The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-01

| is very desirious that all who expect
| to attend the coming reunion and de-
sire the assignment committee, that IS.
the committee assigning visitors 10
private homes. boarding houses, etc,
to furnish them information, write their
Leeds at once The private homes,
l toarding houses. etc, of Chattanooga
have been carefully canvassed and the
number of visitors that each can ac-
commodate is on file in the office of
the association. If people who expect
to attend the reunion will send their
names to C. Ii. Huston, chairman of
the assignment committee. they will
be assigned places 10 stay while in
| Chattanooga, so that there will be no
confusion upon their arrival. Letters
addressed to Mr. Huston, Chattanooga,
Tenn, should state plainly the kind of
accommodation desired.
| Officers high in the councils of the
United Confederate Veterans, as we'll
as representative veterans not so high
in rank, are warm in their praises of
| the arrangements being made for the
1913 reunion in this city May 1929
1 Gnu pass Lhc NOio dioh6 " tAcli CUM
rades that a rare treat awaits them
when they gather here, surrounded by
such historic places as the battlefields
OF Chickamauga, Lookout mountain,
Missionary Ridge, etc.
, Brig. Gen. John P. Hickman, COM
Inanding the Tennessee division, U. &
", and therefore grand marshal of
! the reunion, here has a strong word Of
/ ~ atf1a NJ la tiAt ffY. fa
especially the plans for parades, and
more particularly the veterans parade
| Which is to keep intact for the Con-
federate soldiers themselvess SO that
| they viii not be overshadowed by other
features that have been admitted here
tofore. General Hickman wrote as fol
| lows to General Chairman Brock:
AS an officer of the association,
can only allow in the veterans parade
what is set out in our bylaws. They
| provide for the commander in chief, his
staff, sponsors and maids of honor:
! the three corps commanders, their staff.
sponsors and maids of honor; the ma
ior generals, their staff, sponsors and
maids of honor. with the Confederate
soldiers forming each division. After
the bylaws were adopted and by order
Of Gem stephen d. Lee, the Confed-
crate Monumental association was
given a place in the parade. The above
viii be allowed in the parade and
nothing more.
Our reunions are held to glorify the
| Confederate soldiers and we are, or
should be- the attractions; however, for
years we have been lost sight of in
the shuttle and our parades have got
ten to be a nondeScript and filled UP
| with tallyhqs, automobiles, hacks, car
rails, militia and everything on foot
| or riding. In fact, they have gotten in
4
| of the Confederate soldiers will not
| participate.
| II am in receipt of letters from all
over the south and from the most
prominent soldiers, commencing two
| orders L have issued. One is that
am to have a parade as provided by
law, the other is that the young ladies.
| representing the mothers of the south,
| shall not ride astride. On these two
orders we intend to stand pat.
Il desire to congratulate the people
| of Chattanooga on all arrangements the
committees have made and especially
on the parades of the Eleventh Unit
| ed States cavalry, the sponsors and
| raids, and the Sons of Confederate Vet
Grams From the work being done by
| your committees you can but have a
great suce SIS of our twenty third an
nua1 rer-lon.
Capt. j. f. Shipp of this city, quar-
| termaster general of the United Con
| federate Veterans and chairman of the
reunion committee on horses, Is one of
| the best known officers of the veter-
ans, having been prominently identi-
fled with organizing the association
years ago having held for long time
| the position of quartermaster general.
| He is high in the councils of the as
sociation, and in the present instance
the delicate task of mapping out the
parade formation was left to him. Cap
| tain Shipp is perhaps the most active
| of any local veteran in arranging for
| the reunion. He predicts a grand time
| for his comrades who come here and
mentions a few reasons for his con-
victions on the subject Captain Ship
said:
From my long official connection as
| quartermaster general of the-United
Confederate Veterans association, and
| having taken part in every reunion
| os the organization and now a meli-
her of the Chattanooga reunion exec
utive committee. feel justified in say
/ ing that the coming reunion in this
city, May 27-29, will be, in my opinion,
the most interesting and enjoyable re-
union that We have ever had. The ar
rangements are thoroughly systematic
and complete in all of the details
| 'The encampment for the veterans
will be strictly military with the de-
rartments and divisions as separate
units. Each division Will have a head
Quarters tent connected by phone with
department headquarters and the CITY
IL have suggested to General Young
commander in chief, that some brigade
commander and staff be assigned ia
| each division headquarters for a GER
| tain period. such brigade commanders
being in effect officer of the day fol
| the period he is detailed to division
headquarters. l would like to see, also
arrangements made for a morning gun
| at the camp. so as to carry out the
effect of conducting the camp on strict
| ly military lines
+, I'VE are making arrangements sc
| that every veteran can participate IN
| the veterans parade, which will be
| kept free from features that have beer
introduced in other years and be for
the veterans alone. so that they car
see and be seen. Those comrades who
are 50 MANNED or feeble that it IL
impossible for them TO march as they
would like to. will be taken in autt
trucks. In this way all MANNED and
feeble. veterans will ride comfortabl bly,
behind their comrades of the respective
hrieades and preserve the militar.
character and precision of the parede
Too much cannot be said in praise
of the Eleventh United States cavalry
stationed at Fort Oglethorpe, Chatta-
ncoga, in connection with telling OF
successful arrangements for our 1915
\ reunion. 1t would have been practi-
cally impossible to secure enoug
! horses for the officers and mounted
| commands of the United Confederate
oongressmen in approaching the war
dt.t ia p m eIit ahout the loan of nlotnts