The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-09
Headquarters United Confederate
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j. 4h~SoNAdaA SCA Ohhecu SOhASASAo nv Veterans.
 New Orleans, La. March 8, 1902. vneral Orders No. M.
 I. The General Commanding announces that the Twelfth Annual Meeting ana
 Reunion of the United Confederate Vet .tans will be held as stated in General Orders No. 267, current series, from these keddquarters, in the city of Dallas. Texes. on April 22d. 2ad, zith and 18th. 1902, Tues respectively.
 l Also, by request of its patriotic Pres | tdent, Mrs. W. J. Behan, the General l Commanding announces that the Confed- l crate Southern Memorial Association will
 hold it's Third Annual Convention in Dallas. Texas, on the same dates as the
 of the Confederacy'' will open their Con yention with Memorial Services in honor of Jefferson Davis. in the Episcopal
 church in Dallas, Texas.
 | iederate soldiers and sailors of all arms, grades and departments. Daughters of the Confederacy, and Sons of Veterans are cordially invited to attend this Twelfth General Reunion of the U. c. v.'s. II. With pride and pleasure he also announces that fourteen hundred and ten
 cAmps are already enrolled in the U. c. V. organization, with applications for
 over one hundred more. Ex-Confederate
 soldiers and sailors everywhere are urged
 to form themselves into local associa-
 tsoys, where this has not already been
 done; and all associations. bivouacs, en-
 cnmpments and other bodies not mem
 Dtrs of the U. c. V. Association are
 tions 10 these Headquarters, without de- lay, so as to be organized in time to par
 ticipate in this great Reunion. and thus
 unite with their comrades in carrying out | the la udable and philanthropic objects of | he Unlted Confederate Veteran organi- nation
 III. He heartily approves of the wis I ao:a shown by the Veterans In their se- 1 .ection of the Queen City of the South
 west the beautiful and progressive City l If Dallas. in the Empire State of the 1 South, the mighty State of Texas, the youngest of the glorious sisterhood of l Southern States, but now the greatest
 in territory, population and resources, l and with limitless future, as a meet | ing place for this their twelfth Annual 1 Reunion, as it is SO situated geographic l ally, but 1t is accessible to a very large
 number of the l.. c. " Camps.
 | In addition to this Dallas. and. in fact, | the entire State of Texas is noted for
 boundless hospitality, and for the love | and devotion which her golden-hearted
 sons and beautiful and accomplished daughters have always bestowed upon | the "O1d Heroes of the Sixties who stood for four long years before such l overwhelming odds.
 Once before in the hospitable City of Houston. in 1885 and now again In that city of marvellous growth and expanding greatness. the lovely city of Dallas, | Texas. through her chivalrous sons and | glorious women, has invited the remnant | Of the followers of that mighty Southern l Army, to the valor and greatness of | which she contributed so much through 1 her noble sons and peerless women. to l meet once again upon her soil. and renew | old tics formed in the camp and upon | the battlefield. and old friendships made amidst danger and hardships, to drink again out of the same canteen, to sit again around the same camp fires. and clasp hands in comradeship once again bel fore they cross over to join Davis, Lee,
 Jackson and the host of the rank and
 file of that matchIess Southern Army now
 enccsmped upon the other shore. s, .,
 fore, urges the officers and members of
 oil Camps to commence now. without
 delay, making preparations to attend this
 great reunion, he especially urges all
 camps to commence now, without delay,
 preparing for delegates, aiternates and
 as many members as possible to attend.
 so as to make 1t the largest and most
 representative Reunion ever held; as bus
 mess of the greatest gravity affecting
 the welfare of the old Veterans will be
 transacted during this Twelfth Annual
 Reunion-such as the benevolent care.
 through State aid or otherwise. or ais,
 abled, destitute and aged Veterans and the widows and orphans of our fallen hrothers-in-arms, which will be one Of .he most important matters for our con-
 sideration. In this connection the Gen erai Commanding calls especial attention to the increasing age, multiplied sorrows and corrodjng cares of many of the gal iant old soldiers. who risked their lives and fortunes for what they considered right during the-eventfui years of 1s6l-SC Through the mortuary reports received at these headquarters. he Is daily ana almost hourly reminded that the length ening shadows of time are fast settling over the old heroes-reaching out already beyond the allotted span Of human lire, many of whom had already passed the age of manhood when, over forty years