The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24
NEW ORDERS TO
SONS OF VETERANS
Reunion at Mobile Most Sue
cessfuI In History
MUCH REMAINS TO BE DONE
Commander Owens Formally Assumes
Once More the Duties of Com
mander for Alabama-Staff
Is Announced.
MUCH REMAINS TO Be DONE


bama division. United Sons of Confed-
crate Veterans:
Headquarters Alabama Division
United Sons of Confederate Veterans,
Montgomery, December %, 1904
Comrades:
l. The fourth annual reunion Of the
Alabama division, held in Mobile, Novem-
Der 1915, 1904 was the most successful
in our history. The attendance was gem
eral, the business session was altogether
profitable, the social features of the oc-
casion were all that could have been
wished and the parade was a thrilling
spectacle. 1t is felt that our organiza-
ton gained a fresh impetus.
The convention did me the high honor
of again calling me to the post of COM
mander, and I now formally tender to you
ali my most grateful appreciation. In
again assuming command l wish to earn
estly urge your cooperation in the full
and perfect accomplishment of the pa
triotic and praiseworthy objects to which
we stand pledged. AS stated in my gem
eral order, No. 7, December 15 1903 ours
IL high mission. We should esteem 1t
a proud privilege to promptly. earnestly
and faithfully meet our sacred duty. Tho
objects Of our organization are historical
and benevolent. We strive to keep alive
no sectional hate. Our endeavor is to
keep sacred as a splendid heritage the
proud spirit of courage. patriotism, and
heroic endeavor which animated our IA
theirs in the sixties. An excellent oppor-
tunity exists, through our several camps,
to systematically study the history of the
great struggle, to stimulate the prepara-
ton of historical narratives, to collect
the records and relics Of the confeder-
aey and preserve them from loss and de-
struction."
While much has been done, there Is still
much more to be accomplished. In thirty
three of the counties of the state we have
no organization; and many camps al
ready organized are not justifyng their
existence This apathy, for such 1t is,
should not longer exist. Let us resolve
that every county shall have a live and
active camp before the fifth annual re-
union! Let US further resolve that ev-
cry camp now chartered shall accomplish
something worthy of our heritage.
Staff.
q In obedience to section g. article ".
of the constitution of the division. the
following staff appointments are made, to
rank from November Is, 1904 viz:
Division adjutant and chief of staff,
VIII T. Sheehan, Montgomery.
Division Inspector. William w. Bran
don, Tuscaloosa
Division Judge advocate, Boswell dec.
Waddell, Scale.
Division quartermaster, Clayton Tullis,
Montgomery.
Division chaplain, the Rev William B.
Hope Cunt ersville
Division surgeon, Dr. r. 2. Mcconnell,
Alfalfa.
Division commissary, George H. Jones,
Mobile.
Assistant division adjutants. Frank N.
Julian, Tuscumbia; John C. Elder Gads-
den: Thomas W. Peagler, Greenville
Assistant division inspectors, Lawson
Sykes, CORTLAND; Edward p. Rosamond,
Jasper; Claude Grayson. Huntsville.
Assistant division judge advocate, Ray
Jones, Montgomery; e. Il. Newton, Ever
green; William A. Grove. Birmingham.
Assistant division quartermaster, w. d.
sowell, Brewton; Harry T. Beckett Mo-
bile; T. S. Dark, Blocton.
Assistant division chaplain Rev. j. II.
HARRISON, Cullman; Rev. F. p. Culver,
Huntsville; Rev. Il. K Simms, Mobile.
Assistant division surgeon, Dr. w P.
McAdory Birmingham; DR.. d. ID. Hollis,
sulligent; DR.. George D. Waller, Bes-
semer.
Assistant division commissary, Guy II.
Handley, Roanoke; Leon q. Jones, Tai
ladega; w w. jerks Mobile.
Aides James Garrity, Mobile; Fl. Bur
gin Fuller, Montgomery; John Morgan
Burns, Selma; s. e. Jordan. Gadsden;
Marion E. Lazenby Forest Home; w. Fl.
Crawford, Evergreen; j. w. Croker, Jas
Der. H. Gaines owen, Bessemer; Paul e.
Rapier, Mobile.
Brigade Organization.
8. BY formal resolution the reunion
convention, November 10, organized the
division into five brigades. The brigade
commanders are required to cooperate
with the division commander in the ac-
complshment of the objects and pur-
poses of the confederation, to stimulate
the organization of new camps, to make
reports to the division commander on
request therefor, and to appoint their
respective STATS within ten DAYS after
their election. They are required to keep
journal of the doings of their respect
i've headquarters. The several brigades,
commanders and STATS are as follows
First Brigade-Camps John Pelham,
Holtzclaw, Troupe Randle, Edmund w.
Pettus, John w. A. Sanford, Ben Brick
en-, Ben Jennings and w. A. Handley.
Brigade commander, George w. Dun
can, Auburn.
Brigade adjutant. B. G. Jennings, Scale.
Brigade inspector, William b. Craig,
Selma
Brigade quartermaster Frank B. Brick
en-, Luverne.
Second Brigade-Camps Thomas II.
Watts, Pinckney d. Bowles, JEFF Burnett,
George E. Dixon, Leigh, B. +. Mcmillan
and /. G. w. Steedman.
Brigade commander, Howard Gaillard.
Mobile.
Brigade adjutant Myron t. sprague,
Mobile.
Brigade quartermaster, DIR. J. Cook
Benson, Camden.
Third Brigade-Camps Frank Ogden,
Pelham, A c. Hargrove, Stonewall Jack
son, Clayton, John Herbert Kelly, Hutto,
Jr Woodruff, d. NJ. B. Hassler and J.
H. Bankhead.
Brigade commander, Hugh NJ. McNutt,
Birmingham.
Brigade adjutant, Benjamin F. Bar
bour. Birmingham.
Brigade inspector, E. E. Cox, Carroll
ton
Brigade quartermaster. w. Fl. Wright.
Bocton.
Fourth Brigade-Camps N. 3. Forrest
Joe Wheeler. William H. Payne. Will
liam s. Bankhead, r. K. Boyd, Morgan,
John Rayburn and John B. Gordon.
Brigade commander, David A. Grayson,
Huntsville.
Brigade adjutant Erie Pettus. Athens.
Brigade quartermaster. John d. Rather,
Jr., Tuscumbia.
Fifth Brigade-Camps Hollingsworth
John T. Morgan. John Fl. Caldwell,
Samuel C, Kelly John A. Hammer. John
c. Francis and j. ]. Woodward.
Brigade commander, Clarence J. Owens.
Admission.