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 Southern Historical Society Papers.

Vol. XXI. Richmond, Va., January-December.

1893-

UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS.

Fourth Official Report of Joseph Jones, M. D., L.L. D., of New Orleans, La. Surgeon- General of the United Confederate Veterans, Covering the Period Extending from April 9, 1892, to July, 1893, Rendered at the Fourth Annual Meeting Held at Birming- ham, Ala., July igth and aoth, 1893.

156 WASHINGTON AVENUE,

NEW ORLEANS, LA., July, 1893.

Honorable JOHN B. GORDON, General Commanding United Confed- erate Veterans, Birmingham, Ala.:

General, I have the honor to submit the following report of the results of my labors in behalf of the United Confederate Veterans during the past year February, 1892, to July, 1893 :

The Third Annual Meeting and Reunion of the United Confede- rate Veterans was held in New Orleans, La., April 8th and 9th, 1892, and my labors up to this date were submitted to the General Com- manding, and form a portion of the official report of the minutes of the third annual meeting and reunion as reported and published by General George Moorman, Adjutant- General and Chief of Staff.

At the third annual reunion in New Orleans, La., 189 organized camps of United Confederate Veterans were represented, and a num- ber of camps have since been organized, bringing up the total num- ber to near 260.

It is to be hoped that the entire South will, at no distant day, be covered by the camps of those Confederate veterans who have sur- vived the casualties of the bloody conflict (1861-1865) a d the rav- ages of time.

It is of great importance that each camp should be thoroughly organized, and its organization placed in permanent form by publica- tion.