Our June Number being necessarily delayed by the absence of the Secretary and other causes beyond our control, we decided to combine it with the July number. Our subscribers lose nothing either in the quantity or the quality of matter by the combining of these two numbers under one cover, and we are sure that they will not complain.
Renewals are still in order, and we would beg our friends to see that their neighbors whose time has expired renew their subscriptions. We can now send back numbers, and subscribers would do well to complete their sets at once, as we may not be able to do so when they want them.
And we earnestly beg the large number of subscribers whose time expires, with this number to send on their renewals promptly.
General A. T. Hawthorne, of Marshall, Texas, has been appointed our General Agent for Texas and Arkansas. General Hawthorne was a gallant soldier in the Trans-Mississippi Department, and is too well known in that region to need any commendation from us. We know that he will receive a cordial welcome from his comrades and other friends of the cause, and we trust that he will not only enroll a number of members, but will secure much material for a true history of the Trans-Mississippi Department of the Confederacy.
Rev. H. S. Burrage, of Portland, Maine, and Rev. Dr. King, of Boston, favored us with a visit in May, and we had much pleasure in going over with them portions of the battlefields around Richmond, and in "fighting our battles over again" in a peaceable and fraternal way.
Captain Burrage, since his return home, has written in his paper (Zion's Advocate) a series of very interesting sketches on some of the movements in the campaign of 1864, in which he participated. We could wish that more of "our friends the enemy " would visit us, for many mistakes on both sides will never be corrected unless by personal intercourse and friendly discussion.
"Memorial Day" at Winchester must have been a grand affair, and we were very much disappointed at being unable to fulfil our purpose of being present. As the 6th of June fell on Sunday this year, the 5th was observed as "Memorial Day" and the Maryland monument was unveiled with imposing ceremonies. The Governor of Virginia (Colonel F. W. M. Holliday), whose " empty sleeve " rendered him especially worthy to grace the occasion, the "Confederate States Army and Navy Society of Maryland," the Fifth Maryland regiment from Baltimore, a number of
