The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1922-06-20
REUNION BRINGS
VETERANS FROM
ALL SOUTHLAND
Richmond Opens Wide Her
Gates and Hearty Welcome
Extended Warriors.
CITY HOST TO ALMOST
FIFTY THOUSAND VISITORS
Grizzled Veterans are Being
Chartered in Many Richmond
Homes Where Every Atten-
tion and Care is Extended
Gen. Julian S. Carr Present.

Richmond, Va, June 19.-Re-living
in memory the hopes and fears of '61
and '65, Richmond today opened wide
her gates and with love and admira-
tion welcomed the surviving band of
grey-coated men who by their valor
made immortal the armies of Lee and
jackson.
Hundreds who rallied about the
brilliant Stuart, many who charged
with the gallant Forrest, some who
.trailed with the dashing Mosby; 9TH
,SIrs who wore the Grey navys sea-
men. men who drew sabres, shoulder
ed muskets and cannonaded under the
leadership of famous southern chief
tains, are assembled here for the thir-
ty-second annual reunion of the Unit
ed Confederate Veterans.
From the green hills of Maryland
and the purple valleys of Virginia,
from the yellow sands of the Texan
plains, from the gulf waters and even
from the shores of the far Pacific,
they have come together again to wor-
ship at the shrine of an unforgotten
cause-in the city that once was their
beloved capital and the heart of an
er-to-beremembered Confederacy.
Woods Alive With Voices
The silent woods and fields in and
about the historic city, which once
were loud with strife, today was alive
with the voices of this fast thinning
band. Slow treading. bent with age
and touched to gray by the hand of
time, some so feeble they cannot
walk, others with eyes so dim they
can barely see, their diminishing
ranks now numbering not more than
10000, are reuniting and living again
in comradeship and ties hallowed by
sacred recollections. That gallant
army of 100000 men that followed the
stars and bars sixty years ago has les
sened and lessened in numbers with
the passing year until their rank have
become as elusive as a far sea line
dimly pencilled on the sky of the pres
ent.
With the old soldiers, their families
and friends, it lis estimated that Rich
mond today is host TO approximately
$4,000 visitors The reunion will not
officially open until tomorrow morn
ing.
Homes Open to Visitors.
In the meantime the grizzled veter-
ans are being quartered in Richmond
homes where every attention and low
ing care is being extended. Younger
visitors are being lodged in hotels and
public buildings. In the latter, hun
dreds of army cots, loaned by the War
Department, have been provided.
General Carr on Hand.
Greeting comrades of former years
here today lis General Julian S. Carr,
of Durham, communicative of the
United Confederate Veterans. Gen
eral Carr who recently was critically
Ill at his home in North Carolina, is
showing surprising vigor. Straight as
a spear, despite his advanced years
and precarious health, he is entering
into the spirit of the reunion like a
youngster..
To keep up with tradition, as one
grey-coated wag has put it, Half a
dozen negroes, who claim they were
body guards of General Lee and Jack
son are on hand as usual n
Many of them are termed "fakes
and imposters by the old veterans !;
nevertheless, they are accorded a
measure of recognition as tribute,
If nothing else, to the great men they
claim to have served.