San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-23

VETERANS AND
SONS TO MEET
Sons Here on October 3
and Fathers on Two
Following Days.
BOTH AT GUNTER
Expect 5000 to Attend
First Confederate Re-
union Here in 80 Years.

Sons Of Confederate Veterans, will
hold q reunion in San Antonio Octo-
Der 3 and ON the two days following,
and 5, the Confederate Veterans will
hold their annual reunion. Both will
meet at the Gunter Hotel. 1t was
proposed to hold a reunion Of the Old
Trail Drivers on October 4, but on
account of the death of Mrs. George
Saunders, wife of the president Of the
Old Trail Drivers Association, this
meeting was postponed until Novem-
Der and 3. 1t IS expected that more
than 5000 Confederate veterans ami
their sons will be in San Antonio dur
ing the week of the meetings. More
than 200 Of the veterans will come
from the Confederate Home at Aus
tin.
On account of the large attendance,
Mrs. Paschal II. Turner, 523 West
Elmira street, chairman of the hous-
ing committee, announces that efforts
are being made to secure homes for
the visiting Confederate veterans dur
ing the reunion here. She says:
I'VE feel sure there are many per-
sons who will gladly entertain them
and we earnestly request that they
will notify us without waiting to be
called upon. Kindly send in your
names and addresses as early as pos
Sible, stating number that can be ac-
In al an1 tho ctrapt
car in your vicinity"
Mrs. Turner's telephone number is
Crockett 1917. Other members of the
committee are: Mrs. &. w. Titus,
Mrs. Il. .. Spencer, Mrs. George Sur
key, Mrs. d. NJ. Gushing, Mrs. NJ. Z.
Crowley. w. X. Baylor.
Army to HeIp.
Barracks, blankets, sheets, cots and
cooks will be furnished by the United
States army for the use of the Con-
federate veterans who come to San
Antonio to attend the state reunion
to be held here October So. Jack
Burke and Ralph III. Durkce, COM
mander of the American Legion, Sat
urday completed arrangements with
Maj. Gen. Ernest Hines, commander
of Fort Sam Houston and Col. l.. NJ.
huffman, chief of staff, for accom-
i modations for 200 men. according TO
Godfrey Peterson, chairman of the
committee on arrangements.
An effort was made by local veter-
ans to secure tents from Fort Sam
Houston for the visiting veterans, but
were informed that a rule of the War
Department prohibited such a practice
since several veterans died after being
exposed to rainstorm in which tents
were blown down at reunion at At
lanta. Mr.. Peterson expressed him
self as being highly elated over the
arrangements that have been made.
A meeting of Confederate veterans,
Sons of Confederate Veterans and 9th
err people interested in making the re-
union u success will be held in the
pink room of the Gunter Hotel at
) 80 p. M, Sunday. Details of the
reunion will be arranged and reports
of committees heard at this meeting.
First Held Here i'm 80 Years.
Mrs. George Surkey has secured re-
duced rates for the accommodation of
as many as 5000 visitors ut local ho-
tells, Mr.. Peterson said. A large num-
Der of veterans will also be enter
tanned in the homes of San Antonio
people. Mr.. Peterson expects ap.
proximately 5000 visitors to attend
the reunion which will be the first
held in San Antonio within the last 30
years.
Within a day or two a committee
will begin soliciting subscriptions TO Il
fund of $4,000 needed by the veterans
to finance the entertainment Of the
veterans. A tag day will also be held
during the week. n. Il. Henderson.
commander of the local chapter or the
Sons of Confederate Veterans, IS
actively assisting the members of Al
bert Sidney Johnston Camp No. 144,
U. c. ", in arranging the details of
the work.
October 3 will be devoted to a re-
union of the Sons of Confederate Vet
Grams, and the other two days to the
reunion of the old soldiers. On the
last day of the reunion a parade
will be held. Mr.. Peterson requests
all citizens who will furnish cars
for hauling visiting veterans during
the parade to advise him of that fact.
The following is Il list of brigade
commanders of the Sons of Confed'
crate Veterans on the staff of Com
mander Smith:
First Brigade, X. f. Scott, Paris ::
Second Brigade. Dan Walker, Beau
mont; Third Brigade. Col. Louis G,
Perry, Terrell; Fourth Brigade, H. A.
Finch, Mckinney; Fifth Brigade,
John W. Carpenter. Dallas; Sixth
Brigade, Luther johnson, Corsicana I;
Seventh Brigade. l.. b. Baldwin,
Huntsville; Eighth Brigade, ]. w. Will
kerson, Houston; Ninth Brigade, ".
NJ. Moore, Edna; Tenth Brigade, Ii.
+. league, Brennan: Eleventh Bri-
gade, II. B. Harrison, Waco; Twelfth
Brigade. o. W. Gillespie, Fort Worth ;
Thirteenth. Brigade. J. A. Kemp,
Wichita Falls; Fourteenth Brigade,
! w. V. Henderson, San Antonio; Fiji
tenth Brigade. J. j. Fox, Browns
Vile; Sixteenth Brigade, c. III. Kirk
land, Ell Paso; Seventeenth Brigade
4. A. Bledsoe. Abilene; Eighteentt
Brigade, NJ. J. Adams, Plainyiew.
The following constitute his Off
eial staff:
Adjutant, II. W. Davidson, Mar
shall; judge advocate, A. j. Gates
Greenville; inspector general, j. Nj
Cakes, Amarillo; commissary general
o. NJ Stone. Jasper: quartermastel
general, L. X. Marrast. Galveston
surgeon general, DIR. John Preston
Austin; chaplain, Rev. jeff Davis
Snyder; historian, J. FELTON, Lane
Hearne; color-bearer, Justin Stein
Dallas.
Women on the Staff.
| The folIoving constitute his officia