Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-01-03
Address to Virginia Veterans.

Namp OF Confederate Veterans, De
psrtment of Virginia:
PETERSBURG, Va. Dec. 10, 1899.
To the Commanders of Camps Con
federate Veterans, Department
of Virginia:
General Orders No. |:
L. With sincere thanks for the
great honor conferred 10y the Grand
Camp at its twelfth annual meeting,
held at Pulaski, Va. on the 18th dav
of October, 1899, | hereby assume
the duties of Grand Commander of
the Grand Camp, Confederate Neter-
ans, Department of Virginia. | do
most earnestly ask the cordial sup
port and co operation of all it's off
GERS and the officers and members of
all the subordinate camps in the eff
tort to increase the usefulness of this
Grand Camp, which is so necessary
for the welfare aud assistance of the
sick and disabled Confederate sol
dierS and sailors aud their families.
;. Thomas Ellet, of Richmond,
Va. is hereby appointed Adjutant
General, aud William Campbell, of
Essex county, Va. are hereby APP
pointed AIDES de camp to the Grand
Commander, aud will respected and
Obeved as such.
). The following appointments are
announced To ill vacancies. and to
enlarge the regular committees-vIz:
On school hlStory-R. T. Barton, of
Winchester, Va, vice John J. vii
liams. died; John W Daniel. of
Lynchburg, Va, vice Rev. ;. Taylor
Martin. resigned, and George l..
Christian. of Richmond, Va, and
John II. Fulton. of Wytheville, Va,
to enlarge committee. On LegiSla
ture-John G. Ewell, of Lancaster.
Va, vice John !. Williams. died.
I. Ii is important that each camp
Will make reports to headquarters AS
soon as practicable after orders are
received, giving full details in reply
TO every inquiry made, particularly rs
to the number of members.
The attention of every camp is
called to the amendments made at
the last annual meeting to the by
laws, rules and regulations First,
to Article VIII, section /. which
reads as follows: Each Of the camps
composing the Grand Camp shall be
assessed and pay 10 cents per mem
Der annually, to defray the expenses
OF the Grand Camp, and no camp
shall be entitled to representation at
7 g n. 4
less Its assessment has been paid to
the Quartermaster General or other
proper officer prior TO or at said meet
ing Every delinquent camp will
remit th~ir unpaid dues at once To
Quartermaster General Washington
Taylor, Norfolk, Va. This is urgent.
aS funds are now required TO meet
necessary expenses. lt will he espec-
tally noted that the assessment Is
raised from To 10 cents. Secondly.
TO Article III. Section / on member
ship: Number of delegates allowed al
annual meeting increased i'm the ra
ito of one delegate to every twenty
five members OF fraction thereof eX
ceeding fourteen mem 5ers.
>. Special notice is hereby given
OF the action of the Grand Camp at
Its last annual meeting in allowing
the inspector general TO appoint an
assistant from each Congressional
district in the State; appointments to
be made on recommendations from
the camps in each district. The
camps are most earnestly urged To
make their recommendation TO In
spector General T. c. Morton, at
Stanton, Va, at the earliest moment
practicable.
6. The attention of each camp is
called to the action of the Grand
Camp at its last annual meeting.
which passed the following resolu-
ton amongst others: l. That each
camp in this Grand Camp do proceed
at once to organize, as auxiliary 10 its
Organization, camp of Sons of Vet
Grams, such camps of Sons to become
members Of the United Sons of Con-
federate Veterans"
Sad as the fact may be, our ranks
are becoming thinner and thinner as
| time moves on, which makes it the
more important that the veteran
camps should at once encourage and
build up camps of "Sons of Neter-
ans, on whose shoulders the mantle
must very soon fall, and who have
already given such co operation and
rendered such valuable service to the
objects for which our organization
was formed; thereof, it is most earn
estly urged that every veteran camp
encourage and assist in every way in
the formation of camps of Sous of
Veterans throughout the State.
For special information apply to
Col. James Mann, of Nottoway, Va.
Division Commander, who will sup
ply the necessary literature and in-
structiOns.
z. The Grand Commander wishes
to call the special attention of the
veteran camps, and of all the mem-