Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-04-23
LITTLE REUNIONS OF
SEPARATE COMMANDS

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. April q
a beautiful feature Of tho Conied-
crate reunion. May -7-2o. in this ely,
aill be- the little reunions Of separate
commands. ihrough me hospitality
of .nattanOOgans and others HhD
alsf 10 arrange that their comrades
have a special rendezvous and thus
is oriaio mon clo.aIJ than would Do
possible Ia the rush and crowd
There are 10 BE- several Of these ~
flo reunions. and those participating
aill doubtless get larger degree 81
pleasure because 0f the thoughtful
ness and h0spitaliiy of their hosts.
Vs. j Willingham. Of this city.
formerly of south Carolina. Viii bo
tho host Of one such gathering lie
Be- Inviting his comrades Of Bca Mort
troop. which served under Wade
Hampton. 10 forcgaihor with him
The troop originally numbered 81
men and % Officers. and there are
quite a number suri wins 10 this day
ST. Willurham his been working on
this proicc, Tor some time. Bog corre-
spoudenre. and hopes 10 have q COOL
Iy showing of his comrades here ltI
HiIl be the first attempt 10 get them
together in such fashion be viii 20
through South Carolina in The hope
of r0unding 40 some who have not
been reached
The Willingham colony on Look
puf mountain Will hc the scene OF
ths little reunion There viii oo
abundant room f1 all those who
come ~ be- Mr. WIuingham guests.
for the colony Includes some thirty
rooms and a laree dining hall The
Hampton legion 40 least The Beau
fort troop did not see apy service
m thc Chattanooga district but their
headquarters on the mountain viii
Doc delightful for them both from the
standpoint of historic and scenic in-
tprest and that of comfort because
thoy should enjoy cool weather dur
INK nll the hours they would natural
ly spend there
Mr. Willingham was only o. years
old when he went into the service.
and while information Be- not avail
able. 10 b. reasonable 10 suppose that
others of the troop noro of tender
years approaching DID, So there
should be- group of hale and hearty
Veterans assembled az Docs call in
spite of the fact that half century
has rolled away since they served
under the stars and bars DE had
four brothers iu the same troop. only
one of whom. Il. g Williueham. of
Atlanta. survives
Tho officers OF Beaufort troop
were q T.. Screven. capiain' Jack
Fcrabcp. first lieutenant. " T. Proc
tors. second lieutenant w. w
IEoughtog iayePlieqtenant
Captain Ch(flef Coffin, of Bates
willie. Tenn. All rally around him at
Chattanooga an survivors OF Ashhy 5
brigade who respond 10 his invita-
ton DIE has secured two rooms
down town and will Ak. these
rooms the rendezvous for his com
radcs Captain Coffin Is nov cash
Ter of the Ratos,ilio bank. and q man
of influence iu his community There
should boz roodly number of Ash.
by's men Go take ADVANTAGE OF THIS
opportunity to greet aud visit with
each other. as the regiments ot that
BRIGADE wore made up of men from
tho territory adjacent % Chattanoo-
ea They we're the First, Second.
Fourth and Filth Tennessee Chat
tauooga itself had company iu the
Second. of which Captain Ragsdalo
was Boo command Knoxville contrib
utcd another company RogersNillo
and vicinity another. and Bradley
county sull another.
Veterans of the Niuctccnth Ten
ucs.rc who come 10 the reunion viii
hp welcome az The Cedars. the
hom, of Captain $ j. \ Frazier. Who
was 200 that command This rcgi-
upui WAS also largely recruited IA
East Tennessee. and the reunion, to-
eothcr With Captain Frazier's special
invitation should attract a good
number of its survivors.
o. % Wilson OF this city and pr
luo s. Nvcth. the famous physician
of NrV York city. are arrangiug for
a reunion of the Fourth Alabama. of
which They are both members This
organization vas part OF FORESTS
ca,alr, corps. aud Or Wyeth was
SURGEON
D. s. caldwell. a recent command
or of y D. Forrest camp. L. G.. vi
of iHis city. states thar 80 far as h.
is advised bc the only survivor OF
thc Fif'y-uiuth Tennessee regiment
nos hyinl iu Chattanooga. and he
requests lli surviving members OF
that regiment Who will attend the
reunion 20 make his office headQuart
crs Each one present will naturally
nish to meet every other mombcr OF
thc old comm nd. renew acquaint-
anco, and talk Of the campaign OF
mo SOS .u which they we're engaged.
ana especially the Kentucky. the
Nicksburg and the Valley OF Nirsiuia
campaigns ih. three most memo
rable in which hey participated.