The Opelousas courier., 1902-01-18
Veterans Reunion.

THE LOUISIANA DIVISION URGED TO GU
TO DALLAS.
Hdqrs. Louisiana Diyision,)
United Confederate Veterans.
Baton Rouge, La, Jan. 10. 1902
General Order No. 4.
|. The major general commanding
desires to announce that ho has received
official notification from General John
b. Gordon, commanding the United
Confederate Veterans, that the next an
nual reunion Of this organization will
be held ut Dallas, Tex, on April 30, 80
k24 and 25, 1909.
II. From time to time information
relative to rates of transportation, etc,
will be made known by these headquar
tiers.
III. 1t should be remembered by the
division that it gave the casting vote in
favor of Dallas at the Memphis reunion;
that the renowned troops of the Lone
Star State, in large numbers, fought
alongside of the Louisiana troups in
nearly all of the battlefields of Louis
lana, and that Texan heroes are rest
ing under the shade of the trees" ut
Mansfield and elsewhere, in common
graves with Louisiana braves; that the
success which crowned the reunion at
NewOrleans some years ago was largely
due TO the hosts from Texas, who were
led by their beloved commander, "Oid
Tige.n Therefore, cemented as they
are with knightly blood shed in a con-
mon and stainless cause, the ties which
bind Texas to Louisiana appeal to the
Louisiana division to appear at Dallas,
strong in numbers and 10 their best at
tire, and as much as may be practicable,
like an army with banners,"t do honor
to the glorious Lone Star State.
w. OF equal historic renown, and
equally symbolic of dauntless~ gallantry,
devotion TO duty aud chivalric honor,
with the unsullied shields of the knight
iy crusaders of old were the gray uni
forms Of the Confederate army. To
have earned the privilege of wearing
the gray, in life and in the tomb, should
be deemed a proud distinction, not only
by the Confederate veterans, but by
those sons of Confederate veterans who
have banded themselves to keen I'M
furnished the glOries won in the sixties
by the warriors of Dixie" and to pre-
serve the records and monuments which
are b%euueathed to these sons by the
constitution Of the United Confederate
Veterans.
V. 1t is earnestly hoped and request
ed OF all the veterans and the sons of
veterans who can possibly do so that
they shall go to Dallas clad in the Con-
federate gray. Thus will they best do
honor to those who fell on the fields of
battle. and to their comrades who have
died since, reveiing the memory of those
who went down with the faith that they
were not d ying in vain.
vi. The badge Oh insignia of MEM
bsTship in this division, which shall be
worn upon the front of black felt hats
by the staff, and Of gray felt hats by the
camps, shall be us follows: Upon a
shield of gray cloth there shall be
worked with yellow wash embroidery
silk an outlining at the edge of the
shield; from the upper side points to the
lower point or the Shield equldistant
and within the outlining, thirteen stars;
directly across the upper side points, In
~abbreviation, LA. Div.;" below this,
the camp number; lastly, the initials,
"U. C. "" The embroidery should be
raised as much as practicable, and in
size the shield shall be two and One-half
inches wide by two and three-quarters
of an inch in length. The thirteen stars
represent the thirteen Confederate
States, and the embroidery is of the
same color as that of. the lone star upon
the Louisiana flag.
VII. The uniforms shall be as fol-
lows: For the staff: A black felt hat
with gilt cord and badge, as above: gray
dress coat, with rundown collar, a row
of seven military buttons on each side,
with three small ones at the sleeve; gray
trousers. The uniform to be trimmed
with buff cord, and the rank insignia on
the collar. White belt and gloves.
When obtainable, crayat of red and
white. For the camps: Gray felt hats,
with the division badge and gilt cord
for officers, and silver cord for others.
Gray blouses and trousers. trimmed
with red, yellow or light blue, at choice
of camps. One row of sever military
buttons on blouse, at side, and three
smaller ones at sleeve. Rank insignia
on collar. White gloves and cravat, as
preferred by camps.
VIII. The United Sons of Confeder-,
ate Veterans, the United Daughters of
heConfederacy the Ladies' Confederate
Memorial Association and other CoBfa8s
crate organizations are most cgEdially
to attend the reunion IN COM
pany with the division.
TX. Veterans who have not joined
camps are most earnestly invited to do
so, and where no camps exist, to form
new ones. LEON JASTREMsKI,
Major General Commanding.
A. B. BooTH, Adjutant General and
Chief of Staff.