The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-16
GUnpLETTHH CONFEDERATE ROLLS.
What is Expected of the Township
Committees, the Sons and
Daughters.

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The foIioWingsis a portion fan ini-
Tar of instructions gust
issEed By Chairman Zimmerman, Davis
Eof~the, State COMMITTEES on, details q
enrolment OF Confederate veterans,
which work isuow about to sbegln IN
each county IN the State:
& County Enrolment nlGsee-Lhe
Feoun6y enrolment committee shall
consist OF one veteran, who shall be
The cTtasrann, and of one son OF veter-
an and one daughter Of the Confeder-
aey.-se-as -rs-s's-
township Veterans Enrolment Com
mittee. duties of.-There shall be IN
every township nsenrolment commit
taeo vets-an which shall consist OF
TIRES or more veteran appointed by
The veteran member oss the county
committee, no definite number being
liked for the membership of this town.
ship committee, and the.-nnmbers.o or
commit tteemen appointed may De IN
creased as the size Of the township or
wosk 60 be done may require; SO tHat
there may be one or more members or
this township s veterans, committee
appointed in each neighborhood, city,
ward or village. The township COM
mttee of veterans shallshaye the ex-
cIusive control of the enrolment, and
they only shall have the right TO.
enroll or order veterans name upon
evidence satisfactory to the committee
that the person enrolled rendered mill
tary or naval service to the Con5eder-
acy, and w!ailes it rs exceeding glys. M
portant that no name entitled to en-
follment shall be omitted from the
roll, iS is the duty Of Tie township
enrolment committee of veterans to
carefully examine and guard the rec.
ord and see that no name not entitled
t0 enrolment shall be enrolled Any;
member of the township enrolment,
committee Of veterans shall have the.
right to enter or have entered on the
township enrolment book the name or
names ofYeterans with details of ser.
vice, etc, subject to the right OF a ma
iority of the veteran township enroll
mens committee; atsany. tInaesto revise,
correct or amend the record.
Auxiliary Work of Sons and Dangh-
8srs simultaneously withtsae agpoint-
nett of the JoWnship veteran s. enroll-
meH5 comm lee, the Sons Of Veterans
md Daughtsrs ofsshe ConfeSleracg are
rec1esSsd to crganize Ing every neigh
berhoodsand stowaship fostahe purpose
of arousing interest locally, and, by
their individual and organized efforts,
.en6eavoF 80 obtain the namesof eEer8l
veteran from SIhe neighborhood en-.
titled to enrolment with proof OF his
service, and submitting the same &te,
The veteran township commi tee 1oTI
enrolment and TO render clerical and
other aid to said veterans committee.
The county enrolment committee is
1reapsssed 50 arolse tha Sons sofaV Ve6eF-
ans and Daughters Of the Confederacy
10 this important auxiliary work to be
rendsfedsby shefa. s
Who Are Entitled to Enrolment
Only those are entitled TO enrolment
who, while citizens or residents OF
South Carolina, rendered military or
naval service to the Confederacy In
the war 1851 to 1867 between the
States. Again: those entitled te-sea-s
rollp.ent must have from South Caro-
lima served CD in the Confederate
States navy; or (2) in the regular
army of the Confederacy or (3) in the
volunteer provisional army Of the
Confederacy, or served the Confeder-
acy "a In the South Carolina reserves;
or {54 in the South Carolina militia;
or f6l in the corps Of South Carolina
Military Citadel Academy cadets
or (7 in the corps OF So1ta Carolina
Arsenal cadets.
Illustration Of Working of Plan
/" A. B. :, entered 9rom township OF
Fairfield dcountY Go. A. ofthe Sixth
South Carolina Volunteer. infantry,
and was subsequently, removed to "a
Chester county township, he would be
enrolled in both the Fairfield township
book and in the Chester township
book, but in each as having served in
Co. A, Sixth South Carolina regiment
of infantry-thus having two enroll
ments by township and only one by
military organization if, however, he
was transferred in the Seventeenth
regiment, South Carolina Volunteer
inafntry, OF into the Confederate navy,
hes would be enrolled in two township
books: and subsequently entered in
two places when the enrolment by
organization in later years is completed
from the county enrolment book.
DISPOSITION of Township Book when
Completed-Every township enroll-
ment book when completed
shall be by the township
committee of veterans turned over TO
the clerk o.. the court of the county,
whose receipt shall be taken therefor,
and the chairman of the county COM
mittee notified of the fact Upon re-
ceiving each township enrolment
book, the clerk of the court shall, as
directed by law, record the names of
the veterans with details of service,
&C., into the county enrolment book,
and both township and county enroll
ment books shall become permanent
records in his Office.