The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-06
will formally turn them over to the
u. D. C. Memorial day.
Yours truly,
W. G. Peterson,
Sergt. Co. B., Third S. c. '.

It will be seen that it was the pur-
pose Of the few survivors to secure
these flags and to present them
through the U. D. C.. chapter to the
relic room in the capitol at Colun-
bia. Whether Intentionally OF not
(and I am trying to believe that it
was unintentionaD the survivors
were entirely ignored after the flags
were secured by the members Of the
Drayton Rutherford chapter.
AS will be seen by my letter, it was
the purpose Of the survivors to pre-
sent these flags on Memorial day.
They were not secured in time for
that and the survivors of Company B
had no notice that they had been Sc
cured, and did not authorize the COM
mander or the adjutant of the James
D. Nance camp to present them, as
neither one of these officers was a
member of the company. Captain
Gary was originally member Of the
company, but very soon Joined the
cavalry and does not claim to be
survivor of our company.
It will be seen, therefore, that the
survivors of Company B, who are the
rightful owners of the flags, were not
only not consulted but did not even
know that the flags had been secur-
ed from Mrs. ,Speers or that they
were to be presented to the Daugh-
ters on Davis birthday, and there
was 10 survivor Of the company
present.
Personally, I feel very deeply griev--
ed at such treatment and I am con-
strained to write this correction, and
to give the additional facts which I
did not care to do. =
Upon the death of my comrade, L.
M. speers, I asked Mr.. B. B. Davis,
who had been working for him, to: see
Mrs. Speers and request her. to turn
the flags over to Mr.. e, P. Bradley.
who Is the ranking officer Of the COM
pany. Mrs. speers declined to do sd;
saying that Mr.. Speers had given the
flags to his daughter. ~:
I then spoke to Mr.. Hiram Speers
and asked him if they would not turn
the flags over to the survivors and
explained that the flags were placed
in the keeping of Mr.. Speers in trust
as the ranking officer of the company.
He refused to do so and was really
insulting to me, but on account OF
the friendship between myself ana
my comrade, his father, I did not re-
sent the insult.
then appealed to Mr., G. B. Crom-
er, who was the administrator OF Mr..
speers, and he said that we were
clearly entitled to the flags and
thought there would be no trouble in
securing them, but after consulting
with Mrs. Speers, he informed me
that the family declined to give them
up.
then went to MIR. o. L. schuIn1
pert, who is adjutant Of the James D.
Nance camp, and who was also repre-
senting Mrs. Speers, and explained
the situation to him. He said that he
thought that there would be no trou-
BILE. that the survivors were entitled
| t6 the flags, but he failed to get them.
then wrote the letter above refer
red to, hoping that in this way we
could secure Our flags. s..
In view of these facts, feel that
it is an injustice to the survivors OF
the company and the rightful owners
of the flags to have it stated that they
we're presented Gin behalf of the
family of L. NJ. Speers, deceased
and I do feel very much aggrieVed
that the Daughters, whether inten"
tional or unintentional, should have
so entirely ignored the survivors OF
the company after the flags were Sc
cured in the way in which they were.
W. G.. Peterson,
sergt Co. B., Third S. c. Y.
Newberry, S. c., June 6, 1910.