The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-17

the Confederate soldiers who went to the WET from Jefferson County, and who came to Jefferson County after the war. and who remained faithful unto death; and to the loving and self-sacrif1cing wo- men Of Jefferson County, native and adopted, who were behind the men who were behind the guns 1s61-65
 Be pleased to help, in any and every way you can, the special committee of twelve (of which Comrade w. J. Milner Is chalrman) in securing the erection of this monument at the earliest time practica- ble.
 Camp Hardee is pledged and this com mittee Is charged to work for this monu- ment in hearty co-operationiwithP Pelham Chapter Daughters of the Confectionery, and with Camp Clayton, Sons of Confed- crate Veterans, and with all of the other Confederate camps of Jefferson County.
 Your immediate and persistent aid, and liberal contributions. in time and in money, are asked for, and 1t is hoped that you will use your influence with the citizens at large, and with the state. county and municipal authorities, to the end, that the proposed monument shall be speedily erected in such form as shall be worthy of the builders thereof and of those to whose memory 1t is built.
 Will you not advise your daughters to join Pelham Chapter and your sons to join Camp Clayton, and persuade others to join, so that the membership of each shall be largely and worthily in- creased? There are many hundreds of daughters and sons of Confederate Vet erans in Jefferson County native and adopted, who should esteem 1t a sacred duty, and a great privilege, to power fully aid in this good work-which can be better done, and perhaps only worth fly done, by united effort In and through chapter and camp organizations.
 This committee Is also charged with the duty of having written and publish ed history of the ten companies, and of the cadets who went to the war from Jefferson County. They are appointing a special historian for each company, and you are requested to do all you can to perfect this work as speedily as possible.
 [. Camp Hardee has provided a book of records for the individual war history of each and every comrade. Blank forms have been and will be furnished by the adjutant to be filled out and copied into the book and the original returned for careful preservation in each of the family records. If you have not already attend ed to this in your own case please do so at once, and advise other comrades to do likewise.
 s. If you are an officer. a non-commis- stoned officer or a member of any com mittee, standing or special, be pleased to be earnest and active in your appropriate work as necessary to the usefulness or the camp and to the proper administra- tion of it's affairs
 It Is hoped and believed that you will receive this letter In the same kind and earnest and dutiful spirit in which it is written, and that no effort will be omit ted on the part of any of us comrades to- ward making Camp Hardee the largest and most efficient working organization of Confederate veterans in the state of Alabama.
 In the course of rature we have no great number of years in winch to work, and 1t behooVes us to make tfe current year the best and most useful in all our history.
 It is fondly hoped that the cottage will go up ready for occupancy by worthy, sick and needy Confederate soldiers in August, and that the proposed monument will be erected and dedicated by the early fall of 1903 to which end let us all work quickly, earnestly and persistently.
 Faithfully and fraternally yours,
 JOHN w. JOHNSTON. Commander.