The Monticellonian., 1901-10-18
Veterans in Grey.

kansas Division, United Confederate
 Veterans, assembled at Little Rock on
 the Sth inst. Maj. Gen. V. Y. Cook
 presided, and Gen. B. w. Green and
 Maj. J. E. Wood acted as secretaries
 The roll call showed 73 delegates in
 attendance representing 9 camps.
 Hon. Jos w. House. of Little Rock.
 delivered an eloquent address. wei
 among other things, said Arkansas
 Of Roses, which was responded to by
 Hon. Chas. Coffin. of Walnut Ridge
 In his annual address Gen. Cook
 among other things, said: Arkansas
 part in that war was in no mean pro-
 portion. We find that in 1860 her mil
 itary population was 65,231 and that
 on April 15, 1861, her governor de
 clined to furnish 7S0 men, the states
 quota of the first call of President Lin
 coin for 75,000 volunteers. The state seeded May 6, 1861, and furnished the
 Confectionery sixty-ive infantry regi
 ments and fourteen infantry battal
 ions, eleven cavalry regiments and eighteen cavalry battalions, one regi-
 ment and two battalions of sharp shooters, two regiments of mounted
 rifles, five regiments of state militia
 and one battalion of artillery Of these commands there were 104 off cers killed in battle and 2.061 enlisted men, 2,165 enlisted men died of wounds and twenty seven officers, seventy-four officers died of disease and BIOS en- listed men. The state had eighteen brigadier generals in the Confederate army, of whom four were promoted to major generals. One hundred and twenty-six different engagements, some of which were hotly contested battles, were fought upon Arkansas soil, and the state was represented by organ ized commands in every army of the Confectionery, and each arm of the service thereof and troops from Arkan- sas were present and participated in all the great battles of the war"
 Resolutions of sympathy for Mrs. Mckinley and eendemning anarchy were adopted. as follows:
 Resolved, That we. the ex-Gonfeder- ates of Arkansas. in state reunion as sembled, do hereby extend our deep est sympathy to the widow of our late beloved president, William Mckinley, in the great bereavement brought upon her and our entire country by the tragic and untimely event of hiG death, and that this expression of our sympathy be communicated to Mrs. Mckinley by the adjutant of this or ganization.
 Resolved, That we. the surviving ex Confederates of Arkansas, in annual reunion assembled, embrace this, the first opportunity afforded us. of ex pressing our utter adherence and de testation of the crime which resulted in the deplorable death of President Wm Mckinley, and we join hands with the organization of the Grand Army of the Republic and all law abiding people in their aim and pur pose to extirpate anarchy and the seeds of this crime of crimes from American soil.
 The question of location for the pro posed Confederate monument caused | considerable discussion. A committee from the Daughters of the Confeder acy urged that it be located in the Confederate cemetery at Little Rock and the committee to whom the mat ter was referred at the last convention favored the City Park, Little Rock and recommended that the monument be constructed of Arkansas granite. A motion designating the cemetery as the place for the monument was de- feated, and the monument will be erected in the City Park. The fund raised for this purpose now amounts to S4,S00 Resolutions thanking the various railroads for courtesies and the legislature for providing for de serving indigent comrades were adopt ed The election of officers resulted as follows: l.. c. Balch, major gen eral commanding, Little Rock; J. E. | Wood, brigadier general commanding | First brigade, Marianna; J. E. Rob- erts, brigadier general commanding | Second brigade, Pine Bluff; A. V. Rieff, brigadier general commanding Third brigade, Little Rock; w. K. brigadier general command ing Fourth brigade, Camden.