The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-06


Nhp oth
cared 0r rs 81 hcte oar
ing lluIlS IN Dl nate ON l1iers
they vi baFe more eon OF p
- Ssd ttar eaterta Tssielit
JzelEsS - 0el TeEes that = al pel
more pleas ~ tor the Tetezaus y pe
cared for 81 hat manner tlan tn
camp ana pang e not Al e hem
will 80 - gned 70 s1sI QElarters.
AnotheC ehasae in the progrS.Ill7
VIII BE-, resp n tie parade Of old soi-1
dfers. ms eaa cf walking, they VIII
ride n ca 13aes and g7ltolno oiles.l
1t IS real3<sd here that ibig major
kty OF the VeteranS who followed tins
fortunes Of the STARS and bars, are
now past 20 years Of age. Many q
them are l,1ysical1y unable to march
two hctirs IN The sun, notNlit cand-
ing the fs.et that they fight Il Out
with tDeir Ola time co1iEage and sce-
ter1ngn 9tboSl The fact has been ap-.
parent to y0nngeT observers az re-
cent fennfopss ~ not the old men
themselves The time Is rapidly ap-
uroaehtng WREN the survivors Of tine
civil gar, NORM and South, must
quit narcAtpg Ia parades as g spec
tacle for Ting. eyes. II has been
almost fifty one years since the bat
ties OF GeSffEh0rg and C1tckanlau ga
since the cons1Tu1ing flames OF war
on those bistorlc fields Tried Amer
can va1or gid courage and round
them tue, The average age OF the
contestents IN those titanic struggles
was twenty geaes; hence the agerage
age o. the enrVtyOrs must be seven
tyrone. IN fact, very few men now
living rho fought in the Civil waI
are under seyenty When a younger
man is fo0I1d he entered the Service
as a mere poy, A Confederate pa
rade brines these facts sharply 70
the attenttop or members OF tns
Younger geueratfop- The bent forms
and wp5te pair Of the veterans are
TernfrfIers % their descendants that
/ I,i,4 a few gears more and all must
pass to tt1eir last rewards:
HecUgnisipg the declining year
Of the CoQfedecate veterans, Jach-
fsonwi1s viii set The precedent Tor
Il change in che confederate parade,
as indfcated, Confident OF its aoSit5
TO carry it out. These pro prose
/ bennett II, 1c'ung on a recsnfiS Slsls
10 Juclesonvi1le, and he en|daAsi-
asttcallg. aoproped them. Genera e
I YOUNG deeIared that JaclSsoIvll | y :
twas se,tt.Is- a.snrec edeut that Wouiu
certainty 81, Hnpreciated by the vet
Grams, end paid q, high Compliment
to the ctttsers WHO made The propO-
elf + sf
4 = t.TSacc;lkscnvftIe has confidence in It's
abi ijT 10 cry out these plans. The
first change is raade posstple ny su I
perior 1otels, boarding houses anu NJ
private homes, All of winch VIII DC
o0eu to the Veterans; the econ 80 1.
change by the very large nulAoet
Of autoncbJes. carriages and slg .11-
seeing cars 10 the city Jacksoirtg,a W. ! !,
has d greater nundioer of hotels ina ina
u ~ 4 Mt arYfe4
4 r,onfefl traits reun ions since It's meet
4 ing in Dou,sgille. It has no1Ir .sii .ls
as narg hntels as Chattanooga, AM =
stnroha11lT the same as to Little 1Soch
ana N.scon. If 4pose cities, two oi
which broke all records in attend.
lance. took care of all put 4;5Vo y, p
the yisitora there is no doubt tnaat
Ia}o1,s,1,l tlilta can care for a record
I1.e.aIxi,9e ceocvd AID have room -
snare The gverage number OF VET
erans cared for at the lChattaIooe
os+,,9 Ms 4 900. ALI other visitors
we're we're. accom11od ated in the hotels.
hoarli11et ho11ses and private hoiles
Of that City, The attendance az me
Chattanooga reanion was a iJ,. . tOg,-
900 Jacksopyilla can easily accom-
naodate $50 900 because OF It's super
TOR hotel fae.1ittes.
/ And ,Jacks0nville eXpects g CIV o,s,,
fthat large. Al over the South s ~
INN IN many n h hef JaeFaonviiie reunion i
already Jerry great. Every state vi
S Sls on, re,portz that large crowd VII
attend. TeSas, oklahoma, Misso .s
and those states closer to JacKson-
Vile, arc alreadS making arran :, &C.
, nlelS With tpe railroads TO hanole
i +, cESN91wds that intend coming TO
+ tI,l ra1,rton. This interest three
y roonths before the date Of the meet
a and and IacksongilIe Is preparing e
to take GRE If it, al who come .e,, VIII