Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-01-07
NEW ORLEANS TO
CELEBRATE 100
YEARS OF PEACE
One Hundredth Anniversary Of Battle OF
New Orleans is Cause for Rejoicing by
People Of Crescent City-Many Special
Events Will be Staged.
GUNS or WAR VESSELS IN RIVER
TO PAY DELICATE At SUNRISE
Many Notable Guests from Every Section
OF Country Will Reach New Orleans To-
morrow Morning to Participate in Three
Day Celebration.

New Orleans, La, Jan. 7.-Tomorrow
will b. the one hundrcdth anniversary OF
the battle Of New Orleans. IN which GEN
eral Andrew Jackson and his little army
saved the city from capture by the British.
The thousand OF citizens and other thou
Sand- Of guests will Know il when sunrise
come. even thought the elaborate decnra-
tons seen IN the city today may not have
already torcihly impressed the fact of the
approaching centennial upon thir mind.
A. the sun rises Ill the bells and factory
whistles IN the city will join in 4 salute.
and the guns of the battlc-hip Rhode
Island and other war vessels riding al
anchor II the Mis~is,ippi viii play an ~.
lgato. Everybody who win not already
have arisen 10 assist IN the preparation
Tor the days exercises win then b.
obliged g. Get up, for further sleep will hc
out ni the question. For three iays there
VIII h. festivities which viii occupy every
minute III time.
The early morning trains viii bring no
tables from every section Of the country.
Governors Of the n~eighboring states. with
their >'aff~, will be- here 10 take part in
the celebration. Other guests will include
officials representatives. OF the president.
the two houses OF congress and m. other
departments 81 the government ~ Wash
ington. National officers and other repre-
Neniaiiver 81 numerous patriotic and his.
%torlcal societies also will be included among
the distinguished visitors. Added 10 these
Will be- many officers and men of the United
States army and navy who have been de-
tailed r. participate ii Tho Jubilee.
The celebration promises 10 attract, more
than the ordinary amount, ~ attention a,
Il will b. the only bis feature in the series
81 celebrations planned 10 mark the end
81 lone hundred years Vt peace between
me hnGlirh->l~aking nations that will b.
carried ont - previously arranged. Prac-
ticslly all ot the other celebrations which
were e. have been held IN WASHINGTON n
New York and IN Cauada and Fn.lo,d
have been called of ~ indefinitely most.
noned because 81 the war IN Eurnnc
Probahl, the most attractive fraturr Of
the three days program will H. TIE repro.
duction Of the battle of New Orleans ana
81 the scenes that followed The mcmorabI.
engagement. including the welcome u,
General Jackson when H. returned IN M.
city from the battlefield. These scenes are
IA he faithfully reproduced N \ >crir, ~
elaborate pageantS arranged under the d.
%rection ~ the Louisiana Historical socieiy.
Not only viii the battle it,e.l b. r,pro-
duecd. but all the events preceding and
following the conflict will be enacted by
descendants ot the heroes Of D hundred
Year ago. All Of these pictures are 10 no
~re-enacted on the Identical spots where
The events took place. The thousands Of
visitors will view the historic 1t. Louis
cathedral. the Cabildo, fhe Spanish arse
nal Hnspero's and ~Tremoulet's EXCHANGES.
where the defenses Of the city were planned
oy General Jackson and the citizens com
mlttee OF defense: the famous soak AlIeyr
on the old de Ia Ronde plantation, and the
Where and LaCoSte plantations, which
were The scenes Of skirmish.- between The
Americans and the British a few DAYS he.
fore the decisive conflict VII. fought. One
oi the greatest pagesnts with be that de-
picting the triumphal return of General
jackson and his troops from the battle