The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-06-06
BIRMINGHAM WINS |
Next Reunion of the GrizzIed
Heroes of Confederacy.
REFLECT OLD OFFICERS
General Stephen D. Lee Remains Conn.,
nnander-in-Chief - Committee Re-
ports important Resolutions,
Which Are Adopted.

Which Are Adopted.
The grand camp, United Confeder-
ate Veterans, at Saturdays session in
Richmond, reelected it's general Of
fcer as follows:
Commander-in.Ch General Ste
phen D. Lee.
Lieutenant General Department
Army of Northern Virginia, General
Irvine Walker.
Lieutenant General Department of
Tennessee, General Clement A. Ev-
ans.
Lieutenant General Trans-Mississip-
pi Department, General w. l.. Clbell.
All of the officers were chosen by
acclamation.
Birmingham was the city chosen
for the next (eighteenth) annual re-
union of the veterans. Other cities in
competition were San Antonio and
Nashville. The vote stood about 1,6O0
to 800 in favor of the Alabama town.
The report of the committee on
resolutions was adopted without de-
bate. It recommends that the speech
es of General S. D. Lee, Senator Jno.
NJ. Daniel and Colonel Robert E. Lee,
Jr., be printed il pamphlet form for
distribution, and endorses the objects
and aims Of the Arlington Confeder-
ate monument in Arlington National
Cemetery.
On the correct representation of the
Confederate battle flag, the resolutions
submit as substitute, "That the &C.
tion of this association at it's conven.
ton held in Nashville, Tenn, in 1904,
be endorsed and reafirmed.'
The report favors the preservation
Of all papers, manuscripts and histori-
cal sketches Of the Confederate States,
and recommends the endowment of
Confederate hospital in the home for
merly owned by "Stonewall" Jackson
at Lexington, Va.
The report recommends the tabling
of the request of the Daughters for a
change Of the rules governing the
bestowal of the crosses of honor, so
that they may be worn by the de-
scendants of the recipients.
1t thanks congress and the presi-
dent for returning the captured battle
flags and for appropriating 100000
to mark the graves of Confederate SOL
diers buried on northern soil. 1t like
wise thanks the Twenty-third New
Jersey Infantry TO rerecting a tablet
at Salem church to the Alabama SOL
diers with whom it was engaged.
PUGH SIX
The report urges that the southern
states give each Confederate soldier
a testimonial of his record. and when
the end comes an appropriate burial;
also that the division, commanders
shall constitute the executive commit
tee of the association.
1t declares that the title of general
shall be borne only by those who
had that title during the war. 1t also
recommends the tabling of the reso-
luton passed by the Daughters and
providing that no state sponsors and
maids of honor be appointed. 1t like
wise recommends the tabling Of the
resolution regarding monument to
the women of the south, and extends
sympathy to the family of Mrs. Nc
Kinley.
The report is signed by Joseph F.
Johnston of Alabama, chairman; John
P. Hickman of Tennessee, secretary;
B. w. Green Of Arkansas; S. 4. Lew
is of District of Columbia; Albert A.
Estopianial of Louisiana; Thomas
spight of Mississippi; W. H. s. Bur
win of North Carolina; L. S. Gore of
Northwest Division; E. X. .Goree Of
Texas: Samuel Pasco of Florida; o.
L. Schumpert Of South Carolina.