The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-04
VARIOUS FACTS FOR
SONS OF VETERANS.
CIRCULAR ABOUT THE REUNION Is.
SUED BY GEN. SMYTH.
Tho Coming General Gathsring--F Full In
formation as TO the Programme to
be Carried Out In Charleston.
Historic Points.

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General Order No. Is.
l. Reunion. AS set forth in gene.
raj orders No. 13 and No. ii, jan. "a
and March l, 1890, tho fourth an
nual reunion of the United Sons Of
Confederate veterans will be held III
Charleston, S. c., May 10th, 1lth,
18th and 18th, 1899, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, re
spectively. All SONS of Confederate
veterans, whether members of camp
or not, and all camps, whether char,
tered by the confederation or not,
are cordially invited to attend this
reunion. Only camps Of the u. $. G.
Y. in good standing can vote,
ii. Camps. 1t is with pleasure we
announce that there are now ll5
camps On the roll Of tho confcdera-
ton, and about 80 camps being or.
ganized, to be chartered in order to
participate in this grand reunion in
Charleston. This opportunity TO see
Fort Sumter and tn" "CladIe Of So
cession," under such splendid aus
pices, should induce all sops Of vet.
erans to come to the reunion. The
organization Of Il camp is very sim.
pie, and full particulars, with papers
and blanks, will bc furnished from
these headquarters. The expenses
are only 81 for charter, for the
camp and 10 cents per monbcr per
year. Camps can be chartered with
10 members. "lt s sublime duty
for people to consrcrnto their lives
for the succor IF their living heroes
and perpetuation OF tho fumo OF
thcir glorious dcad," says Gen. Cor
don, and now that SO many Of our
comrades have had actual experience,
in actual war, Of the sucriiiccs and
sufferings necessary in serving ones
country; Sons Of Confederate vclcr
ans should bo all tho moro desirolls
to do honor to tho mcn who wore the
grey and administer charity to thci,
widows and orphans, which arc the
chief purposes of tho U. S. G.. V.
III. Delegates. The attention OF
the camps is called to Art. y. of the
constitution, with reference to dele
gates. No camp, though member
Of the confederation, can tuko part in
the reunion, nor b:ve it's delegates
admitted to tho floor, unless tho POI
capita tax Of 10 cents member has
boon paid to these headquarters 70,
the past and present year. Camp
are therefore urged to send in thcs,
amounts Immediately and rcceiv,
certificates of representation from tn,
adjutant general. All delegates from
camps must have credentials, siHrod
by tho commandant and adjutant oi
tho camp, stating that they arc du!!
elected delegates Of the camp. The
full numo and number of tho CAM
should DO given. Representation nj
the reunion is provided for as follows
"Sec. 5G. One (D delegate for
every ten (1O) active members il
good standing in the camp, and ont
CD additional ono for fraction there
of, which fraction shall bo five (0) OF
more, provided that every camp il
good standing shall be entitled to nj
least two (2) delegated"
This does not prevent ovcry mem
ber of the camp from attending tn,
reunion. They will bo cordially wei
coined and admitted to ull the privi
leges Of the floor, but no camp car
vote more than tho number provided
for by the constitution. Camps arc
therefore urged to bring rs many
members as possible, for at all tho
business meetings and various enter
tainments they will receive cordinI
recognition.
A copy of the constitution is en-.
closed herewith, and camps should
carefully read sections 5G to 81, sec
tion II, section rs, sections 03 and
Sd and section 100, all of which bea,
directly upon the reunion.
Nv. Board and Lodging; Trans
portation. The most important mat.
ter for delegates to consider is board
and lodging, and camps should com,
,nonoo wit hn,,t ln1ou 70 ol>oI