Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-09
Pupils VIII Be Dismissed
to Make Room for
Veterans.
HOMES MUST Be OPENED
Census Soon Will Be Taken
to Locate Quarters
for Visitors.

Tho public schools In Tulsa win
b" dismissed during the Confederate
reunion in Tulsa, September 20 to
- Inclusive, 30 as TO provide sleep
ing accommodations for the 10000
veterans who are expected to be In
attendance.
The vast majority OF persons who
come to the convention Will expect
to pay for everything they get" said
rate Brady. chairman OF the general
convention committee the other
day but II has always been and
always VIII be tho custom to take
caro- OF the veterans themselves 80
that there will be opportunity for
ihom to spend penny. Tulsa must
house and feed them"
f1vaDthouHapd mattresses will be
placed In the various school build
lngs and there will be the beds OF
the veterans. A gigantic dining room
Will be erected on block OF ground
near Convention hail so that 5000
OF them can be fed at one time.
Homes Must BE Thrown Open.
The problem of taking care of be-
tween forty and sixty thousand other
visitors, representing the highest
class OF citizenship In the south, will
he In the hands OF a special accom-
modations committee soon to be ap-
pointed According to Nathan Bed
ford Forrest. national secretary of
the Sons OF Confederate veterana,
who IL an expert on conventions. and
who has already opened conven-
tion headquarters at Convention
hall. nearly every home In Tulsa
will have TO bo thrown open to Con-
yention visitors
For "A long time preceding the re-
union card will be placed In tho
room of every hotel in the city noti-
fying the guest that the room 10
reserved for the week OF September
"a for convention guests. For q
radius OF 500 miles signs will be
posted advising everyone who is not
going to tho convention to avoid
Tulsa II possible during the reunion,
az all hotels and rooming houses
Will be crowded to capacity. A care-
ful census will be taken of the city
and list made that will include
every home in the city, together
with tho number OF visitors thaP
each home can accommodate during
this week. A rate will be agreed
lupon and all visitors will expect to
lpay for this accommodation
Extra Cafes 10 he Built.
In addition 10 the regular cafes q
number OF temporary eating houses
will he thrown up In various parts
OF tho city.
o Al least $500 homes will nave to
take care OF from two to eight per-
sons each. for Tulsa cannot afford
to have her visitors walk the streets
at night. '
Tate Brady and Mr.. Forrest arc
In Washington for conference with
Director r-General McAdoo with ref
ercnce TO railroad provisions for the
reunion. The director general has
ANNOUNCED a flat rate of 1-cent q
mile for tho reunion from any point
In the south and maifN special trains
will have to be run. II is also hoped
10 secure from the war department
the loan OF large number OF cots,
blankets and similar supplies. to be
used by the veterans during conven-
tlon week.
Big Parade Planned.
One of the big featureS of the con-
vcDtion will be the parade. The
veterans. too far advanced in years
to march. will he placed in comfort
able seats and the entire procession,
marchers, horses, automobiles and
ALL will file across the mammoth
Convention hall stage in full view OF
the honored reviewers,
An automobile committee will en-
deavor to secure pledges from 1900
car owners to place their autos Mt
the disposal OF the reunion, so that
any veteran or visitor may jump
into car at any time or place and
tour the city, go to the oil fields or
ride anywhere else he chooses. with
out cost .
At least 400 Boy Scouts will be
on active duty. TO assist and escort
visitors about the city.
Mr.. Brady said before leaving for
the east that in spite of the war
there was every indication that Tulsa
would be called upon to entertain
/ 90, 900 visitors on the four days of
the reunion and every preparation
would be made for a crowd OF that
size.