The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-18
Veterans Reunion.

The reunion begins on Tuesday and the
veterans are to be in by uesday and We'd
| nesday night.
On Wednesday there is to be a big pa
rade, headed by Generals Hoke, Ransom,
Lane Cox, Roberts and Carr. On that
day the veterans will be admitted to the
State Fair without any charge The p1.
| rade will begin at the camp on the Gamer
on lands and reaching the Fair Grounds
will pass around the circle. The marshals
of the State Fair have rendered the use
of their horses to the mounted officers
There will be furnished free to all
veterans who attend quarters in the tents,
| straw for bedding. Other bedding is to
be brought by the soldiers and cots can be
secured at a small cost by writing to
Quartermaster Jacob S. Allen. Fuel, ice
J water coffee and bread will be furnished
| free on Wednesday.
The camp will be ready for the veterans
on Tuesday afternoon and that there may
be accommodation for all who come. a
request is made that all who wish quart
ers at once notify Quartermaster Allen.
The veterans will be in camp on Tuesday
and Wednesday nights. and while they
are away their effects will be guarded by
a special detail from the Old Soldiers
Home, the men there having volunteered
to perform this guard duty.
The people of the city will see that each
veteran who attends has royal good
time
Veterans who get sick here will be care
fully looked after by DR.. R. S. McGeachy.
who is visiting physician to the Soldiers
Home and the surgeon of the Henry Bur
| gwyn Camp of Confederate Veterans. He
has rendered his services and they have
been accepted by General Carr.
AT 4: 80 o'clock the ladies of the city
will give the old soldiers dinner, which
| will be in the nature of an informal
banquet The committee in charge an
nounces with pleasure that for the pur-
poses of this dinner, DR.. George t. Win
ston, President of the A. and NJ College,
with his usual forethought and considera-
tion on all patriotic occasions, has kindly
rendered the use of the large and elegant
dining hall of the college This act of
generosity on the r,nrt of DR.. Winston is,
needless to say, highly appreciated by the
committee, and it is with great pleasure
that they accept his Kind offer, feeling
sure the dinner can be served with more
comfort and enjoyment in the capacious
dining hall than on the open grounds.
The committee of ladies in charge OF
! TIE dinner COHSlStS Oh MIS-. L. b. WOlnack.
Mrs. ]. w. Hinsdale, and Mrs. Garland
Jones.
The dining hall and auditorium will be
decorated with Confederate flags and ban
ners. There will be seats for six or seven
hundred veterans, with tables for the gen.
erals and staff. 1t is expected that all
living North Carolina generals will be
present and sit at the head of the table
Cigars and a smoker will follow the din
ner, and there will be some after dinner
speeches. Immediately from the dining
hall the veterans will adjourn to the an-
ditorium for the meeting
Wednesday morning the veterans will
march from Cameron Field to the Fair
Grounds, and march back to the college
in time for the dinner at half past four
O'Clock.
Immediately following the banquet the
Confederate Veterans Association will
meet in the new auditorium of the Pullen
Memorial Building at the A. and M. Col.
lege There will be speeches by prominent
ex-Confederates and others, and music
will be furnished by the college band
In the afternoon at four o'clock there
will be a dress parade of the A. and NJ.
College cadets on the college campus
The following special order has been
issued:
Headquarters Second Brigade.
North Carolina Division u c. V.
Pittsboro. N. c., Oct II, 1903
SPECIAL ORDER:
l. Commanders of Camps will report
as soon as possible after they have ar
rived at Raleigh the number of men they
have with them and the number that will
join in parade.
II. They will assemble their comrades
at the Camp on Wednesday at 1880 a. m.
promptly for parade.
Ill All Confederate Veterans are re-
quested to join in with their county camp
in the parade.
IIII. Staff officers will report for duty
as soon as they arrive in the city.
| BY order of
/ w. l.. LONDON.
! Brgadier General Commanding.
J. G. RENCHER,
! Lit Col and Chief of Staff