly in the past sought to |
surrender this high and responsible posi- |
lleh: ana nave yielded my purpose only |
at your earnest solicitations. 1t must be
apparent TO you now that whether the |
exigcncies supposed to exist in the past
were real or fancied, there certainly no
longer exists any sufficient reason for |
asking my continuance In that high !
once. fortunately for the well-beng Of
our association. there is no difficulty in |
selecting from the many illustrious ex-
i'oldiers OF the Southern army COM
mander. whose ability and devotion will !
ensure the continued growth and har-
mony Of the United Confederate Vete-
rams. r. r. GORDON
Commands in Chief United Confede- |
rate Veterans.