Evening star., 1917-05-25
VETERANS TENTED CITY
CONTRACT IS AWARDED
About 1900 to Be Accommodated
on Union Station Plaza When
2. Confederates Meet Here.

\ contract for the erection Of min.
iature tented city on the plaza In front
Of the Union station, for the accommo'
dation of the Confederate veterans whe
come here to attend their twenty.
seventh annual reunion was awarded a
local builder today by the reunion com
inittee and work Is TO start immedi-
ately.
There will be tents for the accommo-
iation of about 500 persons, Mr. Har-
per. chairman of the committee. ex-
planned. The mess hall. where the vet
Grams are to be fed, will be forty feet
wide and 200 feet long. and will be OF
canvas over a wooden frame There
will also be a large kitchen and large
washroom, and all Of them are to be OF
canvas. The ground to be used for the
camp is that bounded by New Jersey
avenue and North Capitol street and b
and c streets northwest. being the site
Of the old Baltimore and Ohio railway
depot
Mr. Harper explained that the reunion
committee was forced to adopt this plan
for caring for the veterans after 1t had
exhausted all possible means to get
buildings in which to house them. All
the buildings suitable for this purpose
that were available in the downtown
section of the city have been requi-
sitioned by the government.
Contracts for $4,000 Meals.
for $4,000 meals to be supplied the vet
Grams during their stay here and a sufi-
cient number of cots and blankets has
been arranged for. Mr.. Harper stated
received with Joy the announcement
that they are to be Quartered in tents.
TT will remind US Of the old days..
explained one of the veterans. All
during the war I believed we Confed-
crates would be camping in Washing
ton some day, and now our prediction
will come true. And what's more, we
will be camping in the shade OF the
Capitol, just as we said we would" he
added with a smile.
Headquarters for the naval division
of the veterans have been established
in the Y. NJ. c. A. building on G street,
st was announced today. Admiral A. O.
Wright of Jacksonville, Fla. late Of the
the naval veterans. arranged today for
the opening of headquarters the1 and
now Is endeavoring to get CQhfed-
crate naval flag to fly over the build
ing.
Admiral Wright, who is staying at the
Logan. had a conference today with
Chairman Harper regarding the particle
patton Of the naval veterans in the pa
rade June Z.
= Children to Present Human Flag.
All arrangements arS we'll under way
public school children. which is to be a
feature of the concert to be held on the
Monument grounds the afternoon of
June 8. The children are to be 4etired
In dresses of red, white and bluee and
about $500 of them are expected to par
ticipate
More than 500 cars already have been
booked to bring veterans to this city
from various points of the south, ac-
cording to an announcement made by a
CAnfeFanra of mi
yesterday afternoon. Arrangements for
handling the trains at the Union station
were discussed and assurance was given
that there would be no traffic confusion.
Concert at Pension Bureau.
A concert and reception to Confed-
crate veterans is to be held in the
o'clock the afternoon Of Tuesday. JunS
5. Corp. James Tanner, prominent in G..
A. R. circles, Is to make an address
Of welcome, and Col. Robert E. Lsees u
to respond in behalf OF the veterafis
Music is to be furnished by the Ma
rine Band. Gaylord NJ. Saltzeaber,
commissioner of pensions, who served
four years in the Union army, is taxi
ing great interest in the preparations
for the reception, and the invitation to
federate Veterans in his name. Henry
A. Beach. also . Union veteran, who IL
known to his associates as the pension
bureau poet. has written q poem Of
welcome. which IL to be read at the
reception.
A reception committee formed Of an
equal number ofveferans= =of the Union
and the Confederacy has been appointed
As follows:
Union veterans-Capt. H. c. Duncan,
Abram Myers. John Middleton, Capt. J.
Tyler Powell, w. r. Schuckers, c. E.
Harris, Capt. Albert H. Van Deusen.
II. c. Bell. A. 8. Perham. Col. George
W.. Paschal. W. o. Crosby, George B.
Flemming. George Smith. DR.. Lawrence
Wilson, DR.. James Mckee and Henry
A. Beach.
Confederate veterans-Capt Fred
Beall. Gen. A. J. West, Thomas W.
Byassee. NJ. c. Bass. John T: Callaghan,
Charles o. Embrey, Capt J. W. Fite.
K. q Grady, W. 8. Grissby. James F.
Qulifk, T. F. Hodgson. Frank A. How
eN. Thomas Hudson. Capt John NJ.
Hickey. John A. Kephart, r. II. Kirk,
Jacob NJ. Locker. w. L. Morris. w. j.
Frr and Robert Thomson.