Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-01-29
The Confederate Rolls,

WY '1oe5ioi"oho AZ teieT6uC0 TO the
Confederate rolls. The memorial
lists constitute a joint committee Of
the South Carolina Division of
United Confederate Veterans and
Sons of Veterans. The memorial
says, amongst other things:
Your memorialists, in this appeal
to the General Assembly of their
State, holding that there has never
been worthier human cause better
incarnated than in the Confederate
soldier, deem it unnecessary to say
more than to emphasize the absolute
necessity for legislative action, in
order that the men who fought for
their country shall live in their noun-
try's history.
The plan proposed by the veterans,
endorsed by the Sons of Veterans,
embodied in the foregoing resolu-
tion, seems to be the most practical
BILE yet suggested for the complete
enrolment of the soldiers of the
Confederacy enlisted from this State.
Hon. John p. Thomas ano his wor-
thy predecessors Gall honor to them)
undertook this work, but for want
of financial aid were, of necessity,
compelled to abandon it. The Con-
federate Veterans and Sons of Vote
rams have succeeded to their labors.
The proposed plan, briefly stated,
is to secure the name of every Con-
federate soldier, by means of COM
mittee in each county of the State,
operating through a committee or
committees in each township of every
county, 30 that there shall not he
omitted from the official Confeder., 70
rolls of the State the name of a sim
gle man who responded to the "call
to arms" The work will be consid.
cred privilege, as well as a sacred
duty, by those to whom it shall be
entrusted.
1t is believed that this method of
enrolment will also be an important
aid to the proper officials in the
determination of claims for pensions,
as it is now sometimes difficult for
meritorious, but needy, veterans to
obtain the requisite certificates to
entitle their claims to the favorable
consideration of the pension boards.
Necessarily there will be required
an expenditure of money for the pur-
chase of county and township enroll
ment books, wherein to record names,
and for stationery and stamps. To
meet this expense it is estimated that
eight hundred dollars will be required.
Your memorialists appeal, with con-
fidence, to the patriotism of the leg
islators of the State to make the
necessary appropriation.
South Carolina should remember
her sons "who, in the dark hours of
imprisonment, in the hopelessness of
the hospital, in the short, sharp
agony of the field, found support and
consolation in the belief that at home
they would not be forgotten"
Your memorialists feel that this
appeal to the General Assembly
would be incomplete without ap-
pending thereto the action of the
South Carolina Division of the
Daughters of the Confederacy, at
their annual convention, held at
Sumter, S. O., in November, 1901, as
follows:
"Resolved, That the South Caro-.
lima Division Of the Daughters of
the Confederacy hereby pledges its
hearty cooperation with the vete-
rams and Sons of Veterans in their
efforts to complete and perfect the
enrolment of all veterans of So,,.h
Carolina who rendered military or
naval service to the Confederate
States from 1861 to 1865, md that
the president be requested TO appoint
one or more members from each
chapter in the State to act with the
committees appointed by the vete-
rams and Sons of Veterans.
"And inasmuch as this enrolment
of Veterans by counties and town
ships will involve considerable ex-
pense in the matter of postage and
the preparation of the proper books
and stationery, be it further
"Resolved, That the State Division
of the Daughters of the Confederacy,
in convention assembled, do most
heartily endoi and commend to the
favorable action of the Legislature
the memorial of the joint committee
of Veterans and Sons of Veterans
for the appropriation of eight hun
dred dollars for these purposes"
And your memorialists will ever
pray.
@. Irvine Walker, commanding
South Carolina Division, United
Confederate Veterans.