The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-11-20
THE CONFEDERATE ROLLS
Plan Adopted for Perfecting the
Rolls of Soldiers From this
State.

a Oolutnuld OI lIiS OlSI VI oCIODer, con
r posed of joint committee of Cor
/. federate Veterans and Sons of Vlerans
s The meeting was for the purpose c
/ considering the vtally important mat
D ter of the completion of the Confed
Z crate rolls OF this State. Much ear
3 nestness was manifested BY the mem
, hers of the committee, all realizing tha
, the time for the perfection OF the roll
has arrived if they are ever to be re
vsed and corrected. at the time thu
meeting was held it was impossible tc
give details, and hence the publication
of the following complete report made
by the secretary of the meeting:
There met on Oct. 81, pursuant tc
the call Of the chairman, Gen. thinner.
man Davis, the joint State committee
on detail of enrolment aud organiza
tion appointed pursuant to the rcsolu-
tion adopted by the late State conven.
ton of United Confederate Veterans,
providing that by individual and Or
ganized effort there be obtained as
soon as possible +" a correct and com
plete enrolment of all persons who
served in the army or navy of the Con-
fedcrate States, and that this enroll
meGt be along geographical lines by
the township and county from which
the person entered the military or
naval service OF the Cunfederacy, or in
which he resided after such service
ceased"
The meeting having been called to
order by Gen. Davis, he announced
that the commandant of the South
Carolina division of United Confeder-
ate Veterans had appointed the follow
ing &C mmittee of Veterans: Zimmer-
man Davis, chairman, Charleston; j..
H. Steinmeyer of Early Branch; r.. r..
Hemphill of Abbeville; JAS. a. Hoyt,
Grecnville; w. ii. Edwards, Chester;
j. l.. Coker, Society Hill; Theo. Kohn,
Orangcburg.
Gen. Davis further announced that
he had requested the auxiliary COM
miLtce of the Sons of Veterans TO meet
| in joint session with the above stated
committee of Veterans on detail or en-
rollment and organization to act as a
joint committee.
Gen. Butler Hagood, commandant
of the Sons uf Veterans, being present,
announced that lie had appointed the
cC.lmittee of Sons of Veterans auxil-
laly to the committee of Veterans as
follows: ID. III. Means, chairman, Co.
lumbia; Milledge Bonham, Abbevil!e;
e. III. Auli, Newberry; Frank Weston,
Columbia; August Kohn, Columbia; r..
M. Davis, Columbia; VIM. Aiken Kelly,
Sumter; j. e. Norment, Darlington;
Henry w. Conner, Charleston; ID. A.
Splvcy, Conway; Chas. G. Dantzier,
Orangeturg, and e. j. Watson, Colun-
bia.
The committees in joint session were
called to order by Gen. Il. Davis, chair
man, who asked that Mr.. ID. H. Means
be made secretary, and it was so or
dered.
There were present Zimmerman
Davis, Jas. A. HoYt and Theodore
Kohn OF the Veterans; ID. III. Means,
Milledge L. Bonham, e. H. Aull, w.
Aiken Kelly, Henry w. Conner, ID. A.
Spivey and G.. G. Dartzler, of the Sons.
Upon suggestion of Gen. thinner
man Davis it was ordered that Gen. @.
l. Walker, commapdant of the South
Carolina division, United Confederate
Veterans, be added to the committee
of Veterans, and that Butler Hagood,
commandant of the United Sons of
Confederate Veterans, South Carolina
division, be added to the auxiliary com.
mittee of Sons.
Upon motion of M. l.. Bonham it
was ordered that the chairman of this
meeting, with the aid of the comman-
dsnt of the South Carolina division of
United Confederate Veterans and of
the cOmmandanl of the South Carolina
division of the United Sons of Con
federate Veterans, be empowered to
| appoint committee consisting of one
Veteran and one son of Veteran for
each county i'll the State, whose duty
1T shall be by individual and organized
effort to enroll the names of all the
Veterans from each county, and that
the president of the Daughters of the
COnfederacy for South Carolina be re-
quested to appoint member of that
organization in each county to act with
these county committees. 1t was also
ordered that the committee for each
county be authorized to appoint town
ship committees.
AS representing the Daughters of
the Confederacy there were present
Mrs. Thomas Taylor, president of the
Daughters of the Confederacy of South
Carolina; Mrs. Richard O'Neale, of
Columbia and Mrs. Isaac G. McKissick
of Union.
Upon motion of Mr.. Dantzler, il
was
| Resolved, That the thanks of the
joint committee of the South Caro-.
lima divis.on of United Confederate
Veterans and Sons of Veterans be and
are hereby rendered to the United
Daughters of the Coniedoracy for theil
zeal in behalf of the collection anc
preservation of rolls of Confederate
Veterans and that they be and are
hereby respectfully requested to CO
operate with the committee in all eff
forts to obtain complete rolls of tht
soldiers of the Confederacy enlisted
from this State.
Also upon motion the following wer,
appointed committee to be presen
at the convention of the Daughters o
the Confederacy In Sumter on Nov
27th for the purpose of addressing tn
Daughters upon the work in hand an,
soliciting their cooperation: Gen
Zimmerman DAVIS and Maj. j. L
Cocker of the Ueterana and Meaare