The Washington times., 1922-06-18
Richmond Dressed Up to Welcome Veterans
Coming for 32nd Annual Confederate Reunion
Huge Parade Included in Four
Day Program - Fourteen
Bands and Nearly All OF
States National Guard
Units Will Participate.

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RICHMOND, Va, June H.
All arrangements are complete for
the thirty-second annual reunion
of the United Confederate Veter-
ans, with their affiliated organi-
cations, which begins here Mon
day. The advance guard Of dele
gates and visitors already is ar
irving and the crowds in the hotel
lobbies are significant of the influx
to come.
Buildings Decorated.
Public building and places Of busi-
ness generally are decorated and the
incoming veterans will find every
outward evidence of a cordial well
come when they enter the city.
Official orders for the huge parade
which will bring the reunion to a
close on Thursday have been issued
by Gen. w. B. Freeman, commander
of the Virginia division. Gen. Free.
man named as his assistant chief
marshal Col. w. Nick. Evans.
Plans for Parade.
All units will be in position at
10 O'Clock. and the parade will move
promptly at 1890, under orders of
parade will start at the Capitol,
the arrangements have been made
for the veterans to fall in west OF
jefferson street in order that the
march will not be too much for
the aged men.
Fourteen bands have been Sc
cured to take part in the parade.
and one will lead each of the
divisions. Practically all of the
National Guard units in the State
will be present, and world war
and Spanish-American veterans will
be in the line of march.
Gen. Julian S. Carr, commander.
in-chief of the U. C. w., will head
the Confederate division Of the
parade. The three departments
will be led by Gen. E. w. Kirk.
patrick. Army of Trans. Mississippi;
Gen. j. A. Thomas, commander
of Army of Tennessee. and Gen.
c. B. Howry. Army of Northern
Virginia.
The Maury Monument.
Survivors of the Confederate
States navy are expected to take
an unusually prominent part in
the reunion. One Of the most i'm
pressive ceremonies win be the
laying of the cornerstone Of a
monument to Matthew Fontaine
Maury, Pathfinder of the Seas"
I'VE have done so much for
the Confederate soldier said Gen.
w. B. Freeman, chairman of the
program committee, that all of
us are agreed, that II is high time
to pay some particular tribute to
the Confederate sailor
General Freeman announced that
Thursday, the last day of the re-
union and the date of the great
parade and review, has been
selected as the time for the corner.
stone laying of the Maury Monu.
ment.
Actual details Of this important
under the joint auspices of the
ton and the United Daughters Of
the Confederacy.
Origin Of Memorial.
The initial movement for the
erection of a memorial in Richmond
to Commodore Maury was launched
by the Maury Association. The
association undertook to raise funds
for building and placing this monu-
ment when its work was interrupted
in 1917 by the entry of the United
States into the world war.
Since the close of the war the
Maury Association found the task
of collecting between $4,000 and
$4,000 an enormous one and almost
despaired Of success until the
Daughters of the Confederacy, after
Moffitt. president of the Maury
helping hand by pledging their or
ganization to raise a grand total
Of not less than $4,000 to build
the monument.
Mrs. Frank Anthony Wake, CT
Norfolk. was appointed by the
Daughters to act as the director in
charge Of the movement to produce
the monev. Mrs. Wake surrounded
herself with assistants from every
u. D. c. division, watch means that
every State Is now Ell gagged in giving
its share toward this fund.
OF the money already in hant the
State of Virginia, by legislative
action, appropriated $4,000. Just q
year ago. Virginia school children
gave a total of $1,000. Charles r.
Crane, former minister to China, Is
rated among the largest individual
contributors, having pledged himself
to give $500. '....