The Green Forest tribune., 1910-12-30
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REUNION PLANS
 WELL UNDER WAY
ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE TO ENTERTAIN 10000 VISITORS
 MAY 76. r AND f9.
Confederate Veterans Will in Every Sense of the word Be Guests of
 Honor on That Occasion.

Honor on That Occasion.
 Little Bock-The most complete and elaborate preparations are being made for the reception. entertainment and proper housing and comfort of the Confederate veterans and the thou- sands of visitors who will flock to Little Bock during the Confederate reunion. May le, l7 and K, 1911. If anyone has entertained the slightest doubt of Little Rocks ability 10 take care of so great a gathering, such fears are wholly gromdless. The work Was begun promptly and sys= tematically. The fact that Little Rock had secured the next reunion had scarce been published when ten tative plans were being formed. with the final result that an organization so complete and far reaching was formed that the coming reunion prom ises to be the grandest and most sat isfaetory ever held.
 There is a general committee con sisting Of @1 members. representing the commercial, fina>eial and profes- sional life of Little Rock, and an advisory committee with a Little Rock citizen as chairman and vice chairman from each of the seven con gressional districts in the state. Then there are A sub committees. each having in charge some special departrlent of the work, with each chairman especially fitted by train ing, business or profession for the work his committee is in charge of.
 There will Ae one innovation that cannot fail 10 please the veterans. They will he in every sense the hon cred guests. There will he. of course, social functions in honor of the spon- sors and others, but in the plans CT entertainment the pleasure and com forf of the veterans will come first of all. other functions Icing subordinate thereto. Their prominence will not he confined 10 marching in the parade and attending the usual meetings. There win be large reception com miftee 10 meet the trains, a general reception later on, Examinations and decorations in their honor. excursions and a camp of Confederate veterans will he established in the City park Special committees have each one of these departments, while other com mittees have charge Of the comfort able housing of the veterans, of the commissary department, of furnish ing music, of a medical trained nurse and ambulance department, etc. In short absolutely nothing has been left unprovided for to insure the pleasure. comfort, health and safety of the veterans.
 The housing and provisioning prob- lem is in competent hands The first-class hotels have accommodations for 1000 visitors. and arrangements are under way for the accommodation of 35.0O0 others without nearly ex- hausting the possibilities.
 Toward the end of March a com plete house-to-house canvass will be made of Little Rock and the towns of Argenta and Pulaski Heights. This will disclose the exact number of  people who will be entertained in private homes for pay. A separate card will be filled out by the can yassera, each card for one lodging only. On these cards there will be printed a simple contract under which the owner of the lodgings binds himself to charge a certain fixed price for certain specified accommo- dations. These cards viii be dis tributed to the arriving visitors as they register at headquarters.
 The canvass will also disclose the great number of visitors invited to private homes and non-paying guests, This number, added to the number that can be cared for in the hotels and in the special encampment pre- pared for the Confederate veterans will he deducted from the total at tendance estimated by the reunion organization. The committee will thus know exactly how many lodgings to provide and will prepare accord ingly. The lodging committee has already arranged for the letting of a contract for 15,0OO single beds. in contemplation of these extra lodgings. These beds will be of the very best material and several thousand of them will be installed in the school buildings of the city.
 Each restaurant will be required to post it's price list, and no extortionate prices for meals will be permitted. Battleship Arkansas to Have Sponsor