The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-13
Thirty Red Cross Nurses to Be on Hand at Confeder-
 ate Veterans Reunion
BOY SCOUTS GIVEN IMPORTANT DUTIES
Decoration Committees Have Received Designs for Street Display. Reception for Commander
 in-Chief

The National Red Cross society has given permission for the members of that organization in Birmingham and nearby cities to offer their services to the hospital committee arranging to care for the Confederate Veterans in
 May. It was announced yesterday by hospital and relief committee, that the
 services of 30 trained nurses would be available for work during the reunion as 8 result of the permission given the local society by the national or ganization. Dr. Heacock said yesterday that the Red Cross society of Birming-
 ham, of which Miss Mclean is the head, suggested to the national association that the offer would be received here with considerable gratitude, and the ma, tional officers promptly passed favor
 ably upon the suggestion. Dr. HeacoclS
 said that two base hospitals would be
 arranged. One will be located near the Bijou theatre to be available in
 case of illness during the business
 meetings of the association. The other will be located at the Alabama State Fairgrounds. He said that in addition to the two hospitals temporarily ar | ranged every hospital in the city had offered to receive any Confederate Vet eran taken i'll during the reunion. In addition to the 30 nurses, it is stated that about 12 physicians on each shift l of few hours would be on duty at the | two base hospitals throughout the re- union.
 pr. Heacock said yesterday that all the plans for the hospital and relief work during the reunion had been worked out.
 BOY SCOUTS
 | The Boy Scouts of Birmingham, un- 1 der command of pr. E. Ballard, will be assigned to important duties dur been for the scouts to have headquar- | ters in a prominent downtown buld- ing. The scouts will also be assigned to important tasks at the State Fair grounds. Robert A. Brown, general chairman of the reunion, said yester- day that he had come to depend very
 materially upGn the Boy Scouts He
 said that the work performed by the young men at the State Fairgrounds every year had most favorably im- pressed the officers of the fair, and they fully appreciated their value, and the service rendered the management by the boys.
 The scouts will be stationed at the two railroad depots to assist in the | important work to be done there when the visitors begin to arrive in the city 1 They will be called upon in some cases l to escort veterans to the fairgrounds and to perform other tasks calling for reliability, politeness and general value. Dr. Ballard, commander of the Boy Scouts, said yesterday that the boys in Birmingham were eager and ny fr,or fr fnI~
 STREET DECORATIONS George B. McCleery, chairman of the committee on decorations for the re-
 union, has received all the designs from decorating houses and other data on which to base a decision. It is stated that the plans submitted call for the
 most pretentious decorating scheme ever planned in Birmingham and con- templates the utilization of the white way posts as well as the poles belong ing to the Birmingham Railway, Light
 and Power company on the principal streets in the city. The electric guard wires running from the poles to the trolley wire will also be utilized as a part of the scheme of decorations MT.
 McCleery is interested in evolving the most attractive scheme possible for the reunion and he and his committee are
 giving the matter careful consideration. me committee has been making every effort tc obtain very fine effect with
 out going to any great expense, and it Is believed the decorations will meas
 ure up to any ever used for the veter- ans and will exceed the decorations
 used here eight years ago, when Bir- mlngham was host to the reunion
 SPECIAL ESCORT
 An escort of several hundred veter- ans and a brass band is expected to &C., company Gen. Bennett IT. Young. com mander-in- chief of the Confederate
 Veterans, to the Birmingham reunion.
 Advices have been received in Birming-
 ham from the Louisville camp to the
 erect that the commander in -chie eff would be accompanied by the greatest escort ever given commander-in- chlef of the Confederate forces Gen eral Young will be aboard a special
 train of three sections operated by the Louisville and Nashville railroad. The special will remain in Birmingham dur Ing the convention, and will be used for
 the return of the Kentucky delegation. Veterans in Birmingham have been ad- v1sed also that the Kentucky delega- ton will use every effort to re-eIect General Young to the position of com mander-in chief