The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-10
THE GREAT REUNION.
Letter Fro,., General Gordon Con-
cernin. the Meeting.
The following letter from Gen. Gordon
t-nlains itself:
GEO. McoRMAN,
Adjutant-General and Chief Of STAFF.

GEO. McOhM.a4N,
Acknowledgement and Chief of Staff.
S2i Common Street tup-stairs),
New Orleans, La, May 8. 1900.
Gen. ]. 3. Gordon. Commanding United
Confederate Veterans, respectfully re-
quests that you will aid the patriotic and
benevolent objects Of the United Conied-
crate Veterans by publishing Immediately
in your next issue date Reunion is 10
take place at Louisville Ky. on May Soth,
3lst and June LIST, 3D. g. Wednesday, It.urs-
day, Friday. Saturday and Sunday, re-
spertively. with editorial notice OF the or
ganization, or please publish this letter
Sunday, June Sd will be the ninety
second anniversary of tae birth of our
beloved ex-President Jefferson Iavis, and
IS set apart for Memorial Cerems MES
to the memory of Mr.. Davis. who was
born in Kentucky near by the scene Of
the Reunion, TO the peerless daughter OF
the Confederacy." and to every one of our
heroic officers and privates who nave
gone to join them around the Great White
Throne.
Also 10 urge eX-Confederate soldiers and
sailors everywhere TO form themselves i'm
mediately into local associations and apply
to these headquarters by telegram or let
ter for papers TO organize in time to parti-
cipate in the great reunion, to be held
al the "Hospitable City of Louisville. Ky, =
and thus unite with their comrades in
carrying out the laudahle and philanthropic
objects of the organization
II will be the largest reunion ever held
and the splendid Reuns.n Committee have
provided comforts, pleasures and enter
tainments for the old Veterans, Sponsors.
Maids of Honor, Sons and Daughters of
Veterans, Military Escorts. and all visit
ors of all classes. upon the most magniti-
cent scale ever before attempted Please
urge all Veterans Sons and Daughters and
their families and friends TO attend without
fail.
Business of the greatest importance will
demand careful consideration during the
Tenth Annual Reunion-suca as the best
methods of securing impartial history. and
10 enlist each State In the compilation and
preservation OF the history of her citizen
soldiery: the benevolent care through State
aid or otherwise of disabled, destitute or
aged veterans and the widows and orphans
of our fallen brothers-in-arms. the care
OF the graves of our known and unknown
dead buried at Gettysburg, Fort Warren.
Camps Merton, Chase. Douglas, Oakland
Cemetery at Chicago, Johnsons Island.
Cairo and at all other points: to see that
they are annually decorated, the head
stones preserved and protected. and COM
plete lists of names of our dead heroes
Win me location OF tneir last resting
place furnished TO their friends and rela-
tives through the -snedium Of our camps,
.his rescuing their names from oblivion
and handing them down in history. to as
sist the noble Daughters of the Confed-
eracy" to complete the monument to the
memory OF Jefferson Davis, President of
the Confederate States of America. and to
aid In building monuments TO other great
leaders, soldiers and sailors of the South:
10 make such changes in the Constitution
and bylaws as experience may sugges.
and other matters of general interest
Rev. s. Al. Palmer. D. D., the great
Southern Divine, who devoted himself to
Ministrial Service in the Army of. Ten
nessee during the war. has consented to
deliver the Grafton at the opening exercises
On May 30th-
Total number of camps now admitted
tesi with applications in for nearly one
hundred more.
Following is the list of camps by states
Texas, 2s1: South Carolina. 1sl: Georgia.
LII. Alabama, 1el, Arkansas. Is. Missouri,
IS; Miss, as. Tenn. IS: Louisiana 81. ker-
lucky, So: North Carolina. Sc: Virginia, AZ:
Florida, So; Indian Territors24: West yir-.
ei;iis. el: Oklahoma. "a; Maryland. 10.
California. 4: New Mexico. 5: Illinois, Q;
Montana, .: District OF Columbia. .; Color
ado. 2: Indiana, !: Massachusetts,. 1; Ohio,
j. Arizona