The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-05-09
ROCK IS
READY FOR THE
DEAR OLD VETS
THE ARKANSAS CITY SAYS 1T IS
PREPARED FOR THE OLD
WARRIORS.
1T Is Said the Preparations Are Com
piete in Every Sense of the Word,
and that All Who Come Will Be
Cared for.

Little Rock, Ark, April S.-The
10th regular meeting of the eating and
lodging committee was held last night
at the office of the chairman, Durand
Whipple.
One of the peculiar features deyel-
{ eoped from some of the correspondence
is that some persons do not fully un-
derstand that free quarters are pre-
pared for the veterans, although this
has been the custom at all reunions,
the only difference being that Little
Rock has prepared the encampment
for tie veterans near the center of
the city and erected one of the most
thoroughly equipped and modern
camps ever prepared for any purpose.
In addition to the widest newspaper
publicity and the statements in the
hundreds of thousands of railroad
and other folders, there are still per-
sens who confuse the fact that a
dollar night WV be charged for new
single beds, with all conveniences at
the schools and other places with the
free lodgings for the veterans at
Camp Shaver.
Letter to Veterans.
Mr.. Whipple has sent out several
hundred copies of the following let
ter:
Dear Sir: Every Confederate vet
~eran who will accept our hospitality
is to te entertained while at the re-
union at great encampment of vet
Grams called Camp Shaver which we
are preparing in one of our most
beautiful parks in the heart of the
city
I'VE will have plenty of brand new
woven wire spring beds with new bed
ding: will have an abundance of mess
halls with lunch rooms for use be-
tween meals and will station several
bands and bugle corps, whose spe-
cial duty it will be to sound the old
calls in use in the Confederate army
during the war. At this camp we
will also have free vaudevilles, NOV
ing pictures, ETC., and everything we
can provide for the comfort and pleas
ure of our guests.
This camp is in no sense a char
liable proposition, but is intended as
an expression of our appreciation of
the honor conferred on this city in
selecting it for the coming reunion
The camp will be limited strictly to
Confederate veterans, and they will
not be permitted to pay anything for
Geir entertainment while there.
"All that is necessary is for them
to notify Chairman B. IL. Roberts of
the encampment committee, before
starting for the reunion, so that ac-
commcdations in Camp Shaver may
be reserved
Preparations Are Thorough.
The work of the eating and lodging
committee is in fine shape. Meals
will be served, at least breakfast, in
connection with the lodging at all
the schoolhouses and at the private
schools of the city, while 800 people
will be lodged and fed by an enter
prising company at the Little Rock
college.
solid trainload of cots has been
received for the use of the commit
tee and seven tons of sheets and pill
low cases are also on hand. This
does not include t1e comforts and
blankets nor the so tales of cotton
being used to make the pads for these
cots.
The committee on special locations
is meeting with much success in Sc
curing the temporary use of vacant
houses, stores, lodge rooms, etc., 'or
lodging quarters. The citizens are
responding to the call with patriotic
zeal. There are still some 1000 cots
to find room for. A member of the
committee stated, however, that these
cots must be placed in large numbers,
either under the direct charge of the
committee or on a percentage basis
Mr.. Sokolosky reported that every
restaurant in the city had signed the
contract not to raise prices and 20
use the official sign. Seventy-six of
these signs have already been assign
ed These signs can be secured By
boarding houses and they are as ne.
cessary for temporary eating estab-
lishments as for The regular eating
places. AS explained at the commit
tee meeting, all persons who are to
operate special eating places must get
In touch with both the eating and
lodging committee and the conces-