The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-21
IS PREPARING
FOR REUNION
CHATTANOOGA WILL ENTERTAIN
RIGHT ROYALTY THE LARGEST
CROWD OF VETERANS.

Chattanooga, Tenn, March 90
This city is preparing to entertain
the largest crowd that has attended
a reunion of the Confederate veterans
since the organization of the associa-
tion. It is matter of history that
the first steps toward organic he
southern survivors of the civil /"
were taken in Chattanooga. The g.
Orleans meeting, at which the orga e
ization was effected, by the electio,
of Gen. John B. Gordon, commander
in chief, resulted, in large measure,
j. F. Shipp and others, for an asso-
citation of Confederates. The New
Orleans meeting elected Gen. John
B. Gordon to head the organization
and he called the first reunion of
the association for Chattanooga July
3, and 3, 1890. Under all of the
circumstances the people of Chatta-
nooga feel that it is their duty 20
exert every effort to make the COM
ing reunion a brilliant success 1t
is certainly their pleasure to do so.
The date of. the reunion is May
27-29 inclusive. Only three months
remain in which the work of the or
ganization may be done, but it is
well under way. The various COM
mittees have been appointed, and ara
at work in their respective spheres.
Information gathered from all Sec
tions OF the south indicates that fully
10000 people will be here.
The passenger departments of all
the railroads having lines entering
Chattanooga, report that already there
is much interest in the coming re-
union. Inquiries are received every
day about rates, hotel accommoda-
tions and the progress of the work
incident 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 railway systems in the south,
has served notice on the people of
Chattanooga that record breaking
crowd may be expected
The Confederate veterans met here
in their first reunion in 1880, twentyf
three years ago. Chattanooga at
that time was but poorly prepared to
care for the visitors. Hotel accom-
modations were inferior, local trans
portation facilities poor and the peo-
pie were suffering financially from a
collapsed boom. However, that re-
union was voted a success.
The Chattanooga of today was
built since 1890. 1t is now a city If
100000 with the best hotel accom-
modations and first class local trans.
portation facilities. 1t has twenty
six hotels, one of them a modern,
12-story building costing million
dollars. The boarding house accom-
modations are all that are to be
found in a modern city of 100000
population. The hotels, boarding
houses and private families will fur
nish entertainment for 10000 visit
ors. The restaurant service is first
class and adequate to any demand.
The Confederate veterans will be
camped at Jackson Park, a delightful
resort almost within the business dis
triots of the city. This camp has
been named Camp Stewart" in
honor of the late Gen. A. P. Stewart,
the much beloved and noted southern
chieftain, who won fame on the great
est battlefieds of the civil war and
spent his declining years in Chat
tanooga as a member of the Chick
amauga National Park Commission.
The motion to name the camp for
him was put by Mayor T. c. Thomp-
son, and was unanimously adopted
Through the influence of the local
congressman, Hon. John A. Moon.
10000 cots have been secured from
the war department for the camp.
Tents have also been secured from
the same source to accommodate
10000 men. The camp site is ad
mirable and the equipment will be
all that the veterans could desire.
Chattanooga is putting great en-
ergy into the preparation for the
reunion, and every indication is that
it will be one of the mest delightful
meetings the veterans have ever ell
joyed.
The hotel accommodations at Chat
tanooga, where the Confederate re-
union is to be held on May 2729, are
first class and adequate to the de-
mands that will be made on theta.