The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-03-18
Number Twenty-Six.

women of the south. These men and
| these women stand with open arms
and cordial greeting to welcome the
| survivors of the Lost Cause" to this
/ fair city. No better preparations have
J ever been made for the pleasure and
entertainment of the wearers of the
gray. The commanding general hopes
| that there will be an immense gath
ering of his old comrades, and that
| these old heroes will go back to their
| homes when the reunion is over, hap
pier and better men, singing the
praises of those who have contributed
so much to make their sojourn pass
delightfully."-.
". At the request of its most zeai-
Gus president, Mrs. W. j. Behan, the
commanding general takes pleasure IN
announcing that the Confederate
Southern Memorial Association VIII
hold its fourth annual convention at
New Orleans on the same dates as the
United Confederate Veterans me
opening feature of the convention VIII
be the usual Jefferson Davis memorial
service which will be held in Christ IS
church cathedral Tuesday, May ~,
1903.
All the United Confederate Veter-
ans, United Sons of Confederate Veter-
ans and United Daughters OF the Con-
federacy are cordially invited to assist
at this solemn and impressive cere-
mony in memory Of the first and only
president of the Confederacy. Inc
commanding general sincerely trusts
that all who visit New Orleans VIII
take part in this beautiful service II
possible The Confederate soldier
cannot too often mark his appreciation
of the glorious women of the SOUTH
and their noble work.
v Many matters of importance VIII
be brought before the convention
among which will be the proper steps
to be taken to teach the young men
and the young women who are soon
to take our places, that the cause lor
which their fathers fought, and tEeir
mothers toiled so unwearyingly lot
four suffering years, was right
was right then, is right now, and VIII
ever be. No greater effort has been
made to instill the truth of history
into the minds of the rising generation
than is nut forth by the historical COM
mittee of our organization, OF winch
General 6. d. Lee is chairman, ana
the commanding general feels that the
convention should adopt measures 70
push forward the noble work OF the
committee Prizes should be offered
for the best school histories; old SOL
diers privates and officers, should DC
prevailed uDon to contribute their eA-
periences to the press, thus saVins
much valuable matter likely to pc
lost: publishing houses should be en-
to open business in the south
devoted to the interest of this section.
These are some of the subjects when
the commanding general desires his
beloved Confederate comrades 10 thinh
over before the meeting. That ample
time may be given to the consldera-
lion of all matters likely to be brought
up. four days have been allotted to the
unless the business be DIS
posed of sooner.
VI The commanding general most
earnestly pegs all Confederate sol
diers. whether of the army or navy
whether members of camps or not 10
meet in New Orleans and live over lor
little while in loving comradeshlp
with each other the glorious deeds Oh
the grandest armies the world mas
ever known.
VII The commanding general SIN
cerely hopes that the press of the en-
tire country will endeavor to stir up
interest in the coming meeting, and 70
this end he requests that this order De !
published and editorial comment made
thereon.
BY command of
]. B. GORDON,
General Commanding