Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1905-06-21
WERE TENDERED ROYAL RECEPTION
The Kentucky City Decorated to an
Extent Never Before Known, is
Prepares to Extend Hospitality to
Al! the Old Soldiers Who Come.

Louisville. Ky, Spccial-Louisvillc
decorated 10 an extent hitherto un-
known and smiled on by typical sum-
mer weather, extended the hands of
hospitality TO a never-cnding stream
OF arriving veterans who have come to
Kentucky 10 attend the fifteenth an
nual rcur.1l of the United Confeder-
ate Veterans. In every hotel and at
almost every corner in the business
section Ct the CITY the men wearing
the gray ave 10 be found.
Among the prominent ex-Confeder.
ates here NOW are General Stephen u.
Lee. commander-ip-chic General Joe
Wheeler. General Andrew J. West of
Atlanta, commanding the North Geor-
gia Brigade. who came in at the head
Of q larEe delegation of Ceorgians:
Lieutenant General c. Irvine Walker.
of South Carolina: General Simon
Bolivar Buckncr. General William f.
Mickle. Of New Orleans, adjutant gen
eral and chief of stan Chaplain Gen
cral VIM. Jones, OF Richmond. and
General clement a. Evans. of Atlanta.
the cha.r,Han of the history commit
tee and thu Battle AlAey.
The N,r=.n mia and Maryland dele
gates came il. and some Of the great
army or Texans arrived during the
afternoon. The TcnncsscCans began
arriving in force Tuesday evening. fol-
lowed c.osc.y by a detachment of the
Arkansas regiments. Much regret
has been expressed over the receipt
of letter from Judge Emery Speer.
OF Macon. Ca, announcing his inabil-
ity TO be present. II had been eX-
pected that Judge Spccr would ad-
dress the orphan brigade, of which
he is 4 member
Gen. ". =. Miclle. adjutant general
and CHIEF OF staff, has complatcd his
annual report, which is highly inter
cstlnE. II says: 1t is source Of
sincorest pleasure to me that | am
able TO report that the debt which
has been resting on the federation
Tor number OF years has been paid
IN full. That this matter has been
lquidatel is due TO the extraordinary
efforts put forth by you, and while the
Urgent appeal made by YOU to the
WoalthieSt members Of our order was
sent to nearly three hundred people
and should have had most generous
responses, the amount realized was
barely sufficient to wipe out the debt.
fhis lukew2rmness on the part of
those who We're in n position to re-
spond most literally is Il sad commen-
tary on the degeneracy OF the times,
and displays deplorable lack of in.
tereSt by men who were once so ready
to share the dangers and deprivations
that rendered the Confederate armies
famous throughout the world'
There has been carried on the ros-
ter of the order for number of years
many camps who had made no pay
ment of any kind since they were
chartered; some Of these were really
never in existence. having died a-born-
ing. After comforting with the adju-
fant general of the various divisions
these camps have been put on the
dormant list; and no mail matter
will. for the present. be sent them
This means an annual saving to the
order. There are still on the roster
a number Of camps who do not con
tribute TO the finances of the order
makes returns OF any kind, or manifest
the least interest in the federation
As soon rs definite information can
be secured regarding them they will
be added % the dormant list
81 am proud to he able to report
that at no period in the history of the
federation have the camps paid theil
dues with more promptness or in