The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-17
SESSIONS OF SONS.
FULL PROGRAM ANNOUNCED BY
 COMMANDER OWEN.
The New Orleans Gathering of Sons Will Have Special Historical
 Features-Plans for the
 ess1 ReuuiOu.

From the general headquarters or tne Confederation of United Sons of Con- federate Veterans, Commander-in- Chief Thomas M. owen yesterday issued his general orders containing a full pro- gram of the exercises of the Sons in their convention during the New Dr. leans reunion All sessions of the Sons will be held in the Crescent Theatre. and the Com mander in Chief announces that the sessions will begin promptly on the hours designated. In addition to the Sons. the Commander expects all spon- sers with their maids of honor and chaperones to attend the sessions. The exercises will be perhaps the most complete ever held by the Sons during their ten years of organiza- tion. The New Orleans reunion will mark the close of the years adminis- tration of Commander Owen. It is his purpose to give special historical value to the New Orleans reunion of the Sons. To that end, members of Commander owens official family have been required to write and contribute historical papers upon the various im- portant staff positions of the Confeder- ate army. That is the Adjutant Gen. eral will submit a paper upon the of flee of the Adjutant-General of the Confederate army during the war. the Quartermaster-G General on the Quar- termaster-Generaps office, and so on. The purpose of the plan, however. is a double one-first, the encouragement of the study Of Confederate by the Sons, and. second, the preservation of the re- suit of those studies made by the Sons in a concrete form. This Is departure from the ordinary proceedings of the Sons at a reunion, but 1t forms only one os number of very interesting features of the proceedings which will be held by the Sons during the reunion.
 The program in full Is as follows: First Day, Wednesday, April 25, 1908.
 Morning Session, 9:30 a m.
 Music.
 Commandant of Camp Beauregard, No. 13c, New Orleans.
 2. Invocation by Rev. John w. Cald- we'll, Chaplain General, U. s. c. ", New Orleans.
 3. Addresses of welcome-By Hon. Jared Y Sanders, LieutenantGovernor of Louisiana, in behalf of Camp Beau regard. U. S. c. "; by Miss Sophie B. Wright in behalf of the U. D. c.
 4. Response to the address of well come by MT. Clyde E. Tuck of Spring field, Mo.
 5. Permanent Organization. Com mandant Levy turns the convention over to pr. George H. Tichenor, Jr., of New Orleans, Commander of the 1st brigade, Louisiana division.
 Brigade Commander Tichenor turns convention over to John D. Nix of New Orleans, Commander of the Louisiana division.
 Division Commander Nix turns con- vention over to R. E. L. Bynum of Jackson, Tenn, Commander Army of Tennessee Department.
 Department Commander Bynum turns convention over to Dr. Thomas M. owen. Commander -in- Chief, U. S. c. w., of Montgomery, who assumes command for the reunion exercises.
 6. Roll call of general officers and of camps of the Confederation in nu- merical order by the Adjutant-G eral As the camps are called. the chairman of each delegation will an- swer and promptly hand to the Adju- tant-General the credentials of his camp. to which should be attached cer- tificate showing payment of per capita tax.
 !. Appointment of Committee on Gre dentials to consist of one member from each division. To this committee will be referred the credentials of all dele gates. Ii will verify these by the rec ords of the Adjutant General, arrange tHe TOll OI tHe convention, ana assign to each camp the number of votes to which it is entitled The report must be in writing, and must be signed by each member of the committee.
 8. Appointment of Committee of three to extend formal greetings to the con- vention of the United Confederate Veterans.
 g. Convention will then recess. and all delegates will promptly form by departments and divisions, according to rank, and march in a body to the con- vention hall of the United Confederate Veterans. where will be held a
 10. Joint session of the United Con- federate Veterans and the United Sons of Confederate Veterans.
 First Day.
 Afternoon Session, 3:30 o'clock n m
 Music.
 H. Report of the Committee on Gre dentials.
 12. Reports of Commanders.
 CD Commander in Chief
 CD Department Commanders.
 t3) Division Commanders
 (4D Brigade Commanders.
 13 Reports of Officers
 CD Adjutant- General.
 CD Inspector General.
 (3D Quartermaster- General
 (4) Commissary- General
 t5) Judge Advocate- General.
 t6) Surgeon General
 CD Chaplain General
 Music
 14- Reports of Standing Committees
 CD Historical Committee.
 CD Relief Committee.
 (3) Monument Committee.