Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-30
COMFORTABLE QUARTERS
PROVIDED FOR VETERANS
Several THOUSAND to Have Cots in
Buildings at State Fair
Grounds.
EVERY DETAIL PROVIDED FOR
Captain d. a. Brown and Efficient
committee Ready to Act as Host
to Great Army-No Exposure for
Visiting Veterans.

| The ring of the hammer and ,he
SOUND OF the saw have rcverberated
TOT days through the big buildings a,
the State Fair grounds 4 small ARM
or carpenters. plumbers. electricians
ana iaoorers has been emploved For
| nearly TWO weeks in construction work
at camp stuart. as the camping ground
~ thousands OF Confederate veterans
ana many companies OF the SIT.
militia Is to be known during tho 70
! union '"' re-
Directing the operations Of the me-.
chanics and laborers is Captain David
a. brown .Ir., chairman of the Com.
| mlttee on Entertainment of the Con.
tederate Veterans. Upon CAPTAIN ROW
deVoives the responsibility for puttinr
camp stuart into habitable condition
, for many days past he has spent from
SIN 10 Twelve hours supervising the
work in progress
| Assisting the chairman are otbar
prominent officers and members Of the
| iocai veteran camps. They are Major
j.; Layior Stratton. J. Taylor Jobson.
| W. b. Lightfoot L. W Ogden. T. Henry
Kracks and p. II. Curtis. most Of whon,
are giving good part OF their time
each day to the work
EVERY DETAIL. GIVEN
CAREFUL CONSIDERATION
INDOORS and outdoors the details of
o ruction are many and varied The
| noor space IN the spacious buildings
has been laid Off into sections In ths
| dormitory spaces many thousands OF
| cots are to be placed-just how m.ny
are needed will not be known unit,
all the veteran camps have reported
on the size OF the delegations they
arc senoing to Richmond and how many
IN each camp are to be housed and fed
| To this time the total number NJ
veterans and members OF the militia
companies. together with the musicians
that Will accompany some of tho dele
cations. Is approximately 5000 There
every reason to believe that the
number to be provided for at Camp
stuart will be increased by last minute
| applications for accomm odations to he
tween 5000 and 1000
In the dining hall spaces tables are
oeing constructed-long. wide pine
! board tables-which will groan under
the weight OF viands spread for the
reunion guests three times each day.
Hundreds of benches and plain chairs
and other hundreds OF camp stools are
yet to be added to the dining hall
| equipment.
TEMPORARY KITCHENS
ARE FULLY EQUIPPED
temporary kitchens. convenient to
the mess halls. have been partitioned
OFF. and ranges have been moved in.
There are loads and loads of kitchen
utensils, pots. pans. crockcry and tiny.
ware on the grounds. Different mem
bers OF Captain Browns committee
have been assigned by him to look
after the different details. While con-
tracts for all OF the table and Kitchen
articles have been long since given
out, much OF these camp necessaries
are not to be delivered until to-mor-
| row morning
Activities are not confnede however.
to the interior OF the buildings. There
are sanitary problems. and a large
force OF workmen has been installing
! this feature of construction. so impor-
| taht 10 the camp. for more than a week
! Then there arc platforms under con-
| strnction and other times Of carpentry
4, TO keep large number of mechanics
ana iaoorers busy on the grounds EN-
ceient progress has been made, the
| weather being generally favorable tn
OUTDOOR work, and 1t is expected that
Camp Stuart will he in apple-pic order
Tor the opening OF the big reunion OF
the United Confederate Veterans.
SPECTACULAR FEATURES
IN FRONT OF GRAND STAND
y large area in front of the grand
stand has been laid off for a parade
ground. Here some spectacular fea
| lures OF the celebration will be wit
nessed-drills. dress parades and mill
tary manoeuvers. An ample section OF
! the parade grounds has been appor-
TONED for the staging of the pyrotech-
mic spectacle. reproduction OF the
hattie OF the Crater. which will be
! given as the piece de resistance OF the
| fireworks display on the night of June
! ., at 10 o'clock
! Arrangements for the reception OF
the visiting bodies of veterans and
| militia are about completed, save for
the appointment of the numerous com
mittees that will meet the incoming
trains Each of these committees is to
he attended by squad of Boy Scouts
| In uniform, picked from the local troops
| OF the Boy Scouts Of America
oficers OF the visiting camps and
/ military companies have been instruct
ed to notify entertainment headauar-
ters in advance OF the time OF their
arrival that they may be met by
the reception committees, who will
serve as guides and see that all arc
| comfortably provided for.
WILL. CARE FOR THOSE
ARRIVING AT NIGHT
Delegations arriving here during the
| day will be taken direct to their quar-
ters at Camp Stuart. Those coming
| on night trains Will be escorted to res
| taurants in the city, with which ar
engagements have been made by the en-
tcrtainmcnt committee. and after be-
| ing served with supper. will be escort
ed to the camp. II is especially desired
| by the committee that in every case
| "heTe II is possible the trip shall be
so arranged that arrival in Richmond
| Will be before dark
| Arrangements for the movements Of
all organized bodies OF veterans and
militia have been made with the diff
| ferent railroads entering Richmond by
committee consisting of s. H. Bow
| man. chairman; ]. l.. Beck. II. l.. Bish-
| or. G. II. Boxley. r. V. Lloyd, w p
Taylor, w. c Wharton and Irwin weisi-
ger
Mrs. l.. f. McCauley. PA Missouri
| avenue. Fort Worth. Tex, is trying to
| get a pension and would like to hear
from SurNiNni. Of tho