The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-06
REUNION NOW
ONLY A MEMORY. 4 IN ||'|
Officials Receive Many
Resolutions Of Thanks
and Approval.
COLONEL GORDON
ISSUES STATEMENT
Makes Signed ACKNOWLEDGING
OF the Valuable Assistance OF
the Committee Chairmcn.
Street Car Company
andPrcss Receive
Commendation.

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The seventeenth annual reunion OF
Tho United Confederate Veterans has
passed into history as tho most notable
gathering OF the survivors OF that great |
Btruggle between the States comprising
The American Commonwealth. Honored
ps II was BY the largest attendance OF
visitors which has ever assembled to
Witness Confederate gathering, kept
IN the public eye by tho press OF tho
country, North and South, marked by
two notable and extensive parades. and
leaving In it's wake two OF the most |
hrtistic and beautiful monuments in
this country, the reunion has been In
deed q SUCCESS which has amply re-
paid any expenditure of time and en-
crgy and money The gathering this
year lasted through Ave days instead
Of three days. as heretofore: through
two days the elements hurled their
worst storms upon city and camp. ne
ccssitating new arrangements for the
recommendations OF thousands, and yet
through 1t all the citizens OF Richmond
nave met every demand. the commit
tees have shown themselves equal to
every emergency, and the hospitality
Df the city has been fully yindlcated
by the style and comfort and ease with
which 1t housed and fed the largest.
body OF people which has ever gath
pred in Its gates, a body OF people
which in all probability exceeded the
regular population OF the city.
Congratuln tions nnd Thanks.
i Now that the gathering is over, the
visitors departing. the decorations re-
moved. and the tents taken down, the
hosts OF the reunion are receiving
Ahe congratulations and thanksSof the
visitors. General Stephen D. Lee, the;
courteous and genial comman der.in- =
Ehief. has from the first expressed his
appreciation in no unstintcd terms Dr..
8 Owen. Of the Sons OF Veterans 8; IA.
henderson, Of the United Daughters OF
the Confederacy, and Mrs Behnn. Of
she confederated Memorial Associa-
lions. have all expressed themselves
b the highest terms as TO the gu ecess 80
s y the entertainment. The oyations
accorded by the people OF the entire
iouth on the occasions of the two t,,n-
,e1lins exercises have amply repaid,
& ne hard work done by the members OF
the Veteran Cavalry Association ( ana
the Jefferson Davis Monument Asso-
citation in the arduous work OF erect.
Ing those two imposing piles to the
memory OF J. p. b. Stuart and Jeffer-
son Davis. = =
j. At Colonel Gordon's headquarters in
me n. Mutual Building, yesterday, the
4 peia's were puslly engaged in audit
5of blankets, cots. chairs and carr
utensils bought by the committee viii
pc disposed OF shortly. either by auc.
soh or private sale, and the proceeds
USED IN liquidation OF the rernainIng
accounts Of the reunion committee -
It VIII probably be several weeks ho-
tore every detail can be closed I'm an,
}ne BOOKS OF the committee finally
& balanced. i"Hy
Camp Gordon Popular.
,-ens among all the letters and resolu-
IONS OF thanks which have come into
Inc possession of the committee, none
nave been more appreciated than IT,.
action OF the veterans encamped q =
camp John ". Gordon. which was
iaKen at meeting held In the big
II dining shed on last Sunday afternoon
u lfsRand copy OF which was handed -
Captain David Brown, quartermaster- :
general. yesterday. Tho paper reads
& as follows 80 :
''Resolutions BY the Veterans OF Camp
II John w. Gordon: "'''
! reunions such unparalleled Kindness
< and hospitality has never before heon
hospitality of the historic and pntriotic
therefore be 1t 81 - -.
Resolved that that the unanimons
and sincere thanks OF the veterans who
were Quartered at Camp Gordon bc
rendered to the citizens Of Richmond,
Va, for their unboundcd kindness and
hospitality, especially to the ladies and
- vat1c t11yhA OK
.FR cared for US during the storm; for the
excellent work OF the committee SO
ably managed by Major David A,
Brown. and for the following excel
lent bill Of fare, which was served In
Camp John w. Gordon: soup (beef
vegetable or OYSTER. roast beef, roast
mutton, smithfield ham, eggs. yege
Gables. sardines, butter. sweet milk
III puttermilk, cheese, coffee, cigars and
pther substantial feed, oil OF good
quality, great abundance and nicely
served.
Members of the United Confederate
Veterans CHARTERED at Camp
John w. Gordon. tJ
g"Richmond Reunion, May 30-June g.
M 1907"
1.-The above paper was passed by 40.
plan1ation by the veterans assembled
ut the camp, It was drawn by John
~, Johnson, adjutant Of s. v. Fulker.
son Camp, No. 706. OF Bristol, Tenn
Another resolution of thanks which
has been sincerely appreciated is the
Following action of the Confederatet
L Southern Memorial Association;
Whereas the Confederated Southern
tMemorlal Association has enjoyed thu
hospitality ofthe historic and patriotic
icity Of Richmond, therefore be 1t re-
SOLVED: p.
"That this association tenders I'll
lmost hearty thanks: To the Confeder
! ate Memorial Literary Society, to th
tIIollywood and Oakwood Memorial AS
Il fsociations, to the Richmond Chapter
4 United Daughters Of the Confederacy
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