Confederate Veteran March 1911 CONFEDERATES WHO WENT TO BRAZIL. An interesting letter comes from Mr. Grover G. Pyles, of Santa Barbara, Brazil, who writes of the Southern families who left the States after the surrender and went to Brazil in search of new homes, feeling that there could be no more happiness in the old homes under the changed conditions. Most of the Confederate veterans who went out are now dead, but Mr, Pyles mentions a few now living in that section viz.. Dr. Robert Norris, H. Clay Norris, Lieut. Joseph Whitaker, N. B. McAlpine, George Worthrop, John Weissinger, Joseph Minchin, J. Partridge, William McCann, William Pyles, Ezekiel B. Pyles. He says of these men that they have contributed greatly to the progress of agriculture in that country, and the municipality of Santa Barbara, in the State of Sao Paulo, is classified first in agriculture. Comrade Pyles adds: "The Confederate veteran has been a power in peace, even as he helped to make the Confederate army one of the most invincible that ever faced the foe." CONFEDERATES GOING BACK TO MASSACHUSETTS. James Anderson, of the E. K. Wilcox Post, Springfield, Mass., has returned from another visit to Petersburg, Va., where he was the guest of the A. P. Hill Camp, U. C. V., and with them helped celebrate Robert E. Lee's birthday. It was the twelfth time that Mr. Anderson joined the Petersburg veterans in celebrating the birthday of the great Southern hero. He says it was impossible for him to accept all the hospitable invitations that were given him for dinners and receptions. The visit of the Hill Camp to Springfield, Mr. Anderson says, is a thing that the people of Petersburg seem never to tire of talking about. Lee's birthday was celebrated with a parade in the morning and a banquet in the evening. Mr. Anderson was the speaker at the banquet. He entertained the Southern veterans with his account of their visit to Springfield. The Springfield Republican states that a number of the A. P. Hill Camp of Veterans are going to Springfie! ld of their own initiative to help celebrate the next Independence Day.