The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-04-11
APPOINTMENTS FOR REUNION.
General c. I. Walker Names Sponsor
and ..ttendants-StaiI Officers
Are Designated.

commanding, IN respect 10 the pafIl-
cipation of the Army of Northern EiT-
sinia department in the 1911 reunion
OF the United Confederate Veterans,
60 be held May 1918 in Little Rock.
Sponsors and attendants.
Sponsors for the department are
designated by General Walkers or
der, IS follows: Sponsor, Miss Rawls
Wadleigh, Petersburg; maids Of hon
or, Miss Bessie Lamb, Richmond, and
Miss Juliette Opie Tabb, Parkersburg,
". Va; matron OF honor, Mrs. Mary
Stark Fowler, Little Rock.
Staff Appointments.
The following staff officers are ap-
pointed: Col. William Gilmore Simms,
Barnwell, inspector general; Lieut..
Col. D. ". McLaurin, Columbia; aide;
Lieut.. Col. C. NJ. Calhoun, Greenwood,
aide; Lieut.. Col. Edmund Bacon, Co.
lunbia, aide; Lieut. Col. W. B. Hor-
ner, Chesterfield county, Va, aide;
Major Eugene Polk, Little Rock, aide.
Major Polk will carry the colors Of
the department in the reunion parade.
General Walkers Order.
General Walkers order, as publish
ed Friday by General Lyon, is as fol-
lows:
Headquarters, Army Of Northern Vir-
ginia Department, U. c. ", Charles
ton, S. c., April 7, 1911.
General Order No. 4:
l. The annual reunion of the United
Confederate Veterans eoc 1917 will be
held at Little Rock, Arkansas, May
16-17-18. The department - Tmand
er urges all his comrades who can
possibly do so to attend this great
gathering of the survivors Of the i'm
mortal armies of the ConfaGcracy
Apart from the supreme satisfaction
Of clasping the haids o. our devoted
comrades and Of showing an uadying
devotion to the principle: f7r which
We fought there.is a still stronger rea-
son for this 'gatherire Of the clans"
The truth of history largely depends
"on our bold assertion of the right
'eousness of our great cause and PROV
ing to the world that we we're pat
riots-not traitors. If We nleekly sub
NIT to the villifcations of our enc
mics, We! will deserve all that We will
receive. But by gathering in strength
and boldly asserting and maintaining
the justice Of the cause for which We
fought, We will create the opinion that
men who for so years still earnestly
believe in the Righteousness of their
struggle for constitutional liberty,
must have been right. A handful
making such assertions will be in
effective, but a great and numerous
assem5lage declaring it, must more
largely make deep and lasting i'm /
preston. Then LET as maay of the
Army OF Northern Virginia depart |
ment as possible rally around the bat
tie SCARED cross of the Confederacy
not alas, to carry it in victory, but
TO maintain its sacredness and the
truth it represents in defeat.
2. 1t gives the commander great
pleasure to announce that the follow
ing ladies, all Of Confederate lineage, !!
will represent thu department for
1911:
Sponsor. Mrs. Frances Rawls Wad- |
leigh, Petersburg, Va: maid of honor, !
Miss Bessie Lamb, Richmond, Va; !
maid CT honor, Miss Juliette Opie
Taob, Parhersburg, W. v; matron of |
honor, Mrs Mary Stark Fowler, Lit
tie Rock, Ark.
8. Col. Homer Atkinson, assistant
- adjutant general, is detailed to look
after the ladies named in paragraph |
2. and will see that they have every
pleasure and honor their distinguished
position entities them to.
4. The following officers are hereby
appointed on the staff of the depart
ment, A. n. v, and will be obeyed and
respected accordingly:
Col. VIM. Gilmore simms, Barn
we'll, S. c., inspector general; 1t. Col. |
D. W. McLaurin, Dillon, S. c., aide;
1t Col. c. NJ Calhoun, Greenwood,
S. c., aide; It. Col. Edmund Bacon, Co.
lumbia. S. c.. aide: 1t Col. ". B. Hor-
ner, Chesterfield county, Va, aide;
Major Eugene Polk, Little Rock, Ark,
aide.
;. Major Polk is appointed to carry
frv department colors on the reunion
parade.