The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-26

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/ ISIS, 900 had. been collected. She made 9
most forcible address and was vigorously
| appiauded.
A motion was made shat the approval
! of ZIP gwen In favor OF the
i erection of the monumei t.
EISfoRY REPORT.
Judge Christian then read his history
rept rt, which was a full report, and oc-
! cupid considerable time in the reading.
1t was volumiEous document and
White as he said. many things of conn 4
repute were necess riiy embraced in it.
yet It was interesting throughout. M"ch
(; labor has been devoted to the prooa.a tirn
of the report winch deals W. .h the CT n
duct of the war and in the nte..ast OF
the truth OF history. and, with no oestre
j to open old sores, cites some of the 1.ost
hagrant violations of the rules Of civihze6
warfare, which made the contest waged
against th. South a barbarous contest.
! characterized by acts h.ch would shame
! savage.
The report says that in previous reports
of this committee lt has been proven that
by testimony purely Northern that the
| Southern States had right to secede
! and that the North was the aggressor
in bring ng on the war. 1t remains, con-
tinues the report, to recite how the war
was conducted by both sides.
Beg ming with rectal of the rules
| adopted by the Federal government for
j the conduct of the war. the report enun-
| crates how these rules were totally dis
regarded not by soldiers alone. but by
| officers of highest rank not only by their
! personal acts, .ut in their official orders.
Then. In ma sd contrast, the cr'ters
| of the commanders on the Confederate
side and the behavior of the Confederate
/: soldier are shown
/ VALLEY CAMPAIGN.
| The report takes UP in deta. the con-
:. duct of Pope. Sherman, -tiuan. Butler
! and Grant, and ~ tl.eir own oh,c-al or
ders and papers, bring against them an
arraignnlent that could not be worse were
it written py their most deadly enemies.
/. In the latter part Of the report occurs
/. this striking sentence: 1T must be re-
membered, too, that large number OF
persons at the North still delight to speak
of that war as rebellion and of us
as rebels and traitors. They have
shown by the test mony of their own
people, not only that they rebelled
against, but overthrew the constitution.
to make war on us, and that when they
did go to war, they violated every rule
they laid down for the government of
their armies; and waged it with a savage
cruelty unknown in the history of civili-
Eat on
The report is an eloquent arraignment
against the South, and is more striking.
that out of their own mouths. are they
judged
OFFICERS CHOSEN.
Officers of the camp We're then elected.
At the conclus on O. the election Rev.
Dr. Hyde, the chaplain-general. offered
resolution expressing the thanks of the
veterans to the A. 2. Hill Camp and the
citizens of petersburg for the splendid
orjy- n
officers are:
Thomas w. smith. Suffolk, grand COM
mander: James MEG II, Pulaski, first
lieutenant grand commander; Thomas d.
Ransom, Staunton. second lieutenant
grand commander: DR.. j. e. Harwood,
Petersburg, third lieutenant commander.
The following were Reelected: lnomaS
c. Morton, Staunton. Inspector-Generai;
Washington Taylor. of Norfolk, Quarter
master-C;eneral: Rev. John P. Hyde.
Winchester aplain-General; DR.. John
S. Powell. Occoquan. Surgeon-General;
Thomas Elicit, Richmond Adjutant-Gen-
{ eral; Wm. w. Bentley, Pulaski. Ade-de-
| Camp: L. NJ Blackford, Alexandria, Aide
de-Camp.
MANY RESOLUTIONS.
The following resolutions were offered:
Kesolt..,oli me la...es OF the riosis-
wood Memorial Association requesting the
dlstrgDuteo and USED IN keepinS up cerne-
terles in which are buried Confederate
soldiers. 1t was endorsed by the Grand
| Camp.
RESOLUTION by Gen. Garnett that the
:, works OF the Mary Custis Lee Children
OF the Confederacy be endorsed by the
Grano Camp. 1t was approved.
Resolution on death OF Gen Walker:
Resolved, That in the recent death of
tl,ar If
there has passed away one OF the bravest,
trueSt soldiers who ever fought for con-
stitutional freedom. and we d,s!re to pu.
on record our appreciation OF his worth
and our grief at his death.
Resolution by Capt. John Lamb TO erect
memorial to j. E. B. Stuart. Endorsed.
Resolution was offered by Comrade
Lamb that attention of camps be caileh
to the collection of portraits of Conred-
crate heroes. and that they should be
more earnest in this matter.
GOOD OF TILE CAMP.
Report of the Committee on Good of the
Camp was then read by Chairman kean
of Louisa The committee made several
recommendations. the first two of which
provoked much discussion.
The recommendations were: First, -hdt
the Grand Camp withdraw from tue
United Confederate Veterans Association
After much discussion and argument the
RI commendation was laid on the table.
Second. that the commander hereafter ;'r-
range the business sessions of the Grand
Camp so that it's sessions shall only con-
Time tws ny This recommendation
after much discussion. was finally laid on
the. table third and your committee
further recommends that in the orst.nt-
cation of both grand and subordinate
camps all military titles for the officers
OF said camps be abolished and that the
officers ba designated only by such titles
as applies to his duties: and in this con-
nection we refer to the reservation adopt
ed by the Grand Camp of Richmond in
1897
These recommendations We're endorsed
and approved by the Grand Camp
an4IeE-nE DEIEpSpIlpG