The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-08-15
PUTNAM VETERANS
OF CONFEDERAGY
Urged by Commander to Re-
organize J. ]. Finley Camp.

Major General BENZ. W. Partridge
Commander Of the Florida Division
U. d. c., has sent the following let
ter of greeting to his old Putnam
county comrades with request that i
reach them through publication il
the Palatka News:
Headquarters Florida Division,
United Confederate Veterans,
Monticello, Fla, Aug. Y, 1913.
An open letter to Putnam's Grand Ole
Men. To Comrades
j. d. Points, Palatka, Darius vii
liams, Palatka, w. C. Alvers, Sisco
Geo. W. Riles, Hawthorne, James NJ
Chesser Sr., Hollister, John G. Saun
ders, Fruitland, Samuel J. Vause
johnson, W. j. Bryan, Florahome
Henry F. Johnson, Coleman, Heary S
Minton, Harlem, William Johnson
Grandin, James Padgett, Sr., Cres.
cent City, Preston Weathersby, Put.
nam Hall, James G. L. Basford, Lake
Como, and twenty-nine other be-
loved comrades Of Putnam county
whose names are before me, greet
ing:
In bygone days there was a splcn.
did camp of veterans in your county
bearing noble name-J. j. Finley
U. d. c. No. 1117. This camp has
lost its rights and the name of J. j.
Finley no longer appears upon our
Division roster. Who of my old
comrades will help the Division
Commander to bring the dead to life {?
The plan is simple. Elect your COM
mander and adjutant; make as large
a list as possible of your comrades;
send the same to me with ten (10)
cents per member for 1913 dues; !;
meet us at the State reunion in Per,
sacola if you can, and at the Grand
Reunion at Jacksonville in 1914, for
grand time. Who will undertake
for the cause? Write me.
BENZ. w PARTRIDGE,
Major General Commanding
Florida Division, U. d. C.
The Palatka News takes great
pleasure in publishing this greeting
to Putnam's veterans of the confed-
eracy from their Division Comman-
der. 1t only wishes General Para
ridge had sent it the full roster Of
Putnams veterans for publication
1t is an honor roll that is fast thinning
out, and that "twenty-nine other
names" which the commander had
before him would have proven good
reading to the young men of today
who look back upon the greatest of
all wars as something in the histo
ric past that is clouded with dimness
both to the sight and understanding.
We don't want to forget these vet
Grams nor the sacrifices they made.
Death is fast thinning their ranks
and soon the call will be in vain on
this side the grave.
The editor of the News knows the
men whose names are mentioned IN
this open Letter. Most any one #
them is capable of undertaking the
work of reorganizing j. J. Finley
Camp in this county. There need
necessarily be but one meeting for
this purpose and The News will gladly
publish q call from any one of them
General Partridge who is only
completing his first year as Com
mander of the Florida Division is 8
worker. He finds it a labor of love
and The News is proud that in the
year soon to close this commanding
veteran for Florida can point with
credit to his administration. lie has
five more camps than he received
from his predecessor, and two new
camps out of a total Of II in the en-
tire South. In personal letter to
the editor General Partridge also
states that notwithstanding the
mortality Of old men we have a larger
membership tha min 1912, have Sc
cured an appropriation to build .
monoument to the Women of the
Confederacy, and have secured the
meeting of the Grand Reunion of
Southern Veterans for Jacksonville
in 1914"