Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-25
CAPITAL AGOG WITH.
EXCITEMENT OVER.
u. c. Y. REUNION

1 WASHINGTON, ID. e., May 2o.-All
Washington awaits with sincere in
terest the reunion reveille. Programs
are being announced, the details of the
great parade, nothing similar to which
any past reunion can offer, and COM
plete, trips to Mount Vernon, to Ar
\ lington, the r. E. Lee home, near which
Fighting Joe Wheeler sleeps, and
other shrines dear to the South, and
| to the nation are arranged. The vet
Grams will be housed and fed, in so far
as they desire, at the city's expense, in
comfortable, conveniently located
houses. They will be safe and secure
against weather conditions, and placed
by departments and states as far as
possible Both the Sons and the citi-
zens' committee will meet all trains.
and nothing will be wanting for safety,
comfort and enjoyment.
On the afternoon of Sunday, June 3,
will be held the annual Confederate
Decoration day ceremonies at the Ar
lington National cemetery. The presi-
dent has ben invited to attend, and is
fully expected to address that meeting
| Other speakers of national prominence
are also on the program.
The music of the program is excep-
tionally appropriate. The strewing of
flowers on the Confederate dead buried
in Arlington will conclude the eXer-
cises. This is always a touching part
OF the exercises.
The program of the opening night,
June A, under the management of the
j Sons of Confederat eVeterans, by
lcng custom, is a most splendid fea-
ture of the public exercises. 1t will
be held at the Arcade Hall, 18th street
and Park road. OF the notable speak
ers who will be heard that night, Major
e. w. R. Ewing will interest both vet
Grams and sons. No man of this gen.
Grafton, competent critics agree, has
contributed more to the South's his
torical literature. He will deliver the
principle address of welcome. Those
who have read his famous books de-
| lineating various phases of our Amer
lean government, dealing with the le-
sal and constitutional questions involy-
ed and focusing the whole into prac-
teal application of those principles,
will be eager to grasp this opportun
ity to hear his eloquent welcome to
those for whose cause his pen has
been busy these years. Veterans will
ecall with pleasure his numerous early
work on the causes of the war, which
was warmly endorsed in one OF their
open meetings. AS a result an entire
| edition was consumed in few months
and the work is out of print. Both
veterans and Sons and students gem
arly WORK, Legal and Historical Sta>
tus of the bred Scott Decision" whica
seven or eight universities North and
South have been glad to add to their
reference curriculums, and which is
widely and warmly endorsed by judges,
lawyers and leading journals. The
Hayes-Tilden Contest" THE Pioneer
Gateway of the Cumberlands," and
sketches and a few short stories from
his pen add substantially to the South's
contribution to letters and history.
Major Ewing volunteered in our war
with Spain; and, though over military
age, his unconditional offer of service
in our war against German militarism
is now in the hands of the governor
Of Virginia. his native state.
Fer two years he has conducted the
Chautauqua historical course given
during the winter by Washington
Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans.
ard with DR.. Matthews Pegs Andrews.
OF Baltimore, another author of note,
and A. H. Jennings, of Lynchburg, Va,
is writing The Gray Book This
book is being prepared under the aus
pices of the general organization of
Sons of Confederate Veterans, and will
present coneisely the South's part in
American history
Other distinguished speakers who
VIII deliver addresses upon the
opening night are Senator Duncan l..
Fletcher, Mayor Mitchell, of New York,
both Sons of Confederate, and Hon.