Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-14

The Confederate Veterans held a
meeting in the city of Charleston, Feb
ruary 1. 1897, which was called 10 oraeT
and presided over by Col. 5. >. Green
president of The West Virginia Con
federate Soldiers Home Association
President Green stated that the object
of the meeting was twofold; one being
10 consider the objects stated in the
circular letter of Colonel Robert White
of Wheeling, a member OF the exc
cutive committee of the Confederate
Memorial Association; the other to
consider business pertaining TO Sol
diers Home in this State.
General White then, with great earn
estness. gave a clear and comprehensive
statement of the aims and purposes OF
The Confederate Memorial Associa-
ton. and of the Association of United
Confederate Veterans" and pressed the
importance of the Confederate Soldiers
of West Virginia organizing into camps
and forming a division of United
Confederate Veterans" also, that the
members Of the various Confederate
Camps now organized, and that may be
organized. should feel and manifest a
deep interest in the erection OF a
suitable Memorial building within
which 10 preserve the archives and
records of Southern valor and endur-
ance. together with the literature OF
the four years of unequalled hardships
in the field and at home.
Mr.. S. L. Flournoy then offered the
following, which was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved. |. That we earnestly
recommend TO the Confederate soldiers
of this State the formation of Confed-
crate Camps throughout the State.
,. That we heartily endorse the or
ganization and objects Of the Associa-
ton OF the United Confederate Vet
Grams" and we urge all the Camps Of
this State ard all Confederate soldiers
10 become members of said Association.
President Green then called the West
Virginia Confederate Soldiers Home
Association to order and made detail
ed statement of what had been done
towards furthering the scheme for a
Soldiers Home in this State, and what
the outlook was as TO its probable sue
cessful accomplishment.
He announced the business before the
Association to be: The election of Off
GERS; the advisability of making further
efforts to provide a home for needy and
disabled veterans. or for taking some
steps 10 provide for them. Expressions
of views being given, Gen. c. c. Watts
offered the following which was adopt
ed:
Resolved. That the organization of
the Association as il now is be con-
tinued for the present: that a general
convention of Confederate Veterans be
called to meet in the city of Charleston
on Tuesday, May 4th next: that the
president request all organized Camps
TO send delegates, and as many as pos
sible. to said convention; that the
Daughters Of the Confederacy and the
Sons of Veterans be also requested to
send delegates TO the same and that al
Confederate soldiers who are not mem
bers of any Camp are hereby requested
to attend and participate in the deliber-
atiOns of said convention; that the or
carnations named be also requested tc
ascertain, as far as they can. and re-
port to said convention, how many
Confederate soldiers are in each county
that need caring for and should be
helped.
General White offered the following
which was agreed TO and made a part
of the above resolution:
THAT the president call the executive
committee together, with directions tc
take such steps as TO them may seem