Show CHATTANOOGA TO GREET flEET SOUTHERN 5 k VETERANS t Many Co Confederate federate Fighters J X Missed Annually but 7 R. R Reunions Go On r CHATTANOOGA Tenn Nov 3 This city ri where the first reunion of of t the United Confederate Veterans' Veterans as association as- as was held on July 4 1890 again will receive the veterans In in-an- in an an- an nual tal n al encampment on October 25 and notwithstanding a recurrence of oC the tho yearly predictions that This will This will be Je last ast gathering of or tha th Confederate arm army the campaign for the 1922 re reunion reunion re- re union is already und under r way Savannah Savannah Savannah Savan Savan- nah Ga whose city council has appropriated appropriated apro- apro for the purpose of oC entertaining entertaining en en- en the old soldiers was the first to enter the field for the honor Although time has dealt kindly with the Confederate veteran each each reunion has made It apparent that his vitality Is surrendering and efforts are being made in many cities clUes and towns to send sends sendas as s many of oC them to this years year's reunion reunions s possIble Atlanta Ga has undertaken undertaken undertaken under under- taken the task of raising a fund o of oC with which to defray the reunion expenses of every dependent veteran in the Atlanta district Many Ian other communities communities com com- have adopted similar methods I Ito t to swell the ranks when the tho gray army parades the streets of Chattanooga this m month mth J 4 PARADE PATHETIC TOUCH While While the veterans' veterans parade each year ear gives a pathetic touch to th the gathering the brighter side of the reunions reunions' invariably Invariably In in- in- in variably predominates The social events always are an outstanding feature fea fea- ture Comm Commanders of oC departments divisions divisions di di- di- di visions brigades and camps appoint sponsors sponsors and maids of f honor and bring brini ih them m all to the encampments Th The veteran always is the patriarch of the assemblage and the honored guest of ol all occasions Dancing the Virginia reel is one of his delights and many Sun till are able to go through the steps r. r the more modern dances ly the younger set takes a back Frequent I seat to the old soldiers and their wives Tp 0 dance the polka the two-step two or the our d waltz General K M. M Van Za Zandt dt of Ft Tex commander in chief of oC the tre United Confederate Veterans has ap- ap j Miss 1 Martha Dulaney Bach- Bach man ri man n of Chattanooga daughter of Judge JudgeS S than jathan L. L Bachman of the Tennessee Supreme court and granddaughter of I Hr n J. J W. W Bachman chaplain of ot the veterans v as chief sponsor for the re- re I which carries with It the hl high high- h- h 1 pst cst st social honors of the week Maids j J it honor honor include Miss Alice Richard of i I i ke Charles La Miss Eva Hall Ia of ot V f Macon MaconGa Ga and and Miss Selene el ne Rountree of Birmingham Ala SONS SONS' SPONSOR NAME NAMED General Genera Nat Nathan athan B. B F Forrest Forret of tho the Sons of oC Confederate Veterans which will meet with the veterans has named Miss Louis Bass of Chattanooga ga as sponsor in chief for the sons While the first reunion of the veterans veterans' veterans veterans' veterans veterans' vet vet- erans' erans association was held here nere initial ini mi- steps in forming the organization I were taken in New Orleans in the spring of 1890 General John B. B GorI Gor- Gor I don was the leading spirit hi tn inthe the movement move move move- ment and he was nominated by Captain Cap- Cap Jain tain J. J F. F Shipp p of Chattanooga t to be first commander commander in in chief General Genera I Gorden Gorden was elected and and held the pos post until he died die General Stephen D. D Lee Clement A A. Evans George W. W GordonI Gordon Gordor and George Georg H. H Harrison ar are others who wh have held the highest office in the or or- or I Rank conferred by the v veterans veterans' or organization organization organization or- or has no reference to rank I held during the war In answer to a ant recent nt query General Julian S. S Carr of North Carolina wrote I j 1 am a lieutenant general in the or organization or- or of the U. U C. C V. V and I 1 am commander of the department of the army of of- northern Virginia I I was a ai i private in Lees Lee's army I 1 wor wore no stars on n my collar nor braid on my sleeves but Ut I 1 followed the immortal Lee to Appomattox and never missed a roll roll- call alL |