The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-29
FACTS.
General Walker Issues a Circular
of General information.
TO THE OLD VETERANS.
All Old Confederate Soldiers
Urged to Attend in Uniform.
Headquarters in Charles
TOn.

General Walker has issued the fol-
lowing circular letter giving some facts
and information relative to the Confed
crate reunion:
I. The ninth annual reunion Of the
United Confederate Veterans will be
held in the "Cradle Of Secession, )"
Charleston. S. c.. commencing on the
morning of May 10th, 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 general
assembling place.
II. While the comrades Of the di-
vision will be the guests Of Charles
ton, (and indeed Of 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 com
rades from the other divisions, aud
with all Confederate veterans who may
join US in commemerating the memories
so dear to US.
III. In order to take part in the pro-
ceedings and have the right to vote,
camps must pay their dues Of 10 cents
per capita to the U. c. ", organiza-
ton, either direct to Major General
George Moorman, A. G.. and C. Of S.,
U. c. v, New Orleans, La, or
the division adjutant general. Dues
of 5 cents per capita to the division,
to be paid to the division, adju-
tant general, with arrears for those
camps that have not done their part
heretofor, in sustaining the division;
all must be paid before April l, 1899.
". Camps and comrades are urged
to bring with them any Confederate bat
tie flags they may have, as well as their
camp colers for the parade, especially
as they will be wanted in the cere-
monial Of Memorial day, May 10th, (the
anniversary Of Stonewall Jackson's
death) the day observed IN this city.
The Ladies Memorial association hav-
ing invited the U. c. V. organization
to join them, and General Gordon hav-
ing accepted the invitation Of the asso-
citation to preside.
V. Miss Mary Ca-wile, Of Edgefeld,
daughter of Brigadier-General I. W..
Carwile, commanding2d brigade, is an
nounced as division sponsor for the cur
rent year, and Miss Lula Cassels Lake,
daughter of Col. George B. Lake, as
maid of honor. The honorary maids Of
honor (for the Charleston reunion will
be Miss Minnie Agatha Wright, of
Gainesville, Texas, and Miss Lulie
Wagner, grandnieee Of the late Gen.
John 4. Wagner, Of Charleston. The
comrades Of the diyison are to be con-
graduated upon having as sponsor and
maids Of honor four young ladies who
will worthily represent names that ap-
pear upon. the honor rolls 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 con-
sideration for the Confederate veterans
of our state.
VI. The camps Of the division are
earnestly called upon to put themselves
in position to exert the full influence
this division is entitled to, as the rep
resentative Of the first state to assert it.
self for states rights in the sixties, and
all Confederate veterans in the state,
not now members, are fraternally H.
yited and urged to join one of the divi-
sion or 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 a dark hat. This seems to be the
sentiment and custom Of many camps
in other divisions Of the I. C. '. Each
reunion shows more uniformed camps,
and the South Carolina division should
keep pace with the growing sentiment.
By order Major-General G.. Irvine
Walker. James G.. Holmes.
Adjutant General, Chief of Staff.
Information for Veterans.