The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-05
CAMP HARDEE WILL
 ASSIST VETERANS Pass Resolution by Which Financial Aid Will
 Be Given

A resolution providing for the raising o1 funds by a relief committee to be com posed ot members of the chapters of the Confederate Veterans, Sons and Daugh- ters of the Confederacy, to supply the comforts of life and a suitable burial to the old and impoverished Confederate sol diers of Jefferson county was passed by the rising vote of Camp Hardee, at their regular sem-monthly meeting, held yes terday afternoon in the Chamber of Con- merce auditorium.
 A report is to be made from this com mittee regarding the methods of secur- ing this money on the first Saturday of December at the meeting of Camp Har- dee. This resolution also includes a clause stating that the benefits of this fund should be extended to any needy federal soldiers.
 The committee named from Camp Har- dee yesterday consists of J. T. s. Wade, T. A. Hamilton and J. T. Garrettson. This committee will unite with those of three members each appointed from the various camps of Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy, all to be known as a re- lief committee to furnish those necessi- lleS IbI tllt NCtcidHo tilotH tHc PShSi0ii appropriation cannot.
 First Lieut. J. T. S. Wade introduced the following resolution, which was unan- imously adopted:
 ''Whereas, Fifty years ago the men of the south placed their lives and property on the countrys altar, and bore gallantly their coors to victory for four years of
 ncessant war, enduring privations and sufferings that can he known only by .I< ~41- s,,a co, n n strife. And when forced by overwhelmine numbers to surrender they shed tears of anguish over their. entombed hope, and over the graves of fallen comrades Then, returning to desolated homes, with wreck and ruin around them, they began the struggle for existence.
 Not satisfied with having crushed a noble people. the government sent Its mlnions. instructed ostensibly to restore civil order; the real purpose, however being to ensave those they could not conquer, The dsarmed Confederate was quick to discern the intent of this move n,ent, and as quick to resolve upon de- termined and continuous resistance unti constitutional government was re-estab- lished
 "For years, humiliation. injustice, i'm pIjsonment, insults and cruel oppression were born with fortitude when those in  believing, should their opposition con. tinue that those whose valor had beer proven irresistible, would become an army of guerillas. Then the south secured con | tfol of her state government under con stitutional guarantee and the benefits oi | this grand achievement are being enjoyed today by the states north, as well as 1 south.
 .whereas. The actors in these mem 1 orable events having secured civil ant 1 religious liberty. and having entrusted this priceless boon to ther sons, to be bv them bequeathed to future genera
 tions. are now infirm and old, and ar,
 without the means of sustenance, it be
 comes imperative, that ample provision he made for their maintenance durns the remainder of their lives
 ''The appropriation of this siate, amount 1 i'm to about 20 cents per dav. may siis
 tain life. leaving nothing for clothing | medical attention in sickness and buria at death, therefore. be it
 "Resokel. That Camp Hardee pledge. itself to employ all proper means to ere ] ate and to keep a sum sufficient for tn, i care and comfort of these old men dur l ing the rems inder of life. and for buria | at death. Denloring the. necessity O ! rrncaimng that it Is not possible fo
 the state. ar any individual, to discharg, ] the obligation under which they rest tt
 tine patriot. and that the potters field ii l not his place of burial.
 'Resolvel That in order to proseclt, this purvose Camp Hardee, the Sons ant ! the chapters of the Daughters of tn 1 Confederacv. appoint each three of the | number, which will constitute relic committee for the soldiers and sailors o