********MEETING REMINDER********
Pee Dee Rifles, Camp 1419 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans
Will meet this Tuesday, June 28
at Venus Pancake House on W. Palmetto St, Florence at 7pm
Guest Speaker - Dr Frank Powers of USC
Thursday, June 23, 2011
General Order # 4 - SC Division SCV
20 June 2011
A Message from:
Mark A. Simpson, Division Commander
Gentlemen and Compatriots of the South Carolina Division
Sons of Confederate Veterans
The SC Confederate Veterans Grave Registration program and initiative has been under way now for several years. Many Camps and Compatriots have documented and successfully contributed thousands of names marking the final resting place of South Carolina Confederate Veterans. This daunting task could not be performed without the sacrifice and time that many of our men have given to honor the memory of these valiant dead.
It has come to my attention that a few men find the forms and methodology of documentation too difficult and unnecessary. However, an overwhelming number of other men do not see the guidelines as too taxing or demanding and they continue to build upon the database.
As a result, Commander Frank Berry, Chairman of the SC Confederate Grave Registration Committee will be conducting several training sessions around South Carolina beginning in July. Brigade Commanders will be in contact with and will inform their respective Camp Commanders of those locations, dates and time. All Camps who require special or additional training are urged and expected to attend in order that all Camps may comply with the guidelines and procedures required to fulfill the transfer of information into the SC Division database.
Everyone must understand; there is one method and one set of guidelines to fulfill the requirements of the program. All nonconforming data, which cannot transfer into the database because of improper format will be rejected and a waste of time.
Therefore, the following General Order is issued by the South Carolina Division Commander:
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GENERAL ORDER # 4
Headquarters Sons of Confederate Veterans, South Carolina Division
At Spartanburg, South Carolina
20 June 2011
Re: SC Division Grave Registration Initiative
TO ALL CAMPS and COMPATRIOTS, South Carolina Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans
Whereas, the South Carolina Confederate Veterans Grave Registration Committee and Initiative is a "Standing Committee" of the South Carolina Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans as determined in annual convention and supported in the Constitution of said organization in Article XVII, section 1 paragraph G; and
Whereas, all subordinate Camps are expected to comply with South Carolina Division Programs and Initiatives, including the guidelines and criteria established by the Committee as sanctioned by the Division Executive Council and as outlined in the Constitution of said organization in Article IX, section 4 and 5; and
Whereas, the chairman of the SC Confederate Graves Registration Committee serves as an appointed officer and at the pleasure of the Division Commander with full authority to manage and direct the program as it is designed and outlined.
Therefore, all South Carolina Division subordinate Camps are expected to participate and remain in compliance with all prescribed guidelines as directed by the Committee Chairman including the use of proper Division format and documents for transmission to the Division archivist; and
Finally, all Camp Commanders are directed to respond to their respective Brigade Commander acknowledging receipt of this General Order # 4 including a time line and plan outlining the action intended by their Camp in regard to this specific Division Program.
Given under my hand this 20th Day of June, in the year of our LORD, 2011
Mark A. Simpson, Commander
South Carolina Division
Sons of Confederate Veterans
HP: 864-576-4561
Office: 864-576-1224
Mobile: 864-680-2514
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