The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-13
HuddIeston Misrepresents People of Birmingham, Is Text of Resolutions
 Adopted
GEN. SPARROW ORDERS
 FURLOUGH FOR MEN |OFLOCAL ALLIED ARMY
Liberty Loan Drive a Big Success and Workers Are Thanked by Field Mar
 shal Rushton

rho last Liberty Loan luncheoi as a regular love feast, with th' vco,+ion of q resolution that was Tn .oduced at the close of the sessi'i' .bich was in the nature Of repl.
 ,a to Congressman George Hud ,aston anent his recent speech II wherein he has taken pS' ition which, the resolution sla'eu .as not in accord with the sentimen ere and which is claimed to misrep Asent the people of Birmingham.
 r H Andrews, president of the Ro ,ry club. introduced the resoiutioi nd the s14 members of the aihe' rmies arose and cheered the reaoiht z inc document and voted unanimous : to adopt it when the question wal ,,t hv Tield Marshal Rushton. Th' esolution read as follows:
 "Whcreas, the allied armies or Birmingham engaged in pincinS Inc allotment of the Liberty Loan t th;. city have noted the speech of George H. Huddleston. repre- sentative of this district In the
 House. n few days ago, m whicn he has arraigned the financial poA-
 icx of the government and has
 endeavored to put obstacles Tn the
 way of placing that loan. and also
 to array labor against capital; an"'
 sWhereas, we have no sym
 pnthy with his attitude anu
 course.
 saTherefore, be it resolved, Thnt
 we. citizens of this city and con
 stituents of MT. Huddleston' eA-
 rress in the strongest terms our
 condemnation of his utterance ana
 declare that he is not truly repre-
 senting the loyal and patriotic cit-
 ixens of this district, who hnve
 liberally responded to every call
 of the government and are Tn en-
 tire accord with its war policies.
 "ResoIyed, further, That we de-
 cIare our conviction that he should
 not be returned to the House to
 mfsrepresent us III tns
 way.
 "ResoIyed, further. Tkat the field
 marshal of our local army be df-
 rected to wire copy of these reso-
 lutions to President Wilson"
 Lieutenant Sharman and Lieutenan rConnor addressed the luncheon an heir talks, while brief, were patrioti ra we'll received. Lieutenant Shar nan was in very happy vein, an is stories interested the audience i'm nensely.
 SPARROW POSTS ORDERS
 General Sparrow read the followini rders and interspersed his usual goo Iumor between the lines and orders:
 The allied armies are hereby bli eted until further orders
 This means they have permissio Q return to their business. their wive nd their sweethearts. but are to hoi hemselves in readiness for our iI tanter call.
 The morale of the armies has bee sigher than in any previous cam aign. The discipline has been better he individual work more energetic.
 Tn brief you have done your woll in record time and yo an enjoy your we'll earned rest, know ng that you have the esteem o very patriotic citizen of Birm.ng Lam
 PRAISE FOR GENERALS
 The new generals of the armies Blanchard of the British, Brooke he French, Shropshire of the Ital ans, Yam of the Belgian and Hii eke and Meade of the American hay landled their troops with signal abil tv and fully justified the wisdom Q heir promotion.
 The general staff in behalf of tn .llied armies hereby expresses it hanks to the daily papers of Blr for the generosity wit which they have contributed space t his campaign. the success of whic 5 largely due to their splendid spiri # patriotism.
 The signal corps is hereby ordere o transmit this message by wireless and flag code to the arm md navy of the United States on Ian md sea:
 ssBirmingham is behind you with
 aII her man power and with all
 her money"
 The strong arm squad reported 10 ,er cent on all cards that had bee referred to them for the second cal md this report received loud applause
 pr. w. 1T. Bell. chairman at Brook tide. reported that an old negro Dh s blind and is paid s1 per day fo- do ng little jobs around the ovens. lia to a $50 bond. Also tla every negro employed by the Sloss sheffield company at Brookside Ina for bond. some of heI Tor more than one.
 FIREMEN BUY BONDS
 The Firemen's Benefit association ( has taken $1soo worth ( ponds and sent their check to the locs for that amount.
 The Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers, Alabama Great Southern q vision. have taken a $100 bond an also at the same time $50 worth ( Baby Bonds.
 The iron cross was presented to Frank Rushton. seld marshal of tn allied arrles. N heing the cross wit a rittl. ovSi in the center of 1t. Thi nueA nl@vflment as John Spar row. iu rrSseatsag it stated that ''th lord O. tAa Hs@ao" ms reen We earned isc Tntrffed oy the ncid nal shal.
 In repS4n9 Mfs Nusn.on s.Ateo tns while ie Aad fnte1 witn an ron nan bc waatGi it understood that l. loved lNe solesera at the same tim Al this tncnent Frank Willis Barnc arose a %taffe4 to make some rs marks, ea arsnai nusnton pr' scented r tne pull oi the irc cross.
 MT. Rusnygr tt af keo the press, IT ladies. the gansraas, officers and inen bcrs of tha aifisd a nies, in fact ever, one whe haa @qas buted to the su' cess of The e4nsaais I. Chairman Coni did lilell isa {. .-zz