Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-16
MANY VETERANS COMING
TO GREATEST REUNION
observations at Camp Stuart Already
Made for $500 Survivors
of Lost Cause.
CITY EXTENDS HOSPITALITY
cots and Meals ut State Fair Grounds
FOR All Who Followed Armies Of
Soutil-Immensc Throng OF WISH
tors Expected.


for All Who Followed Armies Of
Soutll-Immcnse Throng of WISH
tors Expected.
David a. Brown. Jr. chairman OF the
entertainment committee for tho Con-
federato Reunion, TO be held here June
l. 2 and 3. said yesterday afternoon
mat he had already registered 800
veterans rs coming here for the &C
casion, and that he expects the total
attendance far TO exceed that of the
Richmond reunion Of 1907 A commu
nication from the Confederate camps
IN south Carolina says that Governor
Manning has asked the supervisors OF
all counties in that State to pay the
expenses of those veterans who will
be unable themselves TO stand the eX-
nenditure, and II Is said that every
Southern state will give financial aid
TO the soldiers who wish once again
70 visit the one-time capital Of the Con-
Tolerate States Of America.
CAMPS FROM ALL OVER SOUTH
WILL SEND DELEGATIONS
IN The meantime. while letters are
being received from all the Confed-
erat" camps in the South 10 say that
they Will he represented here, Mr..
Brown and his coworkers are proceed
ing with their work in preparing Camp
Stuart, at the Virginia State Fair
Grounds. for tho comfort of the visitors.
As he announced In general letter
issued on March S, MIR. Brown and the
committee Of which he is chairman
Will assist and care for In every way
every veteran who comes 10 Richmond.
In that letter Mr. Brown wrote: we
wan, every Confederate in this land
10 attend. We believe that many Of
our comrades are not in a financial
condition to attend. The general COM
mittee. therefore, wants TO assist them,
after their arrival in Richmond. so
that they will be in position TO attend
! the reunion"
CITY EXTENDS IRIS
UTMOST HOSPITALITY
All the hospitality OF which the city
! and itE Confederate organizations are
capa Die Will he extended SO that there
Will DC no excuse for amy veteran not
10 come All those camps that heSe
members who are not in a position 10
bear the expense OF hotel and quarters
have been requested 20 send In the
names or blanks inclosed TO them,
q and every scteran who is stout OF
heart, but weak OF pocket. Will lie
comfortably quartered. II is asked
! only OF ,hcse that every one of them
bring with him blanket. While here
ne viii ask for nothing else.
Grounds is being prepared for the
who come. The SCt-
Grams viii sleep within doors. There
sill be cots FOR them. and every cot
will he spread In the large building
Used during fairs for bird and chicken
exhibits large dining hall capable ,,,
+ u seating 1000 men at time Will
be established AS fast as the tables
sre cmptied and cleared another crowd
% will hc seated. and the arrangements
are such that no time Will he lost
Il feeding the multitude Mr. Brown
has already employed $50 walters. lie
Will ne abb. to make AT one time 800
gallons OF coffee and several hundred
gallons OF Brunswick stew
cAMr WILL. OPEN
on MAY II, AT NOON
The camp will be opened on May
|ai. at noon. and Mr.. Brown ard his
committee have impressed on prospec-
tive visitors that II viii not he opened
before that time.
All Othtr arrangements LOT iHe re-
union are we'll in hand. Stands in
Lee Circle. on Monument Avenue.
where will be held the floral parade
and the grand march. are practically
an!shcd. orders TO every militia COM
panv IN the State 70 he IN attendance
here on June 3, the last day OF the
Reunion. have been issued. and every
command will be represented. The
state will pay the expenses OF the
nlItiamen, and they Will he quartered
IN their own tents at Camp Stuart
lin the various parades TO be held
,he.a will he thirteen bands. included
n which will be the band from Fort
.he cadets from the Virginia Military
IInstitu,e whose predecessors were the
heroes at the battle of New Market.
Preparations for the floral parade, to
be given under the auspices Or the
e Richmond Automobile Club. are we'll
inder way. and. more than thirty own
FRS OF automobiles have promised to
Use their cars So far there is but one
hing lacking 10 make of this reunion
ne greatest ever held and that Is an
nsuf!iciency of funds. Many people
nave contributed generously. and have
he general committee believes. given
EVERYTHING that could he asked of
= hem. but there are others who the
omnittce hopes will respond In kind
how and OF this one all the committees
nope to make the greatest success
And as as there can be but few more
eun!ons, so will there be but few more
Demands for funds. And money is
sked for hut the one reason-for the
axe OF those who gave OF their all
Tor their country, and who to-day, for
II that they have given and lost, make
10 personal demand.
FINDS NEEDED TO
CARRY OUT PLANS
Let. us give them now" said a mem
er OF the general committee yester-
az. their due, and not wait to erect
ombstones to them and place flowers
bout their graves. They gave us all
hey had. and the most we can do now
5 but the least of the things they have
uttered and the hard ships they have
injured In n brighter day we are apt
n forget hut for them there is no for