The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-05-01

I maids of honor; the major generals
! their staff sponsors and maids O
/: honor with the Confederate soldier
forming each division. After the by
laws were adopted, and by order o
Gen. Stephen d. Lee, the Confed
crate Monumental association was
, given place in the parade. The
above will be allowed in the parade
, and nothing more.
Our reunions are neld to glorfy
the Confederate soldiers, and we are
or should be, the attractions; how
ever, for years we have been lost
sight of in the shuttle, and our pa
rades have gotten to be monde
script,and filled up with tallyhos,
automobiles. hacks, carryalls, militia
and everything on foot or riding. In
fact, they have gotten in such Hire
pute that large per cent of the
Confederate soldiers will not partic-
| ipate
| am in receipt of letters from all
over the south and from the most
prominent soldiers, commenting two
orders | have issued. One is that
III am to have parade as provided
by law, the other is that the young
ladies', representing the mothers of
the south, shall not ride astride. On
these two orders we intend to stand
pat.
Il desire to congratulate the peo-
pie of Chattanooga on all arrange
ments the committees have made. and
epecially on the parades of the Elev-
enth United States cavalry, the spon
sors and maids, and the Sons Of
Confederate Veterans. From the work
being done by your committees, you
can but have a great success of our
twenty-third annual reunion"
Capt. ]. f. Shipp, of this city,
quartcrmaster- general of the United
Confederate eterans Wand chairman
of the reunion committee on horses,
is one of the best-known officers Of
the veterans, having been promi-
nently identified with organizing the
association years ago and having held
for long time the position of
Guartermaster- general, He is high in
the councils of the association, and
in the present instance the delicate
task of mapping out the parade for
nation was left to him. Capt Ship
is perhaps the most active of any
local veteran in arranging for the
reunion. He predicts a grand time
for his comrades who come here
and mentions a few reasons for his |
convictions on the subject. Capt |
Shipp said:
From my long official connection
as quartermaster-gene of the Unit
ed Confederate Veterans association,
and having taken part in every re-
union of the organization, and now
a member of the Chattanooga re
union executive committee. feel JUS
titled in saying that the coming re-
union in this city. May 27-29, will
be in my opinion, the most interest
ing and enjoyable reunion that We
have ever had The arrangements
are thoroughly systematic and com
plete in all of the details
The encampment for the veterans
will be strictly military, with the
departments and divisions as sepa-
rate units. Each division will have
a headquarters tent, connected by
phone with department Headquarters
and the city. ! have suggested to
Zen. Young, commander in chief,
hat some brigade commander and
staff be assigned to each division
headquarters for a certain period,
such brigade commanders being in
eHect officer of the day for the pc
'iod he is detailed to division head
quarters. | would like to see. also.
made for a morning
gun at the camp. so as to carry out
he effect of conducting the camp on
strictly military lines
I'VE are making arrangements So
hat every veteran can participate |
n the veterans parade which will
,e kept free from features that have
'een introduced in other years and
he for the veterans alone, so that
hey can see and be seen. Those
who are so MANNED or
eeble that it is impossible for them
o march as they would Ike to.
viii be taken in auto trucks. In