Lower coast gazette., 1913-03-22
VETERANS GATHER
AT CHATTANOOGA
EXPECT LARGEST CROWD In HIS
TORY OF ASSOCIATION.
WILL CAMP IN HEART OF CITY
Brief History Of 0rgsnisatioa-city Is
Making Every Preparation to
Royalty Entertain It's Host
Of Visitors.

Chattanooga, Tenn, March This
city is preparing to entertain 'nc 1afS'
est crowd that has attended g reunion
OF the Confederate veterans since inc
organization Of the association 1t IS ]
matter OF history that the first steps
toward organizing the southern surylv'
ors OF the Civil War were taken IL
Chattanooga. The New Orleans meetlns'
at which the organization was eiected'
nv the election OF Gen. John . Tor
don commander-in.cnief, resulted, IN
large measure, from agitation started
here by Capt. j.. 7. Ship, and Others
for an association OF Confederates. Inc
New Orleans meeting elected Gen. John
B. Gordon to head the organization ana
he called the first reunion OF the asso-
station for Chattanooga July 8, ! and 5,
8 Under all of the circumstances
the people Of Chattanooga feel that it
il their duty TO exert every eior1 20
make the coming reunion o brilliant sue
cess. It is certainly their pleasure 20
do so.
The date OF the reunion is May s'-ss
inclusive. Only three months remain IN
which the work of the organization may
he done, but it is well under way. Ihe
various committees have been appoint
I'D. and are at work in their respective
spheres. Information gathered from ell
sections Of the south indicates that FUZZY
10000 people will be here.
The passenger departments OF all the
railroads having lines entering Chatta'
nooga, report that already there is much
: interest in the coming reunion. Inquiries
! are received every day about rates, no.
tel accommodations and the progress Oh
The work incident to the entertainments
of the veterans and the thousands OF
visitors that will be here. The deaa o.
: the passenger department OF one OF Shs
. largest railway systems in the south
has served notice on the people OF Chat
tanooga that q record breaking GROVE
u may be expected.
e The Confederate veterans met here II
D. their first reunion in 1890, twenty-five
,e years ago. Chattanooga at that TIM
W was but poorly prepared to care 10
- the visitors. Hotel accommodations wer
:. inferior, lccal transportation facllltle
~ poor and the people were suffering ilna'
cially from a collapsed boom. EoweVe'
vi that reunion vas voted . success
IS, The Chattanooga of today was 'anl'
to since 1890. 1t is now !: city OF loo,oV
in with the best hotel accommodations al
of Grst class local transportation tacl!ltie
he It has twenty-six hotels, one of the
q modern, twelyc-story building cost'l
:. a million dollars. The boarding hou'
accommodations are all that are 70
found in 3 modern city OF 100000 pop
'u- lation. The hotels, boarding houses IL
ng private families sill furnish entertal
by ment for 10000 visitors. The :esta
an rant service is first class and adequa
.lal to any demand
act The Confederate veterans will
camped at Jackson lark, q delightful
;do sort almost within the business dlstr!'
~ Of the city. This camp has been nam
"Camp Stewart" III honor OF the IL
Gen. A. P. Stewart, the much 5eloS
aue and noted southern chieftain, who W
lay fame on the g<eatcst battlefelds OF
Civil War and spent his declining ye'
in Chattanooga as q member OF
). Chickamauga National Park Commlssi
, of The motion to name the camp for
was put by Mayor T. C. Thompson, :
was unanimously adopted.
Through the influence OF local c
messmcn, Hon. John A. Moon, 10,
cots have been secured from tie war
rro, partment for the camp. Tents have :
' 'Sn heen secured from the same source
sent accommodate 1000 men. The camp
is. admirable and the equipment will
n. al that the veterans could desire.
Chattanooga is putting great ene
into the preparation for the reunion,
every indication is that it will be
cres of the most delightful meetings the
Rlce Grams have ever enjoyed.
and The environments of Chattanooga
ions, ideal for a reunion Of the Confede
veterans. The battlefelds are the
la. points of interest, of course, but
are not all by any means. Chattan'
is a modern city Of 100000 popula'
with a greater number o. manufactu
plants than any city in the sout
states, turning out more than $
hundred different products that go
tically all over the world. It hi
number Of skyscrapers, and other
ern buildings. The climate is ideal.
mountain scenery is not excelled in
other section of the south. Some !
ago Prince Henry, of Prussia, spe
day in Chattanooga and made a tt
the top Of historic Lookout Noun
After viewing the panorama from
eminence, he exclaimed: "Ther
nothing finer in all Europe Every
list who has Travelled in European
tries passes the same eulog!y on
mountains. The Confederate yett
however, know what they are. !
ands OF them fought over this fiel'
1t will be q pleasure to them to +
the scenes Of the carnage through
they passed in 1863. Those who
not in the Chattanooga campaign
be equally interested.
The population Of Chattanooga
grown from 10000 in 1900 to 4
d in 1913, including suburbs.