Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-08
CONFEDERATE REUNION WILL
 BEGIN AT MEMPHIS TODAY

fiEMPHIS. Tenn. June -.-The great Confederate reunion will begin he"c tomorrow and continue through Thursday. eliminating a day later with imposing ceremonies at Wicks- D. Lee monument.
 Outward and visible signs that Q great gathering is at hand are abundant in Memphis today Build ings everywhere are decorated with flags and bunting and the streets and other public places are alive with Confederate veterans. sons of Con federate veterans, Gaughters of the Confectionery. members of memorial associations and other visitors from every mock and corner of the south,
 The general committee has prepar- cd for 35.000 visitors and it is be- lieved fully this number will be on hand. The rush began in earnest to- day, and all trains coming this way are crowded with visitors. From Ar kansas. Alabama. Texas. Georgia, Kentucky. Louisiana. Mississippi. the Caroiinas. Oklahoma and other states the delegations are pouring in. Al ready many of the siores of sponsors and maids have arrived and the social features of the reunion will be not able.
 The veterans are much more feeble than when they were here eight years ago. The number has been thinned by death and age has dimmed their eyes. bent their forms and given a snowy appearance to the boards and hair.
 Memphis Is extending a hearty wei come to the veterans, their sons and daughters and sightseers Every where are flags and bunting. The Confederate colors predominate, but the national colors are everywhere intertwined with the emblems of the storm-cradled nation that fell. One of the most conspicuous features of the decorations is mammoth Con. federate flag made from electric lights and hung across Main street al the intersection of Madison avenue Main street, from Poplar to I.inde has been concerted into a court oi honor, with strings of electric lights on each side and handsome arches al some of the most prominent street in ltersections.
 F as elaborate. Few people have refus ed to heed the request of the com mittee in charge to add a bit of colol in honor of the occasion The Bijot theater. where the feneral sessions O the reunion are to be held. the For irest monument in Forrest park, tn, auditorium, where the grand reunion ball takes place. and the Tri-Stat' air buildings and grounds. where sev eraI of the features of outdoor enter tainment will be held, have all beei elaborately decorated.
 The reunion will be called to orde promptly at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning by Major General ]. H. Nc Dowell The remained of the pro gram for the initial session Is as fol lows: Address of welcome by Gov ernor Patterson, in behalf of tn state of Tennessee: address of we come by Mayor Malone. in behalf o the city of Memphis: address of wel come by Gen. George W. Gordon il behalf of the executive committe and Memphis veterans: response b Gen. Clement A. Evans. commando in chief of the United Confederat veterans.
 At O'CLOCK tomorrow atternOol the veterans will reasseElble Tn th convention hall to listen 10 the ar Busd cration. which will be delivere by Theodore s. Garrett of Norfoll Va Another feature of the aftel noon will be the grand floral parade
 { Naturally the reunion will be th occasion for numerous smaller reuI ions The largest will be that of tn Sons of Veterans which will continu z for three days. Other affairs will b the meetings of the Southern Memo ial association. the Association c Me6cal Officers of the Army and N;
 " of the Confederacy. the Unite ; Confederate Choirs of America, th r Confederate Naval Veterans. the Fol
 rest cavalry. the Wheeler corps an numerous otehr bodies.
 TSe ncral parade tomorrow and th