Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-21
OFF.
FOR DALLAS
REUNION
THE HEROES OF THE GRAY ARE
ASSEMBLING IN THE TEXAS.
TOWN THIS WEEK IN LARGE
NUMBERS.

Confederate Veterans, several hundred
strong, left for Dallas yesterday. Two
of the Atlanta camps Atlantis camp l59,
and Camp Walker. together with q large
party Of their friends, left on a spe-
cial train yesterday afternoon at 4:SO
o'clock over the Western and Atlantic
railroad. They will go via Memphis and
Texarkana. The train on which they will
travel is gaily decorated with .bunt-
ing and flags and carry Il streaming ban-
ner with the name of the camp.
Among those who are in the party
from Atlanta camp $50 are Captain u. >.
Arnall, commander; Judge w. L. Cal
noun, Judge S. H. Landrum, ]. n. Wood,
and wife, B. L. Hern. DR.. w. NJ. Dur
ham, his daughter. Miss Lucy Durham,
and friend. Miss Mary McClellans of De-
catur; r. M. Cowan. John Williams, Josh
Crawford and wife, d. N.eFreeman, NJ.
Rodgers, ]. L. Wilson, superintendent of
the Confederate Veterans home; William
Jacks, c. Jacks, DR.. John NJ. Green and
wife, II. II. Smith. H. G. Billingsley, NJ.
]. Prisack, F. NJ. Hadley, Jasper n.
Smith, Paul Landrum, T. ]. Ryan, Rev.
Sam NJ. Garrett A A. Smith, NJ. M. To-
land. w. H. Nance, ]. c. HUFF, Hon. w.
T. Smith and wife. the latter of Buford.
The members of Camp A. of Wheeler's
cavalry, left yesterday afternoon by
way of tho Atlanta and West Point road.
Among those in the party are
Colonel John s.. Prather, commander;
Major Nathan Lyon, w. c. DO6son, Cap
tain Joe Kingsberry. Colonel Jefferson M.
Faulkner, Captain Lynch, Lieutenant W.
L. Stanton, w. H. Freeman, Captain c.
L. Sims, DR.. T. D. Longino and others.
A delegat ton from Social Circle, Monroe
and Covington Joined the two Atlanta
camps on the special train over the West
ern and Atlantic railroad.
q - Co.
lima, commanding a delegation of nearly
500 veterans from that state, arrived in
Atlanta in a special train over the South
ern railway Saturday morning and
left at $50 o'clock over the Atlanta and
West Point railroad. The train over the
latter road was run as the second section
of train 80 which left at $50 o'clock and
on which there was a large delegation OF
veterans
A large number of veterans left for
Dallas Friday. Atlanta is the main
distributing point for several states and
several thousand veterans will stop over
both on their way to and from the reun-
ion.
Among the veterans who left Atlanta
Friday afternoon was General Clement
A. Evans commander of the Georgia d.
vision of the United Confederate veterans.
General Evans was enthusiastic over the
prospects for the reunion. He said II
promised to be the greatest ever held.
The people at Dallas who have charge
of the reunion arrangements are expect
ing the largest crowd of veterans who
have ever attended a reunion, but it is
thought that the veterans will be out
numbered by their friends,
The following gentlemen have been Sc
lected from Camp Walker, u. c, ", to at
tend the reunion and win leave in a
sleeper chartered for them by F. A. Hill
burn:
j. Sid Holland, who is commander of the
camp, and his wife; r. S. Ozburn and
wife, r. A. Hiiburn and wife, DR.. NJ. G.
Martin and wife. w. d. Jones, w. H.
BEETLE, j. B. L. Boswprth. d. w. Lyon,
w ]. Langston. G. b. Walker, ]. g.
Ramsey, q. ]. Smith. A. B. Andrews, I. N.
Farmer, j. H. Cook, ]. A. Blankenship,
d. w. Johns, Joseph S. Afford. ]. ].
Hammett, w. j. Scarborough. Joseph Da-
Wis, J. II. Gilbert w. ]. Walton, r. E.
Charles, ]. r. Stamps and quite number
of gentlemen from the camp, who, while
not delegates, will attend the reunion and
mingle with their friends of the sixties.
The Uniformed Daughters of Camp
Walker consisting of the daughters of
the members, wearing gray uniforms, will
also attend the reunion and will add
much to the presentation which Camp
Walker will make in Dallas. The follow
ing young ladies will go:
Miss ola Afford, Miss Gertrude 'Alfordi
Miss Pauline Ozburn, Miss Gurda Nc
Kown. Miss Montez McKown, Miss wy
mona McKown, Miss Annie Ozburn, Miss
Sara Andrews, Miss Maud Burnham, Miss
Maggie Harper, Miss, Mollie Delay, Miss
Flora Langston. Miss Minnie Bette Miss
Ora Hilburn, Miss Rosa Cherry and Miss
Ella Smith.