The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-17
BOARD SUSPENDS
SOLDIER WIDOW
But Lee Camp Refused to Re
ceive Report Until Next Z
Friday Night.
RELATIONS ARE STRAINED
Woman Convicted at Confederate
Home for Failure to Do
Certain Work.

Failure of :. special committee to
present its report resulted last night
IN another weeks delay in the settle
ment of relations between R. E. Camp.
Confederate Veterans. and the Home
ror Needy Confederate Women. The
camp adopted resolution instructing
the committee to report next Friday
night, or If 1t was una BILE to do so,
to return all papers so that the mat
ter might be settled by the camp.
The delay was occasioned by the abb
sence of Attorney eneral Samuel w.
Williams. chairman of the special
committee.
Woman Cause OF Friction.
While It has been known for the
past SIX weeks that relations between
the two Confederate bodies have been
strained. officials of both have re-
peatedly refused to discuss the situa-
ton for publication, representatives OF
THIS paper having been assured that a
report would shortly be forthcoming.
IT developed from the debate last
night that protege of Lee Camp.
widow of a Confederate solder. now
In the Home for Needy Confederate
Women. Is the bone of contention.
Lee Camp entered some years ago into
a business arrangement with the
poaiN VI tHe r1oIAc, Dy WHICH on pay :
ment of stipulated annual sum the
camp Is entitled to name one inmate.
the appointment to be approved by tho
board of the Home. Last April the
board suspended Leo Camps protege.
woman whose name the officials of
the camp declined to give out at this
time. Later the board adopted reso-
buttons requesting that the woman be
removed from the institution. Five
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resolutions to Lee Camp in open ses-
sion. and each time the effort to make
them public has failed. the effort of
Judge George L. Christian TO read
them last night being defeated by
vote of 20 to 10.
Pending Eight Weeks.
The resolutions were referred TO a
and 1t is the report Of that committee,
headed BY Attorney-G General Williams.
that the camp is cagerly awaiting. and
there has been much comment at It's
repeated failure to come TO light.
Former Attorney General William A.
Anderson, \ member OF The committee,
last night defended the committee. ex-
nlaining that Chairman Williams had
been out of the city and that while
there had been much correspondence.
the committee had not yet concluded
its labors Major Anderson denied that
the committee was attempting to
block the game or to keep from
bringing the matter before the camr
Issue Brought Ont. lila
Indirectly, however. the whole issue
came before the camp last night. when
the resignation of p. II. MAYO was
presented from the special committee,
on the ground that he was also n mem
Der of the advisory board ofthe Home
for Needy Confederate Women. Judge
Christian was suggested. and In the
course OF general statement refusing
to serve he partly reviewed the situa
ton. giving as his resason for declin-
ing that he thought the camp had no
supervision over the board of the
home-an entirely separate and indie
pendent organization and that Lee
Camp or its committee could not sit s
g court Of appeals to review and pos
sibly reverse the action OF the board of
the home Judge Christian was pro-
ceeding to show that tho whole matter
was tempest in teapot, and that
# he camp were properly advised of
the nature of the action of the board
1t would concedc the right of the board
to take such stand, and to refuse
any person who WAS personl non grata,
when he was repeatedly interrupted.
= test vote after some debate resulted
in rejection. by the close margin of 10
10 20. of motion requesting Judge
Christian to read the boards resolu-
tons. now in the hands of the com
mittee, and which have never been
read before the camp but a copy of
which Judge Christian had in his
! hand.
Charges Arc Trivial.
Replying TO Judge Christian on be-
half of the committee, Major Anderson
said that he had entirely misconceivcd
| the purpose of Inc committee; that there
was no intention of attempting to
supervise or oversee or investigate tho
Home for Needy Confederate Women.
Major Anderson said that the charges
! brought agans, the camps protcge
I were entirely trivial in their nature.
! whether the charges were proved to
| he true or not that they in no way af-
! fecteG the character OF the woman. His
(. statement that she had done so much
| for The good Of the institution in
! which She was placed as was within
| her power was warmly applauded. The
nome having requested the removal OF
the women the camp had appointed,
| Major Anderson said he conceived Ii
| to be the duty of the committee 10
determine whether that request was
! for good and sufciert reasons to adj
| wise whether she should be thrown out
| on the world or the camp continue TO
! support her In some other institution
and whctacr the camr should name an
i other inmate for the Home for Needy
Confederate Women, and so indirectly
! continue to contribute to the support
! OF that institution, In view of Judge
/, Christians refusal to serve. James r.
| Gray was named as a member of the
| committee. and or resolution tile COM
/ mtttec vas INDUCED to next Friday
/ night an cmen lii.ent offered by DR..
I lanes Nielsen directing the committee
T, If II could not report TO return all pa
| perS al that imc, hnirg also adopted.
I From what could be learned the
| charge against the inmate is that she
refused TO perform certain labors when
| ordered, an Investigation resulted
and she was found guilty"
Police Court Cases
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