The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-12-27
COMMANDING OFFICER NAMES
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MAY 7, 8 AND 9 FOR THE
NEXT REUNION.
Expected that the Reunion Will be
One of the Most Successful Held in
Recent Years-order Issued Fixing
the Dates.

The twenty-second annual reunion
of the United Confedeate Veterans
will be held in Macon, Ga, on May Z,
8 and 9, 1912, the dates being select
ed by c. Irvine Walker, lieutenant
general commanding, and recently an
nounced from his New Orleans head
quarters. 1t will be remembered that
Macon was selected as the meeting
place at the last reunion held in Lit
tie Rock, Ark, the time being lets 70
the commanding officer
q. The general orders designating the
dates for the 1912 reunion are as fol
lows.
According to the custom hereto
fore in force, which leaves TO the
COMMUNICATIVE chief and the depart
ment commanders the fixing of the
date of the reunion, the lieutenant
general commanding announces that
the twenty second annual reunion Of
the United Confederate Veterans will
be leld in the city of Macon, Ga, Oh
May 7, 8 and 8, 1912, Tuesday Wed
nesday and Thursday, respectively.
those days having been named by our
host as satisfactory.
For the second time in the history
of this association the patriotic peo'
pie of the great state of Georgia as
that the survivors of the Southern
armies be their guests, and promise
that our sojourn in their midst sh1l
be full of pleasure.
"No state Of the Union can preselt
for admiration such an array of noble
names: Gordon and Evans (both com
manders of the U. c. W, Stephens,
Cobb, McLaws, Young, Wright, Bar
tow, Tooms, Longstreet, Kell, Walker,
Lamar, Bulloch, Twiggs, Tatnall (the
great naval officer who is said % hays
shed tears when informed that he was
too old to have charge of a Confeder-
ate gunboat on the high seas), AMI
number of other great and gallant
men.
"By her thousands of Confedera 3
historic spots, by the fields of battle.
where the southrOn manfully net his
foe, by the homes, sheltering her wo
men and children, ruthlessly destroy
ed oy Sherman's hordes, Georgia prA
sents many, many points to attr9 :
the deepest interest of all Confeder
ates and their loyal descendants. Let
us I'll gather around her shrine AMI
show the glorious people of this glor-
ious state that we alue far beyond
the power of expression her PATRIOTS
10 GAnfndOroa1y 0d will |
forever sacredly treasure the suffer
ings by which she proved her loyaltJ
to the stars and Bars.
The City of Macon nestles among
the lovely hills of Georgia and is fiji.
ed with the wealth, intelligence, |
worth and social standing of the
South; and each citizen promises that
nothing shall be lacking to add to the
comfort and enjoyment of those who
once were in the armies of the Con |
federacy The lieutenant genera!
commanding, then, urges all his be-
loved comrades to make an effort 20
take part in this reunion.
"The lieutenant general command-
ing with much pleasure announces, he
at the request of its most energetic |
president, Mrs. w J. Bahen, that tn .
Confederated Southern Memorial as
sociation will hold its meeting at the
same time.
THE lieutenant general command |
ing sincerely hopes that the press of
thea entire country will endeavor to
stir up interest in the coming meet
ing, and to this end he requests that
this order be published and editorial
comment made thereon"
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