The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-03
VETERANS ID COME IN LARGE NUMBERS State Reunion Opens Tomorrow
 In the Bijou Theatre CHANGES IN PROGRAMME Merchants Asked to Decorate Their Stores and Citizens Generally to Put Bunting and Flags on
 Their Residences.
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heir Residences.
 Tomorrow at noon the first session of the annual reunion of the Alabama Di- vision, United Confederate Veterans will be called to order in the Bijou theatre, and the business will be quickly dis patched in order to leave plenty of time for the gayeties which follow tomorrow night
 The veterans and visitors will begin to arrive today, and by midnight it is ex- pected that there will be several thousand out-of-town people in The city. But the majority will arrive on the early trains tomorrow morning, and it is estimated that not less than 25.OOo strangers will be in the city.
 The reunion will end Thursday morning after the parade, which will be the largest held in Birmingham in a long time. There rade, besides a number of carriages con- taing sponsors and prominent men, as well as the Alabama National Guard, which will turn out in force.
 Following is the programme which was revised and officially announced yester- programme committees: Wednesday, 12:30 p. rn., Bijou Theatre.
 Convention called to order by the ad- jutant general.
 Veterans sing, Nearer, My God, To Thee"
 Prayer by the chaplain general the Rev. J. M. Mason.
 Address of welcome by Mayor w. M. Drennen.
 Response by Maj. Gen. George P. Harrison.
 Address of welcome to Sons and Daugh- ters by Commander H. M McNutt of Camp Clayton.
 Response by Hon. T. S. Frazer.
 Roll call of camps.
 D. m.-Address by Judge Thomas G. Jones.
 Veterans will sing "When the General Roll is Called I Will Be There"
 Appointment of committee on creden- tials.
 Music and song. Dixie"
 Recess of one hour
 
 Report of adjutant general.
 Report of standing committees.
 Report of historical committee, Gen. Thomas M. Owen, chairman.
 New business.
 Election of officers.
 Adjournment
 Wednesday Evening.
 Reception by Pelham Chapter, Daugh- faro of ha IIiIlmQn hotel Wednesday evening, 730.
 Music by band
 Prayer by Rev. M. II. Wells, chaplain of Camp Hardee.
 Address of Welcome. by Mrs. J. A. Rountree.
 Response by General George P. Harri- son.
 The Chimes. by ladies' quartette, com posed of Mrs. Solon Jacobs, Mrs. Jack Adams, Miss Lena Jackson, Mrs. Laura Davis.
 Aurelia Sewell.
 Music-Arranged by Miss Belle Mccoy.
 Recitation by Mrs. Bettie Clark Purnell.
 Music-'Lorena," Miss M. M. Harrison.
 Music-Arranfied by Miss Belle Mccoy. Music by band, and Dixie" by all the veterans.
 Cotilon at 9:30.
 Cotillon at Hotel Hillman, 9:30 D. m.
 Committee-Mrs. J. A. Rountree, Mrs. c. s. Simmons, Mrs. R. H. Carter. Mrs. John Lewis, Miss Witlichen, Mrs. J. N. Hardeman, Mrs. c. c. Brown, Mrs. l.. s. Handley, Mrs E. T. Taliaferro, Mrs. R. G. Lewis. Mrs. Joseph F. Johnston, Mrs. A. A. Clisby, Miss Kate Cummings, Mrs. R. c. Hemphill, Miss Kate Hopkins, Mrs. R. D. Johnston, Mrs. w. J. Milner, Mrs. Preston Means. Mrs. J. A. Montgom- cry, Mrs. J. T. Nixon, Mrs. F. P. O'Brien, Mrs. R. H. Pearson, Miss Alma Ritten- berry, Miss Mary Rittenberry Mrs David Roberts, Miss Lillian Roden, Mrs. Vir- ginia Ruffner, Mrs. Herman Saks. Mrs c. A. Senn, Miss Adele Shaw. Miss Es- telle Slaughter, Mrs. A. G. Smith, Mrs. Harry strlngfellow, Mrs. A. S. Tutwiler, Miss Annie Walker, Mrs. E. E. Williams, Mrs. Frank s. White, Mrs. J. G. Whitfield, Mrs R. H. Wood row. Mrs J. C. H.. Jones. Miss Nellie Merritt, Mrs. William Streit, Miss Por- ter Hardeman, Mrs Alice Moorefield, Mrs. F. G. McCrossin, Mrs. Charles Leeper Mrs. William Northington, Mrs Wade Woods, Mrs. James A. Going, Mrs. Phillip Turner, Mrs. A. M. Robertson Mrs. J. Morgan Smith, Mrs. R. A. Bride well, Mrs. F. A. Steele, Mrs. w. M. Due, Mrs. R. E. Lockett, Mrs. C. M. Tardy Mrs J. IT, Y rfdzleI, NiS. d. fN. fsSttbi NIs. J- Frances Redd, Miss Kathlene Tate, Mrs J. s. White, Mrs. Henry Williams, Miss Minnie Woodall, Mrs. Chapel Cory, Mrs. John Mcqueen, Mrs. A. o. Phelan, Mrs Vance, Mrs John l.. Parker, Miss Elsie Mrs. E. J. Dunn, assisted by Mrs. R. N Rhodes, Mrs J. A. Yates, Mrs. E. NJ Tutwiler, Mrs Rob- ert JeUison, Mrs. J. B. Francis. Mrs. E. W. Fucker. Mrs. Carrie Locke. Mrs. George R. Ward, Mrs. L. G. ~oodson Mrs. H. B. Gray, Mrs. E. W. Barrett. Mrs. T. c. Bush, Mrs. George Cruik- shanks. Mrs. George Morrow, Mrs. Dan