Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-31
RICHMOND IS READY
T0GREET VETERANS
Advance Guard of Reunion Hosts
Has Already Arrived
Here.
CAMP STUART OPENS TO-DAY
Visitors Pouring Into Capital Of
Confederacy From Every Di-
rection by Special Trains.
CAMP STUART OPENS TO-DAY

. Though the skies are heavy with
| clouds and dark with the threat of
rain, there is no dampening OF the
ardor OF those veterans who are al
ready gathered here for the greatest
of all the Confederate reunions held
during the last twenty-five years
| There were many who arrived in Rich
mond yesterday, and the familiar gray
| of the Southern uniform was seen In
! the lobbies of all the hotels and about
| the gathering places on the streets.
! Wherever was gathered group OF two
/ or three men there was at least one
! Confederate soldier. ready again with
! his yarns of the days of 81 and '65,
and full OF anticipation for the delights
| Of the renewal of old acquaintance
( ships
Though the reunion proper does not
begin until tomorrow morning at 10
| o'clock. there are various preliminary
exercises to be held to-day. The Con-
| federated Southern Memorial Associa-
! tion, which Will be presided over BY
Mrs. Shelton Chieves, of Petersburg,
vicepresident, because OF the illness
of Mrs w j. Behan, president, Will
| open Its sessions in tho jefferson Hotel
/ auditorium this morning at II o'clock.
| The opening meeting OF the Sons of
| Veterans will he held in the City Audi
! torium tonight at S o'clock. The
usual Hollywood Memorial parade will
I be held this afternoon, beginning at 4
! o'clock. and starting from Fifth and
! Franklin Streets. All the local mill
/ tary commands Will take part The
. parade will be led by an escort OF
mounted police. under Major Werner
and Captain r. b. sowell. The me-
mortal address. which was to have
been delivered by General Bennett H.;
! Young, conmander-in chief of the
| United Confederate Veterans. who is
| too i'll TO attend the reunion. will be
delivered by Judge George L. Christian,
] n Confederate soldier of distinction and
renown.
CAMP STUART OPENS FOR
| VETERANS THIS MORNING
The city is ready for it's visitors
| Camp Stuart, at the State Fair Grounds
where 5000 Confederate soldiers and
visiting militiamen will be quartered.
! has been prepared for those who here
will have their home. Cots have been
| placed in the Administration Building,
| north of the race track, and in near
| by building a banquetinR hall has been
arranged. Here il will be possible to
| seat 900 men at time. Ample pro-
| vision has been made to feed them.
will be taken to the grounds daily, and
there will he on the grounds n suf-
! fcient number of cooks and walters to
| attend to every physical want. The
: militia Will be Quartcred in shelter
| tents, which they will bring with them.
and will be cared for in other fashion
by the general reunion committee with
out cost to them or the State. The
only expense which the State will have
to bear Will be that incidental to the
| transportation OF the troops and equip
| ping the officers with mounts. AS
| there Will not be a sufficient number
OF available horses in Richmond to pro-
vide for all the officers. warrants for
the transportation here of horses will
! be issed and honored.
MEDICAL GRADUATES TO
AID IN RELIEF WORK
Aside from the provisions made at
| Camp Stuart, headquarters for the
various associations and relief stations
| for the veterans have been estab-
! lished in all parts of the city. DIR.
George Ross, head of the medical and
ambulance committee, has enlisted
every graduate of the Medical College
| of Virginia to assist him through the
reunion, and, with Superintendent Nor
| lok, OF the Memorial Hospital, has ar
| ranged that four hospital tents shall
| be erected at advantageous points
along the line of march. To each tent
will be attached r physician, n grad
uate nurse and two pupil nurses. Med
| icinal supplies will be provided. and
attention will he given to those who
! fall by the way from sheer exhaustion
or suffer from accident. For the more
serious cases. Superintendent Morlok
| has opened r ward in Memorial Hos
pital, and has provided fourteen beds.
| III necessary. other hospitals will open
! their doors
! SPECIAL ORDERS
| ISSUED TO POLICE
| Major Werner has also issued orders
| to every member Of the department to
show every courtesy and kindness to
the veterans and to afford them every
aid. All the troops of Boy Scouts will
also be used along the line Of march,
and they, too. will render assistance
and give information. It will be their
duty, according to orders. to meet
| trains and to escort visiting veterans
| to their temporary domicile and TO rem
| der such other assistance as may lie
within their power and as the regula-
| tions OF the organization require them
to perform. The Boy Scouts are ex-
pected to be of invaluable aid.
Arrangements have also been made
to furnish water and refreshments
along the long line Of parade, and
short halts will be made at stated in
| tervals. so that the veterans may not
be exhausted when they reach the
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