The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-03-29
sAN EAGENrO DAY.
Programme OF the Day--Delib.
erntiOu% Prep 10 Re
ceiVing The Veterans.

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crntiOn> Preparatory 10 RE
ceiVing The Veterans.
At o'clock last evening Major Wiley
Jones called the citizens meeting to or
der, and a call of the committees was
proceeded with. Gen. Fe * Robertson.
from the committee on arrangements,
reported that the on hall in the CITY
capable of accommodating the veterans
and their families was the district court
room, and that thare was no hall in the
city OF sufficient proportions to afford
room for the comfortable enjoyment of
a banquet. After discussion, joined in
by many present, the banquet idea was
declared lnexpedient and impracticable,
and by resolution the banquet commit
tee were relieved from duty. The idea
OF ball for imilar reasons was dis
carded. 4 plan Of ADJUSTMENTS and di-
versions was suggested and adopted as
hereinafter set forth.
From the committee on finance, there
was no report, Capt. Eugene Williams,
IN behalf n the committee, stating that
the chairman had been very busy and
was ready now to proceed to the per-
Torrance of the duty assigned. From
the committee on entertainment, there
was 10 report, owing probably to the alb
sence of the chairman Several gentle
men present said that the universal sen
timent was desire on the part of all
the citizens to entertain two or more OF
the expected guests. Nj. Il. Behrens,
from the committee on music, re-
ported that the music required
for the occasion would he furnished free
Of charge, and made a tender of the SER
vices of the COucordia brass band. DR..
Burleson, chairman Of committee on
correspondence, stated that the COM
mittee WAS at work and rapidly pro-
crossing il the duty assigned them. On
motion of General Robertson, and a
second by Judge Gerald, programme
for the 10Th and Dist WAS adopted in
substance as follows: The committee on
reception viii, on the Goth, receive the
veterans that may arrive on the various
trains at the various depots and
having furnished proper transpOr alton
conduct the guests to til homes allotted
and provided them. The business of
the Association W II be conducted at the
district court room and the Music com
mittee is expected to furnish band for
the occasion. At night the Association
will be invited to attend receptions and
entertainments at the Waco Female
College and tue Waco University.
On the 20th instant the address of
welcome will be made by an orator Ito
be selected at the next meetiEg) and the
annual address to the Association will
follow, Gen Ghos. Harrison, being the
orator selected by the Veteran AssOcia-
ton. At three o'clock the Association
will be rendered ride through
the city and surroundings. At night,
the Concordia, Germania and Esmer-
aida clubs at their respective halls, will
provide amusement and pleasant diver
sion Tor the entire company. The fol-
| lowing gentlemen have been appointed
a committee on anu emeut and diver
/ sion : Dr. II. Bchrens, chairman, DR.. r.
/ G. Burlesou, Rev S. 2. Wright, Chas.
/ Lempke. Esq, and Wiley r. Duunica,
Esq. And to these gentlemen is en-
trusted the charge OF furnishing enter
tainmeut and amusement iOr the asso-
Citations, on the nights of the Doth and
Dist instants. There is a vast deal of
work to be done and an amount of prepa-
ration to be made and the citizens must
awake to the necessity Of the occasion.
There must be no lukewarmness; the
committees must be up and doing and
the citizens must respond to their
demands and behests. This is a patri-
otto day, and Waco must be patriotic.
Citizens must realize that the fathers.
founders and sayiOrs of Texas are about
to visit them: that they have elsewhere
been treated like lords of the manor,
and the same thing must here occur.
Those who entertain the veterans must
extend them a cordial welcome, aud
having promised to ent rtaln veteran,
he must be entertained in "a manner
/ that viii make him feel that lie is at
/ home and among friends, and by nc
manner Of means a STRANGER. Let them
/ come to Waco and leave it with the i'm.
preston that her people are patriots
! generous, public spirited and hospitable
Let the sentiment be, not what can ]
/ do" bat what may | have the privilege
/ of doing for the men who gained this
fair land is a heritage for me and mine.
Let San JacintO be d gala day III Waco,
and in It's celebration let every man,
woman and child in McLennan county
participate, and in honoring the
survivors Of San Jacinto, let
no resident be slw. It's the
bounden duty of every Wacoite and
every McLennanite to do his part on
the coming day. The citizens meeting
adjourned last evening to meet again
Saturday night, at the courthouse at 8
o'clock, and every citizen of Waco with
a scintilla of city pride in his compost
ton is expected to be present. Every
committeeman is expected to do his
duty and report when the chairman
calls upon him.
VETERAN COMMITTEES.
The chairmen Of the finance and en-
| tertainnent committees are requested
to call their committees together, 90 to
work and report to the citizens meet
ing next Saturday night.