Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-29
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All Indications point to nm awak-
ening In tho ranks OF tho Sons OF
confederate Veterans in Virginia.
Tho coming year promise9 to DO ono
OF activity and achievement. a num-
Dor OK constructive propositions will
DO takon UP b. tho various camps.
mud through tho cooperative In
tercat and sincoro desire for action.
results may DO counted upon.
Tho local camps viii do everything
po5aible to awaken personal In
tcrost. and In doing this tho main
thing to be accomplished Is TO secure
regular attendance at tho meetings
and increased membership.
These factors In success were
strongly pointed out by Commander
II. Burton Davis In his recent letter
TO tho camps In his division. HIS
orders hsvo awakened Is latent spirit
in the hearts OF tho younger men.
who are TO 'oke tho places of thnt
narrow line of y-hnirrd hcroes.
whoan ranks nrc being rapidly de-
pieted.
Want Landmarks Saved.
The big" thing the Virginia Sons
have in hand Is tho reclamation Of
tho Manassas fields Of battle, where
the blood OF SO many brave men was
spilled. In cooperation with the
Daughters OF tho Confedcracy the
young men In gray" will strive
during tho year TO achieve something
tangible In their efforts to. estabiinh
n great Battle Park" covering the
fields OF Eul! Run.
The Soma believe. with tho aid OF
the Daughters. they can accomplish
this. The natural beauties OF thcse
hills and fields. where once trod tho
brave young men who went forth
In defense Of their country. and
whose chivalry and peerless achievo-
ments we-c the wonder OF tho civil
lI:ed world. In themselves appeal u
the aesthetic. Blu. the old land
marhs % the carly months nf the
faced. aud must be forever cstaO-
lishcd ~ III. minds OF mankind rs
Tn" places whore the hes, the south
had went forth 10 do and die.
Dn,iS Issues Statement.
In n recent statement. Commander
pavia says: Il wish to call your at
tention 20 the following resolution
adopted At the Charlottesville re-
union: That II committee from the
Sons lie appointed to cooperate with
n committee OF the Daughters to put
on AN active campaign for the fur
thcrhncc Of the Manassas Battlefield
Movement. When the war closed
nothing was left To tho South hut u
name nnta-nished. honor unsullied.
W ihc bNHuHinicu anu Sr!Vt uNDrOktn.
ITS FIRST task was to retrivo It's
broken fortune. and second to monu-
m"ntallzc its history. To achieve tho
ono tho Sons Of the South have
wrought valIan;iy, and TO accomplish
tho otner the Daughters OF the South
have lnhorcd amazingly. Their task
has been TO preserve the name and
fame az tho land red with their
fathers blood. and TO hand down 10
rostcr!ty correct history of the
southern people. The casting up OF
heaps OF stone and marble 10 mark
tho things that should be remembered
with pride was the task that the
Daughters ot the Confederacy laid
upon their hearts. and challenge the
world 10 show m organization so
efficient.
And now In their effort 10 make
Manassas a great battle park. ask
that the Sons Will give them their
whnlc-hca-tcd support and assistance.
and when the great work has been ac-
ccmpliShod and the land purchased
and .pad for. we can feel then as their
coworkers, that the privilege Is ours
TO rlacc a triumphant crown on the
'air hrows OF III. Daughters OF V!r-
ginia."
Mnrriss Heads Committee.
y committee named 10 work In
conjunction win the women, con-
sist!ng of the following. have already