The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-03-29
INFORMATION FOR VETERANS.
General Order Relating to the Annual
Re. Union.

THE ISTELItGENcER is. in receipt Of
the following. dated Headquarters
South Carolina Division, United Con-
federate Veterans, and designated as
General Order, M. 40. Itis sign
ed by G. Irvine Walker, major gen
eral, and is attested By James G.
Holmes, adjutant general, chief Of
staff
I. The ninth annual reunion of the
United Confederate veterans will be
held in the "Cradle Of Secessiou, :"
Charleston, S. c., commencing on the
morning Of May 10, 1899.
The headquarters of the division
during the reunion will be at Market
Hall, Meeting and Market streets.
Comrades will please register there and
during their stay make it their gene
raj assembling.
II. While the comrades Of the d.
vision will be the guests Of Charleston,
(and indeed Ct the people Of the State
of South Carolina) none the less they
must play the part of hosts, and be
prepared to share their blankets, and
the contents of their haversacks and
canteens with the visiting comrades
from other divisions. and with all
Confederate veterans who may join
us in commemorating the memories so
dear to us.
III. In order to take part in the
proceedings and have the right to vote,
camps must pay their dues Of 10 cts.
per capita to the U.C. Y. organization,
either direct to Major General George
Moorman, A. G. and G.. Of S., U.C. ",
New Orleans, La, or through the di-
vision adjutant general Dues Of 5
cents per capita to the division, to be
paid to the division adjutant general,
with arrears for those camps that have
not done their part heretofore in sus-
tanning the division) all must be paid
before April !, 1899.
~. Camps and comrades are urged
to bring with them any Confederate
battle flags they may have, as well as
their camp colors for the parade, es-
pecially as they will be wanted in the
ceremonial Of Memorial Day, May 10,
(the anniversary Of Stonewall Jack
son death) the day observed in this
city. The Ladies Memorial associa-
tion having invited the U. c. Y. organ
ization to join them, and General Cor
don having accepted the invitation Of
the association to preside.
V. Miss Mary Carwile, Of Edge
field, daughter of Brigadier General
T. w. Carwile, commanding Second
Brigade, is announced as Division
Sponsor for the current year, and Miss
Lula Cassels Lake, daughter Of Colonel
George B. Lake, as Maid of Honor.
The honorary maids Of honor for
the Charleston Re-union) will be Miss
Minnie Agatha Wright, Of Gaines
vile, Texas, and Miss Lulie Wagner,
grandniece Of the late General John
A. Wagener, Of Charleston. The COM
rades of the division are to be con-
graduated upon having as sponsor and
maids of honor four young ladies who
will worthily represent names that
appear on the honor roll of the Con-
federacy. and they will vie with each
other in honoring them. To Miss
Wright the thanks Of the comrades
are due for her modest but effective
efforts to influence the vote Of the
Texas delegation at Atlanta in favor
Of Charleston and her acceptance OF
the sponsors invitation to serve as
one of the honorary maids of honor,
is another pleasing evidence Of her
gracious consideration for the Confed-
crate veterans of our State.
VI. The camps Of the division are
earnestly called upon to put them
selves in position to exert the full in.
Auence this division is entitled to, as
the representative Of the first State to
assert itself for state rights in the six
ties. and all Confederate veterans in
the State, not now members, are fra
ternally invited and urged to join one
of the camps of the division, OF to
form new camps.
VII. The commanding general of
the division suggests, that as many of
the camps as can do SO, uniform their
members in simple and Inexpensive
suit. or sack only, Of Confederate gray,
with dark hat. This seems to be the
sentiment and custom Of many camps
in other divisions Of the e. c. Y.
Each reunion shows more uniformed
comne on1 tho South Carolina division