Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-01

Al IL OCSSS VI L OTIlldGIOu-A OLeAIC
Camp to be Formed-The Ma
tional Encampment to be Held at
Nashville, in June.
Yesterday the certificate of incorpor-
alton of Shriver Gray Camp, United
Confederate Veterans. was received in
this city and the process of forming
the local organization will now be com
pleted, with a prospect of a large mem
bership of eX-Confederate veterans.
There are now thirteen Camps of the
veterans in this State, located at Char
les Town, Romney, Franklin, Lewis
burg, Wheeling, Parkersburg, Point
Pleasant, Huntington, Charleston, etc,
and during the coming week a meeting
Will be held at Charleston, at which il
is proposed to form a State Camp.
Three additional Camps are in process
Of organization, which will give fairly
strong organization in West Virginia
Col. Robert White vii 90 down TO Char
lesion during the coming week. he be-
ing a prime mover in the work Of or
ganization.
The NEtiOnal Encampment Of the
Confederate Veterans will be held at
Nashville on the 22d. % and oath Of
June, during the Tennessee Centennial
Exposition, and the occasion Will draw
a large representation of eX-Confeder-
ates from all portions of the country,
but particularly from the border and
Southern States. Il is desirable that
West Virginia shall be fully represent
ed at this Encampment, and hence the
Importance of perfecting the State or
sanization during the month of May
The aims and objects of the organiza-
ton and the Importance Of the National
Encampment are we'll stated in the
following circular letter from George
Norman, Adjutant General and Chief
of Staff:
1T viii be the largest and most i'm
portant L. c. Y. reunion ever held. The
personnel of the Nashville Reunion Com
mittee. under the leadership Of its chair
man. Col J. 3. O'Bryan. is q guarantee
that everything will be done for the COM
fort and convenience Of the old veterans
and all visitors which is in the power Of
man: il is a splendid body of very able
and distinguished comrades. who are fully
alive 10 the magnitude of the work en-
trusted TO them in entertaining and caring
for their old comrades and it viii be their
pride TO make IL the most memorable re-
union upon record; and the citizens o.
Nashville are aglow with enthusiasm, and
patriotism. at the prospect Of dispensing
their far famed hospitality to the surviving
heroes of the Lost Cause.
Also 10 urge. eX-Confederate soldiers
and sailors everywhere to form local asso-
Citations. and send applications TO these
headquarters for papers 20 organize camps
Immediately. so as 10 be i'm time 20 partici-
pate i'm the great reunion at Nashville.
and thus unite with their comrades i'm car
rying out the laudable and philanthropic
objects Of the organization: as only vet
Grams who belong TO organized L. c. Y.
camps can participate in the business
meeting al Nashville.
Business of the greatest importance to
the survivors Of the Southern army will
demand careful consideration during the
session of the seventh annual convention
al Nashville. Tenn.-such as the best
methods OF securing impartial history, and
10 enlist each State u the compilation and
preservation of the history of her citizen
soldiCry: the benevolent care. through
State aid or otherwise of disabled. desti-
tute or aged veterans. and the widows and
orphans of our fallen brothers in arms:
TO consult as to the feasibility Of the for
nation of a L. C. V benevolent aid asso-
citation: the care Of The graves Of our
known and unknown dead az Gettysburg,
Fort Warren, Camps Morton. Chase.
Douglas. Oakwood Cemetery at Chicago.
Johnsor's Island. cairo. and all other
points. to see that they are annually
decorated. the headstones preserved and
protected and complete lists of the names
Of our dead heroes with the location of
their last resting places furnished to their
friends and relatives through the medium
of our camps. thus rescuing their names
from oblivion and handing them down in
history: the consideration of the different
movements. plans and means to erect a
monument 10 the memory Of Jefferson
Davis. President Of the Confederate States
of America. also TO aid In building mOnu-
ments TO other great leaders. soldiers and
sailors Of the South: also 10 assist in the
promotion and completion Of the proposed
Battle Abbey" 10 vote upon the proposed
change of jhe name of the association
from L. G. V. TO c.. s A; and to change
the present badge or button. which is not
patentablc. for new one proposed which
is and to make such changes in the con-