The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-10

lions are being made to entertain
500 Confederate Veterans, large
number Of Sons and Daughters of the
Confederacy and 5000 visitors dur
ing the annual reunion of Florida
Confederate Veterans in this city
Oct. II, Is and 10. Free lodgings
will be provided for at least 800 of
the Veterans. Headquarters for the
Veterans will be at the Hillsboro
Hotel, those Of the Sons at the Bay
View, and headquarters for the
Daughters at the DeSoto. These are
all modern, up-to-date hotels, and in
addition there are large number of
smaller hotels heady to handle
guests.
Five hundred special badges have
been ordered for the Veterans and
Sons of Veterans and large number
for the Daughters. Moving picture
theaters have promised to admit ali
Veterans free and an effort is being
made to have the street car lines fur
nish them with free transportation
about the city, using their Confed-
crate crosses as credentials. A splen
did time is guaranteed all the Vet,
Grams attending, Tampans being
wide-awake to the opportunity given
them to establish their reputation as
good hosts.
An interesting and highly pleas
ing program has been arranged for
the reunion period, including bust
tainment features will be added The
business sessions will be held in the
handsome new City Hall. The full
program is as follows:
Tuesday morning-Welcome meet
ing at the Tampa Bay Casino; ]. A.
Griffin, representing the Board of
Trade; DR.. S. l.. Lowry, Sons of Vet
Grams, and Judge C. B. Parkhill, the
city of Tampa. Responses by Gen.
E. M. Law, Of Barlow, for the Vet
Grams and Gen. w W. Harris of
Ocala, for the Sons.
Tuesday afternoon - Executive
session at the Tampa Bay Casino.
From 3 to o'clock Children of the
Confederacy reception at the Wom-
ans Club building, Tampa Bay Park,
and from 4 to $50 o'clock reception
by Daughters of Confederacy of State
president and executive board, at the
home of Mrs. c. E. Webb, Lafayette
street.
Tuesday evening-Reception at
the Tampa Bay Casino. Introduction
OF sponsors and concert.
"Wednesday Business ses-
sion at IL o'clock at the Tampa Bay
Casino. Excursion on bay, memorial
ceremony on the boat. Lunch by
Daughters.
"wednesday night-Ball at the
Centre Asturiano. Square dances and
the ladies to dance with the veter
ans.
Thursday morning-Business ses-
sion in the morning.
Thursday afternoon-Parade in
which Veterans, Sons of Veterans.
Spanish War Veterans, Tampa Fife
and Drum Corps and Boy Scouts take
part. Route from Tampa Bay gate.
Boulevard, Franklin street, Lafayette
street, Florida avenue to Twenty-sec-
ond street, and then Franklin street.
The Veterans and their ladies will be
in automobiles.
Thursday night-Grand barbecue
at Plant Field Park. The tables to be
built across the field. Large fires.
Sons of Veterans to meet on We'd
nesday and Thursday at 10 O'Clock at
the City Hall.
The following General Order No. 6
has been issued from the headquar-
tiers of Maj.-Gen. l.. H. Buchanan at
Chipley:
Comrades: Your commander in
vites your attention to the near ap-
proach of our State Reunion at Tam
pa, Fla, October 1919, 1916.
at is more than likely that some
very important business will come
before the convention and it is my
desire that each and every camp in
the division be represented.
1.-THE anticipated pleasure of meet
ing many of my comrades and a
goodly number of the Sons and
increases the activities of
my life and tends to brighten my few
days.
Let me urge upon you, my COM
rades, your Sons and Daughters to