The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-10
4ARMY" ID W|NOVER "NAV' IN CONTEST
At Least That Is Boast of General" Ewing in Writ
 ing to President Bush

When President Morris Bush an- nounced the Chamber of Commerce am nual meeting for Thursday, January II. he realized he would need assistance in reviewing the costs of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Board of Trade and the other unorganized but loyal citizens of Birmingham including cap tains of industry as we'll as the privates in the ranks. He immediately appointed to assist him in assembling this cost TOT review Gen. George McCleery, as general of the land forces, and Gen. D.. W. E. Yarbrough as admiral of the navy
 On Tuesday, realizing the mAgni- tude of the army of well wishers that
 the Chamber of Commerce and her affiliated organizations numbered, he
 appointed additional officers in the persons of J. D. Rosenberger to assist General Yarbrough as rear admiral of the navy and Robert w. Ewing as brig adler general to assist General Mo- Cleery of the army forces.
 Brigadier Genera1 Ewing has ad- dressed the following open letter to President and Commander-in-C Chief
 Bush in accepting the duties of his of-
 flee and at the same time puts 1t up
 to the major.
 President Morris w. Bush, Command er-in-Chief of the Forces of Prog
 ess. Chamber of Commerce, Bir-
 mingham:
 Dear Sir--Your behest to act as high
 assistant to General McCleery of the 'highlanders," otherwise known as the army section of the Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade; other wise known as the forces of indus- trial and commercial progress in the oasis of Birmingham, Valley of Pros- perity state of Alabama, is hereby ac- khoWledged and the duty cheerfully undertaken.
 realize at the outset that I have the advantage, for 1t is well known that the navy Is seriously handicapped as yet in reaching Birmingham, owing to the fact that the ancient Van Hoose canal other, Wise known as the Valley Creek canal has not yet flowed it's high waters into the city of Birmingham, on which the admirai and his fleet may steam in, while 1t is known that nine great trunk lines of railroads and 250 miles of electric street railways and 2000 miles of splendid paved roads and 5000 automobiles, to say nothing Of FordS, are now ready to carry at any second the forces of progress rep- resented by the land forces of the army right into the heart of the city, to the door of the Tutwiler hotel, the site of the AiAdi reVieW, nere to take possession ol the citadel of doubt and omission and establish the shrine of cooperation, con. cord and harmony energized by the powe, | of progress and civic loyalty that will l be so powerful, so sensible and so wortf while that the true spirit of the true Birmingham shall reign supreme forever more!
 Commander Bush: am saying to all Birmingham. the victory of the Army over the Navy is already established. ana
 that no matter whether a member of the Chamber of Commerce or the Board o1
 Trade or the other organizations or not
 every citizen is invited to come and be
 with and help us celebrate this glorious victory Thursday night.
 | I realize also that the hosts will the | more gladly assembled because while their purpose may be sincere and deer and earnest, hear it rumored that there's
 some fun and frolic brewing. too, for ths
 night of January II, at the big banque,
 hall of the Tutwiler and that it begins al Is D. m., and when I think that that
 prince of fun makers and peer of Scotch.
 men Americanized, George McCleery, i.
 my ranking officer on the firing line,
 know it shall be so.
 ROBERT W. EWING. l Brigadier General.