The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-20
GENERAL j. S. CARR
SELECTS HIS STAFF
'N&A -
General Orders No. | and 2
Issued.
DEATH OF TWO VETERANS
Captain Henry Clay Wall, of Rockingham, and
Captain Neil W. Ray, Of Fayetteville.
Brief Tributes from The Gen.
oral mand;no
eral Commanding.

CID commanding
General Julian S. Carr commanding
the North Carolina division of Confed
crate Veterans, has issued the following
orders:
Headquarters n C. Division
United Confederate Veterans,
Durham, n. G., Aug. Is, 1899.
General Order No i.
Par. i. In compliance with the wishes
of his comrades and in obedience to
their election of him at their late reunion
at Charleston, s. c., as Major General
commanding the North Carolina Diyis-
ion of United Confederate Veterans,
the undersigned hereby assumes COM
mand and announces the Following APP
pointments on his staff to-wit:
Adjutant General VIM. Ill. s. Bur
gwyn, Henderson, n G.
Inspector General w. FL. ii. Cowies.
Chief Quartermaster-T. l.. Emery,
Weldon, n. G..
Assistant Quartermaster-Ha Harrison
Watts, Mecklenburg County, n. @.
Judge Advocate General Hamilton G..
Jones, Charlotte, n. G.
Surgeon General-Peter S. Hines, NJ.
D IAalelSH, y. =.
Assistant Surgeon General-Charles
j. 0'Hagan, VI. d., Greenville, n. G.
Chief of Artillery. b. Starr, Fay
etteville n. c.
Chief of Ordnance-Frank Bennett.
Arson county, n. G.
Chaplain-Rey Charles tFetter,
Wadesboro, N. G.
Paymaster General-R. e. Wilson,
Forsyth county, \. C.
Chief of Personal Staff-H. A. Lon
dom Pittsboro, \. c.
Personal Staff
Hugh Waddell, Washington, d. C.
Maj. f. ]. Hale, Fayetteville, r. c.
A. II. Boyden, Salisbury, N. G.
w. Il. Kenan, Wilmington, N. G.
Il. I'll. Busbee, Raleigh, n G.
Ashley Horne, Clayton, n. G.
w. Penn Wood, Randolph county,
N. c.
Color Bearer. Fl. Currie, Cumber-
land county. n. c.
Part >. They win be obeyed and re,
spected accordingly.
Part 3. All official communications
should be addressed viz:
"Adjutant General n G. Div n. c.
", Durham, n. c..
JULIAN S. CARR,
Major General Commanding
Official.
VIM. III. s. Rurgwyn,
Adjutant General.
Headquarters n. C. Division,
United Confederate Veterans.
Durham. y. c., Aug. Is, 80.
General Orders No. 2
The Major General Commanding is
panied to announce to the Confederate
Veterans Of North Carolina the death of
their distinguished comrade, Capt. Hen
ry Clay Wall. of Rockingham, and Capt
Neil w. Ray, of Cumberland.
Capt Henry Clay Wall departed this
life at Blowing Rock On the 31st ulto.
With the patriotic love of his State, and
devotion to constitutional liberty that
characterized his life he Joined the
Twenty third North Carolina troops at
the age Of 20 years, and at the battle
while serving as captain of Company Il
from Arson county. and after his trans
fer to the Fourth Cavalry, fought with
distinguished valor until the close at
Appomattox.
While in civil life he became one Of
the leaders in industrial development.
and in legislative councils, resolutely
building up our new and grander fu-
ture in material progress, he cherished
the proud memories of North Carolina s
deeds in the war for Southern indie
pendence. He was the legislative leader
in securing the publication by the State
Of the history Of her regiments deci-
mated in heroic struggle ON many fields.
He was the answering friend Of the
veterans of the Soldiers Home, their
brethren OF the pension roll, and the
widowed hearts in desolated homes.
For this true citizen, this patriot, this
leader, the brave soldier, North Caro-
lima mourns: and in common with all
who wore the gray, this expression of
profound sorrow for his loss and of
grateful appreciation of his public SER
vice, is published to the command of
which he was a signal ornament.
He has left to us memories Of de-
voted gallantry and unsullied virtue, and
the love Of his comrades is the fitting
wreath Of his bier.
Captain Neil W. Ray departed this
life at his home in Fayetteville, n. O.
Monday, the 9TH inst.
Captain Ray was a native of Cum
berland county and in early manhood
entered the Confederate Army and gar
lantly commanded company in the
old historic Sixth Regiment Of North
Carolina Infantry.
His record as a Confederate soldier
was one Of which any man might feel
proud, and he bore with him to the
grave, the marks upon his person of duty
well performed, for while CALAMITY lead
ing his company in one of the bloodiest
battles of the war he received a wound
which caused him the loss of leg, and
from this wound he never entirely re-
covered, second amputation becoming
necessary many years after the close
of that mighty struggle.
AT the close Of the war, Captain
Ray devoted his time and talents to
the practice of the profession Of law,
in which he was eminently successful, as
his numerous clients and universal ac-
quaintance among the good Scotch peo-
pie of the upper Cape Fear willingly and
cheerfully attest.
In departing this life he leaves a
widow and a son, to whom he has