The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-05
REUNION At CHARLESTON.
Final PrcparatiOns-SpOn for the
Various Organizations.

VariOus Organizations.
From the Charleston Newspapers.
The great reunion of the Confederate
veterans is now just one week off and
the several committees and the citizens In
general are making final preparations for
the visitors who will begin to flock here
In large numbers by next Tuesday.
AS 10 the number of veterans and visit
ors that will visit Charleston during re-
union week there is a diversity of opinion
MANY are of the opinion that there Will
be more veterans here than ever before
attended a reunion and together with the
visitors that will come fix the number az
$4,000 and some are even calculating on
larger number. The more conservative,
however. estimate that the visitors ana
veterans will not exceed $4,000 during the
entire four days.
The majority of the veterans ana VS.
itors will come from this state, Georgia.
North Carolina and Virginia. South Car
olina's representation will be unusually
large. The railroads will be prepared 90
haul the crowds, and are engaging cars
from other roads and will press into SER
vice every freight and passenger engine N
their service.
In order that there may be no conges-
ton and blocking of tracks the freight
Offices Of the three roads will be closed
for three days during the reunion and only
one freight train a day will be sent out.
The committee on housing is making
final plans for taking care of the visitors
and old veterans IL has secured accom-
modations for all who come.
All the vacant houses in the city have
been leased and are being cleaned up and
put in shape for the occasion.
The schools, whose buildings are to be
used as dormitorles for the ladies, who
will attend the reunion, win adjourn this
week in order that the buildings may be
cleaned up and arranged for the comfort
of the ladies. II will require about week
to accomplish the work.
Sponsors and Maids of Honor.
In order to facilitate the entertainment
and care of the official sponsors and maids
of honor Gen. Walker has secured the fol-
lowing list of those that have already
been appointed through the friendly serv-
ices of Gen Norman. The young ladies'
In this list will be the guests of the re-
union executive committee and will be en-
tertained at the Charleston Hotel. where
suites have been reserved for them. The
camp and other sponsors and maids OF
honor win all be welcome to the reunion,
of course, and will be invited 10 the recep-
ton at the Isle of Palms and other places,
but the reunion committee Is not charged
with their care while In the city. only
the official sponsors and maids OF honor,
which are as follows, are to be the guests
of the city:
For the u C. v. headquarters, and for
all the u. C. VS.: Sponsor, Miss Mamie
Randolph Heth of Washington, ID. Q.
Chief maid of honor, Miss Corinne Te-
bault OF New Orleans, La.
Army of Northern Virginia department;
Lieut.. Gen Wade Hampton, commanding.
sponsor, Miss Lily Huger Wells OF
Charleston, s. c. CHIEF maid OF honor'
MISS Julia Courtney Conner of Charles
ton. 8. c. -, r.,
Virginia division, u C. ": Maj. Gen
Thomas A. Brander commanding. Spon-
eor, Miss Nina Randolph OF Richmond,
Va Chief maid OF honor, MISS ANNE
Stuart MacGnl of Pulaski, Va.
Maryland division u G. ": MAI. Gen
A. c. Trippe, commanding. sponsor MISS
Carlyle Herbert OF Baltimore, Md. Chler
maid of honor, Miss Zoe iran Oh lalDor
county, Maryland.
North Carolina division, u. C. ": Maj.
Cen WIN. L. DE kossett. commanding.
SPONSOR, Miss Daisy l.. Holt of Burling-
ION. NJ. c. Chief maid of honor, Miss
Adelaide Snow OF Raleigh, N. G.
South Carolina division, U. G. "; MAJ.
Gen. c. Irvine Walker, commanding. Spon-
sor. Miss Mary carwile of Edgeiield, >.
C. Chief maid of honor Miss Lula Cas-
sells Lake, Johnston, c.
Kentucky division, y. c. ": Maj. Gen
Robert Boyd. commanding. Sponsor, Miss
Ann Mary Taylor of Nicholasville, KY.
Chief maid of honor, Miss Kathleen
Poyntz, Richmond. KY.
West Virginia division, U. c. ": Maj.
Gen. Robert White, commanding Sponsor.
Miss Fan Gibson of Charlestown, w. Va.
Chief maid Of honnr, Miss Jane Stuart
Price of Lewisburg, w. Va.
Army OF Tennessee department, u. c.
": Lieut.. Gen. s. d. Lee, commanding.
Sponsor, Miss Emma George Hemming-
way of Carrollton, Miss. Chief maid of
honor Miss Ethel Blanchard of New Or
lenas La.
Georgia division. U. c. "; Maj. Gen.
Clement A. Evans, commanding. Sponsor,
Chief maid of honor.
Alabama division, u. G. ": Maj. Gen.
Fred s. Ferguson, commanding. Sponsor.
Miss Louisa Screven Chisolm of Birming-
ham, Ala. Chief maid of honor Miss Ju-
liza Velma Ens.en OF Birmingham, Ala.
Tennessee division, U. c. ": Maj. Gen.
A. ]. Vaughan. commanding. Sponsor,
Miss May Martin Coffin II Memphis Tenn.
Chief maid OF honor, Miss Annie Crockett
of Nashville, Tenn.
Mississippi division, u. c. ": Maj. Gen.
d. A. Campbell, commanding Sponsor.
Miss Mary Lucie Hamer Of Brierheld p.
o.. Miss Chief maid OF honor, Miss Mel
lie Wilson Carroll Of Vicksburg. Miss.
Florida division, u. G. ": Mai. Gen. e.
M. Law. commanding Sponsor Miss Jen-
ME Foster Cook of Jacksonville, Fla.
Chief maid of honor, Miss Aleen M.
Cooper Of ST. Augustine, Fla.
ot,fafana division. II G. V Mot Co~
w. II. Tunnard, commanding Sponsor.
Miss Lucie Lee Bates OF Baton Rouge.
La. Chief maid Of honor, Miss Ada Payne
Of Clinton, La.
Trans Mississippi department, u. c. ":
Lieut. Gen. w. l.. Cabe.l commanding.