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THE MESSAGETHURSDAY. MARCH 8. 1906.EX CONFEDERATESSoldiers and Sailor* Urged to Join AssociationFIin0*In]♦*ci111;i;WlJefferson City,Mo , February 2TAlt «*v Con federate Soldier** mid Sailors in Missouri; Comrade*-The United Confederate Veteran**' Association it strictly u social, lit-1 erary, historical and hcuovolcnt organization. tor the purpose ofit it it tuir sli cx- Confederate soldier* mid unitors wil ti i lit* tiosof friend-ii tIT111elltin1 i %anruship; Jo encourage the writing of 111narratives, memiors. historic* ofbuttle, episode* mid nveurmiee* ofthe war between lie* Slate* from 18(11 to I 81m; to See that I Ik; dte ftbted are eared for: that a helping bitnd i* extended U* the weedy and that the Confederate widow*and their children titf? protectedaud assisted. Discussions of politiesI or religious «'nh,|ecis. or miv political a t ■•* md Tdag nppli*cants f«»r p-liUoO office is absolutely prohibited by its constitutionIn the Stale ot Missouri the United Daughter* of the Confederacy and the ex-UonIVderates ofthe State, aided by liberal contributions of ex-Fed ora I soldier*, have established the Confederate Home, near Higgitmvillc, JJo.* towhich any Confederate soldier,who ha* become disabled by res* sou of his wound*.nr I he failure of hie health, and hi* inability tosupport himself, bn* the right of admission, so Unit hi* lost daysmay be spont in comfort mid surrounded by thfMi* who shared withhim the peril* end privations of the war of 1861 and 1865,In order to he admitted to this nIi0fner |M i.s iieccasnry that the soldier should he able t,( fstabli*h the fact of hie enlistment in the Confederate Army and hi* xarviuothef tin; it is, therefor, exceedingly important (list every ttonfeder ate soldier should unite himself with one of the Confederate ramp*Of the Htafe.Ki* fbar in gam* of mis* fortune, tin- Commander andAdjutant of his eatnp can certify lohi* servi*- and enrollment in the Confederate Army, nnd to binworthiness to imove aid at The Borne*1'In view of them* facts, as Cton-mrtuder *f the Missouri Division of United Confederate Veterans, I earnestly request every ex~Confederate soldier and sailor within the State of Missouri to join one of the camps now organized in this State at onee, if not idreadv nto1**16 fteutinorT.sufoheFianshdafoWlanthploranlitthif111loC»ikiIt*!eli[ Hr 01 itdimi ruGlt;f«iw dt IPttiH*1F4ember. f 11 - ' n’•I*rues ||. flan ftaft®g!
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Mexico Missouri Message
Mexico, Missouri, US
Thu, Mar 08, 1906
Page 8
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Randy R.
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