Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-02
LIBERTY LOAN TOUR
Of SPECIAL TRAINS
To START SATURDAY
Sixth District viii Be Toured
by Two Trains Bearing Rel
les of War and Speakers
for Third Loan

Leaving Atlanta next Saturday morn
ing, two special trains carrying relics
Of the war and speakers for The Third
liberty loan. will tour the Sixth federal
reserve district. travelling more than IA
900 miles. stopping at 500 towns, and re
naming on the road for nearly month
The itinerary for the trains was map
ned ont last week al a conference in
Atlanta Of railroad officials and Lib
srty loan officials. The itinerary was
announced Yesterday by ST. Elmo Mas
SenEzle. director OF publicity, and ".
r c. Smith, chairman of transportation
Only two other districts in the coun-
~. Dallas and St Louis, will have
trains ike these. In the Sixth district
one will be used in the Atlanta division
and the other in the New Orleans divi-
sion. but both trains will begin their
tour from Atlanta IS a starting poin-
and both trains will close their tour IN
Atlanta
Each train consists of an electrically
lighted baggage car and two fiat cars
FILLED with exhibits. with a pullman for
the speakers train manageh and other
members OF the party Besides distin-
-uished citizens who win speak for the
loan. French and Canadian army off,
GERS will be on the train The exhibits.
now on their way 10 Atlanta consist OF
trench mortsrs. cannon, parts OF aero
planes. trophies captured from the Ger
mans and other interesting war relics.
Trains on way to Atlanta
The trains are now on their way to
Atlanta in charge Of Lieutenant Walter
G. Smith. an old Atlanta boy. detailed
by the war department from his station
NJ Camp Macarthur. Waco. Tex, to meet
the French officers ard government rep
resentatveS in Waco, superintend The d.
vision OF relics for the four trains and
bring two to Atlanta
The conference at which the itinerary
vas mapped out mas been in progress
all last week in Atlanta, with all zone
rnaiTmeu in the Sixth district in at
tendance meeting with Mr.. Smith
and the Liberty loan officials and c. H
Markham. regional director of railroads.
and ] 7. King, his personal represent
ative. besides officials Of railroads.
Train No. l. assigned to the Atlanta
division. will he in charge Of Frank
Adair and ". z. Harrington as joint
--hairneu- Leaving Atlanta at 1880
o'clock next Saturday morning. il will
go over the Nashville, Chattanooga and
St Louis &c Chattanooga and thence to
Nashville: over the Tennessee Central
10 Hartman. Tenn; to Knoxville, to
No-ristown. johnson City and Bristol,
the northermost point Points on the
Knoxville, Seviersville and Eastern will
then be touched On April IL the train
leaves Chattanooga for Lafayette, New
nan Griffin, Macon. Cuthbert and ex-
IRENE southern points as far as ITALIA
hassee Fla From Tallahassee the train
GOES to CreenvilIe, Fla; Quitman, Ca;
brownsville, Pelham, Albany and Cor
dele. and then TO Ashburn, Triton, Moul-
t-fe and Valdosta- Thence il goes to
Madison. Fla, and points on the west
coast. and then through central Fiori-
ia to Jacksonville After tour through
Letter., Georgia the train stops at Au-
-usta and GOES west through the north
CENTRAL norton OF the state, touching
a. EIberton. Hartwell. Toccoa. Cornelia
and other points and returning TO At
Ianta May l.
ssops at Towns I'm Route
Throughout this route the tram wlli
ION AZ many other towns along the
way. the purpose being TO incIuoe a
mary Of the smaller towns as possible
an the tour
nan. OF the Atlanta committee, leaves
Atlanta at 7.3O a. IN. next saturday TOT
,he ~eur Orleans division, going over the
Southern toward Birmingham The tram
viii reach points in southern tennessee.
all through Alabama mississippi anu
Tn,,ie7a7a as Ear into the southwest
rs BunEle- on thF At@aS am
1. makes % towns in p days.
The arrival OF the trains IN every
.,vn they visit will be heralded well
in advance. so that local Liberty loan
examinations may plan celebrations TOT
the VISIT Military bands VIII travel
on the trains near cantonments-
when sunday stops are made the
local ministers will be asked TO con-
duct brief services At the trains. Hali
holidays or holidays will be declared
IN the towns visited on the day the
trains are there. so that the whole pop
-sIss!ons can turn out and see the relloS
and hear the speaking
f~or,p,,te schedules of the two trains
itineraries can be had by application II
the publicity department, Liberty Loan
committee. Chamber OF Commerce ouIld-
!ns Atlanta