The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
VETERANS AND THEIR SONS.
Close Relations and Greater Hi
 torical Usefulness.

Close Relations and Greater His torical Usefulness. The following general orders have just issued from the office of Adjutant-Gen eral Mickle of the United Confederate Veterans:
 No. 303
 I. The Commanding General announces with peculiar pride the intense satlsfac- tion he feels in directing attention to the closer relations that are to be estab- lished between the U. c. " and the U. s. c. ". and he Is confident that this feel ing animates the breast of every mem- Der of our beloved organization. II. The Commanding General directs particular attention to the following re- port of the special committee who had this matter under consideration during the recent reunion, which report was unanimously and enthusiastically adopt ed by the conventions:
 'The committee appointed for the pur- pose of a conference between the United Confederate Veterans and United Sons of Confederate Veterans with view to the closer association of the two confedera- tons. having met and exchanged views, submit the following as their unanimous report:
 T. That there shall be appointed a standing committee of five members of the United Confederate Veterans and a like number from the United Sons of Con federate Veterans, to be selected by the respective Commanders-in-C Chief, to be known as the joint committee on the CO., operation between the Veterans and Sons; and 1t is recommended that the several divisions appoint similar committees '2. That at all reunions of the United | Confederate Veterans the United Sons of Confederate Veterans shall have full priv | ileges of the floor, but without the right to vote. That particularly at the open | ing or welcoming ceremonies the Sons | shall be seated with the Veterans and the Commander of the Sons shall respond to the address of welcome as well as the Commander of the United Confederate Veterans; and that the Veterans have similar privileges at all conventions of Sons That divisions of the United Con- federate Veterans be authorized to extend similar courtesies to the Sons at all di- vision reunions.
 g. That at all parades the Sons shall be the special escorts to Veterans.
 A. That the camps of the United Con- federate Veterans shall be authorized to enroll in associate membership the Sons. giving them for each camp such privileges of membership as such camp may determine. provided, such Son is a member of some duly organized camp belonging to the United Sons of Confed- crate Veterans.
 '5. That the Sons be urged to uniform themselves in historic gray but in so do- ing omit from such uniforms all desig- nations of military rank; and that they be urged in the designation of their of ficers to use no military titles.
 ''6 That all camps and all officers of the United Confederate Veterans be earn estly recommended to assist in every pos- sible manner in the organization and sup port of camps of Sons; and that the Vet erans see to it that in all Confederate gatherings and celebrations the Sons shall be given prominence. They are the heirs of and must. by association with the Veterans. be taught the glorious heri- tage that belongs to them.
 "C. Irvine Walker
 Chairman for Committee of U. c. ""
 III. The Commanding General wishes to urge with all the importance the matter merits that division commanders at once give this whole subject careful and imme- diate consideration, and insist that camp officers take up the matter without de- lay, so that the objects contemplated in the action of the convention may be im- medately effective.
 ". The Commanding General hereby appoints the following committee to rep resent the Y. c. V: Leutenant-General c. I. Walker Commanding Army of Northern Virginia Department. Chair man; Major-General Bennett H. Young, Commanding Kentucky division; Rriga- der-General John A. Webb, Commanding 1st brigade. Mississippi division: Major General K. M. Van Zandt, Commanding Texas dlvision Private w. R. Houghton of w. J, Hardee Camp. No. 30, Birming- ham, Ala.
 Hon. William Mel. Fayssoux, Comman- der in Chief UI s. c. V., has named on behalf of the Sons, Comrades R. B. Haughton, Chairman, St. Louis, Mo-; w. P. Lane, Fort Worth, Tex; IT. l.. Whitfield. Jackson, Miss: A. NJ. s. Morgan, Charlestown, w. Va; W. M Barrow. Baton Rouge. La.
 V. The Commanding General sincerely trusts that this joint committee will moi be backward in doing all possible to make the Sons feel that they are our heirs, arc part and parcel of our association, "anC must be taught the glorious heritage tha 1 belongs to them" Too much zeal, toC | great an interest can not be taken in thi, most important work.
 By command of J. B. Gordon Genera commanding. Wm E. Mickle, Adjutant-General and Chief of Stan. I 1Q