The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-23
OLD SOLDIERS
ARE IN CAMP
They Come by Hundreds from
All Parts Of State,
OKLAHOMA HAS MANY MEN
Who Came Here to Meet Old
Acquaintance.
OKLAHOMA HAS MANY MEN

Early yesterday morning the old sol
oilers. wearers Of both the blue and the
gray. began to arrive and went immedi-
ately to the camp grounds in South
riverside park and made their prepara-
tons for camping out the entire week.
Although rain poured down ali morn
ing ana the greater part OF the after
noon the floors Of the tents were not
even damp. the canvas being pitched on
high ground and with a perfect drain
age system Today hundreds Of vet
Grams VIII arrive. Nearly four hun
drea tents are now pitched 81 the park
and this morning q squad Of men Will
set up nifty more and this number prom
Uses TO be insufficient 10 accommodate all
VINO desire tents. The local committee
has made arralee Ients to have another
fifty tents set up If this number is need.
ed
Besides those IN camp, there are sew
eral hundred veterans who cannot stay
r. camp and have secured sleeping places
down town. ard many more viii stay
with friends and relatives in the city.
This is the biggest reunion ever held in
the state. and the number of old sol
diers who WI attend has far exceeded
the most sansuine expectations Of the
local committee and the department
commander.
Today Battery A. K. n c. will so into
camp and legin the reunion az 930 with
q salute. Half an hour later the plat
form exercises wifi begin in the big audi
toriun SIR J. Af- Knapp. chairman Of
the local committee viii formally open
the reunion and turn the reunion over
to Department Commander LOOMS.
ana WHOM this is done the entire audience
VIII arise and salute the commander
l. TrF eF 7raff
Ecs,stein VIII deliver the address of well
come followed 10y a response by Colonel
Joomis on The part Of the O. A. r. In
this response the department commander
VIII turn the reunion over 10 the local
committee
sanford's band viii re on the grounds
and furnish music between the addresses
and there VIII be q number Of recita-
tiors, songs and dsills 20 enliveE the
meeting
The following is the list Of speakers
for today In Just what order they viii
speak was rot definitely decided on last
night. The -ldresses VIII be interspersed
with music.
Mrs Mason. local president. ". r. C.
Mrs. Emma Forte. state president, ".
Il c.
Mrs Lucy r. Jones. tx-president W
col J. C. Moore Of Enid.
Or Mckay Of Perry.
w T. Henry, eX-depa-tment command
er of Missouri.
S r. Fink Of Win6sld
Miss Grace Chapmai viii preside at
the piano for all song and drills. There
are two drum corps On the grounds, one
from Douglas and ore from Yates Cen
ter and many othe- forms of amuse-
ment for the old slider. At night no
long speeches viii e made. "A campfire
will be held and he stories OF army
life and the old d9's discussed
ar G. H. Hoyt < Lawrence. the Kan
sas busler for th' reunion al Washing
ton is here and also Captain d. II
Sweeney Of Dodgf City is on the grounds
to assist the doartment commander.
There are q lImber Of headquarter
tents scattered over the grounds and
many states hSe reunion headquarters
Of their own II old soldiers have been
requested by sc department command
ers If the sta.s TO report at their own
headquarters I'd register Nearly every
state that IA q regiment in the war is
preparing a oster Of the members Of
each regimes and the request that al
register is nde that the names and ad-
dresses mar be secured