The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-15
UNITED
CONFEDERATE
VETERANS.
REUNION IN NEW OR
LEANS IN MAY.
Information of General Interest to the
Boys in Gray-Elaborate Prep
aratlons to Be Made

New Orleans March 14-New Or
leans has determined that the Annual
Reunion of the United Confederate Vet
Grams, which will take place in the Cres-
cent City May 70, co. 2I and p shall be
the most momentous gathering OF the
''old soldier boys held during the past
decade.
Representing, as it does, possibly the
most attractive point in the great South,
it is consequently dear to the hearts of
the men who fought and bled during
those trying times forty odd years ago.
The Southern metropolis stands for,
possibly, the greatest aggregate import
ance, financially and socially in Won
derfully prosperous South. 1t witnessed
its homes depleted of thousands of brave
souls who left their families and their
belongings to take up arms in a cause
for which they were ready to sacrifice
everything most dear. Thousands went :;
thousands remained away; and, the ones
who returned to take up the burdens
they had dropped at the first call, and
who have survived the vicissitudes of
fortune and Of fate during the long in
terim, stand with open arms ready to
welcome to their homes and to their
lasting affections their brothers who had
stood ION the line amid the storm and
fury which marked the awful battles of
the civil war.
Because of these memories, and be-
cause OF the associations which began
near a half century since and which
have been kept alive by the fires of pa
triotic sentiments the old soldiers of the
Crescent City are determined to make
the welcome they will accord their one
time companions the warmest on re-
cord. And in this they will be supported
and assisted by every man, woman, and
child in the city of Eew Orleans, all of
whom will anxiously count the days ui1-
til they can number the entire host of
old Confederate Veterans as their loved
and honored guests
The material side of the reception to
the United Confederate Veterans is rap
idly assuming a definite and tangible
form. Realizing the Importance of max
ing the reunion red letter occasion in
the annals of these survivors of the
Confederacy, New Orleans has deter
mined to raise fund of 100000 which
will be expended in providing adequate
entertainment, both of body and of
mind, during the several days of the
A large number of committees have
been appointed under the supervision
and direction Of the Confederate camps
in New Orleans and OF Louisiana, and
these committees are hard at work en-
deavoring to perfect the details of the
reunion.
In an interview with Colonel ]. A.
Harral, aide-de-camp on the staff of
General John B. Gordon and chairman
OF the press committee, a committee
composed of the newspaper men of the
city, it was demonstrated that the en-
ire situation has been carefully consid
cred and that the local forces are NOV
Ing quietly yet rapidly in an aggregate
effort to the end that nothing may be
found wanting when the dawn of the
reunion heralds the arrival Of the old
gray-clad heroes.
From Colonel Harral it is learned
hat the railroads centering in New Or.
cans are making every arrangement
necessary for the handling of the mem
oers Of the 1900 camps which comprise
he entire organization Of the Veterans.
The rates will be made low enough to
prove an Incentive to even the most
humble of the old Vets who will find
his feature no impediment in his de-
ire to reach the convention.
The committee on accommodations
nave arranged for a system of room
isting which, in addition to the accom-
nodation provided by the hotels, will
enable the visitors to be taken care of
without the annoying waits SO frequent
IN occasions of the kind under consid-
sration.
At least ten thousand rooms will be
-egistered with the several information
bureaus provided for the purpose, and
he committee has definite assurance
hat the rates for board and lodging
will be very reasonable
Arrangements have been made,
through the kindness of the United
States government officials, for large
number of army tents which will Be
pitched within the enclosure of the fair.
grounds. one Of the loveliest locations
]. The csts If New Orleans. well drained
-a provided pith eonseaaiences which