Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-10-20
WITH THE CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
Interesting Session Of Grand Camp Held
In Pulaski CITY Last Week.

Interesting Session Of Grand Camp Hell
In Pulaski City Last Week.
The Grand Camp of Virginia, Coz
federate Veterans, as heretofore al
nounced by The SPECTATOR, met las
week in Pulaski City, and was ono
the most interesting and successful
sessions ever held. Stonewall Jackson
camp, of this city,. was represented
by DR.. Carter Berkeley, and the distric
by Miss Eugenia s Bomgardner u
sponsor.
The veterans were enthusiast icall
received and they found the tow
handsomely decorated with Confeder
ate flags and bunting.
Grand Commander ]. j. William
was detained by a serious illness ID
has since died) and telegram of sym
pathy was sent him. First Lieutenan
Stith Boiling. of Petersburg, presided
Inspector General T. Z. Morton wal
also prevented from attending, and ,
resolution of regrets and sympathy TO
him in his long sickness was adopted
His report was read and adopted. AT
ter calling attention to the condition
of the various camps In the State thu
report says:
81 participated with Stonewall Jack
son camp, of Staunton, in q notable
observance of StOnewall Day, the 21sl
OF January. DR.. Hunter MEG uire, the
medical director of Gen Jackson, wat
present and delivered an address upon
the life and character of the grand
soldier which will never be forgotten
by the large numbers who heard it.
Although there was no charge. nearly
500 was left in the charity boxes at
the door and with the ladies in the
lunch room near by, which was a God
send to some sick and needy veterans.
mention this as suggestion to other
camps who may need funds for SINH
lar purpose. s-,
II cannot close this report without
brief reference to the sad and frequent
gaps which our last enemy, death, has
made in our ranks during the year just
past. The list of our comrades who
have fallen is too long to give here. but
they are of the best and truest. Tried
and true when the conflict ragged, tried
and still true during the long years
since, when the cause that had been
lost needed defenders, when those who
had stood with them in the fore front
Of battle, now in poverty and infirmi-
ty. needed friends. We can but see
that more fall each year. The old
grow older, the weak grow weaker; We
TALL thicker and faster, and there is all
The more call for loyalty to the cause,
fraternity to our comrades. charity to
The needy and zeal for our noble or.
and l feel sure you will
lack for none Of these things"
DIR. Hunter Mcclure. chairman of
The history mmittee, made a report
which was accepted. 1t condemns the
histories of Fiske and of Cooper. Estill
md Lennon. +
There was lively contest over the
place OF the next meeting. Petersburg,
Roanoke, Norfolk, Harrisonburg and
stanton were all after it. Stonewall
Jackson Camp held a special meeting
turing the session of the grand camp
Ind telegraphed an invitation to DR..
who presented it in u neat
'peech. He was ably seconded in his
,fforts by Miss Bumgardner and vote
The following officers were unani-
n0usly elected:
Gen. Stith Boiling, of Petersburg,
commander; Col r. L. Maury, of Rich
nond, first lieutenant grand comman-
Ter; Col. Tom Smith, of Suffolk, Sec
md lieutenant grand commander; Col.
James MacGill, of Pulaski, third
lieutenant grand commander; Col.
Washington Taylor, of Norfolk, quar-
general: DIR. John J. Powell,
u Occoquan, surgeon general; Capt.
I. g. Morton, of Staunton, inspector
general; Rev. DIR. B. D. Tucker, of
Norfolk, chaplain general. Capt. Thos.
Elicit will doubtless be reappointed
adjutant general
A resolution presented by Capt. JnO.
Lamb providing for the erection in
of a statue to Gen. j. e. b.
Stuart was endorsed, and an invitation
% be present at the unwilling of the
to Winnie Davis in Rich
nond, was accepted, after which the
camp adjourned to meet in this city in
1910, the exact date to be hereafter
TO MEET HERE IN 1900.
The members of Stone wall Jackson
Camp and Confederate Veterans all
over the county are much gratified that
The grand camp has decided to meet
in Staunton next fall. Plans are al
ready being discussed for making the
occasion q memorable one. 1t is
hoped if another carnival is held here
next fall, to arrange for the meeting
OF the grand camp at the same time and
to have on the program a Confederate
Day" with reunion of old Stonewall
the other principal infantry
and cavalry commands which went
from the valley and large mounted
escort of sons of veterans.
1t is also proposed to have a great
of the old soldiers to Lexing
ton to visit the tombs of Lee and Jack
son. a mecca to which so many have
longed to make pilgrimage ever since
those heroes pas ed over the river.
Other attractions will be arranged
when the time draws nigh.
In speaking of the selection OF this
city as the next place of meeting the
Roanoke World says:
WOMAN DID IT.
Capt. Tuley J. Mitchell returned
this afternoon from the State
camp of Confederate Veterans,
and says that while he and other
Roanokers did the best they could to
capture the next meeting for Roanoke,
they were outgeneraled by a woman.
Pretty Miss Bumgardner, of Staunton,
captured all the Old Confeds, and no
other place was in it at all. Delegates
pledged to other places were unable to
withstand the witchery of the bright
eyes OF the Valley girl, and when the
time came to select the place, Staunton
got it unanimously.
The Appetite of a Goat
Is envied by all poor dyspeprics whose