The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11
Tents Spread on Generals Lawn Will House Men Who Were With Him During the War
DIR. MORROW TAKES CHARGE OF WORK IN
 ASSEMBLING THEM
Staff Officers Were Formed From a Company of Ca dets From the University of Alabama

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 Upon the magnificent lawn which sur ounds his home on South Highlands and under the shade of the trees, Gen. E. W. Fucker will entertain the remaining mem bers of his escort as general in com mand of Fuckers brigade, Forrest cav airy in the Confederate army, during the reunion.
 All arrangements have been made for the affair which will more than likely Irove to be one of the most interesting and appealing sidelights of the entire re- union.
 Tents have been ordered for 25 men. They will be pitched on the lawn facing Twelfth avenue, south and commanding an attractive view of the entire city To- cated in the valley below. Each tent will be used for three men of the famous command and the veterans will be served meals in the home of General Fucker during their entire stay in the city of Bir- mingham
 This is the first time since the war that General Fucker has undertaken to gather around him the men of his bodyguard that served with such heroism and with such honor to their command during the conflict.
 The command was known originally as Company F, Seventh Alabama, and was organized from the cadet corps of the University of abama. Some of the men as a matter of fact most of them, were not over 16 or r years of age.
 ATTACHED TO FORREST
 As the war progressed they. eventually became attached to the Forrest cavalry, commanded by the noted Nathan Bedford Forrest and assigned to the duty of bodyguard for General Rucker.
 It is the youths as he remembers them that have been asked by the Birmingham citizen to bivouac upon the lawn of his home, partake of his larder during the reunion and make themselves otherwise at home in one of the most hospitable dwellings of the entire south General Fucker when the reunion was secured for Birmingham requested Dr. George M. Morrow of this city to look after the boys that belonged to the bodyguard and have them at General Fuckers house pr. Morrow was a member of the same force and has been more or less engaged on the details under the direction of Gen. eral Fucker.
 It was Dr. Morrow who located most of the surviving members of the troop and it is Dr. Morrow who daily reports to the noted cavalryman in the American Trust buiiding about the plans for the reunion within the reunion,' which will perhaps rival in interest and romantic incidents the general affair in Birmingham.
 Capt. w. H. Hooper at the federal building is another member of the famous crowd that will gather beneath the shade at General Fuckers and will turn the leaves of time back to the memories of a more youthful day. The cavalrymen will perhaps appear in the reunion pa rade for as General Fucker would say:
 Some of the boys, huh, are able to ride. But I am getting along in years, huh. Why, God bless them, they were not over 16 or IT years of age then and they are able to ride, huh. However. my mind is somewhat confused about that. See Dr. Morrow my dear young friend, see Dr. Morrow
 STORIES OF RUCKER'S DARING
 The boys" will no doubt sit around the tented lawn and remind their leader of the time at Nashville in 1864 when the esteemed General Fucker, having set aside for the moment his ''accustomed ed calm" pitched with youthful impetuosity into a whole company of Tanks and came within an ace of whipping the whole works. They will also remind the gen. eral of the time when he braved the dangers of merciless fire of the enemy to succor fallen foe for which he re- ceived even the cheers of the enemy. They will also relate other experiences Of the binding conflict and will no doubt live three days of wonderful memories.
 General Fucker said yesterday that Dr. Morrow would have the names of all the members of the troop within a few days and that he would register them as they come in For instance, 'Leftanant Hoop CT" will be assigned to special duties, while Corporal Matthewson of Cedar Brook, Ky. will be assigned to special duty and through it all the host, General Fucker, will experience the thrill that turns time backward in it's flight and of the whole reunion there will scarcely be a more noted gathering or one filled with such enjoyable "reminiscences.
 From the topmost mast of the tent of the. general in command will fly the ban ner of the Confederacy while the battle flag of the battling Grays will adorn an- other tent and from a mast will fly the battle flag of the famous and heroic For rests cavalry, and from another, perhaps the most prominent of all, will be unfurled Old Glory, for of all men at this period in American history none are more de- voted or none. more ger or ready to de- fend the honor of America than the rem nants of the tantalizing Forests cavalry and more especially those souls attached to Fuckers brigade that faced dangers with the abandon and daring found only in youth.