The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-24
ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS
SOLDIERS TENTS ARE DOWN
And the Reunion Is Ended-Resistra-
tiOn by StaIeS

tiOn by States.
The tents in South Riverside were taken
down yesterday and the old soldiers who
visited the reunion have left the city,
after having had a delightful time with
old comrades
II goes without saying that the reunion
held this week in Riverside park has
been a splendid success. From start to
finish, from Tuesday to Friday nights
inclusive, there has been three programs
per day, the afternoon and evening occu-
plying from three to four hours each,
and such variety OF addresses, recitahons,
vocal and instrumental music, panto-
mines, etc, cause one 10 wonder and ad-
mire. It looks like one would require a
month 10 arrange and prepare for such
a continuous feast Of intellectual enter
tainment, when the fact is most Of the
exercises were made up in a single day
and less. No better evidence could be
given of the fine talent Wichita possesses
and in all the selections and exercises,
not single failure or stop in the enter
tainment. Sometimes a slight delay owing
to hardness on the part of some speaker
or other factor in the program taxed the
president and made him look a little pale,
yet he gathered himself together like life
depended on the result and brought every
part and rendition right up to the wire.
Another noticeable feature was the order
and quiet of the camp. The camp man
ayers cannot be praised too highly. The
police was ever on the alert. nothing was
disarranged, lost or stolen and not an
arrest was made. It is a moderate esti-
mate to say that at all the exercises. ex-
cepting the campfres in the morning, not
less than 5000 were present and often
as high as 10000. This reunion, with all
its work and responsibility, was done by
a few men. Many who took no interest
in making the reunion a success took ad-
vantage of its pleasure and made the
camp their home and enjoyed the fruits
OF Others labors and the management
was glad 10 see them do so, and let them
enjoy all the privileges without demur.
This is characteristic in all avenues OF
Of life Like the hives Of the bees, drones
ENJOYING the honey and sweets gathered
and stored by their tireless, industrious
neighbors and companions. The oTacers
Of the association, as soon as visitor
its privileges and made him acquainted
with comrades, introduced him into the
headquarters Of the Ladies of the G. A.
r. or the Women's Relief Corps and made
az home. One lady from abroad said:
why, I never saw anything like it, and
everything so complete and enjoyable.
What a splendid set of people you have
here. I would love to live in Wichita"
Two ladies conversing in the big tent
while preparations were being made for
the exercises, one said 70 the other: did
spect and cordially is shown to all alike.
The governor is shown the same no more,
attention or honor than is shown the
others-preachers, lawyers, students, girls,
boys, black and white, the same-how
nice to see it" One gentleman from an
adjoining county remarked TO the presi-
dent: '1f your Street Fair Is as much
OF a success as your reunion, Wichita will
have one of the biggest times in her HIS
tory"
Governor Stanley was pleased with the
larre number of old soldiers present and
wrote to President Burgess as follows:
MY Dear Captain-The crowd talked
to had a larger proportion of Old soldiers
than any reunion I have attended. I want
to say this in compliment of the old SOL
diers: If they take this reunion as a
starter they ought to have one at Wichita
that will soon rival that at Baxter
Springs. Yours, w. E. STANLEY"
Following is the registration by states
Of old soldiers who at-eC8ed the reunion,
as reported by J. R II. King:
Illinois, 206; Indiana, 129; Ohio, us; Iowa.
46: Pennsylvania, IS; Missouri, "a; Kan
sas. q; New York, 2; Wisconsin, 20; West
Virginia, Il; Kentucky, 70; Michigan, y;
L. S. c. T., Il; regulars, 6; Minnesota, 4;
Massachusetts. 3; u. s. navy, s; SISRican
war, 3; New Jersey. 2; California, l; Col
orado, /; Tennessee, l; Maryland, 3; Con-
necticut, :; miscellaneous, II.