Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-03-22
THE DALLAS REUNION.
Programme to be Followed by South
Carolina Veterans.

The following, signed by c. Irvine
Walker, S. C. Division commander, and
James G. Holmes, adjutant general
chief Of staff, and dated at Greenwood
March IA, is published for the benefit
Of Confederate veterans who desire in
formation as to the next reunion OF
the U. G. ":
I. The twelfth annual reunion Of the
United Confederate Veterans will be
held at Dallas, Texas, April 22-25, 1902
The division commander urges upon
all the camps of the South Carolina d.
vision the sending Of large delegations
to this grand reunion. To how many
of us will it be the last time we shall
clasp hands with our, comrades.
II. The rate Of travel will be l cent
per mile. AS this VIII be a long trip,
arrangements have been made by
which tourists cars, with all the sub
stantial comforts Of the Pullman car
run by the Southern railway from
South Carolina to Dallas, and such
tourists cars as may be chartered by
camps will be parked while there for
use as homes for the veterans. The
special rate for the same will be an
nounced by the railroads.
III. Thinking always Of the convent
ence and comfort of his comrades, the
division commander has carefully
weighed the advantages presented Dy
the various routes to Dallas, consider
ing not only the advantages Of the Off
cial train going, but the regular sched-
ules of trains returning, to bring the
veterans easily to their homes, outside
Of and including the official train, and
has decided that the route by the
Southern railway is by far the Dest,
and the official train will go by this
route. This train will carry the tour
st sleepers from South Carolina. The
official train will leave Columbia, S. c.,
about midday, Sunday, April goth,
1902, after the hour of arrival Of trains
from Fort Mill, Rock Hill, ETC., from
Charleston; and trains by the A. c. L.
from eastern parts of the state. It will
go via Newberry, Greenwood, ETC., to
Greenville, where the trains from Char
lotte, Spartanburg, etc., will join 1t, and
thence on to Dallas. The comrades
from points in the western part Oh the
state will join the official train at At
lanta. 1t is scheduled to arrive at Dal-
las, a. m, April 22d. This movement
covers more nearly the whole state
than is possible by any other route.
w. The division commander recog-
nizes that he has no right, and GER
tainly has no inclination, to require
the comrades of the South Carolina di-
vision to go by any one route, and par
ticularly if any personal inconvenience
to the comrades, but he appeals to them
to support him in his decision of a
route, and to patronize the Southern"
the official route. He urges this, be-
cause:
1st. The trip is a long one, and all
South Carolinians going together places
them in pleasant communion during the
&c hours of the trip.
I'd. Parking the chartered tourist
cars from South Carolina together,
places the many South Carolinians oc-
cupying such cars when there, at home
together. 1t gives our state a local
habitation at the Dallas reunion.
Sd. If the veterans of the state desire
that their influence as body be felt In
the state. they must act together as a
unit. They can show their common
bond of friendship by endorsing their
official head and moving in mass.
The division commander feeling all
this, most earnestly urges the COM
rades of this division, for their own
comfort, their own pleasure, and the
interests of the division, to stand to-
gether, and all make the trip to Dali
las by the official route on the South
ern railway.