I have been a member of the SCV for approximately 10 years, having begun my membership in George Davis Camp #5 in Wilmington, N.C. While I have never been elected to an office in either camp, I presently am the editor of the Camp #15 newsletter. I am happy to give my endorsement to the Save the SCV movement.

From what I have seen and read, I don't think it is right that the Commander-in-Chief is subverting the democratic process that took place at the Memphis Reunion by removing our duly elected Commander of the ANV over alleged talks with the press. What secrets are supposed to have been revealed that might be so damaging to the SCV? It seems to me that someone just doesn't want the light of day to shine on what he/they intend to do with this organization.

I refuse to stand by while anyone, whether it be the Commander-in-Chief, a camp commander, or member(s) try to ally the SCV with hate groups or anything else that will detract from our stated purpose: honoring our Confederate ancestors.

Tonight I received a phone call from the Commander of the Mt Airy Camp, Compatriot McManus. He told me about this new radical faction that had been formed within the SCV and how they were undermining the leadership of Ron Wilson and others. After all he told me I was in fact in agreement with him. Then I went to the group's website and read the statements and read the names of the men I had the privilege of meeting and working with in the years I have been in the SCV. Men like Charles Hawks, Dean Brown, Larry Beeson, Albert Jones, Gilbert Jones, Lewis Lawrence, Chip Pate, and my own Brigade Commander David Yemm. I have seen this coming and did not know how to deal with it.

I am proud to be able to offer my name and services to this group for the preservation and advancement of the SCV as it was when I first joined, a group dedicated to the preservation and advancement of our proud heritage. God bless you and may we succeed in this endeavor to restore the SCV to what it should be. I sent Commander McManus a retraction to my earlier assessment and asked that my name not be used in his project.

Respectfully,
Walter L. Wilson, Camp Commander, The Davidson Guards, Camp 1851

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