The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-12

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!. WILLIAMS,
naEement of TubercuIosis sanatorium n
yba.
i tinuing this office on February 2s, 1911
and thereafter to have the work don,
In the office Of the Adjutant Genera
by clerk who was TO be paid $1,000.
Mr.. Page moved to continue the Of
ftce for the second year with an APP
preparation OF $4,000 lie paid tri.
butte to Major Robert Hunter. who
rode with Gordon"
Mr.. Stubs paid an elegant tribute to
the memories Of the Confederacy. and
hoped they would be preserved.
Mr.. Ewing. member OF tho Finance
Committee and Confederate veteran,
called attention to the proposition that
the committee arrangement does not
stop the work. 1t merely changed the
method.
Tho State has. he said. spent $4,000.
and now II one wants information. he
would have difficulty In finding 1t. He
would be willing to appropriate any
amount to get the records. but vlr-
ginia Is not getting them satisfactorily.
Because man rode with Gordon did
not mean that he was competent to do
this work; he rode with Stuart. and
that did not show that no could do It.
Callers at the office of the secretary
could not find tho rolls. The records
there. after all the money that had
been spent, were not as good as those
in Norfolk nor in Prince Edward. THE
time has come" he said. when some
thing must be DONE
In most eloquent address. Mr.. Har-
wood said he hoped the records would
Of the men of the Confederacy. His
speech was regarded as a perfect speci-
men Of word painting.
Many Complaints.
Mr.. Pitts. for the Finance Committee,
told of many criticisms and complaints
that had come to the committee as to
the way this office was being conduct
cd. He had gone to the office and had
tried to get records Of the two cons
panies which went out from his town
of Scottsville. He found only news
paper clippings. He thought the people
in the employ Of the department had
not worked as industrlously and faith
fully as they might have done. The
time had come, he thought when the
State might do something to really be.
gin to get these records.
Mr.. Bell pleaded for a retention Of
the office, as he said the descendants
of the men who fought would always
treasure them
Chairman Bowman, another Con-
federate veteran of the Finance Com
mittee. said that Mo one comedies and
more cheerfully than lie tho gallantry|
of Major Robert w. Hunter, the secre-
tary of this department.. But all these
eulogIes on the Confederacy We're out
of place. No one wanted to discon-
tlnue the work. There were hundreds
of thousands Of men Just as gallant as
Major Hunter who have passed beyond
the river and rest with their COM
rades insthe Great Encampment be-
You'd. Many are now living who We're
just as brave as he. To provide places
for all of these would certainly leave
the States treasury in much worse
condition than 1t is In now.
a Business Proposition.
This was a business proposition. 1t
was question of getting these rec
ords. A subcommittee had been APP
pointed to Investigate. and had report
ed that conditions In the Office wore
not such as to warrant the expense.
1t was felt by the committee that
ought to beIdone to call
attention to this matter. He would
not dispense with the work. but It !!
should he done efficiently. Men went |
to find records, and We're unable to do
so, 1t was the duty Of tho secretary
to seek these records. 35
Mr.. Jennings. another victorian sol-
der Of tho committee. regretted Very
much to have to make his statement.I
but felt It his duty to do so. He had
offered the original bill creating this
office sin years ago. and at WAS be-
lieved then that the work could be
done within a short time. Each bicn-
NAL session the plea had been that
more time was needed, and now the
Legislature was told that there must
he two years more, He was bound to
say that he did not think the depart
ment should hes carried on In the man
ner it had been done in the past siX
years. III
Wanted RcnI Records
81 No one, he said. could be so sSunkind
or so unjust as to Intimate that he
was not loyal to the Confederate sol-
Hers and their records rec but he was.
forced to admit hat llo was not proud !
state had lost six years and swastedl
100000. He asked those menlbers who&t
lad spoken so teelinsly of tho arecordsl
% soto the officc and find out wha is
here. 5ssi st5 M Ell
Mr.. Templcton, a member Of The sub
Of the Finance COMMITTEES
which had examined the office, had
inquired there for the record az his
,ather, who was killed In battle 1t +
vns not there. We have,"s he saidt
paid $4,000 for THIS work, and we
save not got SIT WORTH, The records
we're not kept with any system. aud
consisted largely of old clippings He
lnew tnnt he was not on the Spopnlar
ode Of the question. hut he felt that
I was his dntyi5to3 give this inforrna-
Ion. .3 IN II, M
A statement was made BY Mr.,
,tearnes, He had asked. Mr.. Temple
on to get information about his fla
her. who had a 1nlilitary record or
tote IT. could no be found. He APP
,reci tied the val ne 70 IA history Of the
,onfed erac hut be eyed thai uni ess
here " ere change " h 4 history so'lld
lot l1e sec qr ad, 81 ri !s sl
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