The Proceedings of the Texas Veterans' Association at the Twenty-eighth Annual Reunion , and The Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Meeting of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas have been received. The meetings named were held contemporaneously—which is the custom of the two organizations—in Austin, April 20-22, 1901. The Proceedings of the Veterans contains reports of the addresses of welcome made by Mayor White, President Prather, and Mr. J. W. Dibrell; the response for the Veterans by ex-Governor Lubbock, and that for the Daughters by Mrs. Nellie Steadman Cox; and the memorial sermon by Rev. C. P. Goodson. The total membership of the Association is given at ninety-four, thirty-nine being men, and fifty-five women. The death roll for the year previous amounts to eighteen. The Proceedings of the Daughters contains the response by Mrs. Nellie Steadman Cox already mentioned; the address of Mrs. Urwitz as presiding officer; the reports of the secretary, the assistant secretary, and the treasurer; the minutes of the executive committee; the historian's report; the report of the presentation of a Texas flag to the State University by the Daughters, including, among other things, the address of presentation by Senator J. A. Beall, and that of acceptance by Chairman T. S. Henderson of the Board of Regents; the letter of President Prather offering a prize of one hundred dollars for the best historic song or poem on The Texas Flag; the reports of the various chapters; the address of Mr. Carlos Bee to the Daughters on April 22nd; and an appendix, in which are printed an announcement of the offer of President Prather, the memorial address of Mrs. Cone Johnson delivered for the Daughters, a poem, San Jacinto Day, by Mrs. Mary Saunders, a historical sketch entitled The Last Messenger from the Alamo, and a copy of a letter relative to the son of Travis published in the Houston Post, both by Mrs. Looscan, an account of the presentation of a Texas flag to President McKinley by the Daughters, a “roll of honor,” including the names of those who have taken the gold and silver medals offered by the Daughters, the charter, constitution, and by-laws of the organization, and a list of members.

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"The Proceedings of the Texas Veterans' Association at the Twenty-eighth Annual Reunion", Volume 005, Number 2, Southwestern Historical Quarterly Online, Page 162 - 163. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/publications/journals/shq/online/v005/n2/review_13.html
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