The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-13

United Sons of Confederate Veterans in
May 1899. and the Importance of the eff
fort has every year been emphasized and
a renewal of pledges earnestly made. 1t
Is undoubtedly the earnest wish of every
member of the confederation that it
should be speedily concluded. Among the
things thought to somewhat embarrass
thl conclusion of this work has been
the Indebtedness surrounding the project,
as to location, cost. form OF memorial,
etc. With a view to reaching some con-
elusion, alike ereditable and satisfactory,
Gen. c. Irvine Walker the special repre-
sentative of the Womens Memorial COM
mittee, submitted through the press, cer-
tain views on these matters, the material
parts of which are herein above set forth
as embodied In his report to Hon. James
Mann, chairman of the committee Com
ra6e Mann, after conference and due
reflection, submitted HIS report to the
reunion convention in New Orleans, April
26, 1906 concurring in General Walker s
suggestions and urging their adoption up
on the convention.
In order to avoid a hasty decision and
to enable more deliberate action, the
resolutions set forth as above, instead of
receiving the sanction Of the confedera-
ton, were referred to the undersigned
az a special committee, with instructions
to carefully investigate and report its
commander-in-chief, such report and
recommendations to be binding and con-
elusive on the questions presented to
Recommendation of the Special Com
mittee.
the committee for consideration.
Your committee, therefore, in obedience
to instructions, with a profound sense of
the Importance of its duties and the
significance of its finding, begs to report
anu recommend as follows, viz:
!. We recommend the adoption of reso-
luton one, and we wish to hereby heart
lily concur in the wisdom of the plan
proposed by Chairman James Mann and
Special Representative Gen. c. Irvine
Walker, as to the form of the memorial
proposed to be erected to the women of
the Confederacy.
2 We recommend the adoption of reso-
luton two. directing the eonlmander-in-
chief to require the chairman of the
Womer's Memorial committee to give
bond, etc
3. We recommend the adoption of reso-
luton three commendatory of the work
in behalf of the memorial of Special
Representative Gen. c. Irvine Walker.
f. We do not recommend the adoption
of resolution four. for the reason that we
feel the Womens Memorial committee
now has sufficient authority to organize
its work in the divisions and elsewhere,
and for the further reason that by leav-
ing the matter of cooperative agencies
to the committee more elasticity in the
prosecution Of the work will be per-
mitted.
5. We very earnestly endorse resolution
five. No more effective and helpful agency
exists than the press, and it is felt that
by its powerful influence, the noble efforts
of the committee can be more speedily
concluded
In conclusion the committee desires to
express its appreciation to you for many
courtesies incident to its deliberations,
and having fully reported begs to be dis
charged. Respectfully,
GEORGE w. DUNCAN,
Chairman.
8. HETH TYLER,
BRANT H. KIRK,
Committee
By order of Thomas M. Owen. Com
mander-in- Chief.
Official:
ALBERT c. SEXTON,
Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff.