The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-04-08
WAR STORIES.
New Orleans Planning for the Great
Reunion.

IL ohhUo IL vi VIC NUUltOCIdC
Veterans Association, which is to be
held t.iereH next May, one Of the larg-
est and most successful reunions ever
held by the veterans.
The following circular, telling of
New Orleans plans for the occasion,
has been issued
"New Orleans, March n, 1903
New Orleans has determined that the
annual reunion Of the United Confed-
crate Veterans, which willtake place
in the Crescent City May 10, 20, 81
and 90, shall be the most momcntous
gathering Of the odd soldier boys
ncld 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 tt trying times forty
odd years ago. The Southern metro
polls stands for, possibly, tho greatest
aggregate Importance, financially and
socially, in a wonderfully prosperous
South. 1t Witnessed it's homes deple-
ted Of thousands and thousands Of
brave souls who left their families
and their belongings to take up arms
id q 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
ct the first call, and who have survived
the vioissitudes Of fortune and of fate
'nriug the loog interim, stand with
open arms ready to welcome to their
homes and to their lasting affections
their brothers who had stood ON the
line amid the storm and fury which
market the aTsfui battles G: tic Civil
War.
Because Of these memories, and
because of the associations which be-
gan near half q century since and
which have been kept alive by the
fires Of o patriotic sentiment, the old
soldiers Of the Crescent City are de-
termined to make the welcome they
will accord their one-time companions
the warmest on record. And, in this,
they will be supported and assisted by
every man, woman and child in the
city Of New Orleans, all Of whom will
a%nxiously count the days until they
g number the entire host of old
Confederate Veterans as their loved
and honored guests.
1.-THE material side Of the reception
20 the United Confederate Veterans is
rapidly assuming d definite and tangi-
bic form. Realizing the Importance
Of making the reunion a red letter CO.
casion in the annals Of these s%urviv-
.rs Of the Confederaoy, New Orleans
has determined to raise o fund Of
800, 900, which will be expended in
providing adequate entertainment,
both Of body and of mind, during the
several days Of the convention. A,
large number of committe es have been
appointed under the supervision and
direction Of the Confederate camps in
New Orleans aand Of Louisiana, and
these committees are hard at work en-
~deavoring to perfect tho details Of the
reunion.
"In on interview with Colonel J. A.
Harral, aid-de-camp on the staff Of
General John B. Gordon and chair.
man of the press committee, acommits
tee composed CO the newspaper men Of
the city, it was demonstrated that the
entire situation he'd been carefully
considered and that the local forces
are moving quietly, yet rapidly, in ON
aggregate effort, to the end that moth
ing may be found wanting when the
dawn Of the reunion heralds the arri-
val Of the old gray-clad heroes. From
Colonel Harral it is learned that the /!
railroads centering in New Orleans
are making every arrangement neces-
sary for the handling Of the members
of the $500 camps which comprise
the entire organization Of the veter-
ans. The rates will be made low
enough to prove an incentive to even
the most humble Of the old "vets,"
who will find this feature no impedi-
ment in his desire to reach the con-
Yention.
1.-THE committee on accommodation
has arranged for q system Of room
i:s.:ss which, in addition to the ac-
eon.siodation provided by the hotels,
will enable the visitors to be taken
care ofsWiEhont; the annoying waits so
frequent on oeoasions Of the kind un-
der consideration. At least ten thou
sand rooms viii be registered with the
~aaveral Contamination bureaus provided