The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-03-18
ADDRESS TO
VETERANS.

Headquarters United Confederate Vet
Grams, New Orleans, La, January
%, 1903.
General Orders No. 294
l. The general commanding an
nounces that, according to the Gus
tom heretofore in force, which leaves
to the commanding general and the
department commanders the fixing
of the date of the reunion, the 1hir-
teenth Annual Reunion will oe held
in the city of New Orleans, La, on
May 10, 20. 81 and %, 1908, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. re.
spectively those days having been
named by our host as satisfactory
II. With pride the commanding
general also announces that 1890
camps have already Joined the associa-
ton; and he hopes that many more
will file application before the
reunion He urges veterans every
where to get together and form them
selves into camps. and send at once to
these headquarters for organization
papers, so that their aid may be secur-
ed in carrying out the benevolent
praiseworthy and patriotic objects of
our order.
III He begs that camps already
organized and those about to be or
ganized, will at once set about to ere
ating an interest in this great Reun-
ion, which promises to surpass all
heretofore held. Let delegates and al
ternates be chosen and every prepare
ton made to take part in this gather
ing. Not alone the city of New Or
leans, but the state of Louisiana as
well, has invited us TO come to the
metropolis of the great southwest;
and let the survivors of the Lost
Cause" be not backward in accepting
this invitation
Few cities of the South offer such
attractions to the ordinary visitor. but
her sufferings and hardships render
her doubly dear to the heart of every
Confederate. 1t was upon her old men,
too far advanced in age to take up
arms, and her noble women that were
heaped all the barbarities the inge'
nuity of brutal Butler could imagine;
within her borders was the home of
the gallant Beauregard, at whose com
mand the first shot OF the war was
fired, the hero of the first Manassas,
the able engineer who planned the de
lenses of Charleston Harbor, which
so long successfully resisted the ter
rible attacks ofsthe powerful Federal
feet. and here his spirit sweetly sank
to rest here lived and died. the below
ed George Moorman. the inspiration
and life of the great order of the U. c.
VS., for which he toiIed night and
day, and to whose efforts its wonderful
success is entirely due; here labored
and administered spiritual consolation
the sainted B. NJ. Palmer, who regard
ed it almost as a teaching of the Holy
Word of God that the doctrine of
states rights should be upheld ever
# the great sacrifice that was made
for it. and who. in the last hours Of
his life, referred lovingly to his Con
federate uniform; almost the first life
that was sacrificed on the altar of his
country. that of the noble Colonel
Charles Dreux. was resident of this
city: here. for a while, reposed the
precious ashes of Albert Sidney John
ston, before their removal to their
home in our sister state of Texas, in
the magnificent tomb in Metaire Gem
etery here passed away the great and
only president of the Confederate
states of America. Jefferson Davis,
and here, on all sides. the mind and
heart are stirred to patriotic enthusi-
asm by enduring monuments in mar
BILE or bronze to the glorious dead of
the past-the noble column to the inn
mortal Lee, towering over all; here
dwell the most open-hearted men, and
the most beautiful. patriotic and loyal