The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-30
TO TAKE CARE
 OF VETERANS Plenty of Rooms in
 Memphis. ACCOMMODATIONS TO BE GOOD No High Prices Will Prevail at
 Reunion. Much Regret Is Expressed ia Memphis at The Circulation of the Ru-
 mors That Exhorbitant
 Rates Would be Charged.
ACCOMMODATIONS TO BE GoOI

That all Veterans attending the gen. eral reunion in Memphis during the coming month will be we'll taken care of so afr as hotels and accommodations are concerned, Is the statement made by the committee having this matter be some confusion On the first day in assigning rooms and hotels, the com- mittee asures all Veterans that there will be no excessive charges made for accommodations during the reunion week.
 Some time ago The Advertiser print ed statement from a prominent Vet eran that the hotels and boarding houses of Memphis held up the Vet erans during the last reunion, and re- membering this there would be few veterans to attend from the local camps.
 In letter received yesterday, how ever, from the secretary on hotels and accommodations, the Veterans are as- sured that no such practices will pre- vail during the coming Reunion, and that all possible arrangements have been made.
 The letter of the committee follows: P. s. Hay, Esq,
 Southeastern Passenger Agent,
 M. & O. R. R.,
 Montgomery, Alabama. Dear Sir:
 How such a report gained any ground at all, we are at a loss to un- derstand, we can only say, in justice to ourselves, that every effort has been made and will be made to make the stay of our guests and visitors a pleasant one. We realized the fact that the handling Of such a crowd as we are looking for would be no easy task, our committee was one of the first to become organized and actual work taken in hand. We have had weekly meetings since January 1, aside from numerous call meetings. Our work has been systematized and we are to- day practically in perfect readiness for the reception of the people. Mat tresses, pillows, towels, mirrors. combs. soap, and other articles which may be used by the Veterans who care to &C., cept the hospitality of our City, have been purchased and have been delivered to the several modern school buildings in which we propose to establish bar racks for them. We have prepared a chart showing the buildings to which certain regiments, camps, etc, have benn assigned-this to the extent of positive information we have receiv- ed from the camps. Those camps from which we sucured the number of Vet erans to be here, we have advised of the exact location of their quarters. For the visitors. generally. we have canvassed the city and made record | of practically every home where Re- | union visitors may secure accomoda. tions, Cards have been made showing the price, number of persons, number of rooms for this number of persons car line, nearest stop, etc. This in- formation is still in our hands, in order that we may answer properly the hundreds of inquiries we are receiv- ing for accomodations. A few days be | fore the Reunion. all this will be turn ed over to the Information Committee who will have a great many booths or the prominent streets and at the de. pots Those persons who arrive in the l City without having already engaged their room. on application te the In formation Committee, will be given tht | benefit of the data we have secured.
 We are indeed sorry that any sucl report as you speak of has been cir culated, we have been diligept in oul work. many of us have taken consid erable time from our business. and i there Is anything we have overlooked q we have failed to resurrect. 1t. TlA&, will, necessarily, be some confusion but we have worked with a view t, reducing this to an absolute minimum Thanking you again for your inter