The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-06-22
WERE RENDERED ROYAL RECEPTION
The Kentucky City Decorated to an
Extent Never Before Known, is
Prepared to Extend Hospitality to
All the Old Soldiers Who Come.

Louisville, KY, Special.-Louisville
decorated to an extent hitherto un-
known and smiled on by typical sum-
mer weather, extended the hands Of
hospitality to a never-ending stream
of arriving veterans who have come to
Kentucky to attend the fifteenth an
nual reunion of the United Confeder-
ate Veterans. In every hotel and at
almost every corner in the business
section of the city the men wearing
the gray are to be found.
Among the prominent ex-Confeder-
ates here now are General Stephen D.
Lee, commander-in-chief; General Joe
Wheeler, General Andrew ]. West, Of
Atlanta, commanding the North Geor-
gia Brigade, who came in at the head
Of aflarge delegation of Georgians;
Lieutenant General C. Irvine Walker,
Of South Carolina; General Simon
Bolivar Buckner. General William E.
Mickle, Of New Orleans, adjutant gen.
eral and chief of staff; Chaplain Gen
eral VIM. Jones. of Richmond, and
General Clement A. Evans, Of Atlanta,
the chairman Of the history commit
tee and the Battle Abbey.
The Virginia and Maryland dele
gates came in. and some of the great
army of Texans arrived during the
afternoon. The Tennesseeans began
arriving in force Tuesday evening, fol-
lowed closely by detachment Of the
Arkansas regiments. Much regret
has been expressed over the receipt
Of a letter from Judge Emery Speer,
Of Macon. Ga, announcing his inabil-
ity to be present. 1t had been ex-
pected that Judge Speer would ad-
dress the orphan brigade, Of which
he is member.
Gen. W. E. Mickle, adjutant general
and chief Of staff, has completed his
annual report, which Is highly inter
esting. 1t says: 1T is source OF
sincerest pleasure to me that | am
able to report that the debt which
has been resting on the federation
for a number Of years has been paid
in full. That this matter has been
liquidated is due to the extraordinary
efforts put forth by you, and while the
urgent appeal made by you to the
wealthiest members of our order was
sdht to nearly three hundred people
and should have had most generous
responses, the amount realized was
barely sufficient to wipe out the debt.
This lukewarmness on the part OF
those who were in a position to re-
spond most literally is sad commen-
tary on the degeneracy Of the times,
and displays a deplorable lack OF in
terest by men who were once so ready
to share the dangers and deprivatlons
that rendered the Confederate armies
famous throughout the world"
There has been carried on the ros-
ter of the order for a 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'
tant 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 as definite information can
be secured regarding them they will
be added to the dormant list
81 am proud to be able to report
that at no period in the history Of the
federation have the camps paid their
dues with more promptness or in