2005 Proceedings - Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

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Encampment FRATERNITY, CHARITY AND LOYALTY. Commander-in-Chief Stephen Michaels Brothers we meet again as Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War in annual session to review the work of the past and to plan for the future. May our conduct and our deliberations be marked by mutual tolerance and fraternal courtesy ever keeping in mind our duty to our country, to our Order, and to ourselves. Color Bearer you will please assist the National Chaplain in draping the Vacant Chair. And now the Chaplain will invoke the divine blessing. Acting National Chaplain William McAfee Our Heavenly Father, the high and mighty Ruler of the universe who does from Thy throne look down upon the governments of man, most humbly do we beseech Thee with Your favor to bless our native land and to preserve in purity and integrity it’s free institutions for all coming time. Bless our Order, grant that it may long exist and that it may continue to be an instrument in Thy hands of great good to all. Give us willing hands and ready hearts to properly carry out its objects. Keep green in our minds the memory of those who have sacrificed so much, that the life of the Nation might be preserved and deal with them and all things with Thy special mercy. Give us Thy aide in conducting the business of this encampment for which we are here assembled. And show it through us that charity and justice and peace and harmony shall remain and abide with us. Amen. Encampment AMEN. Commander-in-Chief Stephen Michaels Brothers, we will now give the Pledge of Allegiance. Color Bearer, you will present the colors. Encampment I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. Commander-in-Chief Stephen Michaels By virtue of the authority vested in me, I hereby declare the 124th Annual Encampment of the National Organization, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, duly opened for the transaction of such business as may legally and properly come before it. The Guard will admit all Brothers and persons qualified to enter. Commander-in-Chief Stephen Michaels I was going to call for a report from the Encampment Committee on Credentials while we await that I would like to call once again the Mayor of the city of Nashua Bernard Streeter forward for a presentation. Mr. Mayor, on behalf of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War I present to you a copy of Abraham Lincoln’s, Gettysburg Address to be presented to the city of Nashua, New Hampshire by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War for hanging in the City Hall as you desire. Mayor Bernard Streeter This will have a place of honor in the Nashua City Hall. Thank you. Commander-in-Chief Stephen Michaels And we thank you for coming. Encampment Clapping. Commander-in-Chief Stephen Michaels Do we have someone from the Credentials Committee, Doctor Webber? If someone could summon him for preliminary report and while we are waiting for the preliminary report I would like to call Doctor Robert Carroon, Past Commander-in-Chief of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States of America, also Past Department Commander of the Department of Connecticut. 2
Doctor Robert Carroon Commander-in-Chief Michaels and Brothers, it is a pleasure to bring greetings to the National Encampment of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War on behalf of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States and our Commander-in-Chief Douglas Reed Niemeyer. The common purposes of the Sons and the Loyal Legion makes us one in our dedication for those who sacrificed so much that this Nation might live as one united country. Let us continue together to strive to keep the memory of that sacrifice before the citizens of our Nation. With this it is a pleasure to bring greetings to the National Encampment Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War from the CSS Tallahassee Chapter of the Military Order of the Stars and Bars. Commander-in-Chief Michaels and Brothers it is a pleasure to welcome you to New England on the occasion of the 124 th Annual Encampment of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. The CSS Tallahassee Chapter of the Military Order of the Stars and Bars descendants of officers of the Confederate Army and Navy in the Civil War because there is no longer an active Sons of Confederate Veterans Organization in New England as Commander of the CSS Tallahassee Chapter named for the famous Naval Vessel, which was active on these shores during the late unpleasantness. It is a pleasure to welcome you on this grand occasion and hope you have a very pleasant stay at our part thankfully of the United States. And I am pleased to present to you a little gift on behalf of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Commander-in-Chief Stephen Michaels Thank you very much. Doctor Robert Carroon Thank you Sir. Commander-in-Chief Stephen Michaels It is with great pleasure that I now introduce the Commander-in-Chief, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Commander-in-Chief, Denny A. Sweeney. Commander-in-Chief Denny A. Sweeney, Sons of Confederate Veterans Thank you Commander Michaels. Ladies and Gentlemen it is really an honor for me to be here. I’ve never been to a SUV encampment before and I appreciate the honor of being here. Commander Michaels came to our convention two weeks ago and he walked into the tail end of a little bit of political intrigue and I’m glad to see that he survived unscathed. I am happy to report that everything is smooth running at the SCV. I’m here to bring greetings on behalf of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. We now have thirty-three thousand members. As most of you probably know we are pretty active all over the country. We just got done forming a chapter up in Anchorage Alaska as we have every place except New England. We will try to fix that. As I’m sure you know the descendants of Confederate soldiers are all over the country and all over the world. We have a camp in Americana Brazil and we have one in Europe and we are trying to start one in Mexico and I think that’s going to come about pretty soon. I have a very aggressive Director of International