The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-19
HARRY W00OING
IS COMMANDER
DANVILLE MAN WILL LEAD GRAND
CAMP. CONFEDERATE vETER-
ANS THE COMING YEAR
| SONS ELECT OFFICERS
PROTEST. AGAINST SELECTION OF
SPONSORS WHO ARE NOT AT
FILIATED WITH SOME con-
Ia.
FEDERATE ORGANIZATION

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NEWPORT NEWS, VA, Oct Is
me election Of officers by both organ
iAalions and the transaction of routine
business constituted the work OF to-
aas sessions OF the Reunion of Con-
iederase Veterans and Sns of Veterans.
meeting In annual convention here,
Tonight all business Of the organ
izations was suspended and the vet
Grams. sons OF veterans, sponsors, and
maids or honor, and the daughters OF
the Confederacy were rendered a re-
ceptlon at the Elk's home by the New
port News and Hampton daughters.
Following business session in the
morning and the parade OF veterans
and sons in the afternoon. the re-
union will close tomorrow night with
a grand ball at the EIk's Home.
At the session this morning. Of
ficers for the coming year elected and
the reports OF the Inspector general.
the Quartermaster general and the
committees on credentials, distrfbu-
ton relief and good of tho camp were
received. After the meeting had been
opened with prayer by Chaplain
Everett Meade, Captain j. N. Buxton,
chairman of the credentials COM
mittee, submitted his report show
ing that sixty-eight of the State camps
had representatives present
Inspector General Upton d. Jen-
n1ngs. presented statistical report OF
the grand camp by divisions, showing
the following grand total for the ten
districts.
Number OF Confederate veterans
camps. 1928; number Of veterans on
rolls, $500; number deaths during
year. 424. number of new members,
l7s. Total numbey of Sons OF Vet
Grams camps. IS: total number OF
camps Of Daughters, of the, Confed-
eracy. 81.
The report from the First district as
submitted to the Inspector general by
Assistant Inspector General George w.
Nelms, OF this city, showed twelve
camps OF veterans. $40 members. 81
deaths and Is new members.
In addition to which there are IL
camps Of Daughters Of the Confed-
eracy and five campo Of Sons of Vet
Grams, The report Of Quartermaster
General David A. Brown. OF Rich
mond. showed tho receipts and dis
bursements for the past year.
Relief COMMITTEES Resolution.
Chairman David Brown. OF the COM
mittee on relief, submitted tho fol-
lowing resolution. which was adopted
under q suspension Of the rules:
THAT tho relief committee of tho
|Grand Camp bo Instructed to ask the
Legislature for an appropriation OF
$4,000 for the relief of the Confed-
crate veterans. not eligible to become
members Of the Soldiers Home on
account of cancer and other conta-
gious diseases. and who have no Wis
ihla means OF support"
At this point the regular order Of
business was suspended In order to
allow Mrs. j, T, Wake, OF Norfolk,
representing the Daughters Of tho
C0nfaderacy, the floor,
Mrs. Wake made brief protest
against this selection of sponsors and
maids, unless they be AFFILIATED with
some Confederate organization, stat
ing that It would be impossible for
the daughters to carry on the work
which they have undertaken unless
this rule In enforced,
The committee ON distribution, to
which the report OF Commander w.
g. Whittls was referred yesterday.
recommended that the portion OF
the report relative TO school histe-
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