The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-05-29
THE CONFEDERATE ROLLS.
Tribble Explaining Exactly What tbs
Desired.

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Tribble Explaining Exactly What It's
Desired.
Columbia Cor. News and Courier.
Columbia, May 27.-Coi. M. p.
Tribble has begun work on the Con
federate rolls, which the United
States Government has asked for
with a view to their publication Col.
Tribble invites and earnestly solicits
cooperation in the work he has
been designated to undertake and
hopes very much that those having
rolls or information such as is
sought will communicate with him.
There has been a great deal writ
ten about the matter and good
deal of misunderstanding, and with
a view of getting before the people
the information that is sought he has
given out one of the letters he has
received from Washington, in which
the exact information which the
Government seeks and how it is to
be obtained is given. 1t reads as
follows:
Record and Pension Office,
War DEPARTMENT.
Washington City, March %, 1908.
Col. Nj. P. Tribble, Anderson, S.
C.-Dear Sir: The department hav-
ing been advised by Governor Hey
ward on the 25th Instant that he
will be glad to co operate with it in
the compilation Of the recently au-
thorized roster of the officers and
men of the Union Confederate ar
mics, and that he has designated you
to confer with me relative to the de-
tails Of the work, beg leave to sub
NIT the following suggestions for
your consideration:
A considerable collection OF the
rolls of South Carolina Confederate
organizations is now in the possession
Of this department. While that col.
lection does not by any means show
all the names of the officers and men
who were in the Confederate service
from South Carolina, and while it
does not show the complete military
histories of those whose names it
!&does show, it is hoped that the list of
$8names aud the histories of individual
4 officers and men can be made much
Y more nearly complete by record
evidence obtainable from other origi-
Sssnal rolls that may now be i'll posses
Ssion of the State Of South Carolina
SSor of historical societies, memorial
n associations and individuals of South
5BS arolina and other States.
S The Legislation authorizing the
Scoinpilation of the roster is construed
by the department to restrict it, in
making compilation, to tho use of
original records made during the war
Il period, ard to preclude the use Of
printed or manuscript copies of COM
Epilations made subsequently. For
this reason and in order that there
S9hall be no ground for doubt as
2#to9the accuracy Of tho propossd ros
ter, the department will be- unable to
use in the compilation any of the
G rosters that have heretofore been
published, but must IN all cases seek
( the original records npun which those
8froBters were based.
s.GYOu will readily sea that, in order
that the compilation now in progress
8shall be M near j complete rs it is
to make 1t, i, in essential that
S$the war department shall obtain the
temporary loan, for the purpose OF
3 copying, OF any original official rolls,
S$lists Or other documents that show
"a the names of Confederate officers anC
men, and that are now in the custod,
Of State officials, historical or memo
rial associations, public or private
libraries, or that are in the possession
OF private citizens.
1t il impracticable for the war de
partment to communicate with the
various holders of these scattered
records, and consequently the de
partment must rely upon each State
to collect, by loan or otherwise, sucl
records of its own or other Confeder