The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
Plans Complete for State
 Encampment. ROYAL WELCOME TO HEROES
 - Sons and Daughters Organizations
 Meet Simultaneously. Lshed--GuIf City for Second Time
 EntertaiDs Soldiers of N stars and Bars:
ROYAL WELCOME TO HEROES
Advertiser Bureau,

Mobile, NOV. lS 1 Mobiles gates will be thrown wide open tomorrow night for the recep- tion of the few remaining of the old Guard Comprising Alabama Division, l United Confederate Veterans. The l same gates will be open to the Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy. the sponsors and maids and the families and friends of the men who wore the gray.
 General Chairman Saffold Berney will. at tomorrow nights session, the last of the general reunion committee, announce that not single item of the l program has been neglected. The sew | era1 chairman of committees have an- l nounce@ to him readiness. and these with their lieutenants will be on the l firing line for the gala occasion, with | the guns framed and the lanyards ] ready.
 Mobile Will, on this occasion, for the second time play host to the gallant | defenders of the stars and bars, and I the program will be far superior to- 1 that offered before, There IS but onel regret offered by the Mobilians who | invited the remnant of that once gal l lant band of heroes to come to the City I by the Gulf, and that is they. were com peiled through force of circumstances, i to ask the reunion to be cut down to two instead of three days as had been | | September storm, which made heavy I draft on the time and generosity of the l citizens of this city, Mobile would have 1 outdone itself and notwithstanding 1 this, however. the occasion promises 10 be one long to be remembered by those who will be here.
 First and foremost, the committees on commissarIat and housing have com pleted the best of arrangements, and i all old soldiers who come to Mobile and i are provided with eatables and place | to sleep, will be cared for. Next, the meeting place of the Division will be- l In one of the. handsomest theatres in the South, the, Lyric. It was expected 1 to accept the invitation of Major Jake Tannenbaum to hold the meeting in the i Mobile Theatre, but owing to the | length of the session, the holding of 1t 1 there would inconvenience the per- formers who are to appear on that af- | ternoon. The management of the Lyric came to the front and promised to hold 1 their performance, if necessary, to all low of holding the meeting in that | beautiful building
 Social Eeuturesi Looked After. All the social features have been | looked after. and the old soldiers, the Sons and Daughters. the sponsors and | maids will not be allowed to let time hang on their hands. The parade will be on lines suitable to the occasion. The local battalion of infantry will act as the guard of honor, and the battery of artillery will do the honor | in saluting the occasion. Music, the kind which stirred the tired and worn l soldiers many times to victory will l ring out on the Southern air and the old soldiers wil step lively once again.
 Every business house and public building will fling to the breeze the Stars and Bars and the Stars and Ia ttn Iernf HrrflI be turned into day The clubs will | keep open house. and with two thea tres, balls and receptions, outdoor band concerts, fireworks, moving pictures and grand boat ride for the men who wear the honor badges of the Con- feedraey, there will be no time for I tagging.
 Some have said there will be the largest gathering of Veterans ever as sembled at a State reunion of Ala banllans, and these, with the Sons of Veterans, the Daughters of the Confed- eracy and the families, will bring to Mobile the largestl crowd ever seen here Let them como is the cry of the general reunion committee, There will be comfort and entertainemnt for all. Past sorrows will for the time be for gotten, and joy will reign instead. Many have answered the last roll call and Traps" has been sounded over their
 
 grets. Those who come, however, will lee received with Mobiles famed hospi- tAlity. The visitors shall not be ne-
 glected either.
 T Committees BeGia Work.
 NThe committees on information and
 publicity began meeting trains at noon
 hour today. Visitors will be at once
 taken to German Relief Hall where every veteran is expected to register | OVTIN l registering will be so honored. These
 badges will mean much during the re-
 union. The headquarters will provide
 accommodations for those wishing to
 pay, and also for those unable to do
 this.
 The Daughters of the Confederasy , served hot lunches tonii for the vet
 erans, and during Wednesday and Thursday regular meals will be served l free of cost to the veterans who ask for them. These meals win include all the Iuxuries offered by hotels. } General George P. Harrison will have 3 his headquarters at the Cawthon , where Commander George W. Duncan
 of the Sons. will also have his head 0uavters. Brigade headquarters for the several brigades will be announced |. Wednesday morning through the press. Program for Veterans.
 The program for the first session. to , be held in the Lyric Theatre, Will be as follows
 ; Song, "Furl That Banner"--Miss Ma 5 mic Harrison. Ouelika.
 Reports of committees on credentials
 and organization.
 Report of Adjutant General Harvey
 E Jones.
 Election of general officers.
 "DiXie"
 A recess will then be taken until ?
 o'clock when the meeting will be held
 on the second floor of German Relief
 Hall The program here will be as
 follows:
 song-Miss Hattie Gusman, Mobile,
 Reports of standing committees.
 Reports of special committees.
 song-Mrs. Allen L. Feeks, Mobile.
 New business.
 Praise God From Whom All Bless
 ings Flow
 Benediction-Rev. Mathew Brewster,
 Christ Episcopal Church, Mobile.
 Adjournment.
 U. s. C. V. Program.
 The program for the United Sons of Confederate Veterans which will be
 held at Temperance Hall, Wednesday. follows
 Morning session. 9:SO to t2.
 Convention called to order by George E. Dixon, No. 4OS, of Mobile
 Invocation by Rev. William B. Hop of Huntsville, division chaplain. | Address Of welcome by Max Ham burger, of Camp George E. Dixon, ] Mobile.