Evening star., 1917-06-04

son of famous Confederate leader,
has sent greetings from France TO the
twenty second annual reunion OF the
Sons of Confederate Veterans. Merri-
weather has organized at the battle
front a camp of the Sons of Confed-
crate Veterans who are working in the
aviation corps and the American am
bulance.
Commander Ernest G. Baldwin of
Roanoke, Va, estimates that 500 sons
of Veterans from all the states OF the
Union have registered today: He says
that there will be nearly twice that
number in the parade.
]. E. B. Stuart. son of Gen. "Jeb"
Stuart. is here for the esencampment: ne
Sons of Confederate Veterans,. and held
office In 1896.
J. P. Northfeet of Memphis. Tenn,
and W. w. Old, jr., of Norfolk, Va, are
past. commanders of the sons who are
here for the reunion and assisting
Commander Baldwin to receive visitors
at headquarters.
There are 213 camps of the sons or
ganized in the United States.
A large number Of sons from the
camps in Virginia are In the offlcers'
reserve training camp at Fort Myer ana
will march in the parade Thursday.
Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Flor
ida. member of the StonewaH Jackson
Camp, and Representative Pat Harrison
of Mississippi are organizing all Sons
of Veterans in Congress to march in
the parade. They are to wear white
satin band lettered in red, Son OF
Confederate Veteran"
Miss cordelia Taylor, sponsor-in-chief
for the S. c. ". arrived today from
4 ga
veteran. Her father moved to Rio de
Janeiro, where she was born. She has
come from Rio to attend this reunion.
seventeen specials and sections
crowded into Union station & this morn o,n
ing the hundreds they brought to the
reunion celebration.
Tba Odd Fellows are holding open
friends at headquarters all during the
week.
Miss Bessie L. Brady, from Tulsa,
Okla, who represents the transmis-
sissippi division. is of Indian blood.
Her grandfather was "Black John,"
Cherokee Indian chief.
oklahoma delegates woke things up
at Union station, at the tented city,
the headquarters in the Willard and
other gathering places of the veterans
tbis afternoon. They reached Wash
ington before noon in their special
ratn headed by their own band. They
nave some to boost" for Tulsa for the
next convention. They flashed certi-
fed check for $4,000 as a guarantee
fund TO meet all expenses of the next
convention. Their principal claim for
recornition Is that more than half Of
the Veterans live west OF the Missis-
sippi river, and yet that section has
had but three out Of the twenty-five
Conventions, These were at Dallas
Houston and Little Rock. Ark.
Nathan b. Forrest, adjutant-in-chief
of the Sons of Veterans, is grandson
of the famous Gen. N. B. Forrest. He
has served twelve terms as adjutant-
! in -chief of the organization.
Among a delegation of twenty from
| North Carolina at the tented city is d.
% Lemons of Leesville, who served in
Cononany D of the 44th North Carolina
infantry, and lost an arm In battle
| in Virginia in the early part of the
war.
Manager Clark Griffith announced this
| afternoon that all veterans wearing
| their badges will be admitted free to
the ball park for the base ball games
during the encampment.
Mrs. William p. Vaughan of Green
VILE, S. c., president of the Greenville
equal suffrage party, is here for the re-
union and will be a guest at the tea in
honor of the Daughters of the Confed-
eracy, rendered by the national wom-
ans party Wednesday. Mrs. Vaughan
| is accompanied by Miss Sadie Holcomb
of Greenviile, another officer of the
| league.
Many Daughters are prominent also
as suffrage leaders in the south, and
| while here are using the time to look
into the Washington situation, espe-
| cially at the Capitol.
The Mississippi Society. with Gen. !.
H. Brinker. superintendent of docu-
ments, government printing office. as
chairman of the general committee.
has secured a suite Of centrally To-
nue. northwest. and will entertain the
Confederate veterans and their friends
from Mississippi during the reunion
this week. The women OF the society,
under the direction Of Mrs. James U.
Mccormick. will have charge Of the
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