Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-01
Plans for the Annual Reunion
of the United Confederates.
TO BE HELD IN BIRMINGHAM
Thousands Expected in That City
June 8. 10 and IL.
OLD BOYS ENTERTAINED FREE
Splendid Program of Entertainment
Provided by the Thirty-FiveYear-
Old City of the South.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. June I the an
rtIal reunion of the United Confederate
Veterans will BE- held IN birmingham IurN
. Ia and II. After months Of hard work
birmingham il ready 10 welcome 80
thousands from all parts at tho nation
WHO have already sign'ii,,d their inten-
ton of being present. When the ho;ris
are filled private homes Will be thrown
omen and every visitor will he taken care
Of 50 that the thirty five year-old city. -
representative Of the new south. Will try
to Guido its older sister cities in doing
honor to the men who were the defenders
of all that was best in the old south.
A feature of. the Birmingham reunion
will be the attention given the veterans
themselves. Sponsors maids. sons and
daughters will be given secondary con
sideration and an effort will be made ~
take care of each veteran individually.
Advanced age and infirm step will l.
no handicap to the visitors i'll having 4
pleasant time II the plans OF the local
committees go through.
In the first place. Birmingham Will en-
terrain free every veteran who will accept
this hospitality. and to this end modern
hotel has been fitted up at the state fair
grounds known as Hotel John B. Cor
DON where everything will he free.
Bands will be there day and night 10 play
the tunes that the old men love so well.
and prominent local sons OF veterans and
others will be on hand to see that every
man enjoys himself in his own way
Music to Be q Feature.
Seven bands have already been en-
gagged to play on the streets, and in ad-
dition to this there will be numerous free
ja,1
of the reunion. The local committee is
spending more money for music at the
present reunion than has ever been spent
before at a reunion for this feature.
Weeks ago the commanding officers OF
the various divisions OF the veterans en-
gagged their quarters. sponsors and maids
have been named and provision made for
their entert ainment, and II Is believed
that everything will move like clockwork
when the reunion begins.
Gen. George p. Harrison. commander of
the Alabama division. will be chief mar
shall of the parade, which will take place
at IL o'clock on the morning of THURSDAY.
The route will not be long. because every
Thing is being done with consideration for
the advancing years of the veterans. The
reviewing stand will be at Capital Park
and the line of march will be, down 30th
street.
Plans for the Parade.
The parade will go for six blocks on
this broad thoroughfare, which VIII hs
more deliberately decorated than anything
ever before attempted by Birmingham. 4
uniform plan will be carried out the full
length of the street In harmony with dec
Grafton about the Confederate monument
and reviewing stand atfCapital Park.
On each side of the street facades will
be erected. and these will be connected at
frequent intervals by arches extending en-
tirely across the street. At Capital Park
| the facades will be merged into the court
of honor scheme, which will surround the
monument and reviewing stand Thou
sands of yards of bunting and thousands
of flags will be used in carrying out this
! design.
| The official program has been issued for
! the reunion. and it provides for the OPEN
1 ing of the Hippodrome at 2 o'clock Tues
day morning. At 10 o'clock Gen. Harrison
will call the convention to order, and in
/ vocation will be made by Rev. DIR. j. VII
| liam Jones of Richmond, Va, chaplain
general. Following this Gen. Harrison
will deliver his opening address. Gov. r.
B. Conner of Alabama will welcome the Wis
| itors on behalf of the state: Maj. George
! b. Ward on behalf of Birmingham. Brig.
Gen. J. w. Bush of Birmingham on be-
! half of the Alabama veterans: Comrade
r. y. Rhodes of Birmingham on behalf OF
the sons OF veterans: Mrs. Charles G..
Alabama daughters.
The Reunion Grafton.
Tuesday afternoon Col. <. L. Russell
OF Mobile will deliver the reunion Grafton,
and Judge A. o. Wright OF Jacksonville,
Fla. will deliver his address on The
Confederate Navy.
Tuesday night Gov. and Mrs. e. r.
Conner will give n reception to the vet
Grams. and there will be fireworks at the
fair grounds.
"Wednesday morning the Battle Abbey
committee will report and the place OF
next reunion will be decided upon. Al
noon the annual memorial exercises will
be held. Wednesday afternoon will come
The. reports of other committees and elec-
ton OF officers. The floral parade. under
the auspices OF the Sons of Veterans,
will be given Wednesday afternoon at
4 o'clock Free concerts will be given At
night.
The grand parade will be at II O'clock
Thursday morning. In the afternoon at
the fair grounds will be open-a enter
tainments including band concerts and d
sham battle at o'clock.
The ball under the auspices or the
sons in honor of the veterans. sons OF
veterans. and sponsors and maids OF
honor. will begin at $50 o'clock. For
these who do not care TO attend there
will be fireworks and open-air concerts
at the fair grounds.