The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-08
ETERANS WHO
WORE THE GRAY
Meet at Memphis Next
Tuesday
CITY Gates SWING WIDE
Occasion Will BE Made a Memorable
Onc-City Will Be Lavi>lly Deco
rated with Electric Lights and
Flags OF the Union and C~onfcdcracy
The Program.
(By the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated Press.)
Memphis. Tenn, June 5.-Reaiiz-
ing that, by the very force Of nature,
they Will probably never again have
the opportunity to entertain the sol
diers of the Lost Cause the citizens
of Memphis are bending every energy
to make the approaching Reunion OF
Confederate Veterans an event long
to be remembered. The dates named
for the annual gathering are June 8.
9 and 10, and very preparation has
been made looking to the pleasure and
comfort of the visiting warriors. Food
in abundance and healthful lodgings
are sratuitously awaiting those Who
come and properly register. Varied
anlusements Will be provided and he
general committee, having
N charge all arrangements, an
nounce that no extortionatc fees Will
be exacted o visitors by hotels and
boarding houses.
The reunion of this year Will be the
nineteenth annual session and viii he
presided over by General Clement A.
Evans, OF Georgia, the commandments
chief. The first two days will b. de-
voted to the business Of the ~OrgalIza-
ton and on June 10 the parade Of the
Old Guard in Gray will take place. Be
cause of the advanced age of u sreat
majority Of the marchers the rolte
Will be short, and along Main street,
the principal th~oroughfare of the city.
This avenue will be laNishly decn'a,ed
for the occasion and at night ~ilE be
ablaZe with mEriadS of electric lights
representing the flags Of the Union
and C~Onfederacy. In advance Dt the
veterans proper Will be the survivors
of FORESTS Calvary, on hOrs4ha X.
an organization separate and distinct
from the United Confederate Veterans.
Next will come the sponsors and
maids OF honor, then the veterans
themselves.
\ unique and interesting feature
FOR the entertainment Of visitors VIII
be a floral parade of hundreds of
automobiles and carriages. Handsome
prizes will be awarded the winners IN
their respective classes and entries in
largenumbers have been made not
only from Memphis but from neigh
boring towns and cities.
1t is planned to greet the veterans
with a childrcn'S chorus of several
hundred voices and the old songs. so
dear to the South Will be rendered,
At such gatherings the euniOn SDi1i it
IS paramount and no pleasure the
committee can Drovide will .Xcced
the enjoyment the veterans will get
from meeting again owe camp fire
reVeries. Opportunities for the ve.er
ans to mingle with each other "Till be
afforded at the headquarters If tie
various departments.
The official programme is rs fol
lows: ..
Tuesday. juno s. 1909.
Morning, 10 o'clock-Meeting Of the
Confederate Veterans, convention hall
(Bijou Theatre), Main street and Liz
den venue
Convention called to order by MAJOR
General ]. II. Mcdowell, chief mar
shall.
Invocation by Chaplain General, u
5. 6. Y. Association.
Address Of welcome by Hon. M. r
Patterson, Governor of Tennessee.
Music by band.
Address Of welcome by Hon. James
II. Malone, mayor Of Memphis, or
behalf Of the city.
Address of welcome by .Gen ara
GeoFg" w. Gordon. on behalf of axacu
tive committee and Memphis Ve1cr-
ans. ......... -..
Brief address by chief marshal
turning the hail over to the veterans.
Evans. commander-in-chief of tn,
United Confederate Veterans.
Music.
Cali OF States for members of com
mlttee on credentials and reSoluti) ns.
Afternoon. 2 =. NJ.
Address by orator. General Theo-
oore ;. Garrett. Of Norfolk. Virgini
New Orleans.
p: m.-Flcra1 parade, all band:
participating.
Evening, s r. NJ.
meeting OF veterans and Son:
'etcrans TO honor the women 6
- and view designs FL,
hornr 'or state monuments in thei1
.ther ceremonies.
oclock a. m. the ceremony Q