The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-12-30

these records involved vast outlay
of money. The work has now been
practically completed, and, in spite
Of the drawback of having been COM
piled and published under the aus
pieces Of the Government which con-
quered in the strife, it is acknowl-
edged to be a work of pronounced
value, and one that will be indispen
sable to future writers of history.
y recent act of Congress makes
provision for the publication of the
muster rolls and rosters Of the Con
federate rs we'll as of the United
States Army, and the addition of
these to the work already done will
make the records complete. This
publication of the records of the or
CARNATIONS in the Confederate and
Union armies will be 4 great service
to the South as we'll as to the North,
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and, recognizing this and also that
their cooperation is most necessary
to the full success of the work, the
Southern States should do all in their
power to make the records handed in
complete in every detail. In order
that this may be possible, the hearty
and enthusiastic cooperation of the
Southern people with their own
State officials is indispensable, if we
would have full roster of all the
men who served in the army and
navy Of the Confedcracy. 1t cannot
but bea matter of intense pride with
the people of the South to help this
work in every practical way-it will,
we are sure, be not a task, but a sa-
cred duty and pleasure to every
Southerner to do all i'll his power to
make it possible for the National
Government to give to this genera
ton and hand down to posterity a
true and full record of the heroes Of
the South as we'll as of the North.
Major X. W. Hunter, of Richmond,
has been designated by the Virginia
authorities to collect all the informa-
ton possible about Virginia soldiers
and sailors in the Confederate serv-
| ice. Some of the records necessary to
secure complete list of the Nirgini-
ans who served under the STARS and
Bars" are in the possession of the
United States Government some are
in the custody Of the State of Nir-
ginia; but many it is believed can
only be gained from individuals.
Major Hunter has issued an appeal
for help in his work to all Confeder-
ate veterans in Virginia and West
Virginia, asking them to place any
records they may possess at the dis
posal Of the Virginia Authorities or
the National Government. If this is
not done, complete list of the Nir-
ginia soldiers who fought for the
South cannot be published.
The publication of the rosters and
muster rolls of the Confederate army
organizations Of the Southern States
will give the South roll of honor"
worthy of even her pride. 1t is hoped
that Major Hunters appeals will be
fully answered and that Eirginia'S
list of heroes will be complete; but
this is only a small part Of the work
to be accomplished, and to make it
complete every Southern State must
realize the Importance Of securing a
full! representation on this "roll Of
honor" and see to it that no name
entitled to place OH it is omitted.
The plan is to assign place on that
roll to every man, from private to
general, who fought under the Stars
and Bars, and it lies now with the
people of the South as states and as
individuals to remember their living
as we'll as their dead, and remember
ing, to give them honor by seeing
that their names are placed on the
muster roll of the army of the Con-
federacy. They fought for lost
cause, but we, as their descendants,
cannot give them greater glory than
by handing their fame down to pos
terity as the soldiers and sailors who
fought for the South.
PUNISH THE BRLBERS.