NOVEMBER 2015 Volume VIII, Issue 11

Commander’s Report ~ Tim Cupit ~

(769) 234-2966 timcupit@comcast.net

This will be the best meeting of the year! We are drawing for the thousand dollar Confederate bond, our Fall Muster Turkey Shoot Winner and his family are driving up from Gulfport Mississippi to receive his first prize package and our

speaker is portraying a Civil War surgeon! This will be a great meeting so, come early, bring someone with you and as sure as we sent 80 US, MS, and Confederate flags home with kids at Fall Muster this year, I will probably see you at our next

meeting at Penn's in Brandon on Nov. 7th at 7pm.

Deo Adjuvante Non Timendum

Tim Cupit

Commander’s Quote:

By Failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Camp Guest Speaker

Mr. Al Arnold

Subject: His African

American ancestors

that served during the

Civil War

Chaplain’s Report By: Tom Fortenberry

Muster the Troops

Judges 7:5-7, 19-22

5 So he brought the people down to the water. And the LORD said to Gideon, "Everyone who laps from the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set apart by himself; likewise everyone who gets down on his knees to drink." 6 And the num-ber of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people got down on their knees to drink water. 7 Then the LORD said to Gideon," By the three hundred men who lapped I will save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand. Let all the other people go, every man to his place." 19 So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outpost of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just as they had posted the watch; and they blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers that were in their hands. 20 Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers — they held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing — and they cried, "The sword of the LORD and of Gideon!" 21 And every man stood in his place all around the camp; and the whole army ran and cried out and fled. 22 When the three hundred blew the trumpets, the LORD set every man's sword against his companion throughout the whole camp; and the army fled to Beth Acacia, toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath. NKJV The 2015 Fall Muster of the Mississippi Division Sons of Confederate Veterans this year was a wonderful event with so many people coming together to celebrate and demonstrate a common cause of unity. In a real way the Fall Muster reminded me of the story of Gideon and the 300 men whom he lead into battle against the Midianites. Although today we do not carry a sword or sound the cannon against others. In the real world there are many people who say, many who answer the call, but there are few who stand against the enemy in the darkness of nights when the trumpet calls. The Sons of Confederate Veterans are of Gideon’s troops to carry the light of the Word of God and the sounding of the trumpet to preserve the heritage of our ancestors. May God Bless each of You in Mustering to the Call Thomas Fortenberry, Chaplain Camp 265

Adjutant’s Report By: Sid Boteler

November 2015

In August of 1865, Robert E. Lee accepted the invitation to become the President of Washington College at Lexington, Virginia, (later changed to Washington and Lee University, in his honor). In 1869, Robert E. Lee invited his former chaplain, John William Jones to speak. In thanking him, Lee remarked: “Oh, doctor, if I could only know that all the young men in this College were good Christians I should have nothing more to desire. I wish, sir, to thank you for your address. It was just what we needed. Our great want is a revival which shall bring young men to Christ! I should be disappointed, sir, and shall fail in the leading object that brought me here, unless these young men all become Christians; and I wish you and others of your sacred profession to do all you can to accomplish it. We poor sinners need to come back from our wanderings to seek pardon through the all-sufficient merits of our Redeemer. And we need to pray earnestly for the power of the Holy Spirit to give us a precious revival in our hearts and among the unconverted.” Excerpt from America’s God and Country by William J. Federer

AGENDA FOR NOVEMBER 7th, 2015

Open with prayer at 7pm sharp

• Pledge of Allegiance to the US flag and salutes

• Trivia

• Guest speaker : Mr. David Harris

• Q & A

• Adopt minutes from October 3, 2015 – need a motion,

second, discussion, vote

Unfinished Business

• Camp T-shirts are $20 – proceeds go to fund the Relic Show

• www.scv265.com and stats

• First Thursday Coin Club meeting at Brandon library 6:30pm

• Last call for dues

• Fall Muster report

• Adopt a Highway report

• Shiloh report

• Al Arnold's book

• Library work day is November 21st

New Business

• New members

• Turkey Shoot Winner

• Drawing for $1,000 Confederate Bond

• Close with prayer at approximately 8:25pm

~ Please leave a dollar tip for the clean up crew ~

~ 2016 Relic Show Update ~

Our Brandon Museum work day is November 21, 2015

Money is raised by selling ads in our newsletter or

soliciting donations. Any help with this endeavor would

be greatly appreciated by all of us at camp to 265

• We also need to find people willing to do a living

history at our Relic Show.

October

Road Clean-up Crew

The Winner

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NON-PROFIT ORG.

U.S. POSTAGE PAID

BRANDON, MS

PERMIT NO. 265

THE RANKIN DISPATCH

317 LAKE HEATHER ROAD

BRANDON, MS 39047

**Our next meeting is November

7th at Penn’s in Brandon at 7:00pm.

Come early!