Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-07-09
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EAVE A MOVE ON R0oT TO
OBTAIN TIE EEXT REuE-
Ton or CONFEDERATE
VETERANS OF MS
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SsAG u The MtSsuGri diTisioe q TIE
Gonfe6efat& Veterans IN referenos q
re reQuiFo1Snt thzk sh0ald Be nei
IA ordsr to set The merit DesGtng q
this hody.
The bzssness nsn have issued a IN
Tftztion % TIE C~uafs3erzte Veterans
10 hole their state rsu5i1n here ths
fkIi. ans thai Mexico nay set the
meeting some r~squirezsax must Be
met LAST year thsy Esrs invited u
meet Al ibis Pl4os bit the invitataoo
wzs resolved b. them afkE FElhon
had been dec13ed upon. This year
the izFiMEsaa has been rensxed. and
% have Ehk ResEiDg here t5is fall
w0ald bring Ezny people TO this city
Following fs the Concentration
Rzsas gaeksuz Is .ssereANry BzsAesx Meas
AMz.Gexeo. mo-
Carthage, No, July 9, lAs-My Dear
Sir Y0zr letter q Nay 2, lsas. al
recsed 70 Gen. z q. Loxdermilk
MAJOR General Commanding Missouri
Division Q. CV-s Ess By hin handed
70 me-
There has been no decision as to
where she next state reunion viii Be
bed. We we're invited TO meet II
Mexico. Missouri. last year, bat the
invitation came after we bad accepted
the invitation from Fulton, and the
then Commander Of the Confederate
Carp At Jour place renewed the III
viEati0n for this year, and | am told
that Jour Business Mens Association
also renewed their invitation.
In bolding these reunions certain
things are always expected Of the 10
cality toward expenses Of the same
Whether your people will be willing
70 meet these requirements, Of course
We do not know. The year before last
the Jasper County Camp invited the
ASSOCIATION 10 meet 10 this county.
We paid certain expenses on behalf Of
the meeting and We had an exceeding
~ pleasant time and sent the Confed-
crate Veterans away much pleased.
We will expect the people TO turn
ish a good ball in which 10 hold the
business meetings, 70 furnish q oand
for the two days,to provide 3 bah for
the younger element for the evening
OF The first day; we would also desire
on the evening Of the first daya good
sized room with plenty Of seats where
the old soldiers could sit around and
hoif q smoker and general talkfest.
The citizens also, usually provide pay
ment for the necessary badges and ac-
comm0dations for the matron Of hon
or, sponsor and maids Of honor during
the reunion. These have been here
tofore furnished by the cities where
We held the reunion.
AS to the crowd there will be In at
tendance it is hard To say; at Fulton
last year the crowd was very much
larger than was expected. We usually
figure or from i've 10 seven hundred
people OF course we expect these
people, outside OF those ladies men
TONED, to pay their own expenses. We
would, OF course, not expect the hotels
to raise the rates on US and 1t Is prob
able that unless you have more hotel
capacity than l suppose you have, it
would be necessary for your commit
tee to MAKE arrangements for those
attending to get rooms outside. l
presume there would be no trouble
about eating as you probably have
plenty Of restaurants
1 would like for you to consult with
the commander OF the Confederate
Camp there and If you really desire the
state reunion to be held in your city
sometime in September Major General
L0wdermilk and l will come to your
city and talk yer with your people
the necessary and proper arrange
ments. We are very DESTROYS of hav-
ing a go)d big reunion this year and
one tnat will go of satisfactorily to
the people where we meet and especl-
ally TO the Confederate Veterans.
We would be pleased to bear from
you at an early date in regard to this.
We will have to decide before long
where this reunion will be held as
there will be considerable work for
myself and General Lowdermilk toI
do In getting everything in shape and
everybody notified Of the time aud
place Of the reunion.
With best regards, l remain
Yours very truly,
j. w. HALLIBURTON,
Adit. Gen. & Chief OF STAFF Mo. Div.
q. c. VS..