The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1902-03-26
OUR OLD HEROES.
A General Order from General C.
Irvine Walker.
ABOUT THE TEXAS REUNION.
He Urges Large Attendance OF
South Carolinians, and Gives
Much Valuable Informa-
tion About the Trip.

Headquarters South Carolina Division.
United Confederate Veterans.
Greenwood, sc March II. 1902.
General Order No. 81.
l. The Twelfth Annual Reunion of
the United Confederate Veterans will
be held at Dallas, Texas, April 1925,
1902. The Division Commander urges
upon all the Camps of the South Caro-
lima Division the sending Of large
delegations TO this grand Reunion.
TO now many of us, will it be the last
time we shall clasp hands with our
comrades.
III. The rate of travel will be l cent
per mile. AS this will be long trip,
arrangements have made by which
Tourists Cars, with all the substantial
comforts Of the Pullman Car, but only
lacking their elegance, will be run by
the Southv:n Railway from South
Carolina TO Dallas, and such Tourists
Cars as may be chartered by Camps
Will be parked while there for use
as homes for the Veterans. The
special rate for the same will be an
nounced by the railroads.
III. Thinking always OF the con
venience and comfort OF his comrades.
tue Division Commander has carefully
weighed the advantages presented by
the various routes to Dallas, consider
Ing not only the advantages OF the
officlal train going, but the regular
schedules or trains returning, to bring
The veterans easily to their homes.
outside OF and including the Official
train, and has decided that the route
oy The southern Railway is by far the
best, and the Official train will go by
ttllS route. This train will carry the
Tourist SleeperS from South Carolina.
The official train will leave Columbia,
). e., about midday, Sunday, April
10th, 1902, after the hour Of the ar
rival OF trains from Fort Mill, Rock
Hill, etc. from Charleston; and trains
by the A. G. l.. from eastern parts 0
the State. 1t will go via Newberry,
Greenwood, etc, to Greenville, where
the trains from Charlotte, Spartan
burg, etc. will join it, and thence on
70 Dallas. The comrades from points
In the western part OF the State Sill
join the Official train at Atlanta. YER
Is scheduled to arrive at Dallas,
A. NJ, April 22d. This movement
covers more nearly the whole State
than is s3S bic by a.tll1R1Rer- route
auoTle Division Commander
recognizes. that he has no right, and
certainly has no inclination, to require
the comrades OF the South Carolina
DIVISION TO 80 10y any one route, and
particularly if at any personal incon-
Venience TO the comrades, but he ap-
peals TO them to support him In his
decision of route, and to patronise
the southern" the official route. He
urges this, because:
lSt. The trip is long one, and ALL
South CarolinianSgOing together places
them in pleasant communion during
the 80 hours of the trip.
"a. Parking the chartered Tourist
cars from South Carolina together,
places the many South Carolinians oc-
Icupying Suchcars when there, at home
together. 1t gives our State local
habitation at the Dallas Reunion.
/ Sd. If the Veterans of the State de-
sire that their influence as a BODY be
felt in the State, they must act to-
geIher as a unit They can show their
common bond of comradeship by en-
dorsing their official head and moving
in mass.
The Division Commander feeling all
this, most earnestly urges the COM
radeS Of this Division, for their own
comfort, their own pleasure, and the
interest of the Division, to stand to-
gether, and all make the trip to Dal-
las by the official route on the South
ern Railway. BY order.
G. IRVINE WALKER,
S. c. Div. Commander.
JAMES c.. HOLMES,
Adjutant General, Chief Of staff.