The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-28
ATLANTA IS EXPECTING
100000 PEOPLE At THE
CONFEDERATE REUNION

Atlanta, Ca, Aug. 27.-More than
100, 900 people from every part OF the
nation are expected to attend the 24th
annual reunion of United Confederate
Veterans in Atlanta, october 7, 3, y ana
TO- For several reasons, the reunion
will be the most significant these granu
old men of the South have known since
they furled their tattered banners more
than half a century ago. For one thing
II 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 fol
lowed Lee and jackson raise their
voices together in the rebel YELL" for
the number is growing smaller every
year, the veterans are getting less and
less able to travel, and another twelve
month may see the reunion custom
ended.
For still a third reason, the reunion
will be unwontedly big because the
United States government is granting
cheap rate on the railroads of l cent
mile. This rate may be secured both
going and coming by anyone who pre-
sents a certificate showing his official
connection with the reunion, whether
he be a veteran, a relative OF veteran
a member of the Sons of Confederate
Veterans or other organization associat'
ed with the reunion.
The Sons of Veterans and the Con-
federate Memorial Association, founded
by the women of the south in 1865. will
hold their conventions jointly with the
reunion, thus adding to the size OF the
crowd and the brilliance of the occa'
sion.
All visitors to Atlanta will be enter
tanned royalty. The people OF the Geor-
gia capital have subscribed fund OF
$50 900 to finance the balls, the pa
rade and other functions OF the re-
union The veterans themselves Will
be cared for in the homes of the peo-
pie At some reunions they have had
to sleep in tents and many of them sur
fered from cold and wet. Nothing OF
the kind will happen in Atlanta. Al
ready hundreds of Atlantians have vol
unteered to take one or more veterans
as their guests during the reunion, and
a campaign will be launched next week
to secure homes for 10000 or more vet
Grams. At the same time, q canvass OF
the city will be made to secure accom-
hotels will incerase their accommoda-
tions and have pledged themselves not
to raise their rates. Boarding houses
and private homes where guests will be
accommodated will be tabulated. SO that
the minute a visitor arrives he will be
informed by the reception committee
exactly where he will find home
awaiting him.
,,,;11 ha ,t.r rtaft
ed in the homes of the people, at the
same time they will have camp OF
their own where they can assemble for
lunch and supper and talk over the
old days of 61-G5.
The business sessions of the reunion
will be held ut Atlanta's auditorium
armory, which has seating capacity
Of more than 5000. Two blocks from
the auditorium is the state capital, and
its spacious grounds, by agreement
Of Governor Dorsey, will be made into
an encampment for the veterans. A
street on one side will be roped off |
and turned into u commissary, where
lunch and supper will be served the
veterans free.
Atlanta is looking forward to the vet
erans' reunion as she has to no occa-
sion in the past 40 years. She has not
forgotten that in 1864 it was these same
men who gallantly defended her against
Sherman's hosts. Only once before in
her history did the veterans hold their
reunion here, and that was 81 years
ago. Her people feel that they owe
debt of gratitude to the veterans which
they can never repay. but what it takes
to show their appreciation they will
have ready when the first old hero
steps off the train on October Z.