Jno. M. Stemmens Lewis Renfro, Com., Greenfield.
O. S. Ragland, Adjt.
859. Eldorado Thos.^B. Dry, Eldorado Springs.
J. L. Wilcoxon, Adjt.
760. Capt. Ed. Ward R. J. Tucker, Com., Lamar.
522. Jasper County C. C. Catron, Com., Carthage.
J. W. Halliburton. Adjt.
690. Freeman J. W. Rosebery, Com., Waddill.
L. H. Marrs, Adjt.
754. Emmett McDonald J. P. Caldwell, Adjt.
456. Sterling Price Jas. Montgomery, Com., Exeter.
F. M. James, Adjt.
662. Nevada J. D. Ingram, Com., Nevada.
A. C. Sterrett, Adjt.
United Confederate Veterans of Missouri.
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UNVEILING THE MONUMENT.
Brigadier-General Kennard, in a neat little speech, introduced Hon.
Chilton Atkinson, Acting Mayor of Springfield, who welcomed the Veterans
as follows:

Welcoming Speech by Mayor of Springfield.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Sons of Confederates:

It is an inspiring thought that while the vast storm of commercialism
and materialism that has descended upon this country, beats without,




HON. CHILTON ATKINSON.
Acting Mayor of Springfield.
you are gathered here to-night to do honor to a sentiment and give vent
to heartfelt sympathies. The sons who will guard a sentiment are worthy
of the fathers who fought for a principle.
When the last sad strains of taps sound over the grave of some de-
parted Confederate hero, it is the signal for the reveille which calls us
to the field of labor. Masons we must be, and over the ashes of the



48 United Confederate Veterans of Missouri.
