The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-04
FEDERAL CAPTAIN
IS MUCH PLEASED
Grateful to Lee Camp for Ac-
cepting Offer Of Service
Pension.
WRITES TO CAPTAIN sTRATToN
Veterans Meet and Discuss Plans
for the Coming Re-
union.

Captain j. Taylor Stratton. adjutar
of II. L. Lee Camp. No. 1, Confedernt
Veterans, has Just received from Car
tain Edward r. Griswold, of ST. Johns
bury. VT, letter acknowledging on
from the adjutapt, wherein Capital
stratton accepted on behalf OF tn
camp Captain Griswold's offer to tur
his service pension over to the camr
Captain Griswold first wrote to tn
postmaster Of Richmond. tcntativel
rendering his service pension OF sl2 pc
month to some Confederate camp o
charitable organization. The letter wa
turned over to the adjutant Of Lee
Camp. who wrote, accepting the offo
on behalf of the camp, and request
ing that the money be sent to the pres
ident of Lee Camp Soldiers Home, AM
expressing the grateful appreciation
of the camp of the noble and magnani
nous action OF a former foe.
Letter Received.
Captain Stratton has since received
the following letter from Captain Girls
void:
ST. Johnbusy, VT. April &c, 1907,
j. Taylor Stratton. Adjutant, r. p,
Lee Camp, No. /. Confederate
Veterans, Richmond, Va:
My Dear Sir,-I was very
much pleased with the res
ception of your advice OF
April 9Th, informing me of the
acceptance by your camp of my
offer. made through the postmaster
of Richmond, OF my service pension
to any Confederate camp willing to
accept 1t: best of all, the generous
reciprocating sentiments expressed
therein.
I felt that perhaps it was a ven-
ture and might, for reasons, be
courteously declined. Yet l felt
that as the two contending armies
had during those dark days of the
sixties" on cessation of hostilities
met fraternally between the lines
and exchanged coffee and tobacco;
met at other and sadder times
when burying the common dead
that the long intervening years
since then might have served to
soften, though never to efface, the
recollections OF those days to the
extent that would permit of fra
ternal help again, and I am not dis
appointed. Nobly you have accepted,
and I thank you.
NV application for the service
pension was received by the de-
partment and acknowledged last
month, in time to commence with
the quarter beginning April LIST. AS
soon as received by mo 1t will give
me great peasure to send. as you
request, to Captain D.. j. Bosher.
president of Soldiers Home Board.
Richmond, Va. With kindest re-
CARDS. Sincerely yours,
(Signed) Z. F. .GRISWOLD,
Captain Eleventh Vermont Volun-
teers. Vermont Brigade, Second
Division. Sixth Army Corps.
Meeting of Camp.
The regular meeting of Lee Camp
was well attended last night. inter-
est in the approaching reunion at
tracting large number of veterans.
The camp accepted an invitation to
participate In the annual celebration
Of Lakewood Memorial Day, Friday af-
ternoon. Owing to the numerous calls
for parades during the reunion the
veterans will not march to the ceme-
terry, but will assemble at the Oak
wood gate. The memorial sermon will
be preached at the Trinity Methodist
Church at 8 o'clock tomorrow even
ing by the pastor. Rev. William II.
Proctor The veterans will assemble
at the church at 1880 o'clock.
The camp also accepted an invt-
tation to take part In the commemo-
ration OF the Hebrew Memorial Day
at the Hebrew Cemetery on Wednes-
day, May 18th.
Rev. j. William Jones. D. D.. who
lad been asked to read his address
delivered in Boston recently, was pres
mt. but suggested that as there was
,ut one more meeting of the camp be
ore the reunion, which was not already
scheduled for something else. that the
natter go over until after tho re-
lnion. A motion was made by q COM
.ade to that effect. and 1t was adopted
Mrs. Norman V. Randolph asked the
amp to lend her for the Ornamental
ion of the Daughters OF the Confed-
,racy Building at the jamestown Ex-
position, some OF the duplicate por-
traits in the rear room OF the build
ng. The request was unanimously
granted.
The usual routine and discussion OF
inance was disposed of, and tho camp
adjourned.