The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-03-21
VETERANS TO GATHER
At CHATTANOOGA
EXPECT LARGEST CROWD IN HIS
TORY or ASSOCIATION.
WILL CAMP IN HEART or CITY
Srfsl History Of Organisation City y
Mailing Every Preparation to
Royalty Entertain Ito Host
Of Vidtora

NnAttAnooGa, Asnh's mktcA ns
city y preparing to entertain the larg-
est crowd that has attended 9 reunion
Of the Confederate veterans since the
organization Of the association II - q
matter Of history that the first steps
toward organizing the southern suryiv-
ors Of the Civil War were taken in
Chattanooga. The New Orleans meeting,
Al which the organization was effected,
BY the election Of Gen. John B Cor;
don commsndsr-in-chisf, resulted, In
large measure, from agitation started
here BY Capt. J. >. Ship. and Others,
for en- association Of Confederates. The
New Orleans meeting elected Gen. John
B. Gordon 10 head the organization and
he. called the first reunion Of the asso-
eistion for Chattanooga July ., 4 and s,
1890. Under all of the circumstances
the people Of Chattanooga feel that 1t
h their, duty to exert every effort to
make the coming reunion brilliant sue
esss. II y certainly their pleasure to
do 60
The date Of the reunion II May s7-2S
inclusive. Only three months remain In
which the work Of the organization may
be done, but II ID well under way. The
various committees have been appoint,
I'd, and are q work In their respective
spheres. Information gathered from al
sections of the.south indicates that fully
100000 people VIII bs hare.
The passenger departments Of al the
railroads having Lines entering Chatta-
nooga, report that already there u much
interest in the couang reunion. Inquiries
are received every day about rates, ho-
tel accommodations md the progress Of
the work incident to ths entertainment
Of the veterans and ths thousands Of
visitors that viii b. hsrG The head Of
the passenger department VI one Of the
largsst railway systsms In the south,
has served notice on the people Of Chat
tanooga that . record breaking crowd
may Be expected.
The Confederate veterans met hers in
their first reunion In 1890, twsnty-thrss
yeas ago. Chattanooga At thar time
was but poorly prepared to ease for
the visitors. Hotsf accommodations were
inferior, local transportation fscilitiss
poor and the people were suffering imam,
cially from collapsed boom. However,
thst reunion was voted, . success. y
The Chattanooga Of today was built
since 1890. It 10 now city Of 100000
with tho best hotel accommodations and
Arst class local transportation facilities.
It has twsnty-stx hotse, one of them
. modern, twslvs-story building costing
. million dollan. The boarding house
accommodations Are al that are to b
found In modern city Of 100000 popu.
lation. The hotels, boarding houses and
private families will furnish entertain.
msnt for 10000 visitors. The restau-
rant service IL arst olass and adequate
to any demand
The Confederate veterans win b.
camped at Jackson Park, q delightful re-
sort almost within the business districts
Of the city. 1hh camp has been named
Camp Stewa+t," In honor Of the late
Gen. A. P. Stewart, the much beloved
and noted southern chisftsin, who won
fame on the s>eatest battlehslds Of tho
CIVIL War and spent his declining years
In Chattanooga ~ . member Of the
CAickamaugs, National Park Commission.
The motion to name the camp for him
was put by Mayor T. Q. Thompson, and
was snnaniihous1y adopted.
7 Through the influence Of local con.
gressmsn, Hon. John A. Moon, 10000
cots have been secured from the war de-
partmsnt for the camp. Tents have also
bssn secured from the same source to
accommodate $4,000 men. Tho camp site
\ admirable and the equipment will b
al that the veterans could desire.
Chattanooga 10 putting great energy
into the preparation for the reunion, and
avery indication 10 that II will bs one
Of the most delightful meetings the W.
Grams hsws ever enjoyed.
The environments Of Chattanooga are
ideal for = reunion Of the Confederate
veterans. The battlsAelds are the chief
points Of interest, 81 course, but they
Ore not allAby any means. Chattanooga
u modem city Of 100000 population,
with gre~tsr number Of manufacturing
plants than my city In the southern
states, turning out more than seven
hundred different products that 60 prAe.
&isally all over the world. 1t has =
number Of skyscrapsrs, and other mod.
srn buildings. The climate Is ideal. The
mountain scenery il not excelled in any
other section Of the south. Some years
ago Prince Henry, Of Prussia, spent .
day in Chattanooga and made = trip to
the top Of historic Lookout Mountain.
After viewing the panorama from that
sminsncs, he exclaimed, There b
nothing finer In all Europe" Every tour
ist who has travelled in European eofh.
tries passes the same eulogy on these
mountains. The Confederate veterans,
however, know what they are. Thous-
'ands Of them fought over this field and
It win be q pleasure to them to revisit
the scenes Of the carnage through which
they passed in 1853. Those who were
not In the Chattanooga campaign win
be equally interested.
The population Of Chattanooga has
grown from $4,000 in 1900 to l00,a7s
in 1918, including suburos,