The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1897-04-24
United Confederate Veterans.
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
DEAR SIR:-Gen. j. B. Gordon, Com.
manding United Confederate Veterans
respectfully requests the press, botl
daily and weekly, of the whole country
to aid the patriotic and benevolent ob.
jects of the United Confederate Veter-
place at Nashville, Tenn, on Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday, June 30, IS
and "a, 1907, by publication of this let.
ter, with editorial notice.
lt Will be the largest and most import
ant U. G. Y. Reunion ever held. The
personnel of the Nashville Reunion
| committee under the leadership of ite
chairman. Col j. B. O'Bryan, is a guar
antee that everything will be done for
the comfort and convenience of the old
veterans and all visitors, which is in the
power OF man; it is splendid body of
able and distinguished comrades who
are fully alive to the magnitude of the
work entrusted to them in entertaining
and caring for their old comrades, and
it will be their pride to make it the
most memorable reunion upon record;
and the citizens of Nashville are aglow
with enthusiasm and patriotism at the
prospect OF dispensing their far-famed
hospitality to the surviving heroes of q
Lost Cause.
Also, to urge x-Confederate soldiers
and sailors everywhere to form local as
sociation and send applications to these
headquarters for papers to organize
camps Immediately, so as to be in time
t0 participate in the great reunion at
Nashville, and thus unite with their
comrades in carrying out the laudable
and philanthropic objects of the organ
lzatIOD; rs only veterans who belong to
Organized U. Z. V. camps can partici-
pate III the business meeting at Nash
vile.
Business of the greatest importance to
the survivors of the Southern army will
demand careful consideration during
the session of the seventh annual con.
vention at NashvilIe,-such as the beat
methods OF securing impartial historS,
and to enlist each state in the compila-
tIOn and preservation of the history of
her citizen soldiery; the benevolent care
through state aid, or otherwise, of dis
abled, destitute or aged veterans and
the widows and orphans of our fallen
brothers in arms; TO consult as to the
feasibility OF the formation of U. G.
V: Benevolent Aid Association; the care
of the graves of our known and un-
known dead buried at Gettysburg, Fort
Warren. Camps Morton, Chase, Doug
las. Oakwood cemetery at Chicago,
johnson 9 Island. Cairo, and at all other
points, to SEQ that they are annually
protected. and complete lists of the
names of our dead heroes, with the To-
cation of their last resting places, furn-
islled to their relatives and friends
through the medium of our camps, thus
rescuing their names from oblivion and
handing them down in history; the con-
sideration OF the different movements,
plans and means to erect a monument
to the memory of jefferson Davis, pres
ident Of the Confederate States of
America. also to aid iu building monu-
ments to other great leaders, soldiers |
and sailors OF the south; also, to assist |
in the promotion and completion of the |
proposed Battle Abbey; to vote on
the proposed change of the name of the |
from U. C. V. to G.. S. A.;
and to change the present badge or
button which is not patentable for the
new one, proposed which is; and to
make such changes in the constitution
and other matters of general interest.
Total number of camps now admit
ted 300, with applications in for about
l50 more. Following is the number of
camps by states:
Northeast Texas Division, ~ West
Texas Division. 55; SogtAscest Texas
Division, 81; Northwest Benas Division,
IL: total Texas, 217; Al13ama SO; 81 nth
81; Missouri II: Mississippi a3;
Arkansas SO; Georgia 80; Louisiana 81;
Kentucky 80; TENNESSEE , "a; Virginia "a;
Florida 80; North Car5lina 90; Indian
Territory 10; West Virginia II; Okla
loma 6; Maryland 6; New Mexico 8; IL
inois 2; Montana 2; Indiana /; District
If Columbia 4; California /.
Very respectfully,
GEORGE MOORMAN,
Adj Con md Ghiaf of SfaGf