Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-10-02
United Confederate Veterans.


er. commanding the Department o
the Army Of Northern Virginia, Uni
ted Confederate Veterans, % which
post he was elected at the recent re
union held ut Dallas, Texas, as III,
successor Of the late General Wad,
Hampton, and who resides at Greens
vile, S. G. has issued General Or
der No. 2, Charleston, S. c., Sen
tember lst, 1902, naming his. stan a.
follows;
Adjutant General and Chief O
STAFF -Brigadier General James G,
Holmes.
Assistant Adiutant Generals
Colonels Archer Anderson, Rich.
mond, Va Winfield Peters, Balti.
more Graham Dawes, Newberne N,
c.; Edw. III. Sparkman, Charleston,
S. C.
Inspector General-Colonel. J. ].
Westcoat, Charleston, S. G..
QuartermastsrG rGeneral-Col. Chas.
Goldsborough, Baltimore.
Surgeon General-Col. Il. Grange
Simons, II. D., Cbarles:oR.
Judge Advocate Geaeral-Colonel
Jas. T. Morehead, Greensboro, N. C.
Chaplain General e. Rev. Geo.
w. Peterkin, ID. D., Parkersburg,
w. Va.
Aides-de-ca.np--.eui. Coils. Sol.
Emanuel, New YorG City; +. ID.
Markham, Durham, n. G. d. Card
well, Columbia, s. 9. Charles NJ.
Blackford, Iynchburg, Va; Iich-
ard B. Davis, Petersburg, Va. Geo.
Fl. Ingrahan, Washing g.on, d.. C. !;
]. w. Reed, Cicstcr, S. c.; L. Nj.
Farr, Union, S. C..
There are three departments of
the United Confederate Veterans,
each under command OF "a Lieuten-
ant-General; Gen. Stephen ID. Lee,
of Mississippi, and VIM. L. Cabell,
of Texas, commanding the others.
There are now about 800 Camps
of the Veterans with an enrolment
of 100, 900 members, out of the max
imum number o. original Confeder-
ate soldiers of coo, 900.
Gen. John b. Gordon, Of Georgia,
is the General Commander OF the or
ganization.
The objects of the United Confed-
crate Veterans are the caring for its
needy members, and the preserva-
ton OF the history of the Confedaracy.
In Maryland much of the benevo-
lent work is in the hands Of the So
ciety of the Army and Navy of the
Confederate States in the State of
Maryland, which has direction OF
the Pikesville Home, while the sew
eral Camps OF the United Confeder
ate Veterans, i'm Baltimore, and the
counties work along the lines OF their
organization.
BRAVE GENERAL WALKER.
Gen. Walker was Brigadier in
the Confederate armies during the
war, and has u gallant record for
services i'm the West.
PROM BALTIMORE.
The staff of General Walker COM
prises two Baltimoreans, and sever
al officers who are well known i'm
Baltimore. Adit. General Holmes
was the Adjutant-General of Laws
Brigade, Hoods division Army Of
Northern Virginia, and after the
war spent several years in Balti-
more, then returning 10 his native
city, Charleston, where ne is engag-
ed in the life insurance business.
Colonel Dawes has lived here, and
his father, the late prof. Graham
Dawes, had an extensive acquain-
tance in Baltimore.
Surgeon General Simmons is
well known in his profession, and
so is Judge Morchead.
Chaplain General Pcterkin is the
Protestant Episcopal Bishop OF West
Virginia, and frequently breaches
in Baltimore. Coils. Blackford, Da.
Wis, Ingrahama and others of the aids,
arc often seen in Baltimore ON bust.
ness cor social trips. Col. Black.
ford is cousin of Vim. A. BIackford
COLONEL GoLDsBoRoUGH.
Col. Chas. Goldsborongh is one o
Baltimore's best known business
men, and is at present on the stat
of Gov. John Walter Smith. He
served gallantly in the Confedcracy
during the entire war-first ths
Navy, then under Col. John Single
ton Mosby and finally in the First
Maryland Artillery. After the wal
he settled in baltimore founded the
lirm OF Goldsborough and Tale, and
subsequently, formed the Ulmar
Goldsborough Company. He is {
member OF the Maryland Club.
COLONEL PETERs.
Since the formation OF the Confed
crate societies, in 1871, Col. Win
6..ld petars has faaa act;va ;x an.