The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-05-11
LINE OF MARCH
Outlined by the Chief Marshal
Gen. Gordon.
REUNION PLANS DEVELOPING
into n Fixed State of Completion-Ths
Grand Ball as the Brilliant Feature
of the Entertainment Work.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 6.-Gen. G. W.
Gordon, who will be chief marshal OF
the mammoth parade on the last official
day of the Confederate Reunion, has
given out his plans for the line of march.
As has hitherto been the custom, the
Army of Virginia will be placed at the
head of the procession, as the post OF
honor. The Army of Tennessee follow S
and the third position is assigned TO the
Trans-Mississippi Department. This
will form the body of the parade. Follow.
ing the Veterans come the divisions of
Sons of Veterans, occupying the same
order, the Army of Northern Virginia
again taking first place. The sponsors
and maids of honor of the Sons of Vet
Grams for the three divisions, for the
commander-in-chief and the Forrest
Camp, will be the only sponsors rec.
onized unless the order is modified. In
the rear of the Sons of Veterans and
bringing up the rear will be the local
military companies and visiting mill.
tary companies.
The present order is only general in
character, and the formation and order
of parade, the line of march, and the
details in connection Herewith, will be
announced in future orders.
1t may Low be said that in general
the work of the different sub-com-
mittees is rapidly formulating into a
completeness in every way desirable for
the perfection of the greatest Reunion
of Veterans ever held in the country.
The immense Confederate Hall rears
its roof high above the business blocks
along Front street, and requires only
a few more weeks for it's completion.
Residents are furnishing their spare
rooms with ~cots-public buildings all
over the city have finally been con-
tracted for and engaged for sleeping
quarters-the commissary department
reports enough provisions for the grand
encampment, and in all the different
ramifcations of the work progress is
sure and satisfactory.
An outline sketch of the official pro-
gram has been prepared by Temporary
Chairman Gen. G. w. Gordon, of this
city, and is as follows:
Tuesday, May 2s.-Calling conven
ton to order at 10 Am. by Temporary
Chairman G. w. Gordon; invocation by
Rev. William Jones, chaplain-genera
United Confederate Veterans; singing
of the doxology; address of welcome t.
Veterans by Gov Benton McMillin
: on behalf of the State; address of wei
come to Veterans and visitors by Mayo
j. j. Williams, on behalf of the City o
Memphis; address of welcome to visit
ing SOM of Veterans by Right Rev
Bishop Gailor, on behalf of the loca
Sons of Veterans; address of welcom
to Veterans by Senator Thomas B. Tu1
lev, on behalf of local Veterans In
executive committees; brief general re
marks by Temporary Chairman Ger
G. w. Gordon, of Memphis, who wi
conclude by introducing Gen. John I
Gordon, and turning the conventio
over to him.
Wednesday, May 29.-Conventio
meets in business session probably a
$3.50 am. Convention reassembles /
business session at . o'clock pm
Thursday, May 80. -Convention meet
in business session probably at $3.50 a. Il
. Final adjournment. Parade at 49,
pm.
1t is not expected that this progral
will be changed to any great exten
1t does not, of course, include the hui
dreds of amusements, exhibitions, ell
tertainments, etc, mention of whic
will be made at a later date.
The Grand Ball.
In settling the much talked of que
ton of the grand ball, to be given
Thursday night of the Confederate R
union, the general executive commits
has at last disposed of one of the mo
perplexing entertainment problem
= that has thus far presented itself f
solution. The ball will be a pay affal
ng instead of being free to all visitors.
sh- has been found impossible to do 9th
So. thar this, owing to the fact that, viii
ac- the ballroom in Confederate Hall W
'ed be the largest one iu the South, the
~ will be such an immense crowd in
tn. tendance as to preclude any possibili
TIL of making the affair a social success.
u.. is feared that if the hall is throw
inc open to a free public the result will
md an overcrowded and unsuccessful fur
ton. As now decided, the ball will
q brilliant one. -.
The Sponsors.
The most important feature of
md order issued is that it settles the poi
lrly in regard to sponsors. There will
d allowed one carriage each for the spt
'on. sors of the three departments and
the eighteen divisions, making a total
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