Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-08
POLICE SUPPLY $500 MEN
WITH WAR RECORD BLANKS
History Commission Issues
Pamphlet OH Material
Sources in Virginia.
NINETY-NINE COUNTIES
FURNISHING MATERIAL S
Local Lists of Distinguished
Service Men and Rolls Of
Honor Received.

"Souccc Material from virginia
Counties" is tao TIL, of Il thirty
two pa=o pamphlet issued today. by
sion
This = "a reprint from the january
! issue of ia. Virginia Magazine OF
! iiiStor! and Biography. and il is safe
TO say that no such Publication has
! ever bc;orc nenu issue, VIRGINIA
az amy other state.
! rron, niE,t.-miUr OF ia" 100
! counties OF Virginia thc commits
! sion has actually collected. through
! i's local branches, source material
| OF real va!u' touching the a.St"ry
| of Virginia ia wn time. This
fifteen topics az heads adopted 10y the
! commits SION. nS tho matcri. Tor the
| remaining i've topics OF the titt.cn
, Is being secured from stat. or nation
| pride to The Executive Committee
| that. as Nirsiuih WAS the first State
IL the Union Z" publish an outline
treatment ol state War History by
tories 80 Virginia is tho first state
to begin tho publication OF local war
| history material secured under these
heads.
Dinric> Arc NaIunbic.
Several questions vi intcrcs, TO the
state are definitely Answered by this
pamphlet In the matter OF Ds-
tincuiShcd Service, the counties arc
sending in their local rolls Of honor.
nominations Tor tho State Roll of
Honor "t ~" hundred civilians
Tho i"tt"f., and diaricI Ssci,rcd
through thu local branches touch All
unidentified Nalu".
Amy doubt Hs TO tho possibility
Of securing. "a fu!l record Of tn" men
in s"rvi,, from amy city or county
- So d. Sc.
County hn> actually sen, to tho Nir-
"iui" War Achieves. -" service uucS.
ii"nuair 81. Tiled ont H. Giles County
soldiers. although the county had
only 49, n'u drafted into Sc,.Vir,
Thus. 'iiics Comfy has actually sent
the records at ~ men over ana
ahor" tn. number Of mon ia sc!oc;ivc
This ramnnict the fonrt,l ls.ucd
10y tn" cu'uuA FsiOn. marks !, notable
advance ~ ihc progress of til" work
Of 'nai body. si"r" are shown tho
iirst fruits Of the harvc::; that i he.
ing gathered in from tho broad Held
Of Virginia War History Thrrc can
hc it'll" doubt that in the future this
modest pamphlet vii! h. valued rs
the first iS.ic In :, mo;ablc series OF
i"t"r"nC. lists of material in tho
Virginia war archives.
Arthur kyl" Davis. cha irman of
and i'urpos" OF ;hc rcno-; in a page
nj ,.Forcw"c'l" - follows:
This vrpor; - unique IN our am
nal "h"th"r for praise OF blame.
sion i leading tn" way In America
IN publishing what II believes 10 he
~" first "utncniic lis; "f w." history
material contributed by the counties
Hnkr Omissions pInIn.
III = all III" hoidc- because il is
evident that those records leave
many gaps. ou" purpose 81 the pub.
itcai!oa Is :" mak" those omissions
plain /" each loca! branch SO that
'ho.M,. may be iilied by timely cfcr:.
VII contain ;hn list ~ /: cords col
lectcd by The cilics "r Virginia. The
,h!Td issue VIII hav" e register Of
i:,ui diaries and narratives uC Wv
EIn!aNs IA I"ti"" service. MI this
matcri'l Is now available for tho use
OF INC section editors in tho prepare
ION Of maguscriuts II. fourth Is
sue .; tho year VIII probably H. do
N";"r 10 later rtn"Eis FROM cstl"s and
counties Of ia state.
Nu ono cyn deny that an Nir..oi,
m!liiaat aud civilian. ,hrrnt,"s from
tines" modctt county chronicles Of
Wartime. Here the service records
"t Virginia soldiers stand rA.ak rs
irw with III" narratives and statjS-
tics Of church ard school. "t finance
and wn,r rei!"'. This is sight luman
stun l. L. history"
II - 40, history in thc cyn', sense
"f N"ltairc, Toy II * not merely hi.
.ni"iuT" OF human crimes ana mis-
fortunes ii""e IA" good rc'iov
qualities rc"n o"i from 'nc letters Of
The soldiers; mcrc' api tr'Ith arc me;
! together in the Rcd cross s,ati-;i.s:
Righteousness ana war have ktasoh
each other il the church GdvTl'.I.
History in Irhrrn Scn,r
1t * no, history ~ TIL nhiIosu-
mi. acne" 81 s"lim"hrokc's dignity
! of HISTORY rh"r" is - huoyou; ma
nor in such u It'll" ~ From Eoosi.s
| Ia Veterans vi" IT, !: - AMI 20
! h"wc!y tang ia Social "luhs uaa~
! tho wartime asNch"l"2y "f tho Nir-
/ giuia town aud cross roads as w oli
| as II" spirit % tn" camp AND tho
! trcuch
-" this Is history IN ;nc modern
| s"ns". in ia" broader human aspect.
/ when I've said i'a' hjstorN with all
! r.r volumes vest. hath hut Quo ra-".'
/ L. not This The paco % humanity
/ Nd arc not these human iocrmcnts'
/ rh"4" are tn" clement" TN" rtw ma
! 'crinl FROM whiHh history * made.
/ "Ncain rhc call 70 service comes to
| o-c, rr"lnhar Of ihr commission,
| >;r"li no. Virginia ha"s III" 'uiI roe.
! o~d Of hc' noN'" 0ar; ia ~" great,
| wa,." y: T. oriv thrnuch THE com.
| tho Ni"riniH"s t':Ht worked anl d"r"l
! rrd rc'i"V"d I.r' no rOun:v a. ciiV
~ N-'~-'"f- Ta'" I" face such o. tsunr
re Worisw"rth's rnuroach 20 FRANCE.
~" master spirit y" determined
road:
| nut onuall' = ""Ut of h"''t and
men.
Court tL>unrc. U""', H-rr'".s
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