The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-05-13
ANNUAL REUNION
AT BIRMINGHAM
EXTENSIVE PREPARATIONS BE-
ING MADE FOR CONFEDERATE
VETERAN REL MON To 81
HELD IN BIRMINGHAM.
Birmingham i Only a Short Distance
From Columbus. and = Large
Number Of Local Veterans
VIII Attend.

/ be held in Birmingham on June sth,
10th and 18th, and as the Magic CIEy
I is only a short distance from ColuU-
bus an unusually large number o.
local veterans VIII be n attendance
Lieutenant-GeneraI Clement A Ev-
ans, commanding the Tennessee De-
partment, has issued orders g-Ft-s
official notification OF the reunion ana
urging the veterans under his COM
mand TO attend.
1t is pointed cut by General Evaus
that the department under his e0m-
mand is the central body OF the fed
Grafton and Birmingham IS located f.
the geographical center o. the dlVl-
sion, that it is therefore the duty of
the veterans composing the several
divisions TO make special effort to at-
tend and to secure the attendance at
every unattached veteran who is
able to leave his home On that ocea-
sion. He accordingly extends Is corr
dial invitation 10 All camps ana NM
attached veterans TO attend rhe com-
ing reunion at Birmingham
The Lfeutenant-GeueraI also calls
attention TO the fact that as the
camps are the working units of the
federation, il is of the utmost ImUor-
tance that renewed efforts be made
TO increase the interest IN them ana
to enlarge their membership, Co ree
end that all veterans OF rhe Lost
Cause become interested eo-workers
in the federation
General Evans emphasizes the
great value TO the cause. It's history
and memories IF the sons o. Con
federate Veterans. the United
Daughters of the Coufederacy. the
Ladies Memorial Association. and
the Children of the Confidence
To each of these organizations Pc ex-
tends greetings and trusts that great
er efforts to increase their respective
mem bership and efficiency wtn be
put forward by the active members
Of each.
The following staff o1cers and
sponsors for the department are am
nounced:
General Stan.-Brig Gen. E. r
Sykes, Columbus. Miss. adjutanr
general and chief of star. Col f. G.
Myers, Memphis. Tenn. assistant adj
jutant general. Col. r p. Lake.
Memphis. Tenn. quartermaster sea-
eraI; Col. G. \. Saussy. Haw kiusvile.
Ga. assistant quartermasfer generaI- .
Col. Alfred N ONSeaI. Florence Ala. .
general. Col. A D Beale.
Cynthiana Ky. assistant Inspector
general; Col. 2. = Russell. Mobile
Ala, commfssary general. Col -. p
Calhoun. Atlanta Ca. judge advocate
general; Col a r. Holderag. ATTAIN
Ia. Ca. surgeon sensraIs Col p. p-- .
1win, Nashville. Tenn. chaplain sem.
araL
Personal stan A5as-CoL la-e
8rigadier General G. s. Al e. D-
Johnson. Birmingham. Ala asa le
amp. Col. s. r. Robertson. Elrnltu--
nam. Ala. aid de- eamp5 Cel- D. q.
8estOr. Mobile. Ala. el5 O. camps
Col IT. E. Spotswo0a. Mobile Ala
lid de camp. Col Tbos. ~ GlverF
Fla. aid d. camp. Col r- rs
Covington. Tenn. aid
Ie camp. Col. r. II Howard. CoIum-
,us. Ca, aid Dc campe Col VIM. 3. !
2edd. Columbus. Ga. aId da camp
'ol. Robt. z. Park. Atlanta. Ca. aid
Ie camp: Col Nat E Harris. Macon.
"a. aid de camp. Col. Eliza Basye.
-ouisville Ky. aid De camp Col b
> Eshleman. New Orleans. La. afd
e camp; Col. Aristide Hopkins. New
'rleans, La. aid de eamps Col = b
.evert. New Orleans. la. AID d.
amp; Col. Honore Dugass Pafncourt-
ille. La. aid de camp Col G. .. 4,
hands, New Orleans. Ia. AID de
amp; Col. T. c. Carter. Meridian. ,
Iiss., aid de camp Col E @ with /.
rs, Holly Springs. Miss. aid &c
amp; Col. y r Sledge. Como. Hiss. =
i'd de camp: Col. 6 \. HeIsksll. =
Lemphis. Tenn. aid de camp Col. T
7. ". Carnes. Memphis. Tenn. aid :
2 camp; Col J. B. Sinnott. New Or s
ans. La. aid De camp. Col. r " :
ones, Laurel, Mss. aid De camp f +
ol. J. ". Young. Grsnada. Mss. AID :
? camp.
Sponsorial Sta1.=1Iiss Mary a &
arrison, Of Opelika. Ala. daughter I
Major General George p. Harrison. :