Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-23

they give General Young, who takes off
his hat and reviews them bareheaded,
bowling to the boys and giving them the
military salute. BY the hundreds the
school boys come a long line that
reaches two blocks down Twentieth
| street and reaches around the corner,
and above their heads the wind whips
their flags into a foam of color.
THE SCHOOL GIRLS.
ALL DRESSED IN WHITE.
And then the school girls of Birm-
ing nam, all in white, marching eight
abreast like the boys, their line band
ed on both sides by long streamers of
red, white and blue. And they carry
| two flags each one of them, the Confed-
crate flag in their right hands and the
| American flags in their left hands. They
pause in front of General Young and
wave their flags and cheer with voices
wildly shrill, and the bands play Dixie
again with redoubled fury, and General
| Young sits on his coal black horse and
| bows and bows the wind ruff1ing his
white hair. And the sight of that old
| man on the black horse wearing the
| gray uniform of the Confederate soldier,
his hair white as snow, his shoulders
erect, fires the school girls with a
| frenzy. 1t makes them cheer anu
| C0eer ana cneeT, In6lT NOlCeS IlSlilS "
the high pitch of the rebel yell, until
the whole earth seems filled with the
sound of their voices, and the bands all
| Join together in a grand concert of
| Dixie"
But these are the advance guard paw
| ing the way for the real parade-tne pa
rade of the remnants of those grand
armies that fought with Lee and Jack
son and Forrest and Johnston, the pa
rade of the veterans of the southern
Confederacy, the boys in gray.
And here they come-Georgia in
front, with Colonel Peel of Atlanta, and
Mrs. Peel, matron of honor of the Geor-
gia division, riding in an automobile at
| the mead of the veterans from the en-
pire state of the south.
| Right behind Georgia comes Alabama
| the two divisions merging into each
| other AS they pass General Young
| their beloved commander who stood on
the battlefield of Gettysburg at that
| famous reunion three years ago, and
| told the veterans of the Union army why
| it took them so long to wear out the
| south-as they pass the splendid old
man sitting on his coal black horse, they
| salute him, and take off their hats and
wave them wildly, and they give the
| rebel yell.
THE VETS BREAK RANKS
TO SHAKE HIS HAND.
Presently a veteran. steps from the
marching ranks and reaches up to shake
| the generals hand, and he reaches down
| to shake the veterans hand. Others fol-
| low suit Scores and scores step out
of ranks. The general is so busy shak-
| ing hands that he hasn't time to
! straighten up, and his black horse
| stands perfectly still, not even moving
II hat
| full not to hurt one of these old men.
Mixed in with the veterans are many
old negroes of the slavery time, backs
bent, legs bowed with age, some wearing
| the gray uniforms of their masters, 9TH
| ers carving ration baskets on their
arms. And they stop to shake the gen
| erals hand and he greets them with
! warm affections.
After Georgia and Alabama come sew
| eral automobiles filled with veterans too
| feeble to march in the parade, though
some are not too feeble to cut the pigeon
wing on the platform bodies Of the auto
| trucks, and none are too feeble to give
| the rebel yell when they pass General
Young.
/ Now comes the Mississippi division
! of FORESTS cavalry, and after them d
| brigade of Tennessee veterans fully uni
| formed in gray, wearing gray caps, car
rying Confederate muSketS on their
shoulders with bayonets fixed Then
Forests cavalry, those wild riders who
turned the tide on many battlefields, but
| now they are marching afoot, and
marching erect, and they wear the
browninsh gray jeans and yellow stripes
of their famous corps.
These splendid youngsters coming be-
| hind the Forrest cavalry-who are they?
They wear gray uniforms with white
] breastplates, and their caps are plumed
/ and futtering, while their bayonets
CLEAN in the gray drizzle, and their
ranks are in perfect step. These fell
! lows-why, these are the Richmond
! Grays, another old and famous military
organization, and they are leading the
way for, the Confederate veterans of old
! Virginia, who march with proud step to
| the strains of Dixie"
ARKANSAS; THE VETS
FROM THE CARoLNAs.
Virginia is followed by Arkansas,
most of them riding in automobiles,
| leaning perilously far out to salute and
cheer General Young, the sponsors
| throwing kisses at him. Arkansas is
| followed by Texas, with the flag of the
Lone Star state. Texas is followed by
South Carolina, carrying the blue flag
with the white palmetto tree, the flag
of the state that was first to secede
| first to fire a shot in the Civil war
South Carolina is followed by North