The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-11
Confederate
Reunion to be
Held In Tampa
Oct. 1883


Tallahassee, Sept. 9.-The annual
reunion of Florida Confederate Vet
Grams will be held this year at Tampa
on Oct. II, IS and 10, inclusive. This
reunion includes all of the veterans
of this state, three brigades.
General R. Don. Mcleod, Of Craw.
fordville, and his Adjutant General
and Chief of Staff, T. ]. Appleyard,
have issued General Order No. 5, call
ing the attention of the veterans to the
dates and rates for the gathering.
The Seaboard Air Line Railroad has
been selected as the official route for
the First Brigade.
The general order follows, and all
veterans are requested to read same
and take advantage Of this uniting
which will be one of the last, if not the
last, that many of the old heroes of
the lost, loved cause will ever attend:
UNITED CONFEDERATE vETER-
ANS
General Order No. 5.
Crawfordville, Fla, Sept. /, 1916.
To The First Florida Brigade, United
Confederate Veterans.
DEAR COMRADES:
In bright anticipation of most de-
lightful gathering of Old Confederates,
your Commander points with unusual
interest to the approaching Annual
Reunion of the Florida Division Of
United Confederate Veterans, to be
held on October 17,1S and 10, at Tam
pa.
The people of Tampa have long
been noted for their generous hos.
pitality. They are making extensive
preparation for this Reunion and have
promised to make it the most enjoy
able occasion of the kind ever extend
ed by any city. This promise means
much, and every Old Veteran should
be there to see if it is possible for
Tampa, even with all her splendid
seaport facilities and other natural ad-
vantages, can surpass the delightful
entertainment accorded the Veterans
at Ocala, Lakeland Barlow, Lake
City, Live Oak and other inland cities
A special rate of one cent mile,
each way, plus Is cents: Tickets to
be sold October Is and 16, for trains
on the 18th, with final limit October
22nd, have been named to your Com.
mander by that genial and ever &C.
commodating friend Of the Old Vete-
rams, Mr.. G. 2. Phillips, Asst. Genl.
Pass Agt, of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway.
The officials of this road have ever
displayed a generous and apprecia-
tive spirit toward Old Veterans, ex-
tending courtesies to make our Re-un-
ions as pleasant and inexpensive as
possible. 1t is with pleasure, there
fore, that your Commanding General
designates the Seaboard Air Line
Railway as the officitl route to Tam
pa, hoping to meet there every mem
Der of the First Florida Brigade who
Is physically able to make the trip.
Our ranks are growing SO thin that
your Commanding General deems it
hardly necessary to order a special
train to Tampa, feeling that the Sea-
board can and will furnish ample and
comfortable accommodations ON their
regular trains for as many Old Sol.
diers and their families and friends
as will go.
Aside from the pleasures of this
occasion, Major General Buchanan
says there is a special business, af.
fecting the welfare of the Confederate
Veteran and his widow, If he leaves
one, to be discussed and acted upon
at Tampa, and personal interest
should induce every Veteran to be
there and voice his concernietaoinn
there and voice his desires concern
ing State and National legislation
looking to further recognition Of the