Duval-Leon County FlArchives History - Letters .....General Order No. 55 November 15, 1905
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Headquarters Florida Division
United Confederate Veterans
Tallahassee, Fla., Nov 15th, 1905
General Order, No. 55.
   I. The Major General commanding the Florida Division, United Confederate 
Veterans, takes great pleasure in announcing the fifteenth annual encampment 
of the Division at Jacksonville, Fla., on Wednesday and Thursday, December 
13th and 14th, 1905.  In discharging this pleasant duty he desires to extend 
to the camps of the sons of confederate veterans, and Chapters of the 
Daughters of United confederate veterans, and to all veterans of the 
confederacy, in all areas of service, their sons and their daughters to be 
present on that occasion.  Under the "Dallas" resolution and subsequent 
resolutions of the U.C.V.'s the sons will be assigned seats with the veterans 
at all business meetings, and will be allowed all the privileges of the floor, 
except that of voting.  The well known hospitality of R. E. Lee Camp No. 58, 
and of the citizens of the progressive city of Jacksonville, mades it 
superfluous for the Major-General to add one word to the invitation that has 
been extended by Jacksonville to the veterans.  Its hospitality is as 
limitless as the energy of its citizens, and that energy speaks for them in 
their magnificent rebuilded city.
   II:-The camps of the Division are entitled to one delegate for every twenty 
members or fraction of twenty, in good standing:-provided that every Camp in 
good standing shall be entitled too two delegates.
   III:-Adjutants of camps who have not already done so, must report at once 
the rolls of their camps, giving names of members, letter of company and 
regiment in C.S.A., together with the post office of each member; with the 
rolls must be forwarded, to the Adjutant-General, at Tallahassee, Fla, Post 
Office, Box 96, the per capita for each member.
   IV:-Camps will at once proceed to select delegates to the annual encampment 
and as soon as selected, adjutants will report the names of delegates and 
alternates to the Adjutant-General.  In the event of failure on the part of 
camps to select delegates, the commanders of camps are authorized to appoint 
delegates and alternates.
   V:-Miss Genevive Reed Coulson, of Pensacola is announced as Sponsor and 
Miss Laura Brashears, of Milton, Fla., as Maid of honor for the Division. The 
granddaughter and daughter of as gallant soldiers as ever wore the gray, they 
will be accorded every honor and attention by the veterans whom they represent.
   VI:-As soon as the arrangements now pending, with the transportation lines 
can be completed, Ge. C. P. Lowell, Chairman of the Transportation committee 
will announce the rates that are agreed upon.
   VII:-All the members of the Division staff will attend in uniform, where it 
is possible to do so.  Brigade commanders will require their staff officers to 
appear in uniform at the encampment.  It is urged upon the staff to use all 
means possible to secure a full attendance of delegates, alternates, veterans, 
sons of veterans and daughters of the confederacy, that the Fifteenth 
encampment may be the grandest and most enjoyable in the history of the 
division.
   VIII:-The Press of the state is earnestly requested to aid the Veterans by 
publishing the above order and making editorial note of the date and place of 
the encampment and the rates of fare.  The Major-general takes this occasion 
to thank the news-paper men for their invaluable assistance and unvarying 
courtesy in the past, and to assure them that their kindness is fully 
appreciated by the men who wore the gray.
   By order of Major-general W. D. Ballentine, commanding Florida Division 
United Confederate Veterans 
Fred L. Robertson
Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff

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