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Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed to nominate officers of the Society for another year.
Whereupon the
Chairman appointed as a committee on nomination,
Messrs. T. S. Garnett,
John B. Cary,
Robert Stiles,
Frank D. Hill and
Joseph V. Bidgood.
Before the committee retired the
President,
General Taliaferro, briefly addressed the Association, expressing his appreciation of the honor with which he had been invested for several years—one which he held to be among the greatest that could be conferred on man. His descendants to the third and fourth generation, he declared, would be proud of the fact that he had been thus distinguished by his fellow-soldiers and patriots.
But he thought that the enviable honor should not be monopolized by one man, and he hoped that it would now be conferred upon some one among the many worthy then present.
On motion of
Hon. George L. Christian, it was—
Resolved, That Comrade Carlton McCarthy be appointed a committee of one to solicit subscriptions in sums of one dollar or less for a monument to the private soldiers of the Confederate States Army, said monument to be erected on Libby Hill.
The committee on the nomination of officers returning, reported the following, who were unanimously elected:
President,
General William H. Payne, of
Fauquier county;
Vice-Presidents,
General John R. Cooke, of
Richmond city;
Colonel Charles Marshall, of
Baltimore, Maryland;
Hon. James H. Skinner, of
Staunton;
Captain Philip W. McKinney, of
Farmville;
General Thomas T. Munford, of
Richmond city; Treasurer,
Robert S. Bosher,
Esq., of
Richmond city;
Secretary,
Private Carlton Mc-Carthy, of
Richmond city. Executive Committee:
Colonel William H. Palmer,
Colonel Archer Anderson,
Major Thomas A. Brander,
Hon. George L. Christian, and
John S. Ellett,
Esq.
The meeting being adjourned, the Association then repaired to the refreshment rooms of
Captain Andrew Pizzini, Jr., where a choice and bounteous collation was served, and a season of joyous greeting and interchange prevailed.
