Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-06-17
Great concOUrse Of Heroes Of the
Lost Cause" in Louisville
WERE RENDERED ROYAL ptctFrMs
The Kentucky City Deeorsseo 20 an
Extent Never Before Known. 70
Prepares 20 Extend Hospitality 10
All the Old Soldiers who corue-

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decorated to an extent hitherto un-
known and smiled on By typical sum
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or arriving veterans Who have come To
Kentucky "a attend the fifteenth an
nual reunion ~ the United C.onseso--
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Almost every corner in the business
section OF the city the men wearing
the gray are 10 BE- found
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alt' ltfe now are Nenerai stephen u
Lee. COMMANDED. ln-chlef. General loo
Wheeler. General Andrew i West ~
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Sia briseHe- "ho came in ar me Read
uf a large delegation - Ge0rgians.
Lieutenant General e. Irvine Walker
90 s,,,.h r.-..n-,. .-.r,r -
'- N'''' "ue.-. mon
no'i'ar hHeNner. "enerA Wtiliam =
Micklc. % New Orleans. adIutant SEN
erai and chief % star. Chaplain Cen
cral VIM. Jones. of Richmond. and
General Clement a. Evans. ~ Atlanta.
I che chairman 90 the history commit
tee and che Battle Abbey.
The Virginia and Maryland dele
gates came in. and some ~ the Ercat
army of Texans arrived during tho
afternoon. The rcnueaseoans began
arriving in force Tuesday evening. fob
lowed closely hF "a detachment 90 th3
Arkansas regiments Mlch resret
has been expressed over fne rDccipt
F 90 a letter from Judge Emery @peer.
10 Macon. Ca. auuuuncIn- DIS inahli-
itF to Poo present TO- bad been exc
peCtel thar Judge Sneer wouId all
dress the orphan brigade. ~ which
ne is member
Lhe arcummucatIonH arranged Tor
Che Veterans are on Ia large scale and
f are believed tu nn complete. a. sew
erai places barracks nave been ar
. ranged Cor che accammndatlun %
/ 600 veterans and the nIl men Wiu
hv fei lu buildings near nf 10 mat
+ tors uot the hour t-e Wrnrer ~ ma
gray presents himself for eomrfninE
to ear. it viii be ready and waiting
FOR him.
Gen. W. H. MicNe. adiufanf general
and chief of star. has completed his
annual report which ls highly Inter
estlng Do says -lt is source %
. slnccrest pleasure CD mc that 7 aus
. able tD report fhat che teut which
has been resting on the federation
Tor number ~ years has been paid
iu fuu THAT this matter has been
lQuidafcd d. due tn the extraortinary
efforts put forth by you. and while mo
urgent appeal made by SOU to mo
wcaithiest members of our order a.
sent Co nearly three hundred people
and should have hld most generous
responses. thc amount realized vas
barely sufficient to wipe out tne debt
. This lukeWarmuess CA che part 81
those who were in position 60 ~
suond most literally is sad commen-
. tury on the dcEeneraCy 90 tne t.mess
and displays "a depIorahie lack 10 tn
7 terest hy men who were once $40 ready
fO share the dangers and dcpriVationa
that rendered the Confederate armies
famous throughout the world"
There has been carried on the ros
P ter OF the order for a number ~ years
many camps who had made NO pay
ment on any kind since they wers
- chartered some of these were really
: never in existence. having died a-born
D ing After comforting with the adiu
tanr general Of the various divisions
K these camps have been put on th'
dormant list. and no mail mattel
p will for the present. De sent them
This means an annual saving 10 th'
: order There are still on the roste
a number OF camps who DO not con
tribute, 60 the finances 81 the order
e makes returns OF any kind. or nantes
the least interest IN the federation