The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-16
ORDERS ARE ISSUED
ARMY OF TENNESSEE ARE PRE-
 PAIRING FOR REUNION.


 General Clement A. Evans, Who Is in Command, Announces His General
 and Personal staffs for the De-
 casion.
 The following orders have been Is. sued by General Evans for the coming reunion at Birmingham.
 Headquarters. Army of Tennessee. United Confederate Veterans.
 Columbus, Miss. May 2, 1905. General Orders. No. lb.
 1st Birmingham, Alabarna, has been - selected as the place, and June sth' 10th and 11th as the time for holding the Eighteenth Gs) Annual Reunion Of the United Confederate Veterans. the Lieutenant General Commanding in- vites attention to the fact that the Army Department being central In our Federation, and the Reunion Is to be held in a central city of this Depart ment, 1t fs the duty of the veterans of the several divisions composing 1t to make special efforts to attend. and al- so to secure the attendance of every unattached veteran who is able to leave his home on that occasion. He accordingly extends a cordial invitation to all Camps and Unattached Confeder- ate Veterans resident in this Army De- partment to be present in Birmingham on said Reunion occasion.
  manding likewise invites special at tsntion to the following subjects of supreme interest and of controlling inl- portance to our Federation, viz: (a) To the fact that the Camps be- ing the working units of our Fedora tion, it is of the utmost importance that renewed efforts be made 10 in- crease the interest in tn em, and to en- large the memb ership, to the end that all Veterans of the Lost Cause" be- come interested co-workers in our Federation.
 (b) To the fact. which the Lieuten- 2 ant General wishes to emphasize, of the great value to our cause history and memories of the Sons of Confed- crate Veterans," the United Daughters of the Confederacy," the Ladies Mem orial Association" and the "Childrens of the Confederacy." To each of these organizations the Lieutenant General Commanding extends cordial greetings and trusts that greater efforts to tn- crease their respective membership and efficiency will be put forward by the now active membership of each. (c)> He is pleased to state that the Confederate Veteran" published at Nash vile, Tennessee, and the oficial organ of the several foregoing bodies. as we'll as of our own. Is prosperinR and annually. .enlarging it's circulation. 2 under the able management and edi- torship of S. A. Cunningham. deserves the special aid of every Camp. Chapter. and Association aflliating with our organization. and the patronage of every individual Confederate Veteran. He trusts that it's present large sub scription list may be very soon dou- bled,, and it's influence more generally felt. -,
 Srd. Headquarters of this Army De- partment during the Reunion will be established at Hotel Hillman, where the several Department stan officers, and Division Commanders on. arriving at Birmingham will report to the Lieu tenant General commanding.
 By order of
 Clement A. Evans,
 Lieutenant General Commanding E. T. Sykes.
 Adjutant- General and Chief of Staff Onicial.
 General nnd Personal staR@.. Headquarters Army of Tennessee De-
 pertinent. United Confederate Vet
 erons.
 Columbus Miss. May 1908. General Orders No Is. 1st. The following named comrades