Newport daily independent., 1914-04-30
GREAT PARADES
 AT TIE REUNION
Maids and Sponsors To Open Series On Morning Of
 the First Day
Sors of Veterans and Military Or9ani. cations Second Day, While the
 Veterans Parade Last Day.

approach of May 6, interest in the 24th annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans Association and Sons of Confederate Veterans, centers around the three parades, ons each day of the reunion. It has been def nitely decided that the first parade will be that of the maids and sponsors, and it will be given on the afternoon of May 6.
 This parade will be confined to au- tomobiles and carriages and all spon- sors and maids of honor will be ad- mitted to 1t. The Jacksonville Rs- union Association has decided that, if possible, the parade of maids and sponsors will be the finest spectacle of the kind ever seen in the southern states. The route will be several miles long and passes through the principal residence and business sections Of the city.
 The parade of the second day, May I, will be of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and local military organiza- tions It is the present plan for the Sons to march on foot, and the parade will take in the business sections Of | the city
 1 On the morning of May 8. the last day of the reunion, the annual parade of the Confederate Veterans will oe l held Jacksonville labors under dis advantage in staging this parade that no other reunion city has ever en countered, that of securing horses There are very few available horses ] in Jacksonville, and as result l. has been decided to make the parade 3 com bination between horses, autOmo biles and foot-marching. The loca association believes that 1t will 5c possible for the commanders and their staff officers to be provided with mounts, but it Is going to be diff cult matter to secure & sufficient mum Der even for that However, a unitsd effort is being made to secure all the mounts possible in Jacksonville and nearby towns in Florida and South l Georgia.
 Arrangements for these parades are being worked out rapidly by special 1 committees. Maj. $. C. Harrison Is ] chairman of the committee that will have charge of the Sons of Veterans parade. He Is being assisted by the local camp of Sons of Veterans, of which Judge John l.. Dodge is conn. mander. Adjt.-Gen. N. B. Forrest, of the National Sons of Veterans. Is here i giving much of his attention to these arrangements.
 Dr. w. M. Stlnson is chairman Of the committee on entertainment of working on plans for some time with corps of assistants. He will organ ize the entire program of the maids and sponsors entertainment features and promises to give the visiting la dies the best possible reception in Jacksonville.
 Gen. John l.. Inglis, commander of the Florida division, U. c. ", Is. un- der the rules of the United Confeder- ate Veterans Associations, chief mar shal of the veterans parade, with Gen w. H. Sebring, chief aide. Gen. Inglis wants parade in which the older vet erans will occupy automobiles and car. riages, with commanders and as many of their staffs as possible on horse back. The veterans parade Is being worked out along these lines.
 The social functions of the reunion will be about the same as have pre- vailed at other reunion cities. Three balls will be given during the week one for maids and sponsors. one fol the Sons of Veterans and the other for the veterans themselves. Gen Bennett H. Young appointed as his chief sponsor Miss Corrinne Hampton of Columbia, s. c. His maids of hon or are Misses Minnie Brock, of Chat tanooga; Eloise Washburn, of Mont gomery, Ala, and Miss Gladys Ker nan, of New Orleans. These ladies represent the south in the social func tions of the reunion.
 A dancing pavilion will be erected 1 close to the business sections of tn, city, and it will be large enough tt accommodate the reunion balls. II addition to the balls there will be number of events on the program fol the entertainment of official ladies Chief among these is trip to the sea shore, and an excursion or two on tn, St. Johns river. Some two hundred
 young men have volunteered thei
 services as escorts for the visiting ls