Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-10-01

UGTS OF IN fJDibS OF VET
and the Memorial Association
aar families, Houston is reserv-
places in private residences. The
l.eIs viii take care of 10000.
lausiug solicitors are getting pledges
81 house room for $4,000 paying
guests. The usual rate asked is 81
O night per person, where two or. more
occupy a room. Breakfast, where fur
nished, costs so cents, and the evening
meal rs cents. These prices are de-
dation, not to make profit
On arriving in the city, visitors will
register at booths at the railroad
stations and will be assigned lodgings.
Each will be handed card listing the
address, the car line which leads to
n, distance from the car line, rates
and room arrangements. A sufficient
force will be kept on duty at each OF
the three terminals, day and night, to
handle the incoming crowds, even
though during the "a hours just before
the reunion opens a train every eight
minutes is expected TO unload.
Lodging and meals are free to. vet
Grams.
Steward E. A. Pickens, who for
seven years has fed the boys" is on
the job again. A mess kitchen,
dining hail, and sandwich and hot
coffee stand, are being built on va
cant square just four blocks from the
City Auditorium, which is official
headquarters A medical aid station,
and two comfort stations will . be
handy, on the same tract.
The veterans hlllets will be chosen
for their nearness to the headquarters
and the mess establishment. The
boys" will sleep on mattresses,
spread down on thp floors. Since
South Texas enjoys stlSaw hat weather
up to the last of October, there VIII
be no danger of catching cold.
ready.
So much for the necessities of living
during the reunion. Reg Irded as a
spectacle this promises to be one OF
the most striking ever held Decora-
tions outdoing even the famous dis
play at Tulsa are being put up by the
same decorators. Sixty city DOCKS
will be decorated.
The annual reunion of the CSonfed-
crate organizations is the South's most
brilliant social event. Houston' APP
preciating this, has mapped out
social program for its guests that IN
cludes: A general reception Tuesd Wy
October 6. to get acquainted" W
hearty Texas fashion.
Nine brLHsut receptions and teas
OF official rank, besides dozens OF
nHFs1a functions.
~Ee usual grand ball Of the U. c. V.
another for the S. c. V.
automobile drives over the city and
f1 the famous Houston Ship
and Turning Basin. where
meet the sea
as Of Dixie" q song and
rue of the Old South and the
win Use presented as compll-
al To- visitors. 4 cast of so singers
and dancers will portray life IN the
south. from "befo de wah' to the
present day. singing in each scene the
songs that were popular at that time.
With the fare one cent a mile from
any point IN the Confederacy, Houston
expects thousands to take ADVANTAGE
of the reunion to see Texas before the i
return trip limit, october 81. Tnous-
ands will 90 on to the Dallas state
Fair. the greatest exposition in the
Southwest, which this year viii show
better than ever the resources ana
of the most talked-of state
in the union, Texas. This fair begins
October 9 and ends October "a. Inc
ronnd trip fare from Houston is $lz-Sz.
The one-cent rate is granted only 10
members of the u. G. ", S. c. v, the
Memorial Association and their I'M
mediate families, on presentation OF
identification certificates. Hundreds
of camps of Sons are being organized
especially to afford the chance TO visit
Texas on cent,a-mile transportation.