The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-03-13
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ENTERTAIN
VETERANS

Telegram By United Press
chatianooga. Tenn, March This
city is preparing to entertain the larg-
est crowd That has attended a reunion
9f the couieisrate veterans since the
organization Of the association. J. Is
matter Of history that The first steps
toward organizing the southern surviv.
2rs Of the Civil war were taken in
Chattanooga The New Orleans meet
Ing at which the organization was ef-
fected' by the election Of Gen John b.
Gordon, commander III chief, resulted
large measure from agitation start
ed here by Capt }. r. shipp and Others
for an association Of confederatas. The
New Orleans meeting elected Gen.
lonn 2 Gordon to head the organiza.
lion and he called the first reunion
of the association for Chattanooga
July 3, and s. 1890. Under All Of the
circumstances the people Of Chatta-
looga feel that Il is their duty to exert
every effort to make the coming re-
anien brilliant success. tt is Ger
tainly their pleasure to do 50.
The date Of the reunion is May 27-
29, inclusive Only three months re-
main in which the work Of the organi-
Sation may be done, but it is well un-
ler way The various committees have
been appointed, and are at work in
their respective spheres. Information
yathered from all sections II the south
Indicates that fully 10000 people wllll
be here.
The passenger departments OF all
the railroads having lines entering
Chattanooga, report that already there
5 much interest in the coming reun-
ion. Inquiries are received every day
about rates, hotel accommodations ana
the progress Of the work iocident to
The entertainment Of the veterans and
the thousands Of visitors that will
be here. The head Of the passenger
department Of one Of the largest rail +
way 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 twenty /
three years ago. Chattanooga at that
time was but poorly prepared to care
for the visitors. Hotel accommodations /
we're inferior local transportation fa-
cilities poor and the people were suf- /
fering financially from collapsed |
boom However, that reunion was
voted a success.
The Chattanooga OF today was built |
since 1890. It is now a city OF 100000 /
with the best or hotel accommodations |
and first class local transportation fa-
cilities. It has twenty-six hotels. one
Of them a modern, twelve story build |
ing, costing a million dollars. The
boarding house accommodations are all
that are to be found in a modern city /
of 100000 population. The hotels, |
boarding houses and private families I
viii furnish entertainment for 10000
visitors. The restaurant service is first
class and adequate to any demand.
The Confederate veterans will bel
sampe1 az Jackson Park, a delightful
resort almost within the business dis
riets Of the city This camp has been
named Camp Stewart" in honor of
he late Cen. A. p. Stewart, the much +
beloved and noted southern chieftain.
alo won fame en- The greatest battle
'ields Of the Civil war and spent his
declining years in Chattanooga as
member Of the Chickamaugua National
Park commission. The motion to name
he camp for him was put by Mayor T.
?. Thompson. and was unanimously
adopted.
Through the influence Of the local
Hon. John a. Moon, l9,-
700 cots have been secured from the
var department for the camp. Tents
laYe also been secured from the same
iource to accommodate 10000 men.
The camp site is admirable and the
'quipment viii be all that the yeter-
ms could desire