The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-04
CAMP HARDEE HAS
 A LARGE MEETING Capt. Frank 0'Bren Reads a Paper on Gettysburg MRS. GAGE IS PRESENT Is Daughter of Gen. w. ]. Hardee. Order Issued for the State Re-
 union at Mobile, Mo-
 vember 20.
MRS. GAGE IS PRESENT

Camp TIardee, United Confederate Vet erans held a most interesting meeting at their quarters in the Thomas building yesterday afternoon. A number of promi- nent ladies were present, as follows: Miss Merritt, sponsor for the camp; Mrs Dr. Gage, daughter of Gen. W. J. Hardee, for whom the camp was named; the Misses Gage daughters of Mrs. Dr. Gage; Mrs. Steele, sister of General Saunders, commander of Wilcox's brigade, who was killed at Petersburg. Several members of Alexander II. Stephens chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy of East Lake, were also present.
 Capt Frank O'Brien read story on the battle of Gettysburg, which was pro- nounced one of the best and most interest ing ever delivered. The camp gave him a vote of thanks.
 Gen. Irvine Walker of Charleston, s. C., who is in Birmingham in the interest of the memorial to be erected to the women of the south, was present and made an address.
 Denson was read and adopted. The resolution was discussed by Dr. J. C.. Abernathy, Mir MeTyeire, Captain Ward and others.
 Mrs. A. D. Smith was elected an hon. orary member of Camp Hardee.
 P. Sid Jones of the Louisville and Nash vile railroad was present and discussed the matter of transportation of veterans to Mobile on the occation of the state rarpioD Nrava,1ba,. and
 The attendance at yesterdays meeting was unusually large.
 The following call for the reunion at Mobile was issued yesterday:
 Headquarters Fourth Brigade,
 Alabama Division, U. c. V.
 Office of Adjutant General
 Birmingham, Ala, Nov. 2, 1906. First-The camps comprising the Fourth brigade of the Alabama division, United Confederate Veterans, are called to meet in annual reunion at o'clock D. m. on November 20. in Mobile, Ala.
 Second-It is especially the desire of the division commander that on this occasion each camp in this brigade will be fully represented by the number of delegates to which the camps are entitled
 Third-Adjutants of camps are required to forward the names of the delegates selected to A c. oxford, adjutant general, at Birmingham, Ala.
 Brigade officer J. w. Bush, command ing.
 Staff-A. C. Oxford, adjutant general and lieutenant colonel; J. l.. Darby, as- sistant adjutant general and captain; l.. S. Handey, brigade chaplain and major; B. r. Roden, quartermasted general and major; T. A. Hamilton, commissary gen eral and major; S. l.. Robertson, chief or ordnance and major; J. w. Barclay, sur geon general and major,
 Aides s-de-Camp-George Gorff, captain; R. H. Hagood, captain; Bize Oliver, cap- tain; N H. Seawell captain; w. D.. Yancy. captain; John Hanby, captain; E. S. Plowman, captain; c. K. Miller, cap tain; D. R. Dunlap captain.
 Sponsor, Miss Sophia Semmes Wit tichen; first maid of honor, Miss Willie B Forbes; second maid of honor, Miss May Bradford.
 Daughters-Mrs. Rosa Lewis Townsend Miss Kettle Merritt
 Sons-C. P. Jones, pr. O. T. Dozier. By command of Brig. Gen. J. w. Bush.
 A. c. OXFORD,
 Adiutant General.