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Page 1 of 85 Confederate Veteran June 1909 Created by Margie Daniels PUBLISHED MONTHLY IN THE INTEREST OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS AND KINDRED TOPICS Entered at the post office at Nashville, Tenn., as second class matter. Contributors are requested to use only one side of the paper, and to abbreviate as much as practicable. These suggestions are important. Where clippings are sent copy should be kept, as the VETERAN cannot untake to return them, Advertising rates furnished on application The date to a subscription is always given to the month before it ends. For instance, if the VETERAN is ordered to begin with January, the date on mail will be December, and the subscriber is entitled to that number. The civil war was too long ago to be called the late war, and when correspondent use that term " War between the States" will be substituted. The terms "New South" and " lost cause" are objectionable to the VETERAN. OFFICIALLY REPRESENTS: UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS, UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY, SONS OF VETERANS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, CONFEDERATED SOUTHERN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION The VETERAN is approved and indorsed officially by a larger and more elevated patronage, doubtless, than any other publication in existence. Though men deserve, they may not win success, The brave will honor the brave, vanquished none the less. PRICE, $1.00 PER YEAR.}. SINGLE COPY, 10 CENTS} VOL. XVII. NASHVILLE, TENN., JUNE, 1909. No. 6 S.A.CUNNINGHAM, PROPRIETOR CV Page 2 of 85 Confederate Veteran June 1909 Created by Margie Daniels OFFICIAL ORDERS ABOUT THE REUNION According to the long established custom, the Division Commander of the State in which the Reunion is to be held will be the chief marshal of the parade. Maj. Gen. J. H. McDowell will therefore be chief marshal at the Memphis Reunion. It is announced by Adjutant General Mickle also that a memorial service will be held for one hour beginning at noon on June 9. At that moment the Convention will suspend business for this sacred purpose without further notice and without regard to what is then taking place, and the flags will be draped in mourning as a mark of respect to the memory of the beloved and only "Daughter of the Confederacy," our commanders in chief, zealous chaplain general, and of all our comrades who have preceded us into eternity. In order to make the services more impressive and enlist the interest of all, the ladies of the Confederated Southern Memorial Association will have no separate exercises, but will join with the veterans. The number of our dead has been greatly augmented during the past year by the following distinguished leaders : Lieut. Gen. Alex P. Stewart, C. S. A., Rev. J. William Jones, D.D., Chaplain General U. C. V., Brig Gen. Fred L. Robertson, Assistant Adjutant General U. C. V., and Maj. Gen. Thomas W. .Carwile, Commander South Carolina Division, U. C. V. Sponsor for the South, Miss Varina Cook, of Batesville, Ark. Chief Maid of Honor, Miss Caroline Dupree Steele, of Kentucky. Associate Maid of Honor, Miss Elizabeth Donelson Lake, of Memphis, Tenn. Matron of Honor, Mrs. R. H. Vance, of Memphis, Tenn. Honorary Matron, Mrs. L. Z. Duke, of New York City. The General commanding has selected as orator for the Memphis Reunion Gen. Theodore S. Garnett, of Norfolk, Va. As an officer on the staff of Gen. Jeb Stuart he had many trying encounters and hairbreadth escapes, and this will endear him to all Confederates. His wonderful oratorical ability has been shown on numerous occasions to the delight of thousands, and this is a guarantee that his oration at this time will hold the attention of his old comrades. This address will be made on the afternoon of the first day, Tuesday, June 8, at 3 :30 o'clock. W. T. MICKLE, Assistant General and Chief of Staff. C. S. M. A. MEETS JUNE 7, 1909. The Confederated Southern Memorial Association will hold its tenth annual Convention in the city of Memphis, Tenn., June 7 10, 1909. The Nineteenth Century Club will be Convention headquarters. The first meeting will be held at 2 P.M. on June 7. A reception will be held on that evening. On June 8 at 9:30 A.M. the officers and delegates will assemble at headquarters and proceed in a body to the U. C. V. Reunion auditorium. A business meeting will be held at 2 P.M. On June 9 at 9:30 A.M. a business meeting will be held. At 12 M. a joint memorial service will be held underCV the auspices of the United Confederate Veterans and the Page 3 of 85 Confederate Veteran June 1909 Created by Margie Daniels Confederated Southern Memorial Association. At 2 P.M. there will be a business meeting. The