The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-18
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
Regular Monthly Meeting OF Dick
Downing Camp.
SOME ORDERS REGARDING PER CAPITA
The May Rcunion--Sclection OF Spon-
sor to Be Taken Up at Next Meet
ina--The Monument Fund

llC NiOIh'bIilh tipf
Dick Bowling camp met yesterday after
noon in regular seml-monthly session with (
Commander o. G. Drew presiding and Ad I
jutant FAN III charge Of the minutes
communication was read from the gen
Graf executive committee Of the United I
Confederate Veterans reunion for 1901, to
bc held at Memphis in MAY. asking now
many delegates could be expected from
Dick Bowling camp. ctc., and stating that
IL was likely that the railroads would give
QUO cent pei mile rate.
Tho following orders were read by the
adJuiaut.
b"ncrul order No. L.
galveston Texas, January III. Tho
commanding general of the FIRST brigade
desires to say 10 tho camps composing the
southeast subdivision ot the department OF
texas, ibat owing 10 the great disaster
OF september =. which chuscd such wide.
spread destruction IN the coast country.
tne work o. organization begun prior TO
That date has been necessarily driaycd
=. Attention Is now called to general or
der No, !, from division headquarters, di-
frctcd 70 brigade commanders. which says;
'Ih' brlgadier generals commanding the
several SUBDIVISIONS OF tins division are
hereby directed 10 require tho camps OF
thclr respective subdivisions to promptly
make out complete muster rolls of the
members of SAID camp Oh the blanks ac
complaining this order. IL Is the intention
OF the major general commanding, Us soon
rs such muster rolls, properly prepared,
shall have been received at these head
quarters, to cause the same To he com
piled and published IN book or pamphlet
FORM, and copy Of same furnished each
camp in the division TO the Intent thar n
permanent record he preserved of the mem.
b"ls oi the division and uf the commands
III which they served during the war. ana
further; that every Confederate In this
State should have the means of readily 10
cnting ana finding every comradc In the
state, provided he Is II member of any
camp in this division 70 this end the
rolls must be carefully prepared the names
written plainly and tn alphabetical order,
ana the Information required under each
OF the headings given in full
said muster rolls. together with the
per capita tax OF cents per member,
delay 10 brigade headquarters, and npt 10
these headquarters.
3. III conformity with the general order
No. camp commanders are instructed 10
nave prepared proper rosters ana to for
ward such rosters with Il ! cents per
capita to these headquarters without FUR
ther delay by order of NJ. f. Mott,
Brigaidler General Commanding. First Bri-
gadc. Southeast Subdivision, u. G. V.
Il. J. Murray AdJutant General.
General order No. I.
Fort Worth Trxus, September 10 1900
! The brigadier general commanding the
| several subdivisions of this division, are
| hereby directed 10 require the camps of
! their respective subdivisions to promptly
make out complete muster rolls OF the
members of said camp on the blanks nc
complaining this order, 1t Is the intcn
! ton of the major general commanding, as
soon as such muster rolls, properly pre-
/ pared. shall have been received at these
! headquarters, 10 cause the same to he com
! piled and published in book or pamphlet
| form, and copy of same furnished each
| emp In the division: 10 the intent that a
| permanent record VIII he preserved of the
members of the division aud of the com
mands in which they served during the
/ war; aud. gurther, that every Confederate
in this State should have the means of
readily locating and finding every comrndc
in the State, provided he IL II member of
any camp in this division. To this end
the rolls must be carefully prepared, the
names written plainly and In alphabetical
order, and the Information required under
each of the headings given in full
Said muster rolls. with the per capita
of cents per member, shall he forwarded
hy the camps without delay to brigade
headquarters, and not to these hcadquar
tcrS. And the adiutnnt general of said
subdivision or such other officer as mas
nc designated by the hrigadier general
shall on receipt Of same, retain ouc-hnlt
Of said per capita tax SO received for the
expenses of said subdivision, and forward
the remaining ouc-half of said per capita
tax, together with said muster roll. al
once To these headquarters first seeing
that said rolls are prepared In accordance
with foregoing directions.
BY order HI.tor & NJ Yam ,o,nm znnht
Adiutant General mud Chiof of stan.
Adiutnnt Fall stated that he had pre-
pared rosters of the camp in compliance
with the above requests,
Comradc Bcayens reported having re
received 900 tickets for inc DICK lowing
monument benefit Ia be given on ~
Patricls day which he desired to tur,
over to the camp.
1t was decided that Mr.. heavens HI
made the custodian of the tickets to sup
ply the different members with as many
AS they desired