The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-25
GRAVES WILL BE
 DECORATED TODAY Memorial Programme Prepar- ed on Elaborate Scale MILITARY WILL ASSIST Banks Will All Be Closed Tomorrow and the Postoffice Will Observe
 Holiday Hours-Route of
 the Parade.

Tomorrow is Memorial Day, April 2s, the day set apart in Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Mississippi for the decoration of the graves of the Confederate dead. The day is a legal holiday in Alabama and in business circles will be observed in the customary manner. The Confeder- ate veterans in Birmingham and Ensley will celebrate the occasion this afternoon with appropriate exercises while the vet erans of East Lake will hold exercises to- morrow afternoon.
 The banks of Birmingham will be closed all day tomorrow in observance of the legal holiday.
 The postoffioe will be open only during the customary holiday hours. All depart ments with the exception of the money order and registry divisions, will be open from 8 B. m. until 10 a. m- There will be two deliveries of mail in the business section of the city and one in the resi- dence sections. all of which will be made during the morning hours.
 Under the auspices of Camp Hardee, United Confederate Veterans. Memorial Day will be observed in Birmingham with
  tery this afternoon at o'clock. The parade, which will be formed at Capitol park at 3 o'clock, will be feature. The local military and the cadets from How ard college and the Boys Industrial school will participate, and the occasion prom ises to be an suspicious one.
 The programme at Oak Hill cemetery will be very simple. Professor DuBose has been chosen to make the address of the occasion, and the Rev. l.. s. Hand ley will open the exercises with prayer. At the conclusion of MT. DuBose's address flowers will be distributed on the graves of the Confederate dead who are buried in Oak Hill cemetery. after which d salute of three volleys will be fired by the military and taps will be sounded.
 Programme for Today.
 The following programme Is announced by Capt. John G. Smith, who will act as marshall:
 Boys Industrial band leading. Confederate veterans following.
 Military following the veterans
 Howard college cadets following mili- tary.
 Boys Industrial school cadets.
 Sons of Veterans.
 Civilians.
 The band will form just in front of the fountain, in Capitol park, facing south.
 The veterans will form on the east side of the fountain in center of Capitol park.
 The Sons of Veterans will form on the east side of the main entrance in park, between fountain and Confederate monu- ment, facing west with left of line rest {prr ark QU Military will form on west side of Main street. facing east, with right of line resting on Park avenue.
 The Howard college cadets will form on left of National guard companies.
 The Boys Industrial school cadets will form on left of cadets.
 The Veterans, preceded by band will pass down between the two lines formed. They will be followed by the National guard companies, then Howard cadets. Boys Industrial school. Sons of Veterans, and civilians
 The route of march will be from the park west on Park avenue to West Twentieth street, then north to Eighth avenue west to Nineteenth street. then north on Nineteenth street. The entrance to the cemetery will be through Nine- teenth street gate, marching to the cross street east of the lodge, where the mili- tary will be formed under the direction of Major Ledbetter, commanding.
 The exercises win be opened with pray CT by the Rev. L. s. Handley, chaplain of Camp Hardee.
 Address by the Hon. Joel DuBoise
 Then flowers will be distributed over the graves of Confederate dead, after which salute of three volleys will be fired, then taps will bessounded, then the exercises will be concluded
 All members of Camp Morgan-Pettus and Camp Henry Clayton, United Sons of Confederate Veterans, are earnestly re- quested by the commanders of the camps to attend the exercises at Oak Hill ceme- tery, and all who can do so are requested to meet at Capital park at 8 o'clock this afternoon to participate in the parade from the park to the cemetery.
 At Ensley very appropriate pro- gramme has been arranged, and will be carried out at the cemetery this afternoon at 8 o'clock.
 NThe children will meet at the Ensley city hall at 230 o'clock to form for the march to the cemetery. Lieut.. Charles H. Mandy will command detachment of Troop D, Alabama national guard, at the exercises. There will be several short speeches, after which the graves will be decorated. the salute fired, and taps sounded.
 The veterans of East Lake will observe Memorial Day tomorrow with an excel lent programme. The exercises will be held in the Baptist church at 2:3O o'clock under the auspices of Camp Bob McKin- ley, U. c. V. The children of the East Lake public schools and the Howard col lege cadets will participate.
 The people overUhe Birmingham district at large are Invited and urgently re- quested to attend the exercises in obser- vanc of the Confederate holiday. It is urged that as many as possible take flow CTS to the cemetery with which to deo- crate the graves of the deceased Confed- crate heroes.