The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-14
Leads all North Carolina Daiies i'm News and Circulation


to urge special exertion by the vet
Grams In hunting up war rosters and
records to be printed as permanent
archives.
The general says further:
"The record of the Confederate SOL
der for superb chivalry is without
parallel. and In years to come, fu-
ture generations will value beyond
price this evidence that an ancestor
was one OF the knightly heroes who
fought @in the great battles of 1851
and 1866
After years of effort the law was
enacted, which secured the printing
and preservation of these records. and
the work can only be completed by
the cooperation and efforts of Con-
federates who must search for and
learn these precious documents.
There is another matter. my dear
General. which is very near my heart.
Many OF our comrades are disabled
by wounds. or infirmities caused by
explosions and no longer able to pro-
cure the comforts. and I'm many cases
the necessities Of life, and during the
next two or three years the wants of
these old soldiers will be greater
than they have been in former years
and from that time ii will be con-
stantIy on the decrease. / wish
therefore, to urge every veteran to
use his influence with the law-making
powers of his State TO secure sufficient
appropriation for this sacred purpose.
The benenciaries of such legislation
will soon pass 10 the great beyond and
our opportunities to add to their COM
fort will then be gone"
Order OF Exercises.
The convention will be called to
order at noon tomorrow I'm the Taber-
nacle. by General G.. w Gordon. OF
Memphis, Tenn, Department COM
mander, and after several welcoming
speeches the acting COMMANDMENTS
chief. Lieutenant General Stephen ID.
Lee. will deliver his address.
On Wednesday there will be anoth-
er business session and on Thursday
the veterans will have their parade.
IL seems to be the general impress
sion that General Lee viii be elected
unanimously to succeed General John
Il. Gordon. General Lee is in no
sense "A candidate. but his popularity
with the rank and file of the veterans
is unbounded and his election seems
a foregone conclusion.
Sons and Veterans Meet.
For the first time since It's organi-
zation the Sons of Veterans viii meet
with the veterans tomorrow. The
Sons will have all the privileges of
the floor and a voice I'm the proceed
ings The veterans hope by this close
relation to perpetuate their organiza-
tion and put the sons In position
to acquire the proper spirit. The
sons viii hold their regular conven-
tion during the day. The. friends
of Louisville. Baltimore and New Or
leans are already i'm the field for the
next reunion The movement for
a permanent meeting place has it's
friends as well as opponents and IL is
not thought that the matter viii cry
taliZe into action at this years re-
union. Any way Nashville is after 1T,
and will tomorrow ask the veterans 10
held their annual meetings here.
Texas wants New Orleans to have the
Reunion every other year. and the
veterans headed by General w. 5.
CabelI. commander of the Trans Mis-
sissippi department. who arrived to-
night. will press a motion to this ef-
feet on the floor Of the convention to-
mN,ow Texas favors New Orleans.
but does not wish that city selected
for a permanent meeting place 10 the
exclusion of all others.
Mrs. John II. Gordon, of Atlanta,
and Mrs W. J. Behan, president of
the Confederate Memorial Associa-
tion. have been the recipients of many
social attentions. as has Miss Corinne
TebauIt- of New Orleans, the sponsor
i'm chief.