The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-09-09
REUNION
NEXT MONTH IN PENSACOLA
Monticello. Fla, Aug. 81, 1919.

To the Florida Division: I. c. V:
At your twenty-second annual con-
yention, held in Lake City, October
/ %, "a and %, 1912, a cordial invita-
ton was extended to you 10 accept
the hospitality OF the city Of Pensaco-
"a, and make that city your reunion
point in 1913. This invitation was ac-
cepted with great enthusiasm. Your
commander is in receipt of q COM
munication from Camp Ward L. c. V.
No. 10, reminding US of our engage
ment. In Difference to the wishes Of
| the hostess city your commander now
announces that our twenty-third an
nual convention viii be held in the
! city of Pensacola, October II, p and
23, A. D., 1913.
When we recall the splendid hospi-
| tally extended to US in the past, no.
tably at Ocala, Live Oak, Barlow, Or
lando and Lake City, when we glow
with the loving memory of the sweet
! comradeship renewed as We met each
| other once more on this side of the
river, then let US rejoice at the near
| by prospect of once more looking into
each others faces here upon earth.
To Brigade Commanders, Officers
of the Division Staff and Camp Com
manders-Your division commander
tdmonishes you in love to perfect all
arrangements, prepare all necessary
reports and put yourselves in readi-
ness to march without confusion on
the 21st day of October into conven-
| ton at Pensacola
The basis of representation in the
| convention vii be one delegate to ev-
! cry twenty members of a camp whose
per capita dues are paid, and one adj
ditional delegate for a fraction of ten
additional members; but every camp
! shall be entitled to not less than two
delegates. provided that camp has
paid up it's membership dues.
| This has been a remarkable year of
achievements in the history of our or
! ganization, and the end is not yet. 1t
/ IicS OCCh q CdI W LCiC pei SOlltI "a "a I
throughout the entire organization
has made itself felt; a year when
progress was the watchword, and
when the division commander and the
camp comrade alike have worked for
the better ment of our organization.
We started the year with thirty camps
organized-in good standing. We
have now forty camps-a gain of ten
camps. We have organized two new
camps out of total of seventeen in
| the entire south We have succeeded
/ in winning the grand reunion in 1914
| for Jacksonville, in our own state.
We found an appropriation of $4,000
to aid US in erecting a monument to
the Women of the Southern Confed
! eracy upon the statutes of our state
We have increased the sum to S12,
600, there being only one dissenting
vote in the house and two in the sen
ate. We had collected less than $4,000
now collected $500 in cash and have
a pledge. from the contractor of $500
more, making in all $4,000 in cash, OF
equivalent, towards the $4,000 which
We must raise to make the states ap
preparation available. Against the
$1,000 necessary to make good with
the state we have definite persona
pledges in the city of Jacksonville fol
$5025, and unpaid camp pledges o
$G07,50, aggregate pledges, $5G32 30
leaving balance to complete our SG10l
only S4G7.50. Every dollar pledged by
individual or camp is now due ant
should be paid at once. They are
pledges of honor. The contractor:
are pushing the work The state !:
waiting for us to make good. and We
have passed the period where pledge!
unpaid are negotiable, and have
reached the crisis where only the COLI
counts. Comrades, let US consider the
gravity of this situation and coEt
speedily to the rescue.
Your commander is in close touc.
with Major General Joseph H. Bur
roughs, commander of the Florida Di
vision of Sons of Confederate Neter
ans. The sons are our natural heir:
and hope of perpetuating our oT2ani
Zation is in the amalgamation Of the
two organizations when the proper
time arrives. General Burroughs vii
meet us at Pensacola. Let us consid
er that no camp is perfected in organ
ization without an auxiliary camp O.
sons. Let US devote the latter day:
of 1913 to organization of our sons
and let us hope to meet them at Pen
sacola.
By order of
BENZ. J. PARTRIDGE,
Mai. Gen. Commanding Florida Divis
ion L. c. V.