The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-25
REDUCES NUMBER
CAMP FOLLOWERS Il 4. (
Grand Commander Of Confcder-
ate Veterans Cuts Down
List Of Sponsors.
BURDEN HAS. BEEN TOO HEAVY
Entertainment Intended for
War Survivors Has Been
Diverted to Others.

Diverted to Others.
Great interest was aroused yester-
day among Confederate veterans and
Sons and Daughters Of the confederacy
over the announcement in The Times
Dispatch from General John G. EWell.
Grand Commander OF Veterans OF Vlr--
ginia, that but few sponsors ana maids
of honor would figure in the annual
meeting OF tho Grand Camp and re-
union In Norfolk this year. For the
most part the veterans. at least, OK
pressed great satisfaction over the
decision OF the Grand Commander.
Although, quite naturally. nothing
has been said regarding the reason
by the people OF Norfolk, prior events
lead to the opinion that tho tremen-
dous number OF sponsors who In pre-
ivious years attended these reunions
has caused disinclination on the part
of some cities to receive the Grand
Camp. EnsSrtainment OF the fair visi-
tors. to the injury Of the reception
for the past three years the subject OF
more or less unfavorable comment In
Virginia.
Swarm OF sponsors.
Sponsors and maids of honor to the
number Of twenty-five have heretofore
represented the Grand Camp Then
the Virginia Division Of United Con-
federate Veterans had It's contingent
OF handsome matrons and maidens.
FOCAL camps would then come along
with accredited sponsors and maids.
not to mention Sons OF Veterans and
Daughters Of the Confederacy.
- No
mtttees down with duties of enter
tainment and with the cost OF car
riages and flowers and homes. to the
extent that towns and cities became
schary of extending an invitation to
the Grand Camp.
This feeling reached a public stage
when the Grand Camp met in Nor
folk three years ago. Confederate
choirs had been formed. with women
officers galore. forming sort of adj
iunct to the reunion. Judge George L.
Christian, OF Richmond, arose one day
In the meeting at Norfolk and offered
resolution Withholding the sanction
OF the Grand Camp from these choirs.
present had fought tho Yankees a
generation BEFORE they had no inten-
ton OF waging a battle against any
OF the fair sex. especially as the choirs
Were present in large force. the wo-
men marching through the streets In
Confederate gray uniforms. with ban
9ners. The resolution was defeated.
but the feeling was evident.
When the smoke OF that reunion had
cleared away 1t was found that no
community had extended an invitation
to the Grand Camp to meet with 1t
the next year. 1t was tho talk pri-
vately that the burden OF taking care
of sponsors and maids and Sons and
Daughters and uniformed choirs was
too much for most places, which We're
ready and anxious to take care OF
all the real veterans who cared to
come. 30
Significant Action.
It is noted that this year the time
OF the annual meeting of the Grand
Camp was almost at hand before the
place was decided upon. Simultaneous
" with the orders from the Grand
Commander regarding the meeting
comes the official statement that only
eieSeh SPONSORS and two maids will
be recognized at the meeting The
Grand Commander will be entit1ad -
the appointment OF state snonsor
ana her two maids, while the con.
sresslonal district inspectors VIII eanh
ieco!ninend a sponsor, without n,oidss
-. q Whlch some people regard q :
significant. At the same tirs ~ :,
not, believed the Norfolk peonle .rs
looking for trouble with the pentIar
sex. wy seh'lef
veterans who are elected as dele
gates pay their own expenses I'm.
.sss tne el local camps see ft to nav
. .,iel''. other veterans are welcomed at
.msse meetings. for the reunion fea-
sules, una are cared for by the local
committees. It seems to be tha pen-
eral wish to cut out the9rest or =
excepting, Of course. tho meetings ~
the Daughters of the Confederacv and
sons OF Veterans as independent or
CARNATIONS.
Opinion iii Lynchburg.
ne following telegram received last
night from Lynchburg, shows how the
situation is regarded by Confederate
I interests there:
1 me next annual reunion of Con-
Iederate Veterans ana meeting OF the
Grand Camp Of Virginia. which is to
pc held In Norfolk October Is, 10 and
~, VIII not be8nttended by the large
4 NUMBER OF sponsors and maids Of hon
or us has been the case in the past.
4 Ihese sponsors and their maids, who
have hitherto been chosen almost With
4 out reason, are to be limited in tho
future, for the Grand Camp has adj
vilssed the Garland Rhodes Camp, Of
this city, that at the coming reunion
there will be only thirteen sponsors
who VIII get the slightest recognition.
These will be the sponsor appoint
ed by the grand commander and her
A woFmaids, and ono sponsor from each
of the ten congressional districts
Sponsors and maids from the Sons OF
i Confederate Veterans or from local
4 camps. or chapters Of the Daughters
4 Of tho Confederacy, Will get no more
\ Trecognition in the n,eetigs than any
other Daughter OF tho SConfederacy
Who attends the session OF the Crane m,
4 Camp 4, 88s
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