San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-03
Confederate Veterans and
Sons Gather Here
for Reunion.
los VETS REGISTER
Mayor Tobin Gives Them
Cordial Welcome in
Behalf of City.

4 ANliiAii q w ,~-'
Houston struck w. the tune Of Dixie"
while old soldiers who have come to
San Antonio TO attend the state re-
| union of the United Confederate Vet
Grams were registering in the lobby.
Wednesday was devoted to re-
union of the Sons of Confederate Vet
Grams. Thursday and Friday will be
devoted entirely TO the reunion of the
| old soldiers.
Assembly was blown at 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning by Miss Ruth
Hcrbst. Sons and daughters of Con-
federates and the veterans who have
already arrived in San Antonio gath
cred in the pink room at the Guntcr,
where the reunion was opened by \.
V. Henderson. brigade commander of
the Sons in San Antonio.
Given Freedom Of City.
Rev. L. Il Hill. pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, offered prayer,
after which Mayor John w. Tobin
welcomed the visitors on the part of
the city. He told them to call upon
him at any time day or night and he
would assist them in Strengthening
out any traffic "cop" who had OBJ
jected TO them making q left hand
turn on Houston street or exceeding
the speed limit.
Addresses of welcome were deliver
ed by Claude Carter of the local camp
of Sons of Confederate Veterans and
Mrs. ]. 4. Smith of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
The Blue Bonnet Quintet. which is
| composed of Miss Ruth Herbst. Miss
Elizabeth Scoggin. Miss Texas Louise
DuBose. Miss Mary Howard Temple
| ton and Miss Claudia Dell Smith, rem
dered an instrumental number.
The reply TO the addresses of wei
come was made by Lon Smith, state
commander of the Sons.
Lieutenant Governor Speaks.
Other numbers on the program
| Wednesday morning included the read
ing of poem entitled The True
Heart Stands Sentinel" by Miss Juan
! ita Baskin and the singing of "A Song
of Dixie Land" by Miss Lyle. The
session was then turned over to State
Commander Smith. who called on
Lieutenant Governor Davidson and
Congressman Sperry of Wichita Falls
flor impromptu speeches.
I ne meeting W tuilpNudN dllti NbOh
was devoted to q business session. A
grand ball has been announced for 5
p. m. Wednesday in the Gmter ball
| room.
| There are 1900 Confederates in
Texas drawing pensions. and great
many others who are not, according
| TO Mr.. Smith. OF this number 100
had registered in San Antonio at
noon Wednesday,.
Vets Program Thursday.
Following is the program for the
meeting of the Confederate Veterans
| Thursday
Assembly call, Q a. M, Palace
theater-Miss Ruth Herbst
Music-Ninth Infantry band.
Call to Order-Commander ID. J.
Cater local camp.
Prayer-Rev. J. II. Albritton, Pros
| pect Hill Methodist church.
Address of Welcome-Frank III.
Bushick. commissioner of taxation.
County Judge 4. McCloskey.
Claude V. Birkbead, president
Chamber Of Commerce.
For the local camp-Chaplain j.
Stuart Pcarce, Utica Presbyterian
church.
For the L. d. C.-Mrs. f. o.
| Spencer.
Reply-Maj. General J. NJ. Cochran,
Song ixie"-NIiss Nellie Lytlc.
Reading -"The Paladin in Gray"
Miss Marguerite Higgins.
MuSc-Blue Bonnet Quintet.
Recitation-Original Poem dedicat-
ed to Albert Sidney Johnston Camp,
No. IA. &C. v. by q. V. Meregelc.
Turning over reunion 10 division
commander Of Texas.
Re-assemble at = p. m. at Gunter
Hotel.
Music-Blue Bonnet Quintet.
Business session.
Entertainment at Guntcr Hotel
ballroom. = y. m. music by Ninth
Infantry l.. s. 4. band.
Those Regis. red Up TO Noon.
Veterans who had registered at the
Gunter Hotel up to L. o'clock We'd
nesdav weret
Il. u. Zunawait. Ei Paso; J. W.
IIartsfield. Twelfth Mississippi regiment;
w. s. Palm. Company F. Thirteenth
Texas: ". V. Dykes. Company A. Filth
Tennessee; A. W. Pitmau, John II. Hood
v. NJ. Hodges, Nineteenth Alabama: w.
Creswen, Il. f. Lee; w. Keeseo. Company
j. Twenty-fourth Texas; Levi Hickey,
Dick bowling; J. f. Gaskwell. II. J..
Lee; w. p. Anderson. Albert Sidney
johnson: y. !. Harlow, John G. Brown:
George y. McGehce. Green Brigade:
George Il. Quinn. Fifth Tennessee Cav
airy: w +. llighsmith. Camp Winklcy;
Judge J. Brown. Albert Sidney john
son; W. X. Mask. Coryan. Miss: John
Julian, 4. s. johnson: David Cowsan.
Waco. Tex; ]. p. Mathew. Montana;
Lieut. J. r. Haley; J. r. Estill and wife.
Bandera; John II. Franklin. Atascosa
Temple. Tex: W. p. Kennedy. San An
gelo: &. w Cox. Crystal City, Tex: j.
r. Terrell San Marcos, Tex; q. A. Petty.
San Marcos. Tex; Joe Hughes. Palestine;
scott. Montgomery. Tex; J. j. T. Jane
son. Clarksville. Tex: w. J. wheeler.
Bandcra. Tex: J. T. Nounghlood Cleve-
land. Tex: l.. Ballou. Brady. Tex: ].
X. +. Hanna. Calvert Tex: Calvert Wat
Rims, san Marcos. Tex; Calvin Goodloe.
san Antonio: Mrs. J. Il. Lancaster.
Granbury. Tex; d. NJ. Roberts. Fox
county; H. F. Brock, Sabine River
Camp: ]. p. Prescott. Camp Sol Ross;
c. c. Echols. Sterling; J. Connell, Com
Company r. Thirty-first Alabama Cav
airy; z. NJ Langley. Dick bowling;
T. J. Clark. Sterling Price; $. u. Cowan.
Virginia Regiment: w. c. Chamber
lain. A: s. Johnson; J. d; Branon,
Johnson Snns (. L. wallace. 4. s. John
son; J. Busby. A. s. johnson: Thomas
Reece Fort Worth; G. i. Bradshaw. A.
s. johnson; Gen. Felix Robertson. I: G.
". 1920; W. c. McNeely. U, CIV. 1890;
Cowan. Firyt Texas Cavairy; q A. |
Gass, Sol Ross; John Raby, A. S. john