The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-21
DICK BOWLING CAMP U,C.V.
Regular Meeting Of the Organization
Held Yesterday.
A PROPOSED AMENDMENT APPROVED
two New Member EIccted--Rcports
and Communications Re-
ccivcd.

! Dick Bowling camp. U. C. ", held Q
regular meeting at its quarters in the
market house yesterday afternoon, with q
number OF members present
The meeting was called to order by Com
rade A. Schilling in the absence OF Com
mander c.. c. Beavens. Adjutapt r. IL
Fall was at his desk The reading of the
minutes of the last meeting was dispensed
With.
ComIade Cohen introduced to the camp
Comrade Godbolt OF the Third Texas regi-
nent, Ross Brigade.
Comrade Schilling brought up the mat
ter of the exchange OF the one lot OF the
camp in the German cemetery for two lots
in the same tract. He SAID that the Two
lots were Just as favorably STUFFED us tne
oEie belonging To the camp, anu lie tu0usat
that the ldea OF the exchange was a aoou
one.
Adlutant Fall moved that the transfer
be made, and that a member OF the camp
be appointed TO arrange the necessary pa
pers. lie matte the point that ali the
old Confederates will have died before
ing ground than the present Que would
be necessary.
Comrade Schllling thought the idea an
excellent one, as the camp needed more
loom in which to bury ex-Confederates
who died here whether they were mem
beis OF Dick bowling camp or not.
Ihe motion 10 make the transfer was
unanimously passed.
Adjutant Fall read the following reso-
nj caI ma.
Iature, it having been handed him by eA-
Mayor John T. Browne, who was pres
emit
House joint resolution No 3l-+To amend
section D. article 3, of the constitution of
the state OF Texas, SO as to authorize the
grant of aid TO disabled and dependent
Confederate soldiers and sailors and their
WIDOWS and TO grant aid to the estab-
hshment and maintenance of home FOR
said soldiers and sailors:
Section /. Be it resolved by the legis-
lature of the State OF Texas: That section
81 of article of the constitution of the
State OF Texas be so amended as TO here
after read as follows:
The legislature shall have no power u
make grant or authorize the making of
any grant of public money to any individ-
ual, associations or individuals, municipal |
Of olherwise whatever; provided, however
ana disabled Confederate soldiers and saiI- |
DIS who came to Texas prior TO January |
/, 1891, and who are either over 90 years |
d age or whose disability is the proximate
esuit oil actual service in the Confederate |
army Tor period of at least three months. |
heir widows in INDECENT circumstances /
VINO nave never remarked and who have
,een bona fide residents of the State of
Texas since March L. 1880. and who were
n an col |
Tor 10 March l, 1866; provided, said aid
hall not exceed IS per month; and pro-
ioeu, further that no appropriation sha
yer ne made for the purpose hereinbefore
peciiled In excess of two hundred and
MY thousand dollars for any one wear.
wa also TO grant aid to the establishment
ma maintenance of home for said SOL
lots ana sailors, under such regulations
ma limitations rs may be provided bv law.
rovided, the grant to aid said home shall
OF exceed one hundred thousand dollars
'r any one year; and no inmate of said
oine snail be entitled TO any other aid |
rom the State and provided, further that
ne provisions Of this section shall not HI.
onstrued to prevent The grant of aid in
ise OF public calamity.
Sec. y This amendment shall be sub
litted TO the qualified voters of The State
= the first Tuesday in November. 1SgS.
nen those iayoring the amendment shall
ave written or printed on their ballots |
FOR the anendment' and those opposed
Against the amendment
Comrade schilling favored the resolution G
Ut Comrade Owens thought the sum Of ;
red--SS per month--was not suffcien.
omrade Schilling replied that a half loaf t
as better than no bread
Elk Mayor Browne explained that tbc
mount necessary TO maintain soldiers at
10 Confederate Home was about $l4 ger
onth. He said that the point had bean
ace while the resolution was before the !,
slsialufe, that many of the old soldiers :,
no had wives or some others dear to them =
lheir own little homes, would prefer In 7,
ay with them than to 20 TO the sat-
me. The speaker thought that the idea n,
Us GOOD one, He had been requesI.1 p
MAJOR woods of Corsicana to bring tho 81
soiutioh before Dick Bowling camp so 81
AT the matter might be fully under.,lood ~
len the time came 10 vote ON it,
NaJutant Fall ON behalf of the camp. NJ
ahkeu Mr.. Browne for the interest ais is
aged by him in the matter. He ro.,rsa OF
Q resolution and thought that II was oil
'aly important that the matter be fuzzy NJ
aersiood by all concerned before I. ven,
the polls. IL was the duty of the ean,p
thought, to work for the resoiut. mi
IN previous TO and at the time cf the al
sctioE ~ NJ
yoinrade William Hunter made the point M
az such action as that proposed in The
solution would be recognition ON The TO
RI OF the State OF the valiant services vs
rformed by the old soldiers. "Thcre are Gu
my who point to us With soon anil can To-
traitors, he said. III we We're .rul,ors by
IN Washington was traitor 60
'omrade schilling asked II Ii woii.1 IN, fu
4 good idea to advise other catnps 10
rding the matter, but II was decid ID ,rat
notice in The Post would be sufficient
ar. Browne. in responding TO the rising iss
. OF thanks rendered him. s1ys,sfe5 Or
u II might be good idea 10 clio tne NJ
olution from tho columns OF The post u.
send copies of II to the different cams ~ ~
tae state, II was the sense of ,be ~, n.
citing that the suggestion was a goad NJ
! and should be acted ON. ss-N POI
Idjntant Fall read the following nm. Ga
nlcatlon. ins
An event OF such extraordinary n,trre
occurred since our last meeting that
onsider it my duty. as adjutapt Of ,bls =
NJ, 10 make record OF IL in the min hcl
. OK tnis meeting. One OF our comrades rer