Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-28

gtnia delegation requested the honor
OF Admiral Wright's division
The First South Carolina, Gen. W
4. Clark OF Columbia. was next
North Carolina was next. then Flor.
ida, then Tennessee.
The Tulsa band was followed by
the Alabama organizations. Texas
came next with a large delegation
| In vehicles and marching.
| The CollinsvVle band was given
the honor Of heading the Louisiana,
Florida and Alabama divisions that
had failed to connect with the other
parts OF their parade.
The Auburn, Ala. band-now an
army organization from Fort Sheri-
dan. ILL.,. headed the Mississippi di-
vision, which included automobiles
for the Daughters Of the Confed-
erncy.
The crack Little Rock drum corps
was given Il position ahead OF the
Georgia division. Pretty girls with
automobile loads OF peanuts 'wcre
features The young ladies threw
the nuts To the crowd as an advertis.
ing feature OF the state,
Orphan Brigade From Kentucky.
Kentucky was next with the Or
phan brigade following, The maids
and sponsors, staff and mem
bers were as follows. Miss Mary
Mcnamara, sponsor: Mrs. John l..
Woodbury.. matron OF honor, Miss
Hilary Melton, maid Of honor; Nor
ton NJ. Milford. inspector chief,
and j. A. Mcdonald, John Coleman.
A. l.. Burt. -. B. Bohannan, t.. u,
Everett, Captain Thomas Page, A. =.
Clayton and John Allen Murray.
General and Mrs. Haldeman, the
matron OF the Third Kentucky brig
ade; Gen. Bennett H. Young. hon
orary commander-in-C chief OF the
u. G. "; Gen. w. j. Stone, COM
mander OF the Kentucky division and
Mrs. Stone. Col. H.. Polk johnson OF
General Harrison's staff Mr. and
Mrs. #. NJ. Utterback; Miss Marga-
ret Green, maid Of the Third Ken
lucky brigade; Mrs Walter Ma
thews. matron or the Kentucky di-
vision, Sons OF Confederate Veter-
ans: Mrs. Claude Miller and Mrs.
John Cleland.
Another Texas division followed.
Then came the wonderful army OF
Virginia, Il splendid lot OF old gem
| tlemen accompanied by their off,
cial party OF ladies'; then Arkansas,
with automobiles loaded with pretty
The oklahoma brigade followed
with Gen. j. j. McAlester In COM
mand; another Tennessee division
and another Texas division.
Marines Had Autombllc.
The marines. sent here for the oc-
casioH,, were big hit. They were
applauded throughout the line Of
march.
A division OF Boy Scouts led the
mounted Forrest cavalry troops. The
vets rode "A variety OF horses, but
were a feature of tho parade.
Arkansas furnished another divis-
ion here, then Georgia, then an
other Tennessee division and motor
cars OF Spanish American veterans
Missouri headed by tho girl with
10000 smiles. was followed by the
ChickasaSH division, section or
army nurses. each with email Amer
ican flags. and then the remaining
members OF the Immortal 6O0."
Nothing Better Than Tulsa.
IT there's anything better than
Tulsa" an enthusiastic booster from
Tennessee shouted, as he rode past
the reviewing stand, "it's too good
for US; give 1t to rich folks. Tulsa
all right"
The Cherokee brigade was made
up OF Oklahomans. The sons OF Vet
Grams followed, headed by Com
mander Carl Hinton and his staff.
Citizens in automobiles and march,
ing concluded the parade. II start
ed moving past the reviewing stand
at 1905 and finished at l o'clock.
Ample Automobiles Furnished.
Tulsa's motorcar facilities was the
one item that bothered the reunion
committee. General Forrest says
now that he never doubted once that
Tulsa would be able to care for the
crowd in this respect but before
the reunion week, he usually wound
up his sessions with the general
committee on the subject OF automo-
biles.
Tulsa has some Is, 900 automobiles.
and a major portion OF them were
at the disposal OF the visitors the
entire week. Citizens placarded
their cars. Get in and Ride" and
salute was all that was necessary
to take care of any desire to ride,
The parade was the test, OF course
and II was handled almost ford
less. Only one of the high powered
Henrys was used in the entire pa
rade. which included thousands OF
machines OF every known make.
And Old Indian In Llncl
Jim Stoddard. a Cherokee Indian,
was given n glad-hand at the re-
viewing stand. lie enlisted at Chick
asha and served throughout the war,
and is now 9S years old, vigorous,
hale old man, with a smile that won
the hearts Of the general and his
staff
One of the most noticeable feat
ures OF the parade Is the fact that
none OF the bands played the star
Spangled Banner"
Only n few OF the veterans found
II necessary to drop out OF the line
of march on account OF fatigue.
Some did drop out. however, in order
that they might have a chance to see
the rest on display
Ono veteran from Alabama had
failed to show up. He was found
on Main street. between Third and
Fourth II did not take long for
three men from the line to arrest
him and sentence him to march with
them.
II was pretty hard for some OF the
in the parade to keep
from dancing, especially when the
band struck up Dixie" One or two |