The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-05-08

ter and return, $49j; Holdenyille and
return. $3.50; Oklahoma City and re
| turn, $73j; FL Reno and return, $3.50;
Lawton and return, $S.15; Chickasha
and return $500; Enid and return,
! $3.50; Coalgate and return, $3.50; Ard
more and return, sos; Terrell and re-
| turn, $500; Clinton and return $500;
| Clinton and return, S9.15 and all 9th
ers in proportion, at fare of one cent
per mile each way Tickets will be on
/ sale at all railroad stations on May
/ II, 10 and 1G, good for return June
., with the privilege of extension un.
I'll June 10, by deposit of ticket with
validating agent and paying fifty cents
extra.
Your commander has perfected ar.
rangements with the Rock Island road
to operate a special train or trains for
the accommodation of persons desir
| ing to visit the reunion. This special
! train will start from Sayre on the
/ western border OF the state of Okla
homa, and will pick up a coach at
! Lawton, one at Chickasha, three at
Oklahoma City, two at Shawnee, two
a; Holdenville, two at McAlester, one
at Wilburton on the main line, and
one at Oklahoma City coming from
Guthrie, and one from Muskogee, one
from Checotah, two from Ardmore, at
Haileyvlle, on the Ardmore branch.
This special will be operated so as to
reach Little Rock about 7:15 on the
morning of May 1G, the day of the
opening of the reunion, in ample time
formal opening of the convention at
the auditorium. All comrades are es
/ pecially requested to attend this great
gathering and grasp the hand per.
chance of one whom you touched ell
bows with during the long past at Ma.
nassas, Malvern Hill. The Wilderness,
Chickamauga, Murfreesboro, NickS-
boro. Wilson Creek. Prairie Grove, or
other hard fought encounters of the
, mighty struggle for white supremacy
in North America Comrades of the
Oklahoma division are reminded that
there is not likely to ever be an op-
portunity presenting itself again for
you to have the privilege of attending
reunion of the immortal soldiery
west of the Mississippi river and one
which you can attend with so little
cost to yourself as this will be. The
reunion committee has arranged to
house in government tents and spring
cots, blankets and pillows, four thou
sand of you old grizZled veterans, and
to feed you three meals daily, without
cost to yourselves. If this is not mag
, nanimous then your commander fails
to understand the term.
For instance, that a comrade de.
sires to attend the reunion he goes to
the railroad station at McAlester, May
Is, purchases a round trip ticket for
on the morning of the 10th, and goes
to a booth at the depot, there receive
card granting food and lodging for
three days, the 10th, 18th and 18th OF
May, free of charge. He also receives
a badge giving him the freedom of the
city, for this length of time, with ac-
cess to all gatherings, balls and en-
tertainments free. He then boards a
street car and goes direct to the old
capital of Arkansas. where he regis
ters and is assigned to a tent and
spring cot, with pillow and blanket
free. He then forms line, answers
roll call and proceeds to breakfast
where he "reminiscences over the fare
he consumed forty-seven years ago
while running after the enemy or run
ming them generally about an even
hreak-tit for tat.
Those desiring horses for the pa
rade win be charged s.. Carriages
will cost $40 for the parade There
will be all sorts of boarding houses
and restaurants at reasonable rates
under the supervision of the reunion
committee, that will only be allowed TO
charge a stated price for the bill of
fare The private citizens of Little
Rock have agreed to throw open their
homes to accommodate the throne
gathered there during this reunion.
Your commander is very desirous
that Oklahoma division make the best
appearance of any division west of the
Mississippi river, and urge all who can
afford to, go in uniform and more es.
recially his military staff, together
with the different brigade commanders
and staff Your commander, with
great modesty. predicts that the lady
sponsors and maids of honor from Ok
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