The Prescott daily news., 1914-03-14
SUB-COMMITTEES AT WORK
PERFECTING ARRANGEMENTS
Large Crowd to Attend 24th Annual
Reunion of Confederate Vet
Grams at Jacksonville
May s, 7, and Sth

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Jacksonville, Fla, March 14.-The
various subcommittee of the Jack
sonville Reunion Association are at
work perfecting arrangements for
handling the large crowd expected
here May 6, 7. and 8, to attend the
24th annual reunion of the United
Confederates and the 18th reunion
Of the Sons of Veterans.
Adjutant- General Nathan Bedford
Forrest of Memphis, Tenn, of the
Sons of Confederate Veterans, has
transferred headquarters of that as
sociation from Memphis to this city
and is organizing a large camp of
Sons here. He is also organizing
camps throughout the entire state, for
the purpose of arousing interest in
the reunion and preserving and en-
larging the association. Sons of Vet
erans in all of the towns and cities
of Florida are actively at work for
the reunion and much enthusiasm is
manifested in the approaching meet
ing in this city
The reunion committee charged
with the work of securing homes for
the veterans and visitors has a force
of men in the field canvassing the
city for rooms and board. This is
under the direction of Walter Hawk
ms, a prominent business man, and
it is being done with systematic care.
The reunion association realizes that
this is one of the most important de-
partments of the reunion work, and a
good business man was put at the
head of the committee. The purpose
and desire are to have the accommo-
dations and assignment divisions, so
perfect that no trouble will be en-
countered in getting the veterans and
visitors from the depot to their homes
when they arrive.
The entertainment committee is
lperfecting an attractive program for
the reunion week. Max Morganthau,
chairman of the regular entertain
ment committee of the Jacksonville
Board of Trade, is chairman of the
reunion entertainment committee also.
A prominent entertainment feature
of the week will be May Day festi-
vities of public school children in one
of the large parks of the city. 1t is
the purpose of the committee to make
this feature one of the greatest school
children spectacles ever seen in the
southern states, In addition to this
splendid feature, there will be many
events on the program that will en-
tertain and please the reunion Wis
itors.
The work of raising the necessary
money to defray the expenses of the
reunion, while not yet completed, has
advanced far enough to warrant the
announcement that Jacksonville will
have all of 100000, the amount de-
termined upon last fall. The city will
be brilliantly lighted with thousands
of electric lights. and many electric
novelties seen nowhere else, have been
decided upon by the committee. The
decorations will he modest. but pleas
ing to the old soldiers. An effort is
being made to hold the decorations to
strict conformity with the official
colors of the Confederacy, Confeder-
ate flags and red and white bunting
predominating.
In all departments, the work shows
good progress and the orginazition
will be ready for the crowds when
they they arrive here in May. Every
thing possible is being done for the
comfort and entertainment of the vet
Grams and their friends.