The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-03-21
NEXT REUNION
OF VETERANS
Will Gather in May on Spot Where
One of the Wars Greatest Battles
WAS Fought.

sWdS rOuSnt.
Chattanooga, Tenn, March 19.-
This city is preparing to entertair
the largest crowd that has attended
a reunion of the Confederate vet
erans since the organization Of the
association. 1t is a matter of his
tory that the first steps toward or
ganizing the Southern survivors OF
the Civil War were taken in Chat
tauooga. The New Orleans meeting
at which the organization was ef-
fected, by the election of Gen. John
.. Gordon commander-in-chief re-
suited, in large measure, from agi-
tation started here by Capt. J. +.
Shipp and others, for an association
OF Confederates. The New Orleans
meeting elected Gen. John B. Cor
don to head the organization and
he called the first reunion of the as
sociation for Chattanooga July 3, 4
and 5, 1890. Under all of the cir
cumstances the people of Chatta-
nooga feel that it is their duty to
exert every effort to make the COM
ing reunion brilliant success. 1t
is certainly their pleasure to do so.
The date of the runion is May 81
to 20, inclusive Only two months
remain in which the work of the or
ganization may be done, but 1t is
well under way. The various COM
mittees have been appointed and are
at work in the respective spheres.
Information gathered from all sec
tions of the South indicate that fully
100000 people will be here.
The passenger departments of all
the railroads having lines entering
Chattanooga report that already
there is much interest in the coming
reunion. Inquiries are received
every day about rates, hotel accom-
modations and the progress of the
work incidental to the entertain
ment of the veterans and the thou
sands of visitors that will be here
The head Of the passenger depart
ment of one of the largest railway
systems in the South has served
notice on the people of Chattanooga
that a record-breaking crowd may
be expected
The Confederate veterans met
here in their first reunion in 1890,
23 years ago. Chattanooga at that
time was but poorly prepared to
care for the visitors. Hotel accom-
modations were inferior, local trans
portation facilities poor and the
people were suffering financially
from collapsed boom However.
that reunion was voted success.
The Chattanooga of today was
built since 1890. 1t is now a city of
100000 with the best of hotel ac-
commodations and frst-class local
transportation facilities 1t has 26
hotels, one of them a modern H.
story building costing million dol
lars. The boarding house accom-
modations are all that are TO be
found in modern city of 100000
population The hotels, boarding
houses ana private families will
furnish entertainment for 10000
visitors. The restaurant service is
frst-class and adequate to any de-
mand
The Confederate veterans will be
camped al Jackson Park, a delight
ful resort almost within the busi
ness districts of the city This camp
has been named Camp stewart.
in honor OF the late Gen. \. r..
Stewart, the much-beloved and noted
Southern chieftain who won fame
on the greatest battlefelds of the
Civil War and spent his declining
years in Chattanooga as member
of the Chickamauga national park
commission The motion to name
the camp for him was put by Mayor
7. c. Thompson, and was unani-
mously adopted.
Through the influence OF the local
Congressman, Hon, John A. Moon,
1000 cots have been secured from
the war department for the camp.
Tents have also been secured from
the same source to accommodate
10000 men. The camp site is ad-
mirabIe and the equipment will be
all that the veterans could desire.
Chattanooga is putting great en-
ergy into the preparation for the re-
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