The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-08
BIRMINGHAM IS READY FOR VETS Thousands of People AL
 ready There.
 -.--s CITY IS IN GALA ATTIRE Memphis Win Probably Get Next
 Reunion. Every Preparafion Complete and oc- casioa Promises te Be The Most sseeessfuI In History of The
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CITY IS IN GALA ATTIRE

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 Birmingham. June 7.--(Special) Ion every train arriving in Birmingham veterans and visitors to the eighteenth annual reunion United Confederate Veterans, which begins Tuesday and continues for three days, are coming to the city.
 The hotels, boarding houses. private houses and other places fitted up for the occasion are rapidly filling but there is much more room and the belief Is expressed that everybody will be able to find some sort of accommodations Many hundred rooms are reserved for the generals and others for the gather ing.
 The bulk of the crowds win arrive during Monday afternoon and night though many special trains will get in Tuesday morning.
 Bureaus of information were opened today around the depots and guides, escorts and runners began work this morning The Sons of Veterans are acting as escorts. High School students are acting as guides and the citizens are acting as committees to direct and assist the strangers in get ting to certain places or helping them to reach the places where they may lodge for the week.
 There is hustle and hustle on all sides. The railroad rates to the re- union are in effect now: The Louisvllls
 
 decorated and win be complete Mon- day. There are decorations on all sides of the streets. some of the larger build- ings presenting most interesting sights. While the United States flag is the one used most extensiveiys the. regulation Confederate flag is not missing ana there has been a most liberal use of pictures and steel engravfngs of the great generals of the Confederate Army. s
 The indications today point to a larger crowd attending this reunion than ever Before. The railroads are in position to furniah. all the equipment needed. eondition that has moi. existed in years. The representatives, of the railroads, too, worked up much travel for the occasion and itNis announced next day or two. s6.
 The arrival of leading and conspicu- ous figures in the reunion will com mence Monday morning. Already sew eral generals are here but the leading men in the reunion proper will reach Birmingham tomorrow. M
 Adjutapt General Miekle will be here early Monday, morning. His report of the affairs of the organization has been made up and will make a splendid showing. The losses through death during tne past year have been large, but as a general proposition the condi- tions are first class General w. L. Cabell, of Texas, who will preside at the reunion will arrive att 3 o'clock Monday afternoon over the Queen and Crescent route. having left Dallas, ac- cording to program, tonight Generals Evans, Walker, Stewart and others will be here tomorrow morning. afternoon or night.
 Chief J. w. Apperson and his adjutant Forrest, will be here on special train with large dele gation from west Tennessee and Arr l kansas at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon. Mrs. J. Griff Edwards, of Portsmouth, Va, commander-in-Chief of the Con- federate choirs of America, will be here tomorrow morning. Other com manding officials will be in early to- morrow or Monday night. Committees | vii meet the generals and escort them 1 to their respective headquarters. A band of music will be used in escorting | General CabelI from the train to the | Hillman Hotel where he wilTH stop dur 1 ink his stay in Birmingham
 Rehearsing the Music.
 There were general rehearsals of the | reunion band under the leadership of Professor Phillip Memoli this after l noon while the children's chorus and | other singing bodies met this afternoon | at the theatres and Hippodrome for | practlce. Dixie. and The Bonnie | Blue Flag, are to be be heard on all |
 
 gives out an interview to the effect | that he musical features of the reunion will compare favorably with any ever | heard in the South. For the enter tainment of those veterans who do not | care to remain in the convention hall | there will be band concerts an aImost every prominent corner of the city
 one or the most interesting features | of the reunion that has been arranred | Tor oy the general comittee will be the reunion and hand-shaking at Capitol Park, in the heart of the citv at 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the first day. Tuesday, June g. During the hand shaking music will be rendered by the consolidated bands. l50 must clans In all. Dixie to be the air that will be heard every few minutes Dozens of policemen will be Stationed at the park to keep everybody out of fS . l place save the veterans this event be | ing for their exclusive benefit. The srand stand has been built in the front of Capitol Park so that it will seat 1000 people at least to witness the official parade on the third day of 1 the reunion, This grand stand will l also be desirable place to witness the handshaking.
 veterans by Governor and Mrs. Conner, | on the evening of the first day also l promises to be most interesting.
 fireworks will be on the program to l be given at the fair grounds while a l grand concert will be given at the Hip podrome Dances will be in order the | first evening at both the Country and Southern Clubs
 Two Important Committees.
 The report of the Battle Abbey Com nittee and the History Committee will be the important business of the morn ing of the second day of the reunion, and the address of General Evans on the last named committee is to be a feature of the reunion, The selection of the next place of meeting is fixed for this time and the childrens chorus, together with the reunion bands will put on the musical spectacular human flag, "The Bonnie Blue Flag" The children win be so attired as to repre- sent flag.
 Tn accordance with the custom which has prevailed for number of years. at