The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-05-25
LEE PARADE DIVIDED
INTO FIVE DIVISIONS

Grand Marshal Tom o. Smith has is
sued General Order No. / for the parade
which will be given the day General Fitz-
hugh Lee arrives In Birmingham. The
orders set forth the line of march and
the positions of the various staffs, es-
corts, bands and mounted police 1t
also includes the names of thosa who
will form the staff of General Lee and of
Grand Marshal Smith.
The parade will be divided into five
divisions. The first will be the companies
of the Third Alabama Regiment, Nation
al Guards, the Second Confederate Vet
Grams, Sons of Confederates, third DiT-
sion detachments from Bessemer, Ensley,
Pratt City and Wylam; Fourth Division
members of G. A. r. and Sons of Vet
Grams; Fifth Division detachments from
Avondale East Lake, North Birmingham
Woodlawn and Warrior.
The entire programme is as follows
Headquarters, Lee Parade.
Birmingham, Ala, May %, 1902.
General Order No. l.
The parade will start from First ave-
nue. and Nineteenth street, and will
march up Nineteenth street to the city
hail. where 1t will be halted All officers
and mounted men will retain their posi-
tons in line. General Lee. accompanied
by an aide will proceed to the stand oc-
cupied by the Mayor and Aldermen. At
ter the freedom OF the city has been con-
ferred on General Lee by the Mayor, the
parade will proceed to Park avenue, from
thence 20 Capitol Park. changing direc-
ton to the left. and march to West Tween.
tieth, up West Twentieth to Eighth ave-
nue., down Eighth avenue to East Twen-
tleth street. down East Twentieth street
TO Park avenue and on Park avenue to
Twentieth street, where General Lee will
dismount and review the parade, which
will turn into Twentieth street and pro-
coed to First avenue. where 1t will be dis
missed.
The parade will be formed at Il o'clock
on May 20, and the several bodies will be
organized, posted and marched as fol-
lows:
Two platoons of mounted police. in
charge of Chief Austin, stationed on First
avenue and Nineteenth street. facing
north.
The Birmingham Band on Nineteenth
street, just in rear of the police.
Troop D. as escort to General Lee, will
be stationed on Nineteenth street. with
right resting on Morris avenue.
General Fitzhugh Lee and staff. mount
ed.
Staff of General Lee will be mounted
and stationed on Nineteenth street, with
left resting on Morris avenue composed
of the following:
Major j. w. Johnston, W. A. Walker,
W. s. Brown, A. o. Lane R. H. Pear
son, Major w. J. Miner, E. M. Tutwiler,
Captain T. G. Bush, DR.. G. M. Morrow,
]. A. VanHoose, Ross c. Smith, Alex Il.
London, James A. Going, James e. Webb,
H. C. Vaughan, William Redd, J. ].
through the courtesy of Congressman
Thompson. Our experiences have been
varied and we have seen and learned
many wonderful and unusual things. l
don't know what we might see before
we reach Washington but certainly 1t is
no reflection upon the trip we have thus
far made.
II sympathize most heartily with the
sentiments of the man who has been
governor of this state, and who. II his
sentiments had been consulted, as l I'M
derstand they were not, would have
been a senator of the United States. We
have learned a great many things since
we have come down here governor, and
that is one of the things we learned But
one thing that we have learned more than
anything else is that there is no distinc-
ton between the different parts of the
country We have come here to meet the
people of this country to see Its terrific
ries, get an idea of its resources, and at
the same time, possibly learn a few
things In connection with the conditions
that exist here
Knows No North and South.
ut was suggested by one of our friends
this morning that the railroad was the
great civilizer, and 1 think this is true
While this great country has 7S,OOO,000 peo-
pie, we wouldn't have 100000 today,
living In peace and happiness and secur-
ity in an unparalleled land were 1t not for
the great civilizer upon which I now
stand, binding together the north and
the south and making developm ent and
progress possible everywhere. And l want
to say that when 1 get back and speak
and work for the advancement of our
country, that l know no north or no
south, and 1 know do Democratic or Re-
publican section. And these industries
and these resources unite you to US more
firmly and more lastingly than any other
proposition can. Ten years ago you had
no New England town here. but now
when I look about me, I don't know
whether 1 am in Boston or Rockford.
IT am glad to know, as we feel and as
find that you feel that the bitterness