Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-06
EIGHT THOUSAND VETERANS GATHER FOR BIG REUNION Boy Scouts Lead Aged Bows in Grey Around Streets
 of Houston FAIL TO INJECT
 POLITICS IN MEET First Session Marked by Greet . ings; Expect Governor of Texas to Welcome Visi-
 tors Today

Houston, Tex, Oct. 5.-Houston to- night was host to more than eight thousand gray haired men whose steps were faltering and whose eyes were dim, but whose spirit became young again as they gathered for the thirtieth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans.
 For many of the old soldiers it will be their last reunion and ap parently all are minded to forget their age and as nearly as possible live over the scenes of comradeship in which they participated more than half a century ago. For them the cause of the South, although, lost, still is sacred and whenever one of the numerous bands on the streets strikes into Dixie" or another of the tunes of the civil war days, they let out their rebel yell with all the vigor with which they shouted in 1861.
 However, that they have passed their allotted three score and ten years is poignantly evident. With hardly an exception they are feeble and many of them, despite their dauntless spirit, are dependent upon younger relatives or boy scouts in their movements about the city. Of the boy scouts hundreds have volun- teered their services to the veterans and may be seen day and night guid- ing the grizzled visitors about the downtown section.
 Transact No Business.
 The first session of the joint re- union of the veterans, the sons of veerans, the sons of veterans and the Southern confederated memorial as- sociation, was held this afternoon by the latter organization. Practically no business was transacted, the ses sion being devoted to greetings from the various organizations with which the association is affiliated. Cover nor w. P. Hobby of Texas, who was to have made talk, was delayed and will not arrive until tomorrow morn ing, when he is scheduled to deliver an address of welcome at the open ing session of the United Confed erated Veterans.
 The first session of the reunion of Sons of Confederate Veterans was held tonight. The meeting was open ed by s. F. Carter IT,, of Houston, of the Albert Sidney J Johnson camp, an organization which did not exist four weeks ago, and which yesterday passed the 1900 mark in point of membership, thus gaining the record as the largest camp ever organized. Speakers at the session included Mrs. Roy w. Mckinney of Paducah, Ky, presl- dent-general of the United Daugh- ters of the Confederacy, and Mrs. A. McWilson, president of the South ern Confederated Memorial assocla- tion.
 The annual reunion of the Texas division of the Confederate Veterans was held today with an estimated at tendance of between 1900 and 2,ooo old soldiers. MajorGeneral E. wi Kirkpatrick of Mckinney, Texas, was reelected commander.
 Bars Politics
 At the morning session there was a lively debate over the propriety or passing upon a motion introduced, which indorsed the administration ol President Wilson expressed hearty accord with the league of nations' and denounced the Republican party; General Kirkpatrick, presiding, ruieo that the motion introduced poll tical question and that action Of such question would violate the ru,es of the veterans organization. The motion was tabled.
 It was announced today that sev- eral bands will be assigned places III the parade on Friday morning. tne feature event of the reunion, lnciua- ing the 18th cavalry band o1 tne United States army, the Alanah" state band, and the Summit M'ss,' band. The parade is expected to oe several miles long, although the mes of march will be less than two m'ies on account of the advancing age anu cl1., of +bn vataranS,