Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-15
ALL ATLANTA WILL
PAY HONOR FRIDAY
To GENERAL WOOD
Father of Preparedness viii
Review Great Parade and
ChriSten Flag Pole Erected
With Popular Subscription

All Atlanta next Friday will pay
honor to General Leonard A. Wood SEN
Tor major general of the United States
army. considered by many as the
army's most progressive officer. the
father or preparedness. and favorite
with a host OF warm personal friends
in this city. where he lived years ago
and 10 which he has been a frequent
visitor
On that day General Wood will uu-
veil the flag at Five Points. will review
a great parade. and will he the central
figure in a mammoth patriotic demon
Stration iu which all the people will
take part.
Colonel Frederic }. PaXou. chairman
OF the committee. has received a let
ter from General Wood that he expects
10 he here the latter part OF the week,
and suggesting Friday as the day for
raising the flag.
Immediately on receipt of this letter
Colonel PsXou began to formulate plans
for the program and ceremonies at
tending the event. As tentatively out
lined by Colonel Paxon and the other
members OF the committee the pro-
gram will he OF this order:
General Wood will hold a review on
specially constructed viewing stand
Marching past the stand i'm a grand
parade will he the soldiers of the Sew
enteenth from Fort Mcpherson: the
soldiers OF the Fifth regiment. Georgia
national guard; the soldiers of the Gov
eTnOr's Horse Guards. the Atlanta artil-
lery and the men of the field hospital
corps OF Atlanta: the men OF the Off
GERS training school from Fort Nc
Pherson; the cadets OF the various mill
itary schools Of Atlanta and vicinity;
the Boy Scouts; the students of Boys
High school, Tech High school and the
Georgia School of Technology. and vari-
Gus other organizations which have
pledged their cooperation. including
Major r. j. Quinn. president of the At
lanta board OF education.
After marching past the reviewing
stand the soldiers and other Organiza-
tons will swing around and return 10
the stand and form around it. and Cen
eral Wood viii then run the brand new
flag TO the masthead of the steel fac
pole erected al Five Points with the
fund which The journal raised by pop
ular subscription.
The general public will be invited to
attend the raising Of the flag. and there
will be music and probably one or two
brief speeches appropriate TO the &C.
casion.
II is the plan OF the committee to
have the brass band of the Seventeenth
from Fort Mcpherson. the brass band
OF the Fifth regiment and the Califor-
MIA BOYS band of 3S pieces. which will
be a feature OF the bill at the Lyric
this week. and which has offered its
services free for the raising of the
flag.
General Wood is one of the best
known Of all high officers OF the army
to Atlanta people. He played on the
Tech football team years ago. and is
generally regarded the father of in
tercollesiate athletics at that institu-
ton. He numbers his friends here by
the score. and his coming on the occa-
sion of the raising of the flag will be
hailed with delight. I'm fact, the flag
raising has been postponed in order
that he might raise IT on It's maiden
Journey to the masthead.
on Friday evening. after the ceremo-
nies at Five Points. General Wood will
be rendered a banquet at the Capital
City club.