The Forrest City times., 1910-12-30
REUNION PLANS
 WELL UNDER WAY
ARRANGEMENT BEING MADE TO ENTERTAIN 10000 VISITORS
 MAY f6, f7 AND 13.
Confederate Veterans Will in Every Sense of the word Be Guests of
 Honor on That Occasion.


 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 Rock during the Confederate reunion. May 16, r and IS, 1911. If anyone has entertained the slightest doubt of Little Rocks ability 10 take care of so great gathering. such fears are wholly groundless. The work was begun promptly and sys- tematieally The fact that Little Rock had secured the next reunion had scarce been published when ten. tatiye 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 isfactory ever held
 There is a general committee con. sisting of 31 members, representing the commercial, financial and profess sional life of Little Rock, and an | advisory committee with a Little Rock citizen as chairman and a vice chairman from each of the seven con gressional districts in the state. Then there are Al sub-eommittees each having in charge some special department 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 he one innovation that cannot fail to please the veterans. They will be in every sense the hon ored guests There will be. of course. social functions in honor Of the spon. sors and others, but in the plans Of entertainment the pleasure and com fort of the veterans will cone first Of all. other functions being subordinate l thereto. Their prominence will not be confined 10 marching in the parade and attending the usual meetings. i There will be large reception com mittee 10 meet the trains, a general reception later on. illuminations and decorations in their honor excursions and camp of Confederate veterans will be 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 mediea. 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-elass hoteis have accommodations for 1000 visitors. and arrangements are under way for the accommodation of 35,0oo others without nearly eX- hausting the possibilities.
 Toward the end of March q com. plete house-tohoase 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 simple contract under which the owner of the lodgings binds himself to charge certain fixed price for certain specified accommo dations. These cards will be dis tributed 10 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 eneampment pre- pared for the Confederate veterans will he deducted from fhe total al 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 contract for l5.00o 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 10 post its price list. and no extortionate prices for meals will be permitted. Battleship Arkansas to Have Sponsor