Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-07-20

to record books that they may BE- preserved;
/ will transfer them 20 the state or
the State will give me suillcient cleFlcaii
help / will undertake TO compile recoIu
of every command iu the Confederate SER
Vice from Mississippi Fortunately ali ouF
muster rolls and other military tecofus az
Richmond when the city ZEN Weie ,, s'"sS. aS.
ferred 10 Washington and are now ac.
cessible. IL Is a curious TACT that many Ot
our crippled and INDECENT veterans hays
gained admission to the Confederate 0ol-
dlers' Homes in Louisiana and other states
on certificates from the war Depar tm,enI
at Washington, that their record as Con.
federate soldiers was good % the enu, heL
every Confederate camp have hlstorlhn
and let every camp see to it that as com,
plete a roll as possible be prepared OF
every company and every man thaE was
mustered In the county. rms Wouiu De
substantial help TO the county ana State
Pension Commissioners who have 70 pass
upon applications. II Is too often the ease
that those who we're most SUCCESSFUL IN
lodging duty In war time, are the most
aggressive and successful In obtaining PEN
sions In peace times \ pension When pc
slowed by nation or State, however large
or small the amount may be- should De
awarded and accepted os the recognition OF
patri0tism and val0r and no Investigation
can be too searching that win exclude the
unworthy from Its benefits Some OF these
men who are so inyincible In peace were
Invisible In war. While II may not DO
best to upbrad them for their shortcom-
lngs they should not be permitted now
to to- demand benefits and honors that justly
belong to others.
Second.-Let the agitation for a Confed.
crate Soldiers Home be renewed. II would
not cost much and the necessity for lts
continuance would cease in less than
score Of years There are nearly two hun
dred disabled and INDECENT heroes OF the
Lost Cause in Mississippi, ,who2 would
find this a haven Of rest In their last
days Mississippi is about the only state
In the South that has failed to provide
such a home, and the troops OF none are
more deserving Of all that she can 90 70
tighten their burdens 10 the end OF the
Third.-The patriotic work inaugurated
by the Daughters Of the ConfederaCy' oE
erecting monuments TO the Confederate
dead should be continued until there Is
marble shaft erected at every county site;
on which shall be engraved the names or
every faithful soldier Of that county, es-
Decially the names Of those who fell dur
lng the great struggle 1t has been truly
said that "A land without monuments IS
land without memories Let US see TO IL
that Mississippi has a memory for all her
let us hone that the suggestion frequent.
lv made that the Third Of June shall be
legal holiday in Mississippi, shall take
form In a statute. Governor Longin0 mas
lntlmated that he will so recommend this
TO the legislature in January. Mississippi
IS about the only State in the Union lhat
has not a statutory holiday. The WORD
holiday does not appear In her Annotated
Code Let rs have one that shall annually
commemorate the birthday Of jefferson
Davis, Of whom gifted and eloquent cltl.
zen Of Mississippi said lie was one OF
the purest and lOftiest characters that
ever adorned the roll Of American states
men and patriots. In early years he be-
came the pride Of her chiyalry at a later
period her greatest statesman ana pafila'
mentary leader His splendid genius was
MiSsissippis rarest jewel his teachings her
/ doctrines ln rpurpznDtnd his people with