The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-20
MD OFFICERS NOMINATED.
rrDFRATE VETERANS LISTEN
w. ED TO REPORTS.

,nntversnry Meeting Held al
e..t.rate HnII-Assistant Secre-
,solIocI1 Declined Nomination
N,r william Harden Chosen i'm
stead-AII other Officers VIII
n.-cIected on Memorial Day.
l5uIIicnnt's Tribute to the
..totfon's Dead COmfades-The
s,.oI,s Matter Given the COndem-
.ion of Perfect SiIence-NO Ac-
tfon Taken.
,r.. orssent officers of the Confederate
,-,.r,rs Association with one exception,
,r,nimously nominated to fill the
-,s off eS during the coming year, at
~. meeting Of the association last night,
5 ou be elected at the anniversary
~l,.oe 10 be held at noon on Memorial
Day.
oho will be elected on next Thursday,
are as follows:
president Robert Falligant.
1,frs- Vice President-L. Gourdin Young.
eseord Vice Presideut-John r. Dillon.
Third Wee President-Harry S. Dreese.
easre,ary-James w. Mcintyre.
Assistant secretary-William Harden.
Adtutant-Joseph' P. White.
Recommendation S. Haines.
se,,-snt-at-Arms-Jame Leonard.
The present assistant secretary of the
oss,riaton Mr. NJ. c. Kollock sent word
=, his comrades that his business prevent
NJ dt al
hands and that he must decline. Mr.
Harden was nominated in his stead.
President Robert Faliigant submitted
his annual report upon the condition and
sff,irs OF the association. The report
reads as follows:
"Comrades: During the past year six
NJ our beloved comrades have passed 10
The bourne from which no traveller re-
+urus Some had been conspicuous in
every relation of life; all had filled the
full measure of true manhood and illus
trafed the highest characteristics of the
true Confederate soldier. l present, with
sorrowng pride, the roll of honor: Thorn
as A. Askew, Thomas Brady Hamilton
NJ Branch, Or. George c. Douglass, John
F LaFar, John Screven,
at seems like roll call of the dead
when the days struggle was over and
rowder-stained heroes wondered whose
urn was coming next! Bravely they
awaited the summons:
..rhey sleep their last sleep, they have
fought their last battle,
No sound can awake them to glory
again"
During the same period eight new mem
bers have been added to our rolls: Two in
May. 1899, one in July 1899, one in Au-
gust -fS99 one in November, 1899, one in
December, 1899 two in January, 1900.
owe can recall with pleasure and pride
the part this camp took in the magnif-
cent gathering in Charlestou, s. c., last
year the organization of the Georgia di-
vision of United Confederate Veterans,
and its perfection at the remarkable gath
ering in Savannah, in November, 1889.
These events are 50 recent and so memoir
able that it is only necessary to refer to
them TIE honorable work of this camp
Ell both occasions, and the appreciation
shown in The elevation TO high Office Of
or distinguished members is a tribute
well won and an honor worthily worn"
Veteran c. Lucian Jones reported that
IN compliance with the instructions of the
association he had had bound sixteen COM
plete sets of the publications of the adj
dresses read before it. These consist of
talks upon various incidents and phases
OF The Civil War and the bound volume
II all interesting ana valuable auulllOh "
the war literature of this character. 1t
vas determined that the association
ehould retain six of the volumes, that one
should ne presented, with the associations
compliments, to the Georgia Historical
Society and that the remainder be sold
to the members at 81 per copy.
The president informed the members of
The association present that Adjt Gen.
John Mcintosh Kell had written an inter
esting historical narrative of the cruises
OF Inc C.. S. S. Alabama of which he was
the executive officer The book is to be
published in the next two months and the
state of Gen. Kells health and fortunes
urge that Confederates become purchasers.
The narrative he has written is said to be
valuable interesting and highly in
s'ruouve account of the marvellous record
OF this scourge of the seas, the Alabama.
A number of subscriptions We're handed
IN At once. Capt. A. F.. Marmelstein will
receive others.
communication was read to the camp.
containing a reprint of the remarks made
BY A. =. Sholes at the last general cn-
campmeut Of Grand Army of the RepuD-
lie, az Philadelphia. These had reference
10 a resolution to return to the several
southern states the battle flags now he'd
by the federal government. In opposing
The resolution. Mr. Sholes. speaking "as
on who had lived in the state of Georgia
~ years sdld lndt IL tne HaSS were 10
20 used by the rebel survivors in clarifying
me cause for which they fought l do not
"5tt 10 see them returned"
There was great care exhibited by the
members that no action of theirs should
Condemn this utterancf. A resolution that
tae communication be referred TO a CON-
hI't-e was withdrawn and the whole mat
Ter dropped. As one member said: "If we
do any hing about it, we shall give this
man the advertisement he seeks Ii is
best TO drop it,"
lh" final preparations for the celebration
CT Memorial Day have been CONFLICT ed.
Ioe lawton Cadets have been added o
Ut Republican Blues q military escort
and viii march with the Confederate or
tai4z''ions of the city to the soldiers lot
III Laurel Grove.