The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1919-10-10
VETERANS ASK
-. FOR PENSIONS
Think Federal Government
Should Reimburse South for
Cotton Taken
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED

ALlanLa, I'D, OcI. S.-TIdLlHCdLlOu
of the German peace treaty and
League of Nations covenant without
amendments or textual reservations
was asked of the Senate in resolu-
tions adopted here today at the an
nual reunion of the United Confed-
crate Veterans.
The vote on the treaty and League
of Nations was an ''aye and no. af-
fair, but no voices against adoption
of resolutions was heard. Payment
by Congress of pensions to Confed-
erte veterans also was asked in an
other resolution adopted.
Officers of the organization were
reelected as follows:
General K. M. Zanzandt, of Fort
Worth, Texas, commander-in-chief
General c. B. Vance, commander
of the Army of Tennessee
General Julian S. Carr of North
Carolina, commander of the Army
of Northern Virginia.
General Virgil Y. Cook, command
er of the Trans-Mississipp depart
ment.
Judge J. T. Woodrich, Fredericks-
burg, Va, was elected to represent
the United Confederate Veterans, at
the unveiling of the Stonewall Jack
son monument in Richmond, Octo-
ber H..
N. B. Forrest, of Biloxi, Miss,
grandson of the great Confederate
cavalry leader, was elected com
mander in chief of the Sons of Con-
federate Veterans today.
The request that the Federal
! government pay pensions to former
Confederate soldiers was made on
the ground that s6s,OOO,OO0 worth
of cotton was illegally confiscated by
the United States government dur
| ing and after the war and never paid
for, that the South for more than
i thirty years had paid out millions of
! dollars towards pensions for Fed
eral soldiers and that the Federal
| government owes the South an un-
| paid debt of $25,O0O,OOO for cap
tured property which was sold. Re
/; quests that Congress appropriate
| $4,000 to complete memorial arch
| in Vicksburg, Miss, National Park,
! and that the name of the Civil War
be formally made Confederate
War" also were made in resolutions
| adopted.
Replying to the greeting sent by
Henry d. Lindsey, National chair
man, on behalf of the American Le-
gion, the Confederate veterans today
concluded their telegram with the
following: /.
| '"The veterans of the Southland
stand with you of the World War
ready for service for our united
country"
/ The veterans also voted to accept
| the invitation Of, the American L,
| gion to send delegates from each di-
vision to re Legion convention in
Novemi
| Further Confederate Veterans re
unions will be held in the fall in
stead of summer, it was decided to-
day. The present union is the first
to be held in the fall in many years.
! Support of the veterans for estab-
1ishment of a civil and highway en-
| gineering school at Washington and
Lee University to be named the Rob
ert e. Lee School of Engineering was
Pledged by the reunion.
A telegram from Secretary Tu-
mu1ty was read before the conven-
ton expressing the appreciation Of
President Wills IN for the syInpathet
ic resolutions ADOPTED and forward
ed to him at the opening sessions.
Pledges to continue their care OF
the graves os Confederate Veteran.
instead of turning the work over tt
: the Federal goverpmeL as had beer