The age-herald., 1898-09-07
WILL BE RECEIVED
 WITH OPEN ARMS First Alabama Coming to Birmingham to
 Be Mustered Out. UNDERWOOD GOT THE ORDER Fear of Quarantine if Taken to Mo-
 bile. PLANS FOR A BIG RECEPTION To Be Given the Boys on Their Arriva- All Agree That An Elaborate
 Feast of Home Cookery
 Must Be Prepared
PLANS FOR A BIG RECEPTION

The welcome news was received in Bir- mingham yesterday that the First Ala | bama volunteers were not only to be mus tered out, but that they were to be brought to Birmingham instead of Mobile for that purpose. The announcement came in telegram from Representative o. N. Underwood, of this district, who said he had seen the order to that effect in Secretary Alger' office
 from Representative o. w. Underwood, of ton Sunday he said he would do all in his power to have the regiment brought to | Birmingham instead of Mobile, and how
 well he succeeded is stated above. Among other influences that were brought to bear on Secretary Alger was a letter written to him by Vice President James Bowron, of the Tennesseee Coal, Iron and Railroad company. MT. Alger was at one time a director in that com- pany, and he and MT. Bowron are personal | friends. MT Bowron set forth all the ar- | guments in favor of Birmingham, the most | convincing of which was that as the quar- antine was now becoming so strict, the l regiment might get tied up in Mobile and | be unable to get away.
 The Pride of Birmingham The First Alabama has been Birming- hams pride, and everything possible has been done by the citizens for the boys who so nobly made the sacrifice when the call for volunteers was made in April Mothers and fathers willingly gave up their sons that were SO dear to them, and the fact that the men have seen no fighting does s.A, he nTif n the sacrifice.
 When the war was over and there was no longer anything to be done except police
 and garrison duty in Cuba, Porto Rico and
 the Philippines, Birmingham wanted her
 sons home again, and her citizens almost
 to unit, demanded that the men be all
 lowed to express their wishes.
 When this was accomplished and the
 regiment ordered to Mobile there, to be
 mustered out, Birmingham demanded that its regiment be brought to this city where it could be received with open arms and MT. Underwood's telegram told how this had been accomplished.
 The only thing left to be done is to give the boys a hearty welcome home and to think for moment that this will not be done is to cast a reflection on the patriotic name Of Birmingham. ,is-
 The Home Coming
 It is not known when the regiment will begin to move out of Jacksonviile but thtey will probably leave within the next week. Nothing has yet been given out as to where the men will encamp. but it is supposed that the regimental camp ground at East Lake will be chosen.
 According to the programme which the war department is mapping out, the men Will then be given a long furlough proba- ply thirty days in order that they may 1atten up at home before the final physical examination is made This examination fs
 made for anti-pension purposes. and of course Uncle Sam wants his boys to he in especially good condition at that time
 one thlng Is certain-the First Alabama
 VIII be in camp near Birmingham when
 the peace jubilee takes place, and it can partlslpate In the exercises.
 With Open Arms
 Birmingham is, of course, preparing to give the First as rousifg a welcome home
 again as It bade her boys an enthusiastic goodbye just four months ago. Yesterday
 afternoon at meeting of the directors of
 the Commercial club Rufus N Rhodes an- nounced that information had been received
 from Representative Underwood at Wash ington that the First Alabama volunteers would be mustered out in this city imme- ulately. lie moved that the chair be au- thorized to appoint a committee to arrange for the proper reception of the regiment. The motion was unanimously carried, and Chairman Malone appointed the committee as follows:
 rus N. Rhodes, chairman; Ross C. SI.s-th, John w. Tom .inson, J. A. Rountree, F. L. Demere, A. E. DeFuniak and A. R. Dearborn.
 | AS soon as positive information as to the exact time that the regiment will arrive | from Jacksonville is received the comimttee will be called together and lay out it's | plans.
 | Many suggestions were heard on the | streets yesterday as to what kind of recep- l ton this should be- Nearly everybody | agreed that the boys should be given a l feast after their four months diet on gov | ernment rations.
 | One plan suggested was to have num- | Der of tables spread out under the shed | of the depot, and when the trains pulled | in have a spread of Brmngham's best | cookery prepared by the good women of the l city. Another suggestion was to have the l spread in the Auditorium, where the spec | tators could crowd he galleries and see the l boys eat.
 l Whatever plan is adopted, it will be an enthusiastic one and will be worthy of the | brave boys who are now coming home. MRS. WlNSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP. l Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS | by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their