The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-11
Service Men of the Spanish War.

- HE Service Men of the Spanish
War is an organization in
tended to be a companion to the
Grand Army of the Republic and the
Confederate Veterans association. Lex
ington. Ky, is It's birthplace. n COM
mittees are now at work drafting a tit
ual and regulations. The design is that
the organization shall be composed 81
local camps. each to be named after
some deceased soldier. sailor or states
man. and numbered in the order Of
their formation. Each local camp shall
elect two representatives to a stare
camp. and one OF these representatives
shall be designated to attend a national
camp. Charters of the local camps shall
be issued by the commander and adju-
tant of the parent camp until a national
camp is fully organized and provided
with headquarters for its officers. The
charter fee at the outset is fixed at $50
for local camps. The funds accruing to
the parent organization or to the ma
tional shall be used TO defray the ex-
penses of administration. Local camps
49, w - $3.50
for needy worthy members IL it is deem
ed advisable. Captain Davenny, one
of the founders Of the order, has drawn
up the following prospectus, which
shows what the objects of the o~rganiza-
ton are:
The Grand Army of the Republic for
more than n generation has kept alive the
love for the flag, and the music of the
union has been playing ever since the
men came marching home I'm 90. The con-
federate veterans. too. nave their camp
fires and In memory have lived over again
the hardships of their campaigns. But
the latitude Of birth Is now forgotten and
the soldiers of the North and OF the South
as fellows and comrades of camp and
field are Joined in n common song of tri-
umph over tyranny. IL Is therefore fitting
and proper that the feeling of fraternity
so happily born should be given substan-
ton expression and moulded into perma-
nent form. And II Is to this end that the
society to be known as the Service Men
OF the Spanish War Is organized. Its pur-
poses are purely social and patriotic. to
cement the friendship begun i'm the SER
vice and foster fealty to our free institu-
tons, to weld into "a new brotherhood
the young men. as well as the older ones.
who have stood together for human lib
erty under the Stars and Stripes i'm the
glorious dawn of "A new century. The
place Of organization in Kentucky and
at CHAMPIONSHIPS a dual significance. II
was on Kentucky soil that the hospital
ity of the eX-confederat-s was first ex-
tended with "A typical Southern warmth
To the veterans of the Grand Army of the
Republic. Ii was In Lexington that lib
erty-loving Lafayette drank most deeply
of Southern hospitality theme for pa
triotic scntimcnt-and where rest the ash
es of that patriot-statesman, Henry Clay.
a worthy shrine at which to pledge our
mutual friendship and mutual loyalty.
United we stand. divided we faIs' the
motto Of the Commonwealth OF Old
Kaintuck,' may well be cmblazoned on
the banner of the new brotherhood.
The right OF membership is TO be ex-
tended alike to men regularly enlisted
and officers commissioned and non
commissioned for military service in the
war with Spain. either continuing i'm
the service OF the United States or nom
orably discharged therefrom. without
discrimination as TO the arm Of the SER
vice with which they are or have been
connected. The general idea of the or
ganization is most excellent. But the
choice Of the name is not a particularly
happy one. Veterans of the War With
Spain" would have been more definite
and fully as e~uphonious.