Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-05
EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE It'd
SEE THAT THE VETERAN FOL-
LOWERS OF LEE AND JACKSON
Enjoy THEMSELVES.
viii Prouide Hotels
( For Visiting Heroes
Heretofore Vets Have Been Cared for
in Tents. Will Also Abolish March.
ing in Parade-AutOs VIII Be Pro-
Vided for All.

Jacksonville, Fla, Feb. 4.-The 24th
annual reunion of the United Confed-
crate Veterans association and Sons of
Confederate Veterans will be held in
this city three days, April %, 80 and
May /, and plans for entertaining
them are now being made by the offic-
ials of the Jacksonville Reunion Asso-
citation and thirty committees appoint.
ed by President Foor of the associa'
ton.
Jacksonville has an ambition to en-
terrain the survivors Of the Confeder-
ate armies, and their friends, better Il
possible than they have ever been en-
tertained before, An interesting pro-
gram will be arranged for the rece9-
ton and entertainment of the visitors
and no matter how large the attend
ance may be, all will be satisfactorily
entertained In everything that goes
to make the handling of large crowds
an easy task, jacksonville is well sup
piled 1t has the transportation facil-
tiles, the hotels and streets, all neces-
sary to the successful handling of re-
union crowds
The Jacksonville program viii
change in at least two important in
stances particulars the customary re-
union methods 1t is the purpose Of
the association to put many of the old
soldiers, who have at other reunions
been cared for at a camp, in hotels
boarding houses and private homes
where they will have more comfort
able quarters and better entertain
ment Jacksonville believes that It
will be more pleasant for the veterans
to be cared for in that manner than in
camp, and many if not all of them
will be assigned to such quarters.
Another change in program will be
seen in the parade of old soldiers. In
stead of walking they will ride in car
riages and automobiles. It is reaIizes
here that big majority of the yeter-
ans who followed the fortunes of the
Stars and Bars, are now past 70 years
of age. Many of them are physically
unable to march two hours in the sun,
notwithstanding the fact that they
fight it out with their old time cour-
age and determination. This fact has
+ been apparent to younger observers at
recent reunions, if not the old men
themselves. The time is rapidly ap-
preaching when the survivors of the
civil war, north and south, must quit
marching in parades as a spectacle for
admiring eyes. 1t has been almost
fifty-one years since the battles of
Gettysburg and Chickamauga-since
the consuming flames of war on those
historic fields tried American val9Y
and courage and found them true. The
average age Of the contestants in these
titantic struggles was twenty years;
hence the average age Of the suryi, =
crs must be seventy-one. In fact.
very few men now living who fouga,
in the civil war are under seventy.
When a younger man is found, he en-
tered the service as a mere boy. A
confederate parade brings these facrs
SHARPLY to the attention Of members of
the younger generation The bent
forms and white hair of the veterans
are reminders to their descendants
that but few years more and all
must pass to their last rewards.
Recognizing the declining years OF
the Confederate veteran, Jacksonville
win set the precedent for change in
the Confederate parade, as indicated
cunfdent Of it's ability to carry it out
These proposed changes were submit
ned to General Bennett H. Young on a
recent visit to Jacksonville, and he en-
Enthusiastically approved them. Gen