The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-15
CONFEDERATE REUNION
TO Be PEACE JUBILEE.

Atlanta, Ga, Sept 14.--More than
one hundred thousand people from
every part OF the nation are expected
to attend the twenty fourth annual
reunion of the United Confederate
Veterans in Atlanta october Z, s. q
and 10.
For several reasons. the reunion
will be the most significant these
grand old men of the South have
known since they furled their tat
tered banners more than half cen
fury ago. For one thing, it Is the
first reunion since the world war,
and it will be in the nature OF a
big peace Jubilee. For another. it
may be the last time the soldiers
who followed Lee and Jackson hafse
their voices together in the rebel
ye;i,. for the Number Is growing
smaller every year. the veterans are
getting less and less able to travel
and another twelfth month may see
the reunion custom ended.
For still a third reason, the re-
union will be unwontedly big because
the United States government is
granting a cheap rate on the railroads
Of one cent a mile. This rate may be
secured both going and coming by
anyone who presents certificate
showing his Official connection with
the reunion. whether he be a veteran
a relative OF a. veteran, a member OF
the Sons OF Confederate Veterans or
other organizations associated with
The reunion.
The Sons Of Veterans and the Con-
federal Memorial Association. found
ed by the women of the South In 1865,
Will hold their conventions Jointly with
the reunion. thus adding to the size
! the crowd and the brilliance of the
/ occasion.
The visitors to Atlanta will be treat
| ed royalty. The people of the Geor-
I gia capital have subscribed fund
/ of $40, 900 to finance the bills, the pa
I rade and other functions of the re-
union. The veterans themselves will
4 be cared for in the homes of the peo-
/ pie At some reunions they have had
to sleep in tents and many of them
/ suffered from wet and cold. Nothing
/ Of the kind will happen in Atlanta
! Already hundreds of Atlantans have
volunteered to take one or more vet
Grams az their guests during the re-
union, and campaign wiz be launch
ed next week 10 secure homes for
10000 or more veterans. At the
| same time, a canvass OF the city will
be made to secure accommodations
for other visitors. The hotels will in
crease their accom- m odaHons and have
pledged themselves not to raise on
their rates. Boarding houses and
private homes where guests win be
accommodated will be tabulafed, so
that the minute visitor arrives he
will be informed by the reception
committee exactly where he will find
horne" awaiting them.
While the veterans will be enter
tanned i'm the homes OF the people, at
the same time they will have a camp
of their-ewn- where they can assem-
BILE for lunch or supper and talk over
the old days.
The business sessions OF the reunion
will be held at Atlantas auditorium
armory, which has seating capacity
of more that 8 600. Two blocks from
the auditorium is the state capitol.
} and its spacious grounds, by agrea-
ment of Gov Dorsey. will be made
into an encampment for the veterans.
} street on one side will be roped of
and turned into a commissary where
, lunch and supper will be served the
veterans free.
e Atlanta Ia looking forward to the
? veterans reunion as she has to nc
g occa sion In the past forty years Shs
has not forgotten that in 1864 1t. wa,
these same men who gallantly defend
ed her against Sherman's hosts. Only
I once before in her history did the vet.
. Grams hold their reunion here and
I that was twenty-one years ago. The
p people feel that they owe debt oil
II gratitude to the veterans which they
can never repay,