Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-08-02
Camp Called to Consider Re-
union Matter.
JOINT CONFERENCE HELD
Representatives of All Confederate
. Organizations Meet and Discuss Sit
rat.cE-Ouestior Raised as to Sc
=, lection Of City by Grand Camp.

Following a lengthy and, at times,
rather acrimonious debate, the Con
federate veterans and sons OF vet
Grams. who met in the city hall last
night 10 consider the ACCESSIBILITY OF
inviting the State Grand Camp, Con
federate Veterans. to meet i'm this city
on October IS, 10 and 90. unanimously
adopted a resolution requesting Ma
gruder Camp No. SO, United Confed-
crate Veterans, to meet at once and
finally determine whether or not the
Grand Camp shall be invited to New
port News. Immediately after the
meeting adjourned, Major Gibson,
commander of the camp, issued a call
for a special meeting of the vet
Grams at the city hall for tonight at
8 o'clock
When the veterans had met last
night, Major George w. Nelms, adju-
tant of Magruder Camp, explained
the object of the meeting and read
the letters which he had received
from members of the subcommittee
of the Grand Camp, named by grand
commander to select place of meet
ing for the Grand Camp this year.
The meeting thon resolved itself into
a committee of the whole, Captain J.
A. Buxton being named chairman and
Rev. Lloyd 7. Wilson, ID. d., being
chosen secretary.
A Misunderstanding
There seemed to be some misunder-
standing about the matter at issue,
John Sheldon Jones declared that
Pickett Buchanan Camp, of Norfolk,
had invited the Grand Camps of Nir-
ginia and North Carolina to meet in
Norfolk in October and that the invi
tation had virtually been accepted as
the camps and business organizations
were scheduled to meet at noon today
TO make arrangements for entertain
ing the veterans.
Major helms insisted that the place
of meeting had not been selected and
that the committee would name New
port News as the place if Magruder
Camp would say the word. He though;
that the camp ought to invite the
Grand Camp here as the letters which
he had received from the officers oi
the Grand Camp indicated that the
veterans of the valley and piedmont
section of the State are anxious to
meet here. e
Business Men Ready to Assist.
Abe Horwitz, chairman of the com
mittees on conventions of the Cham
Der of Commerce and Merchants AS
sociation, was present and spoke a;
length on the matter of inviting the
Grand Camp to the city. He declar
ed that both of the organizations
which he represented stood ready to as
s!st Magruder Camp in entertaining
the visitors and that all of the funds
necessary to entertain the Grand
Camp could be raised. He declared
that Norfolk had not secured the
meeting; that any organizations
which had once met in Norfolk never
wanted to go back there again and
that the reunion of Confederate vet
Grams held here in 1903 was the best
the Virginia veterans had ever had.
Frank Berkeley spoke at some
length in favor of having the
Grand Camp meet here and urged
that Magruder Camp invite the vet
Grams to the city. He declared that
entertainment could and would be
provided and that the people of New
port News would be glad to entertain
the heroes of 1876. In conclusion
he moved that the meeting request
Magruder Camp to meet at the earl
lest possible moment and decide on
the matter. This motion prevailed
without a dissenting vote.