The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-04
READY FOR REUNION
BIRMINGHAM HAS COMPLETED
 ALL EARLY PLANS.
The Decorations for the Veterans VIII be Elaborate, An 0mcisi Decorn- tor Taking Care of the
 Unff0rmity.

Birmingham. June 3.-(SpeciaL9- With the Confederate reunion still week of many strangers are alreauS arriving in Birmingham. the decofas fions are beginning to make auiee
 showing, the general comn fnra and the city in general IS takins on d hustle In preparation Tor the DIE event. The railroad rates do not so snto erect until the last of this WceA hut already quite number or pevple ara coming in and locating themseives ,n order to be in a strong position
 when the reunion proper begins
 The committees of the two cau'ps ~, Sons of Confederate Veterans wno WI be in charge of the bureaus vh is iniSs nation and will act as ofncial guiaes for the reunion will get to work by saturday as 1t is expected that the neople will be swarming in to Birm- ingham in numbers on Sunday.
 Almost every hotel in the city has nanv reservations, the various bri- gades and commands having arranged for headquarters Many novel req lures will be presented during the re- union, among them being a company of young women horseback under tne leadership of Colonel A. c. Oxford. the retiring commander of Camp Hardee, United Confederate Veterans, the en- tertaining camp in Birmingham. There will be no less than fifty of Birmfns- hams prettiest young women on norse hack with Colonel Oxford and they win take part in the general paraoe that will be held Thursday morning This company will attract attention
 The decorations are on most clap crate scale. The general committee appointed a committee on decoration n and an official decorator was selected in order that there might be uniform tty in the attractive display. Electric lights are being used in great quanu- ties in the deeorations while bunting and the Confederate flags are to be seen on almost all fronts of buildings Pictures of the great Confederate gen erals are being used in protusion. II there is continued bad weather the decorations may be dampened some hut inasmuch as the best bunting ob- tafnable is being used it is not pos aible to totally ruin the same. A urfxe is to be given for the best deco ratfons put I'D and many of the mer- chants are making an effort to show up well during the reunion.
 The recent death of the commander sn-chief of the Confederate veterans organization, General stephen P. Lee, win. of course, throw considerable sor- row on the reunion. However, the general arrangements had progressed ao far that there was no curbing of same possible and the program with but few corrections will be carried out as first outlined.
 To Entertain Sponsors.
 The coming of many sponsors and their maids of honor will be a most interesting feature of the reunion. These sponsors and maids will be en- xertained by the two camps of Sons of Veterans in Birmingham, many mem- bera of which organization are among the high society people of the city. Tn addition to the grand ball to be given at the Hippodrome auditorium which is set for Thursday evening, there will be receptions and balls at the Country and Southern Clubs to which Invitations are now being ex- tended and which promise to be very exclusive. The members of the Sons of Veterans will during this week as- sign duties of entertaining the spon- will be none sighted and the stay in Birmingham will be one round of pleasure and enjoyment.
 The address of General Lee which was prepared to be delivered in the be- ginning of the meeting, after the local speeches of welcome had been deliver ed and the meeting hall had been turn ed over, will be read by some able general who is to be designated. Gem eral Cabell, of Texas, the next in com mand. will be heard.
 Considerable interest is being mani