The age-herald., 1900-05-30
Thousands of Veterans Journey to Kentucky TO BE COMRADES AGAIN Tenth Annual Reunion Will Be-
 gin at l2 O'clock. CITY FLOODED WITH SPONSORS The Old Soldiers Predict This Will Be the Greatest of All Reunions
 Since the Ending of
 the Strife
CITY FLOODED WITH SPONSORS

Louisville, Ky, May 29.-The tenth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veter- ans will begin tomorrow at 12 noon in the splendid new hall erected for this occasion by the people of Louisville. The ex-Con- federates and the other visitors have found Louisville swathed with bunting, the stars and bars of the Confederacy predominating The building in the busi :ess part of the city that is not gaily bedecked is so seldom seen that it is hardly noticed, so generally have the business structures been decorated. Be- sides providing hall especially for the use of the Confederates Louisville has appoint cd committees of her most prominent citi- zens to see to the comfort of the visitors, and so far the work has been splendidly done
 Tomorrow's proceedings of the reunion will be merely opening exercises. The only real business that will be transacted will be the appointment of committees on ere dentials and resolutions Each division commander will appoint one member of each of these committees, and the real bus mess of the reunion will be inaugurated on Thursday morning, when these commit tees make their reports.
 General Gordon Arrives
 General John B. Gordon, the commander in-chief, arrived today. He went at once to the headquarters of Adjutant General George Moorman where he remained until lunch time. As soon as 1t became known that the commander-in-c chief was present there was rush of visitors Many old comrades called to pay their respects. Gen. al al; tod with the arrangements for the session.
 Tt will be the greatest in the history of the organization" he said.
 He also stated that the decorations were most suitable and that everything was thor oughly in accord with the spirit of the gathering.
 General Gordon took lunch at the Pen dinis club ". Judge H. w. Bruce and other friends. He left this afternoon for Bloomington, Ind, but will return to Louis vile tomorrow morning.
 The hour of the great parade of Fri day, which had waited on General Cor don's coming, was fixed for Friday at ? p. m., after the commander-in-chief had been consulted. This time was chosen in stead of 1:30 a. m., so as not to interfere with the business session of the reunion.
 Greatest of All Reunions
 -Adjutant-General Meorman, who has es- tablished headquarters at the Louisville hotel, expects this reunion to be the great est ever held by the confederate vetrans T think" he said today, "as I have said all the time, that this will be the largest reunion we have ever held. All the states are sending larger delegations. Oklahoma for instance, is sending much greater delegation. She usually sends about ten veterans. This year there will be seventy five persons from there, of course not all veterans. Forty-six of them came on the same train with me.
 During the five days, if the railroads can carry them all, should think there will be from 5000 to 100000 people here. I expect from 15,OOO to 10000 veterans.
 q am inclined to think General Joseph Wheeler may come He generally slips in on us when we are not expecting him and I should not be surprised if he did so this year. He is commissary-gene on Gen. eral Gordon's staff General Wade Hamp- ton is i'll, and of course will not be here. General Longstreet I do not think will come.''
 The place of Bishop Ellison Capers of Columbia, S. C., in next Sundays services General Moorman announced, will be taken by the Rev.-J. William Jones of Richmond. Bishop Capers, who was a brigadier in the confederate army, is unable to be here on account of the illness of his wife. The Rev. Jones is the father of the Rev. Car ter Helm Jones and the Rev. F. Pendleton Jones and was in the army of Northern Virginia. He was also a close friend of General Lee and Jefferson Davis.
 General Moorman also announced that United States Senator James H. Berry of Arkansas would speak at noon Thursday on Heroes and Incidents of the Trans Mississippi Department"
 Some Important Business
 Not only in attendance, but in the pure- ly business matters considered. this re- One matter is the proposal to equalize Con- federate states paying pensions to their veterans. Each state has scheme of its own and scale of its own. A resolution passed by the legislature of Florida sug- gests that. the southern states equalize these pensions. It was submitted to the reunion last year at Charleston, s. C., and the reunion passed a resolution, request ing that General Gordon appoint com- mittee of three to report at this reunion. and the report of this committee Is ex- pected.
 The report of the historical committee Is, always an important feature of a reunion The special duty of this committee is to examine histories of the south that are