The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-05-01
GREAT PARADES
At THE REUNION
Maids and Sponsors To Open
Series On Morning OF
the First Day
Sons Of Veterans and Military organh
zations Second Day, While the
Veterans Parade Last Day.

Jacksonville, Fla.-With the near
approach OF May 8. Interest In the
Gath annual reunion OF the United
( Confederate Veterans Association and
Sons of Confederate Veterans, centers
around the three parades, n each
day OF the reunion. II has been Ell
nitely decided that the first parade
will be that OF the maids and sponsors,
and It will be given on the afternoon
OF May 8.
This parade will be confined to au
tomobiles and carriages and all spon'
sors and maids OF honor will be ad-
mitted to It. The Jacksonville Re
union Association has decided that,
II 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
7, will be Of the Sons Of Confederate
Veterans and local military organiza,
tons. 1t is the present plan for the
Sons to march on foot. and the parade
will take in the business sections OF
the city.
On the morning Of May 8. the last
day of the reunion, the annual parade
of the Confederate Veterans will be
held. Jacksonville labors under a dis
advantage In staging this parade that
no other reunion city has aver en-.
countered, that OF securing horses.
There are very few available horses
In Jacksonville, and as a result 1t has
been decided to make the parade a
combination between horses, automo-
biles and foot-marching. The local
association believes that 1t will be
possible for the commanders and their
staff officers to te provided with
mounts, but It is going to be a diff
cult matter to secure a sufficient num-
Der even for that. However, q united
effort is being made to secure all the
mounts possible In Jacksonville and
nearby towns In Florida and South
Georgia.
Arrangements for these parades are
being worked out rapidly by special
committees. Mai. s. 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 com.
mander. Adjt.-Gen. N. B. Forrest, of
the National Sons of Veterans, is here
giving much Of his attention to these
arrangements.
DR.. w. M. Stinson Is chairman Of
the committee on entertainment of
maids and sponsors, and has been
working on plans for some time with
q corps of assistants. He will organ.
lie the entire program Of the maids
and sponsors entertainment features
and promises to give the visiting Ia.
dies the best possible reception In
Jacksonville.
Gen. John L. Inglis, commander OF
the Florida division. U. c. ", is, I'm.
der the rules of the United Confeder.
ate Veterans Associations, chief mar.
shall Of the veterans parade, with Gen.
W. H. %Sebring, chief aide. Gen. Inglis
wants q parade in which the older vet.
Grams will occupy automobiles and car.
riages. with commanders and as many
OF their STATS as possible on horse
back. The veterans parade IL being
worked out along these lines.
The social functions OF the reunion
will be about tie sane as have pre-
vailed at other reunion cities. Three
balls will be given during the week,
n for maids and sponsors. one for
the Sons of Veterans and the other
for the veterans themselves. Gen.
Bennett H. Young appointed al 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 tune.
tons OF the reunion.
A dancing pavilion will be erected
close to the business sections Of the
city. and 1t will be large enough to
accommodate the reunion balls. In
addition to the balls there will be a
number Of events on the program for
the entertainment Of official ladies,
Chief among these Is . trip to the sea.
shore, and an excursion or two on the
St. Johns river. Some two hundred
young men have volunteered their
services az escorts for the visiting Ia.
dies, and everything points to a most
enjoyable week for all who may par.
ticipate In the social functions and
the annual psrades.