The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-04
HARD TO SECURE
MEET|NG-PLACES
Plan for Reunion Is to Give All
States a Different
Rendezvous.
TARHEELs IN SANGER HALL
Jake Wells Offers Part Of Allen
Hotcl-Colonel Gordon Hard
at Work.

| Colonel John w. Gordon. general
| chairman of tho Confederate Reunion
! committees, is still In n state of per.
| plexity as to headquarters for many
| of the veterans who are to come here
to attend the meeting of the Grand
Camp.
The arrangements for sleeping places
for the old soldiers are in pretty good
shape. but some difficulty has been
experienced in getting buildings that
will serve as meeting places for the
ex-Confederates Of the different Soutn-
crn States.
According to the plan followed ut
all reunions each State has differ.
cnt rendezyous--a place where It's own
people can meet and mingle together
in social converse.
Tho North Carolina contingent. for
instance. will be quartered at Sanger
Hall. while another delegation WIZ
utilize the old Crenshaw House. Jake
Wells also has come to the rescue. and
done the handsome thing by Offering
tho use of certain apartments in the
Hotel Allen now located in the build
ing opposite the City Hall. Ho is to
move shortly to the old Valentine
House, and therefore Is in II poStion
TO vacate the rooms used ut present
az bar and dining-room. Their sit
uaton is most admirable, and Mr..
Wells's generosity is greatly appre-
ciated by Colonel Gordon.
Tho general chairman would have
great weight lifted off his mind II other
property of this class could be of1ercu
the old soldiers on reasonable terms. II
Is not the purpose to use the rooms Tor
sleeping apartments. but simply rs offices
and meeting places. The buildings. TO
be available. should be somewhere near
the centre of tho city. They VIII be
Piano for Tarheels.
1t looks now as II the Johnny Reos
from North Carolina are going to carry
the town by storm when the reunion be-
gins. Their headquarters at Sanger Hall
Will be well fitted up, and VIII nave
many conveniences-not to say, ilwuries--
which the old soldiers of other States
will not be able to afford.
A magnificent piano has been hired,
and In addition to this the Tarheels Will
them. Their chaplain also is coming. and
VIII look after the spiritual welfare OF
the veterans. An enormous flag will pro-
claim the whereabouts OF the Carolinians
to the world, and something will be do
ing at their rendezvous all the time. 1t
Is said that they have also ordered some
exceedingly handsome badges, and that
their sponsors and maids of honor will
have beautiful jeweled souvenirs lavished
upon them.
Unless all the predictions arc erroneous,
the contingent from the Old North State
VIII number nearly five thousand. and
themselves colony that will make
Richmond hum.
1t is the purpose OF Colonel Gordon.
In planning for the headquarters OF the
respective States, to keep registers of all
tho city's guests, and to gather personal
information which will enable all to ind
strangers without the slightest difficulty.
This system viii save a great deal of
useless
Every man who comes into the city as
q veteran will be asked to register at
the rendezvous OF his own State.
Endless Work Required.
While the plans for the reunion arc
pr9gressns rapidly Il should not be
making the ARRANGEMENTS have had an
easy time of It, Endless work has been
REQUIRES of them, nor will it cease un-
III Richmond says adieu TO the LAST of
her guests. problem after problem has
Colonel Gordon. whose re-
sponsbilit!es have been enormous, but
he Is gradually clearing the difficulties
from his path.
1t seems now that there may be
shortage of horses and carriages
in the city during the reunion week
difficulty. The demand for horses and
carriages will be especially great on
May goth, the day of the Stuart AiOnu-
ment unwilling, and on June Sd, the
yelled.
Captain John Thompson Brown,
chairman Of the committee on parade.
is now deeply engrossed In his plans
for tha two great professions, which
will be the most spectacular features
of the reunion. The assignment of
positions to the many ORGANIZATIONS
which are to march is a work that re-
quires great care and tact, and no little
experience.
A most welcome addition to the roy
union fund came yesterday in the form
of a sos contribution from Mrs. John
Addison.