The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-01
From Lightly to Ninety Thousand
Visitors Attending Reunion
! iii Richmond.
ALL ESTIMATES roo SMALL
notwithstanding This Committee
Still Has Large Number OF
Rooms at Command.

a sober second day review OF tho
crowd assembled In Richmond shows
that tho number OF people attending
the reunion has been undcrestlmated.
There are n larger number OF people in
Richmond than ever before IN tho his
tory OF the city, and the fact that there
hns bech so little confusion and that
the crowd In attendance has been UNI
dcrestimatcd, shows tho caro- and skill
With which the various committces
have handled the work Of securing
quarters.
$4,000 Veterans Here.
Adjutant-General Mlclsle, who is III
charge OF the official records OF the
United Confederate Veterans. issued a
statement when the body ad journed for.
dinner yesterday to tho effect that up
to that timo about $500 members OF
the United Confederate Veterans had
registered at headquarters. a large
VINO. are not official delegates 10 the
sessions OF tho United Confederate
Veterans. are also In tho city. d
:, There q. are $500 veterans quartered at
Camp John w. Gordon, only q part OF
whom arc delegates from their home
camps. !, n =, 80
Sfr. James N Boyd, chairman OF tho
hnance committee OF tho reunion. who
served se,s, IN ! o similar capacity ut the
there were not fower than 5000 actual
Confederate veterans IN tho city, count
Ing In those privately entertained In
edition 70 this number there are the
Daughters Of Confederacy, tho Con-
federate Memorial Association, spon-
sors. maids OF honor and vast num-
Der of visitors.
Some EstimntcA.
General Charles j. Anderson, the Ad-
! jutant-General OF the State OF Virginia
ence in observing large bodies OF PEG.
! pie, says that there arc from $4,000 to
300 700 visitors In the city, the number
far exceeding that of any former gath
doubled since the last reunion. and
4 there arc several Thousand more pri.
vatc homes, oil of which are now filled
At tho headquarters OF Colono
Charles T.. Ioehr, in the shafcr Build
ing. last night. It was stated that there
was still an abundance OF ROOM TIL.
Office has on file the lists OF boarding
places and private homes who Will take
care OF dodgers. men or women, par
ties. or any sort of arrangement, a
rates from fifty cents to n dollar pei
night, and in many cases meals cat
]. also be secured at reasonable rates. Al
VINO are not comfortably quartere(
!. should communicate with this office
, Room 25. Shafer Building. phon
! sos. Tho office OF this committee
since the crowds began coming in, ha
assigned boarding quarters to betwee,
: $4,000 and 10000 people. ana have We
to receive their first .kick" on thes
quarters. Mr.. WilliamN Lochr and Mi
Maddox are keeping the office open nj
night. and the good work will be con
, tlnued until some time on Monday. n
people continue to como IN, over 200
applying for quarters yesterday
Plenty of Room.
/. Although quite a number left TIL
city yesterday, some giving up and GO
!. ing home on account OF the ba
: weather. and others living nearby 90
: ing homo, to return for Mondays cele
0 bration the number coming In ha
. more than taken their places. and til
( assemblage of people in Richmond las
: night was as great us on the nigh
. before.
! Though Camp Gordon is filed to 1t
. utmost capacity with veterans. tt,
: committee on entertainment OF veteran
: still has comfortable quarters In son,
4 OF the large warehouses OF the cit.
\, where cots can be secured. The me
: quartred here, however, will have t
a go out to the camp for their meals. {
n 60 to nearby restaurants.