The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-06
CONFEDERATES
HOLD SESSION
SELECT SPONSOR AND DELE
GATES TO REUNION AT LITTLE
RESOLUTIONS.

John H. Morgan Camp, U. c. ",
met in regular session at the district
court room yesterday afternoon for
the purpose of electing officers for
the ensuing year, and to select
sponsor to represent the camp at the
reunion to be held at Little Rock the
coming summer.
Major Rumph was reelected as com
mandel by unanimous vote, Rev
Hultsman, first lieutenant; w. 7. Sim
mons, second lieutenant, and H
Sutherland, adjutant. w. NJ. Good
man was elected chaplain and John
T. Wyont, color sergeant.
The delegates chosen to represent
the camp at the reunion at Little Rock
were: Rev. Selvidge, Rev. Hultsman,
Captain Pulliam and C. A. Wall. The
alternates were Veterans Sutherland,
Wood, Simmons and Bruce.
BY unanimous vote Miss Nellie
Ikard was chosen sponsor, and she will
select her maids of honor to accom-
pany her.
A committee was appointed to draft
resolutions of respect for the departed
brother King, which will be read at
the next meeting. The following res
olution on the death of Gen. Cabell
were read and approved:
Whereas, this camp receives with
profound sorrow news of the death Of
General w. L. Cabell of the Trans
Mississippi Department of United
Confederate Veterans; therefore be
Resolved, by John Morgan Camp of
Ardmore, Oklahoma, in regular meet
ing assembled, as follows:
That in the death of General Cabell
another of the grand old heroes of the
sixties has passed from the scenes of
early action, and we bow our heads
in profound sorrow as this sad intelli-
gence is borne to our ears. "He has
slept his last sleep; he has fought his
last battle"
He has for the last time marsha led
his gallant troops in battle array for
the struggle of death; for the last
time his word of command, "Charge,
men, charge" has been given, and Of
that gallant band few there be who
are left with us to mourn the demise
of the commander of the Transmits
sissippi Department of United Confed-
crate Veterans.
He was a familiar figure at all re-
unions, and on these occasions, when
he mounted the rostrum, or otherwise
chanced to be seen, he was greeted
for the majestic countenance of the
battle-scared hero recalled to the mind
Of comrades the numberless and STIR
ring scenes of peril in which they had
participated. In these experiences he
exhibited the qualities of a consum-
mate commander; he had the courage
OF Richard Cour de Lion; he was dar-
ing without rashness; prudent with
out fear; and with such dogged ten
acity did he always hold his ground
that he won the sobriquet of "Old
Tig."
He yielded to no one in his splendid
devotion to the cause of the confed-
eracy, and since the tragic drama Of
the sixties till the close of his life, no
one has evinced more zeal, nor con-
tributed more effective aid, in perpet-
uatng the traditions and principles of
his beloved land; it was to his con-
ception we owe the design of the
stars and bars, the flag that proudly
floated over the destinies Of the
southern confederacy four long years;
the emblem of southern chivalry,
southern bravery, and undying south
ern patriotism. This alone, aside from
his admirable qualities, will conse-
crate his memory for all time in the
hearts of the southern people.
He was a leader of men; a hero;
a devotee of state rights; and with
the last notes of his funeral dirge We
say, "Requiescat in pace"
Be it further resolved, that this