The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-22
THE VETERANS CONSTITUTION.
TO BE ADOPTED ny GEORGIA d.
VISION TODAY.


Formulated in Accordance With a
Resolution nj the Charleston Re
union-preambIe Defines the Pur-
noses of the COnfcderntiOn-COl-
lection of Records of Confederate
Achievement Prime Desidera-
tnm-Four Brigades VIII BE Form
ed.
The constitution ana bylaws Of the
Georeia Division of United Confederate
Veterans. will be submitted to the con-
veution to-day for adoption. They were
prepared by committee of the division
that met in Atlanta some weeks ago.
At the general reunion at Charleston,
the division agreed TO hold its convention
in Savannah. at the same time authorize
ing the division commander to divide 1t
into brigades. This division into brigade
has been made, with the advice OF the
committee called to meet with Gen. Evans
in Atlanta. whose action will be presented
TO the convention to-day.
The proposed constitution and resolution
adopting il are as follows:
The several camps of the Georgia Divis-
ion. United Confederate Veterans, IN the
state of Georgia, represented by delegates
in convention, assembled at Savannah this
22nd day Of November, 1899 do adopt and
ordain the following Constitution and By
laws for the government of the organZa-
ton, known as the Georgia Division OF the
United Confederate Veterans, and we here
by re-affirm and declare our adherence TO
the Constitution and Bylaws of the or
ganzation of Confederates. known as the
"United Confederate Veterans Associa-
ton"
Article l. The objects of this organiza-
tlon shall be to promote comradeship
o.. ~.1I a rai 1<aret n
collect, preserve and compile valuable data
for the true history of the Confederate
struggle; to protect our children from all
false history; to encourage the writing and
publishing OF the history of each Confed-
crate command, which went from Geor-
gia to the war, and 10 have prepared Tor
preservation in each county. and especial
ly in the Archives Of the State, the name
and record of every soldier and sailor en-
listed from this state, and of every sol
der and sailor residing in this state. 9th
er great objects and purposes shall be to
assist our needy living comrades, and the
widows ana orphans of such as are de-
ceased; to aid in marking the graves and
building monuments of our Confederate
dead TO render proper funeral tributes to
those, who hereafter depart this life; TO
faithfully observe a memorial day by every
camp In every year, and to celebrate the
birthdays of jefferson Davis and Robert
e. Lee.
Article Membership.
l. The membership of this division shall
be by camps. Each camp shall be COM
posed of twenty or more members who
have given satisfactory proof of honorable
service in the Confederate army or navy,
but in sparely settled counties. they organ
lie with ten members.
3 Each camp shall be entitled to at least
two delegates at any convention of the
division: and the general representation
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every twenty members in good standing,
one additional delegate for the fraction
above ten members. The Maior-General
and staff, and Brigadier-General and STAFF,
shall be eN oflicio members Of the conven-
ton.
s. Camps will be required to pay an
nualy a pei capita of five cents to the
general treasurer of the division or his
assistant. 70 be used in paying the ex-
penses of the Adjutant-Generars Office,
the same to be paid thirty days before the
meeting of the convention.
Article 3.--Organization and Officers:
!. The division is hereby divided into
four brigades, as follows:
CAMPS IN THE FOLLOWING COUN-
TIES COMPOSE THE SOUTH GEOR-
GIA BRIGADE.
Calhoun. Early Miller, Baker. Dougher-
ty. Mitchell. Decatur, Thomas. Worth, Col
quit, Brooks, Lowndes, Wilcox, irwin,
Berrien Telfair, Coffee, Clinch Echols,
Montgomery. Appling, Pierce, Ware TAFT
nall. Liberty. Wayne, Charlton, Screven.
Bulloch, Bingham Bryan, Chatham, Nc
Intosh. Glynn Camden.
CAMPS IN THE FOLLOWING COUN-
TIES COMPOSE THE WESTERN
GEORGIA BRIGADE.
Carroll Heard, Troup, Harris, Muscogee.
ChattahoOchee Stewart, Quitman, Ram
dolph, Clay, Coweta, Meriwether Talbot,
Marion, Webster, Terrell, Clayton, Henry,
Fayette, Spalding. Pike. Epson Taylor.
Schley. Sumter. Lee, Walton, Butts, Craw-
ford, Houston, Dooly. Macon.
CAMPS IN THE FOLLOWING COUH
TIES COMPOSE THE EASTERN
GEORGIA BRIGADE.
Bib Pulaski, Jasper, Jones' Twiggs,
Dodge Monroe, Morgan, Putnam, Bald
win, Wilkinson, Laurens, Oconee, Clarke,
Greene Hancock, Washington, johnson,
Emanuel. Madison. Hart Oglethorpe, Ell
bert Wilkes. Lineoln, Taliaferro. Warren,
McDuffee. Columbia, Glascock, Richmond,
Jefferson. Burke
CAMPS IN THE FOLLOWING COUN-
TIES COMPOSE THE NORTH
GEORGIA BRIGADE.
Dade Catoosa, Walker, Chattooga
Floyd. Polk. HARRISON. Whitfield. Murray
Gordon, Barlow. Paulding, Fannin. Gil
mer Piekens, Cherokee Cobb, Union
Lumpdn, Dawson, Forsyth, Milton. Hall,
Towns. White, jackson, Rabun, Haber-
sham, Banks, Franklin Newton, Clayton
Fulton Dekalb, Gwinnett, Douglas.
s. Each brigade may assemble in con-
vention and adopt rules and regulations for
its government not Inconsistent with this
constitution, and transfers of any camp
from one brigade to another.
Article 4. Officers may be made by the
Major-General on application of the camp
and the consent of the Brigader-Generals
of the two brigades affected. There shall
be one Major-General commanding the di-
vision, and one Brigadier-General COM
manding each brigade. The Major General
shall be elected by the delegates from the
camps within the division in convention
assembled; and the Brigader- Generals
shall be elected by the delegates from the
camps of the brigades when assembled in
Brigade Convention, each brigade holding
a separate election of it's own officers All
these officers shall be elected annually.
Vacancies therein shall be filled until the
next election by appointment of the
General commanding the United Confed-
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