The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-30
DISQUIETING RUMORS
RECEIVED FROM JAPAN
CROWDS CHEER AS
CONFEDERATE VETS
MARCH IN PARADE
THIN GRAY LINE CARRYING
TORN AND FRAzzLED BAN
NERs ARoUsEs ENTHUSIASM.


NERs AROUsEs ENTHUSIASM.
Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
CHATTANOOGA. TENN. May 30.
with the grand ball tonight, under
a vast tent and on a good floor. where
four hundred couples tripped the light
fantastic toe. came the finishing touch
to the greatest reunion the Confed-
crate veterans have ever known.
Jacksonville has captured the next
will have to bestir herself even to
equal Chattanooga record Not a
word OF criticism from the vast throng
Of visitors has been heard as to the
way this city has handled her second
such event The former one was here
In 1880. twenty-three years ago.
Not . Hitch Occurred
Not 4 hitch has occurred in any OF
the entertainments and no one en-
titled to admission failed to get in
where he wanted to. Besides. sleep,
food and drink were well provided.
and in their last hbur there are rations
to spare. The newspapers here nave
been wonderfully clever In handing
the reunion. with articles and illustra-
tons galore. virginians, with others,
have had conspicuous places on their
pages. The newspapers have sure put
a great big circle for Chattanooga on
the face Of Uncle Sam. Private citizens
have done heroic work In entertaining
and there has been great rivalry over
the visiting ladies. There have been
about two escorts for every girl. some
thing never known before at any re-
union. At the ball tonight. the grand
march. in which only veterans and
ladies participated, was led by Gen.
eral Young, the grand commander.
with Miss Duffon, OF this city, who
has done noble work in entertaining
the visitors.
The Longest Parade.
The parade today OF veterans and
their sponsors was the LARGEST ever
known at q reunion. Weather has
been ideal and there were no casual
ties in the march. Many touching i'm
thin. gray line was pathetic and the
old torn and SCARED nag Of dfty years
Ago frazzled in the breexes. A promi-
nent veteran who had never attend
ed a reunion before watched the pro-
cession intently throughout At Its
close he turned away with the sad
remark: II never want to look at
another. Those flags, those sleeveless
arms, and wooden legs tell story
oft heard but never SO impressed upon
me before"
AS usual there were meetings OF
friends and even brothers, who had
not seen each other since the close
of the War Between the States. Be-
side some veterans strobe grandsons,
and in one case matron OF the six
ties ambled beside her veteran hus-
band The score OF bands played In
cessantly. On all sides would come
the call for Dixie" and the old tune
was repeated time and again by each
corps. A striking thing was the re-
turn salute OF the Eleventh cavalry
from Fort Oglethorpe. drawn up in
line to view the parade. The high
officers marching in gray returned the
salute, and then Uncle Sans regulars
broke into a cheer.
Two Fatal Accidents.
With hundred thousand visitors.
there must be some accidents IN
two instances only were they fatal. A
Georgia veteran dropped dead from
heart disease while eating In q res
taurant. A Texas veteran stumbled
down the stairs Of the auditorium
and broke his neck. A telegram was
read this morning in the convention
hall which broke the news to an
Atlanta veteran that his home had
been destroyed by fire and wife and
children burned up.
At intervals during several days all
necks were craned skyward watching
the aeroplane Of Johnny Green. Green
several times circled high and low over
the city and Lookout mountain.
At night the streets have been lined
with jolly throngs. Confetti has cover
ed people and the earth and all has
gone as lovely as = marriage bell.
There seems to be no truth in the re-
port sent out that Governor Hooper
was Missed when addressing the con-
vention. Of veterans. HIS speech was
plauded. Most Of tho virginians leave
many q them 0n ieh today tod Ios' 'Ao'sA
Turkey TFot Barred.
Tenne1seAns, ~ we'll ~ the vfr-
gintAns are frowning upon the turkey
trot and similar dances. A band Of
Tennessee women have decided to APP
peal to the Legislature to paas rAstrtc-
tive laws on such forms OF dancing.
Last night after the midnight hour,
when about all Of the sons and dAugh-
tiers Of the Confederacy had disbanded,
some outsiders took possession. Of the
lions to the disgust OF onlookers. A.
the grand ball tonight these features
were eliminated
FIRST OPEN AIR