The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-23
LEI ANNIVERSARY
 BY CAMP HARDEE Special Programme At Meeting
 Yesterday Afternoon HUDOLESTON THE SPEAKER Adjt. J. LawIer Darby Submits His Re- port and General Bush Submits Resolutions on Death of Gen
 era Rhodes.
HUDOLEST0N THE SPEAKER

The one nunured ana tnlrd annlV9r- sary of the birth of Robert E Lee was celebrated by Camp Haraes at the regu- lar semi-monthly meeting held yesterday afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce auditorium The auditorium was well filled with visitors as well as members was enjoyed. The address of the day was delivered by George Huddleston, who paid an earnest tribute to the memory of the Confederate commander in chief Others on the programme were J. H. Mclaughlin, who gave a personal rem iniscence of General Lee and told in a most entertaining way of his homecom- ing after the surrender at Appomattox. Other stories were told by George P fleming and were generally enjoyed. The invocation was pronounced by Capt. ". c. Ward and the closing prayer was made by Rev. F. A. Wright.
 Chief among matters of business trans. olutions on the death of Gen. Rufus N. Rhodes, introduced by Gen. J. W. Bush. The camp voted $l0 to be added to the fund for the restoration of headstones and monuments broken and disfigured in the Confederate cemetery at Franklin. Tenn, by a recent cyclone The report of J. Lawler Darby. adjutant of Camp Hardee. was accepted and spread on the minutes. The report of Adjutant Darby was as follows:
 To the Members of Camp Hardee-I have been the adjutant of Ce- D Hardes camp through It's committees and the personal effort of very few of its mem bers have raised over $4000 for the ben eft of It's members and other Confed- crate veterans. More than $30O0 of this amount was spent in building and fur nishing the Camp Hardee cottage at the Soldiers Home.
 The committee which raised the money for the homo was composed of J. w. Bush, Dr. J. c. Abernathy, Samuel w. Vance. Prof. s. L. Robertson, T. A Ham, ilton and J. L. Darby, assisted by Maj. John w. Johnston, Comrade Arnold Of Ensley and others.
 The above amount does not include the large amount of money raised by the committee from the camp for the enter tainment of the state reunion, held In our city, the surplus going to aid in the erection of the Confederate monuments in Capitol park and Elmwood ceemtery. It is too delicate matter to mention the names of the few who aside from the cottage committee raised this 5000 as it was done through love for the vet erans and not for notoriety.
 Many of our dead, if they could speak, could tell of the liberality and kindness of Camp Hardee and many are living who have been it's beneficiaries. For these nine years past you have, through your adjutant, sent hundreds of dollars worth of clothing and other things to the home, contributing to the comfort of the inmates.
 It is a real pleasure to mo to know that along with you l can claim some little part in relieving the wants of our sick and needy members and their fam ilies, not aiding them alone, but many times buying tickets and giving food to our wandering and stranded brothers.
 Comrades, we have little time for fur ther work Let us spend that in doing good to God and man.
 J. LAwLER DARBY,
 Adjutant Camp Hardee.
 The resolutions adopted on the death of General Rhodes, as introduced by Gen.
 
 J. w. Bush, are as follows:
 Camp Hardee mingles its grief srd sor- row with many friends and civic insti- tutions in mourning the loss of the great and good man, Gen. Rufus N. Rhodes.
 He was a friend and benefactor of Con- federate soldiers he endeared himself to them by his many acts of kindness. Be- ing the son of a worthy Confederate vet eran he was always first and foremost in fostering the cause for which they fought.
 To his zeal and energy we are indebted for the pedestal placed in Capitol square, and in a large measure, through his as- sistance, to the U. D. c. for tho beau- tiful shaft erected thereon to the memory of our heroic and gallant dead.
 The home we did occupy and the home we now occupy as a free gift offering Is partly due to his noble and generous heart. The columns of his splendid paper. 'srhe Daily Evening News" were al- ways open, free of charge, for the benefit of the camps charitable work in render ing assistance to our aged, decrepit and indigent comrades He was an enthus- iastic helper in preparing for the reunion which was so successfully held here and largely attended in 1908. Therefore, be it resolved,
 1. That Jefferson county, the city of Birmingham and the state of Alabama have lost one of their most distinguished and valuable citizens.
 2. That labor has been deprived of ono of its ablest and strongest advocates.
 8, That Camp Harfee has been deprived of one of it's truest and noblest friends.
 {. That his family has been bereft of a tender and loving husband, ton and brother
 6. That these resolutions be entered upon our minutes and copy be sent to his family.