Development and he has also convinced me I’m not sure how that he has got one started in Moscow. I’ll believe that one when I see it. We have, I think an interesting situation with our two organizations and I just want to relay this story to you that happened to me a couple of years ago. I was working with the State Fair in Dallas and we were trying to put together a heritage day celebration with a lot of other local groups, Italians, Norwegians, all kinds of heritage and ethnic groups. And one of the ladies that I was talking to got a little politically correct when we started talking about flying a Confederate battle flag and she said “Well, we are kind of favorably disposed to have you all participate.” But she said, “We really would like some Union participation too.” So one of my members had just started the local SUV chapter or camp and so he looked around and all over the people in the room were in both organizations and so he said, “Ma’am we would be glad to come but it is the same people.” So, I think that we share a long heritage in history even though our ancestors fought on opposite sides. We have a unique responsibility in this day and age and that is to preserve the history and the heritage of America’s defining event. If we don’t do it no body is going to do it and nobody knows it 3
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Ray Nagel, Department of Ohio Comma
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Encampment Officers Reports Committ
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National Counselor James B. Pahl I
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Commander-in-Chief Stephen Michaels
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Past National President Danielle Mi
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Michael S. Bennett, National Treasu
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Member Kuhn and passed unanimously.
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Past Commander-in-Chief Richard Orr
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Dale Theetge, Department of New Yor
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their allotment of seventeen, which
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and listen. There are Brothers in t
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Several Second. Commander-in-Chief
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Frank Tucker, Department of Massach
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carrying out the mandates of his of
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the discussion a substitute motion
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Henry Shaw, Department of Ohio Late
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we have created what is known as th
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National Counselor James B. Pahl Co
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Three: after consultation with the
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Past Commander-in-Chief Richard Orr
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Encampment Strucken, Laughter. Char
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Past Commander-in-Chief George Powe
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Department of Massachusetts Ed Norr
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Eagle Scout Certificate Coordinator
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same, so we can have a history of a
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Appendix 1 Reports of National Offi
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New Jersey: 6 New York: 12 Ohio: 12
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Grave-side Memorial Day services, a
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Treasurer (Max Newman) Due to last
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them to join the other Allied Order
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Eagle Scout Coordinator (Bob Petrov
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Franklin Haley (MA) Harold Slavik (
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I will be publishing a newsletter a
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this report, a preliminary draft of
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Web Site Usage - During the past qu
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That Departments/CALs which do file
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The intent of this law and the Stat
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CHAPTER III ARTICLE VII Committees
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PC-in-C Loomis presented a memorial
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Remembrance Day (Bud Atkinson) The
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Tempe Boone Reynolds, age unknown,
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Appendix 2 Council of Administratio
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membership badge or miniature badge
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space for full mailing and e-mail a
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inform the Council if members will
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and business obligations. SVC-in-C
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summarized the feeling of many pres
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Officers present who wished to give
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Commander-in-Chief Michaels then re
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C-in-C Michaels reported on the inq
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that he could attend to this. Broth
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February 8, 2005 A motion was made
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16. We, as an Order, are limited on
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General Orders No. 5 SERIES 2004-20
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YEAR NAME DEPARTMENT 1881 Harry T.
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NUMBERYEAR DATES LOCATION 1st 1882
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