Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-08
REUNION SOCIAL
EVENT OF SOUTH
Great Preparations Are Made to
Entertain Confederate
Veterans.
TULSA PREPARES FOR FETE
Survivors of Navy Department
Plan for Their Annual
Meeting.
TULSA PREPARES FOR FETE

iliSh, OKLA, September THE
social side OF the Confederate reunions
mas grown from Il small beginning.
uhtil now II is the great social event OF
me southern states. No other social
IN New Orleans. excel reunion social
features In size, sentiment and interest.
The official maids and sponsors reign
AZ reunion society events. They are
seiected from among the ocst families
OIL the south and Southwest. New faces
are seen at each succeeding reunion.
Almost all Of the maids and sponsors
mat have been appointed for the Tulsa
reunion by both the veterans and Sons
For the most part they are young ladies'
Eho have recently graduated from col
.cse and made their deruts III society.
lhcy belong TO old Confederate fam
ilics and come TO tho reunion 10 honor
heir fathers and Grandfathcrs. As :,
rllc they. arc daughters OF sons OF
confederate veterans. descendants Of
men who fought the battles OF the
south in the sixties
Years ago Confederate camp down
IN Mississippi appointed Miss Winnie
Davis. daughter OF President Jefferson
Davis. sponsor fo' reunion. The APP
pointment was intended as a gracious
compliment 10 Miss Davis and hcr
father. but II set q precedent out Or
which has grown the custom OF APP
unions. Appointments arc now made
ny an units nj the organizations down
termed "oi,iciaI' maid. And spons"rs
are those appointed by til" departments.
the headquarters and tho state diyl-
sions. Sponsors and matds appointed
der tho rules OF tho association. bur
they arc extended courtcsic5 by tho
reunion city. participate in reunion
balls and receive marked attention in
other rcspccts.
Reunion cities arc obligated to paw
the hotel bills and some other expenses
az honor OF the hcaduuartcrs organiza-
lion, and ,hosc % III" three depart
,ncrtE. To he more specific on this i'm
rcrtant point, the maids and sponsors
and rnatrons OF honor, to (? limited
number. appointed by General
George T. HARRISON. commander IN
chief of tn" Sons OF Veterans arc en-
tiiied 10 tncjc hotel bills and other
expenses for the three days Of the
reunion.
TIL, rulc also applies to the Official
sadics appointed ny department com
mandcrs. There are three or these ~. :
pnr;mcnts---lh" Department OF Northern
md ihc department OF the Transnissis-
Sippi. These departments have all or
the privileges o; the headquarters de-
prrtuents. SO there are iive units In
An equal number OF t:ie Sons OF Ne;-
Grams entitled 10 complimentary enter
tainmcmi while Ia Tulsa attending the
ladies OF the state divisions. while IN
every sense "ot.icial," are not entitled
70 complimentary entertainment while
INC associations, and not by the re-
Many types OF southern beauty are
ssen, at Confederate reunions. The
blond OF Northern Virginia. and the
darker types OF Southern Louisiana,
and the compromises between these ex-
trerncs from inc Middle South, viii be
in evidence the entire reunion week
SURVIVORS or NAVY
DEPAHTMENr no MEET
The survivors Or The Navy Depart
I'll 80 ~ "a
noid their annual reunion on the same
dates OF the reunion OF the United Con
iederate Veterans and sons OF Veterans
September .!-2.. ana additional in
'erest attaches To their meeting from
the fact that they are making "A deter
mined enort 70 remove a stigma from
panions.
! More than 5000 men served in The
Il Confederate navy during the war Oi
this number less than 100 survive, ana
,hey are the naval veterans who arc 10
hoio thei1 reunion here on the dates
mn .ntan ADMIRAL \ Q Wright. OF
rnander OF the naval veterans and Will
attend the reunion. He expects a sui-
ncient number OF his old comrades 10
he present 10 make feature Of the
| grand parade.
A. the reunion in Birmingham ia
1915. Admiral Wright was instructed
Their dead comrades, whose names ap-
pear in the Navy Register OF ls62 as
having been dismissed from the SER
vice. petition is now pending in
Congress in the behalf Of these i36 OF;
hcers or the navy whose names appear
AS having been dismissed" from ser.
vice.
At the outbreak OF the war several
hundred naval officers from the south
resisned their commissions in the
United states Navy To go with their
States and fight for the Confederacv
In most instances their rcsignations
were accepted. and the ract appears in
la,
ohcers, however. who resigned al The
same time. the word dismissed ap.
pears after their names
PETITION CONGRESS- TO
CORRECT REGISTER.
The petition to Congress sets out >1be
fact that these men dispIaved :.
heroisn during the war that is Ameri-
ian nes Ansa enc may be the pride o!
Their sons and grandsons fought
your battles in the Spanish America n
grandsons are lighting the battles OF
America. They are denied the priviIc~e
OF Joining patriotic orders because their
dismissed from service.
The, petition concludes: Every man
named IN that list of 1856 is dead, ana.
federates States navy, all are dead bu,
about $50. and these are following them
fast. We ask this boon OF Congr resn
before we, too, have passed away"
The list OF names TOR which ms
petition was presented contains the
iame of Captain Sidney Smith Leo
brother OF General Robert Il. Lee. The
name OF Commander Matthew II
N!aury and several others Of equal re.
lown appear on the list
Admiral Wright has Informed re-
Union headquarters that he will go from
Tulsa to Washington to advocate the
kdoption OF the petition by Congress.
He has but little doubt that the petition
will, be acted upon favorably by that
body. and that. after years of effort, the
urYiyors OF the Confederate navy will
njoy the satisfaction OF seeing tho
tlgma removed from the names OF their
cad cojirades.
Test OF Intelligence.
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