The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-13
GENERAL COLLIER ID ARRIVE TODAY WITH DELEGATION Strong Party From Mem phis Will Make Bid for
 Next Reunion ADVANCE GUARD
 BEGINS TO GATHER All Details for Reunion Now Ready
 and Thousands of Veterans Will Be the Guests of sr the City v

Gen. William A. Collier, member of Forests cavalry and commander of the department of the east, will arrive this afternoon for the reunion. General Col Her will be the first of the prominent officers of the reunion to reach the city, and will be accompanied by number or sponsors and maids as well as large delegation of prominent Memphis citizens who will try to secure the next reunion for their city.
 General Collier is extremely well known in Birmingham and is very popular with a large circle of friends here Several local men are members of his staff' among them being Col. Walker Percy Colonel Samuel D. Weakley, Col. Frank w Smith, and others. General Collier was a prominent figure at the 1908 re- union.
 His headquarters will be at the Tutwiler hotel, where the sponsors and maids, as well as his staff will also be quartered
 With the arrival of General Collier and his staff, the reunion crowds are ex- pected to begin gathering, and every train will deliver some of the advance guard. By tomorrow, they will be here in numbers, and tomorrow night special trains will begin to arrive. bringing the sons and veterans. Although the veter- ans do not begin their sessions until Tuesday the first meeting of the sons will be held Monday and many of the veterans will come on the special trains which bring the sons
 Every detail in connection with the re- union is now ready or in such shape that there will be no possibility of any delay The fairgrounds, where the thousands of veterans will be quartered a the guests of the city, are ready. The 5000 cots which were loaned by the gov ernment have been placed and the blan- kets are also brand new The quarters which have been arranged for the veter- ans present most attractive appear ance and it is expected that the manner in which the details of this end of the reunion have been handled will meet with the hearty approval of the veterans.
 Beginning tomorrow. the executive headauarters of the reunion cOnmittees will be open day and night, it was an nounced yesterday. The complete office and executive force for the reunion will go on duty tomorrow and will remain on duty until the last of the veterans and visitors have departed for their homes It was announced that every veteran is expected to register at the executive headauarters at 15 North Twentieth street, and from that point the veteran will be assigned to a home or to the fair grounds,
 The two base hospitals which will be under the direction of Dr. J. D. Heacock, will open tomorrow. one will be, located in the Motion building on First avenue and Nineteenth street and the os~er will be at the fairgrounds. pr. Heacock has conferred with the doctors and nurses, who will assist in this part of the re- union work and every detail has been ar, ranged. There will be doctors and nurses on duty both day and night at both hos pitfalls and arrangements have been made to carry patients to the various hospitals if the need should arise.