delegates are earnestly requested to be in Memphis for the first meeting, on June 7 at 2 P.M. This meeting has been arranged in order that the officers and delegates may attend the opening session of the United Confederate Veterans. The foregoing is official by Mrs. W. J. Behan, President, and Mrs. George A. Williams, Corresponding Secretary. COMMITTEE FOR CABIN JOHN BRIDGE Official orders from U. C. V. headquarters announce with gratitude the restoration of the original inscription on Cabin John Bridge, which was erased in the bitter partisan period of the War between the States. "Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War," again appears in its proper place. Due credit is given. Order 13 recites that "the Confederated Southern Memorial Association started the work in 1907, and Mrs. J. Enders Robinson, of Richmond, and Mrs. W. J. Behan, of New Orleans, assisted by the U. D. C. and kindred organizations, have the thanks of all Confederates for this work." The committee having charge of this worthy object was composed of Gen. Clement A. Evans (vice Gen. Stephen D. Lee, deceased), Mrs. Cornelia Branch Stone (vice Mrs. Lizzie George Henderson, retired), Mr. John W. Apperson, Mrs. George S. Holmes, Mrs. J. Enders Robinson, Mrs. Alfred Gray, Miss M. B. Poppenheim, Senator Murphy J. Foster (vice Hon. Adolph Meyer, M. C., deceased), and Mrs. W. J. Behan (chairman). Of great importance at the Convention will be the Jefferson Davis Home Association. STAFF TO COMMANDER IN CHIEF EVANS The General commanding announces the appointment of the following members of his staff, with the ranks set opposite their respective names, to date from June 11, 1908: BRIGADIER GENERALS ON STAFF OF GEN. CLEMENT A. EVANS Thomas G. Jones, of Montgomery, Ala, Inspector General. J. F. Shipp, of Chattanooga, Tenn., Quartermaster General. Thos. E. Davis, of New Orleans, La., Commissary General. T. M. Hudson, of New Orleans, La., Judge Advocate Gen. C. H. Tebault, M.D., of New Orleans, La., Surgeon General. Bennett H. Young, of Louisville, Ky., Chief of Ordnance. Page M. Baker, of New Orleans, La., Paymaster General. D. R. Gurley, of Waco, Tex., Assistant Adjutant General. H. A. Newman, of Huntsville, Mo., Asst. Adjt. General. H. W. Graber, of Dallas, Tex., Asst. Adjt. General. W. C. Stubbs, of New Orleans, La., Asst. Adjt.CV General. E. G. Williams, of Waynesville, Mo., Asst. Adjt. Page 4 of 85 Confederate Veteran June 1909 Created by Margie Daniels General. Chas. E. Hooker, of Jackson, Miss., Asst. Adjt. General. S. W. Ferguson, of Greenville, Miss., Asst. Adjt. General. E. D. W.illett, of Long Beach, Miss., Asst. Quar. General. COLONELS ON THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF'S STAFF Robt. E. Park, of Atlanta, Ga., Asst. Inspector General. R. P. Lake, of Memphis, Tenn., Asst. Quartermaster General. J. Thompson Brown, of Richmond, Va., Asst. Quar. Gen. Henry Meyers, of Memphis, Tenn., Asst. Quar. General. B. F. Jonas, of New Orleans, La., Asst. Judge Advocate Gen. J. B. Cowan, M.D., of Tullahoma, Tenn., Asst. Surgeon Gen. C. H. Todd, M.D., of Owensboro, Ky., Asst. Surgeon Gen. COLONELS WHO ARE THE COMMANDER'S AIDS DE CAMP W. A. Montgomery, of Edwards, Miss., John W. Morton, of Nashville, Tenn. , J. L. McCollum, of Atlanta, Ga. , John W. Daniel, of Lynchburg, Va., S. H. Buck, of New York City, A. J. West, of Atlanta, Ga., Philip H. Fall, of Houston, Tex., V. Y. Cook, of Batesville, Ark., John B. Pirtle, of Louisville, Ky., John W. Faxon, of Chattanooga, Tenn., A. A. Lelong, oi New Orleans, La., W. G. Coyle, of New Orleans, La., Tim E. Cooper, of Memphis, Tenn., W. J, Crawford, of Memphis, Tenn., Blayney T. Walshe, of New Orleans, La., J. A. Harral, of New Orleans, La., Paul Sanguinetti, of Montgomery, Ala., Frank A. Hervey, Sr., of Mobile, Ala., Paul A. Fusz, of Philipsburg, Mont., J. W. Reed, of Chester, S. C., W. D. Pickett, of Lexington, Ky., S. A. Cunningham, of Nashville, Tenn., W. B. Haldeman, of Louisville, Ky., Henry Moore, of Texarkana, Tex., Henry Moorman, of Aetnaville, Ky., N. G. Pearsall, of Covington, La., B. B. Paddock, of Fort Worth, Tex., R. G. Provine, of Coles Creek, Miss., Thomas Claiborne, of Nashville, Tenn., C. C. Slaughter, of Dallas, Tex., Abner T. Holt, of Macon, Ga., B. F. Eshleman, of New Orleans, La., E. L. Russell, of Mobile, Ala., George H. Gause, of Slidell, La., T. W. Castleman, of New Orleans, La., W. J, Behan, of New Orleans, La., Robert E. Lee, Jr., of West Point, Va., Lee S. Daniel, of Victoria, Tex., Thomas Harrison, of Columbus, Miss., E. D. Cavett, of Macon, Miss., Thomas J. Shaffer, of Franklin, La., Nicholas Weeks, of Galveston, Tex., John W. T. Leech, of New Orleans, La., James G. Holmes, of Macon, Ga., W. E. Poulson, of Chicago, Ill., H. C. Hunt, of Calhoun, Ga., Charles G.