Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-18
LAUGHTON GOES UP.
HE Is NOMINATED FOR COMMAND
Err OF LEE CAMP.
NAMES PROPOSED FOR OTHER OFFICES
The BnIloting to he Done the Fri
day Night After New Year-Four
Members OF the sons Committee
Resign.
Resign.

Lee Camp met last night, and the only
ings was an effort made by Mr.. Gervas
Storrs to have his resignation accepted
as a member OF the special Sons Com
mittee. This effort, which was unsuccess-
full, was followed Immediately by the
reading OF communications from Com
rade G.. II. Baughman, John Boiling, and
Miles T. Phillips, all OF whom re-
quested to be relieved from the same
committee. All Of the designations were
ordered to be laid upon the table.
OFFICERS ARE NOMINATED.
Officers were nominated for the en-
suing year, all of them being the incum-
bents, with tho exception of the COM
mander and lieutenants and the chair
man of the Committee on Sick. Major
N. V. Randolph, in an appropriate
speech, placed in nomination for COM
mander Comrade John II. Laughton, Jr.
Comrades Murphy and Brander heartily
seconded the nomination, which was
closed without any other name being pre-
sented. Comrade A. c. Peay was placed
in nomination for first lieutenant by
Major Brander, while Comrade Spence
presented the name OF Mr.. Il. a. Catlin
for second Heutenant-commande There
were four names placed in nomination
for third acknowledgements ID. G..
Richardson. Il. NJ. Parham, j. &. Dicker-
son, and w. b. Freeman.
Adiutant ]. Taylor Stratton was placed
in nomination by Colonel Murphy, while
the names of the following incumbents
were also presented, there being no OPP
position: Quartermaster ID. A. Brown,
Surgeon r. y. Slower, Chaplain j. p.
Smith. of-the-Day j. Henry
Kracke, Treasurer j. IT. Ferriter, Ser
geant-Mator d. Smith BEDFORD, Vidette
F.. b. Elliott. Color-Sergeant L. L. Lacy,
and CoIor-Guards e. J. Tucke and DR.. G..
Smith. The latter is not an incumbent.
the officer in whose place he was nomi-
mated being no longer a resident of the
city.
The following were placed in nomination
for the Executive Committee OF three:
ID. II. Pyle, w. A. MOuntcastle, John
Boiling and c. c. Scott, Comrades Gervas
Storrs and John Boiling were placed In
nomination for the position OF chairman
Of the Committee on Sick
MAJOR HoTCHKIsS SPEAKS.
Several matters of routine nature
were disposed of. A special committee,
appointed to recommend some one TOT
the scholarship offered by the Smithdeal
Business College, named Miss Sally X
Burrus for the honor.
Comrade Jed Hotchkiss, Of stanton,
was present and was invited TO address
the camp. He made n most interesting
talk. He warmly advocated adopting
some means of securing the muster roll
OF the Confaderates who served during
the late war. This could be done without
going to washington for Their, and WIN
out any expense to the StatS The Com
monwealth could not afford to make an
Observation-Disclosures this object. She had the
disabled Confederate soldiers to take care
Of Tho roll could be secured by means
OF the local camps throughout the state
Another suggestion he made was that al
the last census the question had been
asked Of every man as TO whether ne
served in the Confederate or Union army
and that that was one method or gettihe
at the roll. Probably some Of the "lnor'
tuary-statistic fellows" he said, coulo
work out the problem, by comparison
as to how many men were living at the
close of the war, and thus the NUMBER
of soldiers in the Confederate army at the
end Of the great struggle could be ar
rived at.
The camp adjourned to meet the Friday
after Christmas, when officers VIII pe
elected for the ensuing year.