The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-26
City i'm Gala Attire for Occa-
sion, Which Opens Tues
day Morning
HISTORIC BATTLE
FIELDS ARE VISITED
Preliminary Meetings Scheduled for
TOday-Monuments Erected by
Alabama and Florida viii
Be Unveiled

Chattanooga. May 25.-Ineoming
trains today and tonight brought hum
dreds of veterans and visitors TO tho
twenty-third annual reunion of the
United Confederate Veterans which Will
be formally opened here Tuesday morn
ing. Many of these who arrived to-
day came to attend preliminary meet
ings scheduled for tomorrow. These
sessions include n welcome meeting of
the Confederate Memorial association
tomorrow evening and the opening
meetings of the Sons of the confed-
crate Veterans tomorrow.
City in Gala Attire
Chattanooga is In gala attire in hon
or of the occasion. Bunting and flags,
both Federal and Confederate, adorn
the buildings on the principal streets.
Tonight myriad of vari-colored elee-
trio lights glittered and sparkled
throughout the business section of the
city.
Interest of those arriving early CEN
ters largely in visits to the scenes of
some of the most important battles dur
MS lHt MdI DtlWttH the Sldltst / is
government has established national
park where the famous battle of Chick
amaugh was fought. In this struggle
more than 100000 confederate and fed
eral soldiers are said to have been en-
gagged. More than 10000 pershed on
each side before the engagement
ceased.
General Sherman also started from
Chattanooga on his March to the Sea-
and 1t was in this vicinity that the bat
tie of Missionary Ridge and the cele-
brated Battle above the clouds" was
waged. The scenes of Andrews raid.
the battle of Ringgold Gap aud other
noted engagements are within short
distance of this city.
Monuments To Be Unveiled
The United States government and
many individual states have expended
large sums in beautifying and marking
these historic sites. During the present
reunion monuments erected on Chick
amauga battlefield by the states OF
Alabama and Florida VIII be unveiled.
More than 200 monuments and 4o9
markers already have been erected, in
GLIDING those by the states of Con-
necticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas. Kentucky, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri,
Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio.
Pennsylvania, Tennessee and South
Carolina.
Scenes of activity began late today
at Camp Stewart where a white city
of tents has been erected for the visit
ing veterans. Headquarters of the three
departments and Is divisions of the
veterans organization already have
been established and the registration
of visitors has begun. Division and de-
partment tents are distinguished from
the host of others by banners or
streamers bearing the names of the
divisions and the names of the COM
manders.
Living and mess" tents were ten
dered by the United states government
for the use of the veterans and Camp
Stewart strongly resembles Uncle Sans
army city near the Mexican border.
Interesting Programme
An interesting programme of social
entertainments, business sessions and
impressive street pageants have been
arranged, for the three days of tho
reunion. None of these events is looked
forward to with keener anticipate
than the parade of the veterans Thurs
day morning. Since the first reunion the
march of the rapidly aggregating vet
Grams to the strains of Dixie and their
frequent rebel yells" has been the
feature of their annual gatherings