The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-01-15
Birthday of Gen. Robert E. Lee
Appropriately Observed by
Ex-Confederate Veterans
and Daughters.

Tuesday last was the one hundred and
eighth anniversary of the birth of
General Robert E. Lee. AS usual, Alex
ander Young Camp, No. 500, United
Confederate Veterans, held it's annual
meeting and observance of the day
/ jointly.
The program included the election
of officers, the passing of resolutions
on the death OF comrades who have
gone from the ranks during the year
1914, speechmaking, the swapping OF
oft-told tales of deeds of valor and
/ campfire yarns that had their incep-
ton back in SO and rs, and then a
| slow proveSSion barren of martial airs
/ from the hotel to the rooms of Fitz-
| hugh Lee Chapter, United Daughters
of the Confederacy, on East Second
street, where the men who fought un-
der the ''Stars and Bars" paid their
respects to the ladies in the gallant
manner characteristic of the South
heart of every soldier of the Southland
erners. The old songs, dear to the
Dixie" the Bonnie Blue Flag" and
the others, went the rounds, as usual,
over the festive board.
Then the annual election of officers
of the camp was held and resulted in
the reelection of all the officers as
follows: Commander, William H. Ship
ley; first lieutenant-command ID.
Calvin Broadly; second lieutenant-com-
mander, George Albert Lamar; third
tenant-commander, Ely w. Mer-
cier; fourth lieutenant-command
Louis H. Rooster; adjutant, Joseph H.
Trundle; quartermaster, John w.
Tabler; commissary, G. Edward Brea-
dy; sergeant-major, Thomas B. May
nard; secretary and treasurer, Albert
5. Dlown.
A number of new associate members
of the camp were elected, as follows:
Charles Hagan, nephew of Major
Charles Hagan, who was on the staff
of General ]. E. B. Stuart; Ralph
Ditzer, a son of Private Ditzer, of
the Sixth Virginia Cavalry; William
F. Fisher, DR.. Albert l.. Pearre, Fran
| ces l.. Sweadener, Edward d. Shriner,
John T. Lipps, j. Harry Grove, Ed
ward T. Smith, Harry Wood, Hugh F.
Willis, Noah Barnes, John w. Humm,
Frank M. Stevens, William Wickless,
Louis Oshton Snauffer, DR.. ]. G. Sap
pington, all relatives of men who
fought for the Southern cause.
OF the hundreds Frederick county
contributed to the Confederate Army,
there were present at the banquet on
ly nine men. These, however, do not
make up the entire enrolment of the
camp, as Is members living in the
country were unable to attend owing
to infirmities of age or for other
causes.
Those present were: D. Calvin
Bready, who fought under the stald-
ard OF Troop X, Sixth Virginia Caval
ry; Ignatius w. Dorsey, captain and
quartermaster in the First Maryland
Cavalry; George Albert Lamar, of
Troop B. Thirty-fifth Virginia Caval-
ry; Thomas B. Maynard, of Troop A,
First Maryland Cavalry; William H.
Shipley, Company G, Second Maryland
Infantry; Joseph H. Trundle, Troop b,
Thirty-ffth Virginia Cavalry; Alfred
F. Riddlemoser, Company d, Second
Maryland Infantry; Edward T. Brea-
dy, Troop B. Thirty-fifth Virginia Cav
airy
Colonel Robert H. Lewis, who COM
manded the Sixth Virginia Cavalry,
was the guest of honor and the prin-
cipal speaker. The other speakers
were Commander w. H. Shipley, Mr..
William ]. Grove and Comrade Thos.
B. Maynard The POSTMASTER was for
mer Justice Francis Smith.
Sixty were seated at the table, those
present other than the veterans, be-
ing associate members and invited
guests. An excellent menu was serv-
ed under the direction of Milton T..
Engle, proprietor of the New Buffalo
Hotel.
A resolution upon the death of
Comrade Adolphus Fearhake was read
and committee appointed to draft
resolutions upon the death of Com
rades George and James Null, who
died during the past year. Those ap-
pointed on the committee were Com
rades Joseph H. Trundle, George AL
bert Lamar and Thomas B. Maynard.
The members of the camp who were
unable to be present are: w. Frank
Grouse, who was a member of the
Secret Service Department of the
Confederate Army; Thomas S. Davis,
of Troop d, First Virginia Cavalry;
Louis H. Rooster, of Dement'S First
Maryland Battery OF Artillery; Ely w.
MERCER, of Troop X, First Virginia
Cavalry; G. Blanchard Philpot, cap
tain in the Seventh Virginia Cavalry;
Zedekiah Smith, of the First Virginia
Cavalry; John W. Tabler, Troop B,
Thirty-fifth Virginia Cavalry; John F.
Obenderfer and William J. Delash-
mutt, of Troop d, First Maryland
Cavalry, and George H. Railing, Troop
d, Second Maryland Cavalry.
/ The annual meeting for the election
of officers and the celebration of Rob-
ert E. Lees. birthday was held by the
Fitzhugh Chapter, United Daughters
OF the Coutederacy, Tuesday after
noon at Q o'clock in the Assembly
Rooms on East Second street. The
president, Miss Louise Johnson, pre-
sided over the meeting.
Annual reports, giving a resume of