Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-10
WOULD REMOVE CIVIL WAR
FROM BOOKS OF HISTORY
Offer Resolution at Atlanta Meeting
to Call Conflict OF 180i-65
Confederate War"
ASK PENSION FOR VETERANS
Charged National Government Owes
South S8s, 200, 900 for Confiscatesi
Cotton and $25,O0O,OOO for Cap
tured Property.
IBy Associated Press. ]

BY Associated Press.l
AtrLnSTA Sons 9ct ,aVThe
.Associs on joined today in tho e annual
OF ' all rcu 9nS 81 Seappy s6oo
persons were assembled In the Audi
Sme TO- order tHr the be sSs
r; Mar,yn. chaplain OF the North t Geore
Of whom had die since tho isst re
OF the three orsaniza,ions. s shor, sds
dresses were made by Row. J. w. Bach
ap The Of %s: M1sh
Rev Henry W. Battle for the 's Sons ", Of
submit Resolutions.
At the business session of the
veterans preceding the memorial e1er-
onms..t the res9lniions committee an
for adoption. These included. '''"
Memorial to the United States Senate
The league Of nations 'e coSenan nt'y wi nha
out amendment or textual rescrva-
81 Is ess"fs from the the Sx
~, %srs rrd to the ,confederate War" on
implies war between two factions
O. the same nations whereas the Con-
proere.. states ,s Of Amesiea. during the
ma ton. legaliy. born by the Confederate
States through the exercise OF their
Resolution requesting the Federal
government TO pay Confederate pcn-
ss4f eo os %as iPs.
gated by the Federal government and
for more tSsn fhSPaiS that the South
millions in taxes toward Federal p pa1o
sions: that tho Federal government
OF @e5.00o.ooo for captured propertv
which was sold.
n ResoIy,,ons requesting Congress to
complete the vicksburs memorial arch
in the Vicksburs. National Park. the
p pre- 1nssc, appropriation of $4,000 be-
that w All Expected e BY the eommI,tee
| unanimously adopted
Would Correct Hi.tortes.
The veterans today adopted q resolu-
Miss Mildredf Ru,Selfo1s BY
lnjistices concerning tho south. cen
es1l r. ~ van Zand,, comma nder-in-
fhief: appointed the following commit
g sou once 3, s Gsne5al G; Irvine w.Iker
North Carolina: General V. y. Cook.
Arkansas. and General y. J. Twiggs
Miss Rutherford in, an address de-
resented in the majority OF the school
veterans the sons of veterans. the
and all other pa.riotic ne oTs on,saHfaH
OF the South to unite their influence
n lha m9 ,Ss having for ITS specific
college cirrculum OF historic text book.
whose authors either, did not under
attitude OF the South in the political
in the s W YAH, S.tw y; s,,t ,he States:
son OF the great. coniederate cavalry
leadsE. was unanimously elected COM
ans at their morning session today.
lie, succeeds Carl Hinton. OF Denver.
fo's. 0thgr % 9f' Serso,s elected incluae
mander OF the Army OF Northern v!r-
Thirty, thousand dollars is needed to
Davis Memorial at Fairv!cw. Christia u
County: according to the report TO the
made by General W. 3. Haldeman. Of
Lousy louisvili e. VINO tsueeeeded the late
Of the commission having the mater
n charge.
- I In addItion TO the erection OF a
established on the nineteen or twenty
acre acres ns eoy;srinE ,he brthplsce OF the
eordnr TIC nf a
| II is Contemplated that the State OF
! Kentucky Will tako over and maintain
this. park on. the completion Of the
| Davis Memorial.
The estate is located about 40 miles
from the birthplace of Abraham Lin
! coin.
VIII Meet in Fail.
The veterans also voted to accept
the invitation OF the American Legion
! TO send delegates from each division
TO the Lcgion's convention in Mo-
Further Confederate Veterans re-
unions will be held In the fall instead
or summer. IL was decided today The
present reunion Is the first to BIO held
IN inc fali In many years.
| support OF the veterans for cStab.
ishment OF a civil and highway engi-
neerinS school at Washington and Lee
university. to be named the Robert T.
Lee School Of Engineering, was pledged
by the reunion.
A telegram from Secretary Tumultv
| was read before the convention. eX-
pressing the appreciation of President
Wilson for the sympa thetic resolutions
adopted and forwarded to him at the
opening sessions.
a.. Pledges to continue their care OF
the graves of Confederate veterans, in.
stead OF turning the work over to the
tederal government, as had been sue-
gested. were made today at the ses-
sions OF the Confederate Southern Me
mortal Association. Resolutions also
were adopted looking to Increasing
the membership Of the association a nd