The age-herald., 1900-05-28
ALL READY FOR
 GREAT REUNION
Advance Guard of the Veterans
 Now in Louisville.
INTERESTING PROGRAMME
Veterans Has Been Completed and Will Seat Over
 S,OOOPersons

Louisville, Ky, May 26-The tenth an- Veterans will meet in this city on next Wednesday. It is expected, considered numerically, that the tenth annual reunion will surpass any of the nine reunions pre- viously held, and a conservative estimate is that 150,000 visitors will be in Louisville during the week.
 Every arrangement has been made for entertaining such a crowd The commit tees have been at work for months, and all that now remains is for Kentucky to welcome, in Kentucky fashion, its thous. ands of guests.
 The court of honor, on Jefferson street, opposite the court house, where the great reviewing stands have been erected is an imposing structure. The great white arch Is surmounted on either end by eagles, while in the center stands a Confederate shield. By day it can be seen in it's dag zling whfteness for blocks and by night it will be ablaze with hundreds of electric lights Reunion hall, built in honor of the Confederate Veterans, and situated at Sixth and Water streets, where it over looks the beautiful falls of the Ohio has been completed.
 Hall Will Seat 5000
 The hall itself will hold 5000 chairs. with standing room for 10000 people. balcony extends all around the inside On every window is the name of a battle where not less than 300 men were Killed, and inter- spersed are the names of the beloved lead CTS of the confederacy The main window IS directly over the stage, and it bears this inscription: Less than 100 900 fighting men surrendered after enduring four years of suffering. The survivors of these are here today and Kentucky is proud and happy" The advance guard of the old confeder- ates has already begun to come in They are mostly from the neighboring Ken lucky towns, and come in small detach- ments so as to be on the ground early State headquarters have been opened for the divisions of each state represented in the United Confederate association Major General George Moorman will be the first or the chief officers to reach Louisville. He will arrive tomorrow morning General John B. Gordon, the commander-in-chi and Rev. B. M Palmer of New Orleans the opening day orator will arrive on Tuesday. General Gordon's staff is com posed of the following officers:
 Major-General George Moorman, New orleans, adjutant-generaI and chief of staff; Brigadier-General J. T. Shipp Chat tanooga, quartermaster-genera Brigader- General c. H. Tebault, M. D., New Or leans, surgeon-general; Brigadier- General J. William Jones, D. D. Crozet, Va, chap lain-general; Brigadier-G General Bennett H. Young, chief of ordnance; Lieutenant-Gen- eral Joseph Wheeler, Alabama, commissa- ry-generaI; Major-GeneraI William H. Jackson, Nashville, Tenn chief of arti- lery; Major-General Robert F. Hoke, North Carolina, inspector-general; Major General M. c. Butler, South Carolina judge advocate-general; Major General w. B. Bate, Tennessee, judge advocate-gen- eral.
 Al Interesting Programme
 The programme for the entire five days of the reunion has been arranged so as to provide many interesting feature. The convention will assemble on Wednesday at noon in Reunion hall and after addresses of welcome by Mayor Weaver of Louisville representatives of the various commercial bodies of the city and the local confederate camps, response will be made by General John B. Gordon commander, ,in-chief. The exercises will be concluded with an oration by Rev. B. M. Palmer of New Orleans. The afternoon will be given over to a business session. At night there will be various amusements, including a concert at Library hall by the famous Stonewall Jackson bri- gade band and glee club An old-fashioned basket picnic will serve to pass away pleas antly the early morning of Thursday Vari- ous business sessions will be held in the forenoon, and in the afternoon a reception will be given by the Daughters of the Con- federacy. Fireworks on the Ohio river and grand ball at Reunion hall will claim att tention in the evening. Friday is the day of the big parade, which will take place the afternoon. In the evening a ball will pc given at the auditorium for the officers The most important feature of Saturday Will be the decoration of the confederate graves at Cave Hill cemetery. Sunday afternoon special exercises will be held at Reunion hall in honor of the 92nd birthday of the only president of the confederacy. Jefferson Davis. The principal oration will be delivered by the Rev J. w. Jones of Virginia and talks will also be made bv General John B. Gordon, General Simon Bolivar Buckner of Kentucky and others.