Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-06-10
FOR THOSE WHO WORE GRAY.
LOUISVILLE ETOKEEP STRING
ON THE OUTSIDE.
Annual National Reunion of The
United Confederate Vet
Grams to Be Held
There.
Special Dispatch to Evening Capital

Louisville, Ky, June l0-Louis
willie will keep the latch string on th'
outside next week and put the bis
pot in the little one in honor of th'
United Confederate Veterans, whos'
annual national reunion will briny
thousands of visitors to this city.
On the eve of the opening of th'
gathering it is apparent that the re
union is to be the largest in point o
numbers and the most elaborate il
! the matter of arrangements for enter
| tainment in the history of the annua
gatherings of the boys in gray. 1t il
believed that there will be more o.
the surviving Confederate General
at the coming reunion than at any
previous one. There are now between
forty and fifty of these generals scat
tered about the country, and wore
has been received by the committee il
charge of arrangements that almost
all of them are coming TO Louisvill,
to mingle again with their former
comrades in arms.
There will also be more camps rep
resented than at any former gathering
of the veterans. The reports also in
dictate that there will be more veter
diyidually, as we'll rs in commands
they will participate in the events OF
the week, clad in the gray similar t.
that worn by them in the COS. An
other feature of the reunion in the
matter of attendance will be the pres
ence of several score of those who
were surgeons in the Confederate
army. From widely separated parts
~. I'D
another distinctive and interesting
feature to the ensemble.
And while the veterans will bs
placed prominently to the front during
the week, with something provided
for his comfort and entertainment
every minute of the time, yet will
there be muOh of social gaiety and
brilliance for the younger set. There
will be more sponsors here and more
social features than on the occasion OF
any former reunion. The daughter
of General joe Wheeler has been
chosen sponsor-in. chief, and she will
be assisted by scores of the fairesI
daughters of the entire South, from
Maryland to Texas and from Missouri
TO Florida. Young men also will be
much IN evidence rs the reports indi
cate that the Sons of Confederate
Veterans, those to whom falls the
privilege of defending and perpetual
ing the traditions of the old South,
will turn out in force. Morning,
afternoon and night it will be ont
unbroken round Of pleasure for the
younger set
The big reunion ball will be given
at the Calf House. This, of course,
will be the largest and most brilliant
of the social features. The last even
ing of the reunion will be set aside
for an entertainment to be given by
the Daughters of the Confede1acy
The Daughters of the Confederacy
will keep open house during the en-
tire reunion. On Thursday night {
ball will be given by the Sons OF Con
federate Veterans. One of the man.
features for the entertainment OF thu
veterans will be a moonlight eXcur
sion on the Ohio River. This exour
sion, rendered to the Georgia Encamp
ment, will take place on Wednesda,
night. The affair will be similar Il
that given at the time of the Grant
Army national encampment here sew
eral years ago.