The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-19
GOING To DALLAS
SAVANNAH VETERANS TRIP To
TEXAS REUNION.
NET TO PLAN FOR IT.
SAVANNAH WILL BE WELL REPRE-
sENTED IN THE CONVENTION.

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MIR. j. VI. SOIomOns, at which Ways
and Means Were Dfscussed-Trip
viii Be Made in a Special Car, in
which Veterans VIII sleep While
at DaIIas-COmmissary Depart
ment of Their own viii BE Car
ried-Journey VIII Begin Over the
CentraI-At Gathering Last Night
Old Stories Were Told and Old
Comrades Pleasantly Remembered.
| A special meeting of those members
/ of the Confederate Veterans Associa-
/ ton who expect 10 attend the reunion
/ of Confederates at Dallas next month,
was held mast night at the residence
| Of Mr.. J. N. Solomons, one of the most
! active and enthusiastic members of the
! association.
1t was a delightful gathering. Some
! business was, of course, transacted, but
as usual when these old heroes gather
/ together, there was more discussion of
| the days when they stood side by side,
in serried ranks. and faced a common
foe, than of anything else. Old stories
were recalled, old comrades were re-
membered-the evening was passed in
! reviving these pleasant memories.
/ Everybody is looking forward to the
! trip to Dallas as likely to furnish some
of the happiest experiences they have
] ever enjoyed. The route over which
/ the party will go, the manner in which
/ they will travel-even the method of
/ their subsistence along the way and
while they are in Dallas, were all de-
/ termined upon at the meeting last
night.
VIII GO April 20.
/ The trip will be made over the Cen
! trail of Georgia Railway, leaving Sa-
vannah on the night of Sunday, April
! 20. The Central will carry the veter-
/ ans and their friends to Birmingham,
I the Queen and Crescent to Shreveport,
via Meridian, Jackson and Vicksburg,
and the Texas and Pacific from that
| point to Dallas.
1t will be a journey almost ideal. 1t
will be made in special sleeping cars
furnished by the company and with
/ other pleasant accessories. The COM
1nissary department will be located in
a baggage car that will form part of
the special train. and in this the meals
will be cooked and served. Several
| of the wholesale grocery firms of the
| city have already expressed a desire to
! furnish the car with everything need
/ full, in the way of groceries, the veter-
ans can desire, if they will only agree
/ to accept the offer. A full corps of
cooks and walters will accompany the
party.
A special rate of $21.2O for the round
| trip has been made by the railroads,
and in addition to this the sleeping car
+ ,Of 6inc
IS for the trip, including the use of the
| car while in Dallas, and possibly not
| amounting to so much. This will de-
pend somewhat upon the number of
those who 60
some who VIII Go.
A number of those at the meeting in
| dicated their already fixed intention
of gathering with their old comrades
at Dallas, and in addition a number of
others have announced to the commit
! tees in charge a similar intention.
! Those who have practically decided to
go are: ]. NJ. Solomons, j. w. Nc
| Intire, T. n. Theus, c. F. Marmel-
stein, ] H. H. Osborne, d. B. Nor
| gan, W. H. Connerat, c. L. Jones,
John Knox. ]. K. P. Carr, Walter
| O'Mara, James Leonard, Robert Hunt,
w. F. Summons, L. c. Downs, w. H.
! McCreary L. A. Mccarthy, Patrick
Buttimer. NJ. NJ. Tunno, c. S. Ellis.
! P. D. Dafin, George P. Walker T. P.
Reynolds. A. K. Wilson, Julius Perrin
ski and c. F. Law.
In addition to the veterans Mr.. and
Mrs. w. G.. Brewer and Mr.. and Mrs.
| Nat Harrison will also make the trip.
Doubtless a number of others will
| add their names to this list in the
course of the next week or two during
| which time the committees in charge
will strive to secure the assent of every
possible member of both the camps,
and of the camps of Sons of Veterans
| to an agreement to attend.
BY Special Train.
1t is probable that the cars that will
leave Savannah will develop into a
special train before they have covered
any considerable part of the distance
they will travel. 1t was decided last
night to extend a special invitation to
the camps at Augusta, Macon, Dublin, |
Milledgeville and Brunswick, to have
their special cars join the train. and
to make the trip to Dallas in company
with the Savannah veterans.
1t will be a most enjoyable time,
there is no doubt for every man who
unites himself with the party. Every
body who made the trips to Louisville
and Memphis remembers how pleasant
were these occasions, and everybody
who has once had the experience will
be anxious to have it repeated.
The reunion in Dallas will last four
days, April %, %, "a and %, and prob
ably will be on a more elaborate scale |
than any reunion of the old Con |
feds" ever held in the past. The Sa-
vannah veterans are enthusiastic over
the trip. and"On, on to Dallas" was the