Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-10
MANY SOCIAL FEATURES
PREPARED FOR VETERANS
Who viii Attend Chattanooga
Reunion

Chattanooga, Tenn, May 9.-Reun-
ion events, amusement features pro-
vided in connection with the reunion,
and visiting the battlefelds, will fur
nish a continuous round of pleasure
and educational benefit in this city
during the Confederate veterans an
nual gathering, May 27-29-in fact the
entire week-such as has seldom been
the case in this or other Southern
city. All preparations are rapidly
coming to a focus, and there is no
doubt about visitors that week having
the time of their lives. Every day in
dications are received that the 1913 re-
union will attract a record-breaking
crowd, and the important news that
Southwestern railroads will grant the
one-cent a mile each way fare just
the same as the Southeastern lines,
guarantees that every section of the
old Confederacy will be largely repre-
scented here. This means that vete"-
ans can reasonably count on seeing
their comrades, no matter in what ser
ton they are located, for they will
come in large number from Texts and
the other Mississippi department
states, just as they will come from the
states east of the Mississippi river.
Veterans and their friends who have
been attending reunions for years are,
of course, familiar with those features
which are strictly identified with the
U. C. V. organization, such as the bus
mess sessions, grand parade of the vet
Grams. Confederate Veterans ball, Sons
Ct Veterans ball, etc. All these things
will be held at Chattanooga, and NOR :,
too, even aside from the incidental
amusements. The Eleventh United
States cavalry will parade on the
morning of May 27 feature that IS
pleasing to Gen. John P. Hickman,
commanding the Tennessee division,
and Capt ]. F. Ship, of Chattanooga,
quartermaster general, U. c. V. This
will give all veterans a chance to see
fine body of modern cavalry, fully
equipped, accompanied by mounted
band The Eleventh cavalry has CO.
operated to a wonderful degree in
making the reunion a success. All the
horses for officers of the U. c. V. and
N. B. Forrest cavalry corps will be
furnished by the regiment at Fort
Oglethorpe here A troop of the cav
alrymen has erected the considerably
more than 1000 large tents for the
veterans at Camp A. P. Stewart. These
are only the principal items of help
extended to the reunion committee by
officers and men of the regiment
The sponsors and maids will have a
brilliant parade the afternoon of May
27, these ladies riding in hundreds ri
gaily decorated automobiles. The Sons
of Veterans will also have a separate
parade on the morning of May rs, this
plan having been approved by the
commander in chief of the Sons, Gen.
Norfeet, of Memphis. With them will
be any visiting military organizations
that wish to participate and are enti-
tied to do so.
Incidental amusements during the
reunion include Southern league base
ball the entire week; daily airship
flights from the veterans camp; a mid
way downtown with twenty shows, ad-
mittance to the grounds being free to
all veterans, who will also see sew
eral shows inside the grounds without
charge. "The Pied Piper of Hamelin,
a famous poem with which nearly ev-
erybody is familiar will be acted out
by 1900 people, mostly children, in d
beautiful pageant at Warner Park,
only a few moments walk from the
veterans camp,
The airship flights from Camp A. z.
Stewart will doubtless be one of the
leading attractions for thousands of
people, because that comparatively
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