The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-22
CONFEDERATE VETERANS HOLD
INTERESTING MEET; MANY PEOPLE
CONTRIBUTE TO entertainment

federate Netreans held yesterday III
the county court house, the veter
ans were entertained with a pro
gram of music by the young people
OF the city. The program consisted
of piano solo by Miss Annie
Thompson. The selection was a med
ley OF Old plantation melodies and
was very pretty. Miss Lucille Bell
favored the veterans with violin
solo, piano accompaniment by Miss
Roper. Miss ell was forced to re-
spond with another selection Mrs
Leroy Bickle sang solo. Tent
on the Old Camp Ground" sang by
quartette composed of Misses Mel
lie Ikard and Marjorie Williams and
Messrs. Hoffman, and Prather was
another very pleasing number or
the program.
The announcement was made that
The Sons would have charge of the
entertaining features of the meeting
next Sunday and Commandant Bur
nit said he would have as good
a program as that rendered Sunday
and he could not promise n better
one.
The camp gave consideration to
matters Of business but the en-
tire session was devoted to a pro.
gram of music and addresses. Those
who addressed the camp We're Col.
Sidney Suggs, Hon. w. F. Gilmer
and Col. J. P. Mullen.
Col. Suggs who was the first
speaker said he had attended the
meetings of other camps over the
state recently but he said the at
tendance was never so large as it
was in ArdmOre, that the veterans
usually met, attended to their busi.
ness with only a few present and
went their way but here it is diff !
ferent. The ladies attend the ses-
sions, the talented young people of |
the city vie with each other in fur
nishing entertainment for the SOL |
diers and he concluded the home
camp was the most lively of any
one in the state.
Col. Suggs told the young people !
what kind of young men the old
soldiers were about a half century
ago. He said he was not a sol
dier but he could remember what
kind of boys they We're. At the
beginning of the war big picnics
and barbecues were held-the peo-
pie those days called the patriotic
rallies. The people would meet
there and make speeches and drill
and tell how easy it was to whip
the enemy. Young men left their
homes and their families AMI sweet
hearts for sixty day service in the
army. Sixty days as they saw the
struggle was all they needed TO
whip the yankees and they did not
figure that any of them would be
killed. Looked upon somewhat as
a holiday. They went to the front
armed with a rifle if it could be
had if not the boy of that age took
a shot gun, when that couIi not be
had he procured pistol. if there
was no pistol he took a knife. if
knives were not handy he made
him one from scythe blade. That's
how game the boys of the sixties
were. They left for the realities
Of war full Of hope but they sacri-
feed much of the flower of man
hood upon the field of battle. Pen
'ions were then referred to and
The speaker said the southern SOL
iier would feel better and more in
dependent never to accept a federal
pension but he thought II would be
alright for the southern states to
pension their soldiers. The key
note of the address was touched
when he gave his ideas Of how the
soldiers of each side should regard
each other. The war is over he
aid, the real soldier. the man who
lid the fighting wants to make
'thers feel that it is over. He
.hought the federal soldier should
De invited TO the meetings of the
amp. Those among them who dill
he fighting are among the best
men in the world, among them are
hose who did no fighting and they
ire about the meanest men in the
world but there is no time now 20
select the good from the bad. re-
gard them as all good and sc rec
rgnize them. Make them feel at
home in the camp ald make the
ederal soldier who comes south 10