The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
Confederate Veterans of the State to Be Guests of
 Honor Fair Week
REDUCED REUNION
 RATES ON RAILROADS
Mrs. Chappell Corey Named as Gen. eral Chaperon and the Division Sponsors and Maids Have
 Been Chosen

The State Fair association, the mer- chants, the reunion committee of the Civic association and the local business men generally spent the day rejoicing yesterday over the achievements of the reunion committee and the commanding officials, Gen. c. W. Hooper and Col. D. M. Scott of Selma, in securing from all railroads running into Birmingham the usual reunion rates applicable October $, g. 10 and Ii. A letter received yester- day from Adjutant General Scott by Gen eral Secretary Harold of the reunion com mittee emphasized that the rate of 1 cent per mile plus 10 per cent will be open to the general public and will not be confined to the Confederate vet erans. Tickets will be on sale October 8. g. 10 and Il. and will expire at mid- night October 15. Inasmuch as this Is a very material reduction under the 2-cent mile rate, which the State Fair had secured, it is generally predicted that Birmingham will have the largest at- tendance of Alabama people in its entire history.
 REDUCED RATES
 VI requested that October Il, as well as the other days, being open for the sale of the railroad tickets" said Colonel Scott III his letter, lon account of the parade being held on that date and many will want to come and see 1t and would not have come but for the reduced rates which we were fortunate enough to get. pr course, the State Fair will get the peneht of these rates. as anyone can buy the tickets. They are not confined to the Confederate veterans. They are good from very point in the state of Alabama. If the proper publicity is given, a larger crowd should be expected in Birmingham than you have ever had; in fact, larger than the general reunion last May a year ago. I say this because of the two drawing cards, the reunion and the fair. feel very much elated over the success of our work for the low rates and am sure that your committee had a great deal to do in securing the rates, which are good over every line operating in Alabama"
 The different committee heads were busy all day yesterday feverishly pre- pairing for the big task. Hubert Dren- nen, chairman of the automobile and horses committee is lining up all the volunteer cars which can pos sibly be spared for use by the old soldiers during the parade on the morning of Oc- tober Il. It Is explained that the cars will not be detained more than two hours dHu SIdlFindIi bremen appeals 10 tn6 volunteer car owners to Tighten the bur- den of his committed by sending In at once their names and the style of car to him.
 MILITARY PARADE
 Capt. E. J. McCrossin, marshall of the parade, is lining up more units than have ever appeared in any state reunion and is receiving the hearty cooperation, of Chairman Charles I. Smith of the music committee who will secure at least four or five bands to be put in at in tervals in the line of march.
 Chairman Frank Req of the badge committee yesterday sent in an increase in the order for badges of 500 by req son of the impetus given the reunion by the passenger association granting the low railroad rates. He also placed an order for 25O0 booster buttons to be put upon the live wires of the city to designate the wearers as walking infor- nation bureaus. When the buttons ar rive on october 1, Chairman Req wants this army of volunteers to call on the Committee for service wearing the but tons and posting themselves on Bir- mingham generally.
 Col. J. K, Barton, chairman of the committee on information bureaus, is { preparing to open information bureaus at the Terminal and Louisville and 2 lNdSHVllto IdliTOdO SLaIlONS ana a cen tral bureau at general headquarters in Hotel Hillman.
 Chairman Frank Butler of the regis- tration committee Is installing a system of rapid registration for assignments promptly of visiting veterans, referring particularly to those who will not have made arrangements in advance of their coming to Birmingham for their lodg- Ing and meals.
 GRAND BALL
 Chairman George B. McVay, IT,, of tho ball committee is getting ready for one grand ball to be held on the night of october IA, and is receiving the co-opera- ton of Chairman Thomas Dozier of the } Confederate Sons committee.
 Secretary Dent of the State Fair as- x sociation yesterday put on broader ! smile than ever when he was officially j notified of the railroad rate victory and promptly stated that he would redouble hip efforts to repay the reunion crowds by not only admitting all veterans free to the state fair on one day, but was negotiating with the midway manage mont to get free admission to that de- partment for the old soldiers.
 Adjutant General Scott yesterday mo- tified Mrs. Chappell Cory that she had