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These are stated by General Marcus J. Wright, of the National War Record Office, to be as follows:

1. James Longstreet, lieutenant-general October 9, 1862.

2. Stephen D. Lee, lieutenant-general (temporary rank) January 23, 1864.

3. Ambrose P. Stewart, lieutenant-general January 23, 1864.

4. S. B. Buckner, lieutenant-general September 20, 1864.

5. Wade Hampton, lieutenant-general February 14, 1865.

6. Gustavus W. Smith, major-general September 19, 1861.

7. La Fayette McLaws, major-general May 23, 1862.

8. S. G. French, major-general August 31, 1862.

9. J. H. Forney, major-general October 27, 1862.

10. Dabney H. Maury, major-general November n, 1862.

Following the report to Lee Camp by Major Randolph, Mr. M. L. Van Doren, on behalf of the Confederate Memorial Literary Society, addressed Mr. Rouss, tracing the sacred labors of the noble women composing it, from the inauguration of their body, as the Hollywood Memorial Association, directly after the close of the war, for the purpose of caring for the graves of the Confederate dead. Mr. Van Doren' s suggestion that the General Association proposed and the ladies of Richmond be joined in common effort and purpose, seemed, from the response of Mr. Rouss, to be favora- bly entertained by him.

The reply of the Cavalry Association of United Confederate Vete- rans of New Orleans, La., to the proposition of Mr. Rouss, appeared in the Picayune of January 6, 1895. Whilst favoring the establish- ment of a National Museum, they were disinclined to yield their garner to another location. They urge that they have "a magnifi- cent fire-proof building filled with over 4,000 mementoes, the collec- tion of nearly thirty years, embracing every conceivable species of relic," and " the determination of every ex- Confederate " is to pre- serve it in and to New Orleans, "as long as there is one of us left," and that they "are devising plans for the endowment of the institu- tion to make it self-sustaining."

It may be apprehended that others than this zealous association, in other wealthy centers, may eagerly desire the location in their midst of the honoring and inspiring repository, and may distance in effective efforts the Capitol of the Southern Confederacy, even with all of its appealing claims.