Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-04-22
The Standing.


Brownsville this afternoon i either
march ne or riding in the Liberty Loan pa
rade All business has been suspended,
schools have been smi>Scd and business
men. professional men. teachers the peo-
pie generally. are ''doing their Bit for the
Liberty Loan.
When the parade which formed at Eliz-
abeth street and Palm Boulevard ut 3
o'clock. i over the crowds will gather on
the Fort Brown parade ground and will
listen To speeches by the Honorable Tom
Ball of Houston and Judge ". p. Glass
cock of McAlen. speakers who have con-
tributed much To the success of the Third
Liberty Loan
While the speakers are telling the people
why they should buy Liberty Loan Bonds,
committeeman will circulate through the
crowds taking appEcat ons. On the
ground will be loan office. an army am
bulance loaned for the occasion by Major
McMurdo of the base hospital. On the top
Of the ambulance there viii be large bell
which will peal forth the tidins~ every time
an application blank i received and some
one else joins the 100 per cent Amer can
column.
The parade will be several blocks long
II will he led bv an escort of troops from
the garrison followed by the military band
Next in line will come the teachers and
pupils of the schools. From the largest
pupils in the senior class To the little tots
in the primary there will be represented
every school, pubic and private. in the
citv
Heading the automobile column will be
the ear bearing County Chairman +. W..
Kibbe. Colonel H. J. Slocum. Hon Tom
Ball and Judge Glasscock. Every auto
mobile in the city i expected to be IN the
line and all of them are To bear banners
of a patr otic nature and designed To n
spre interest in the Liberty Loan.
At Fort Brown speakers stand has
been erected and place designated Tor
the parking Of automobiles. Co'onel Slo-
cum has assigned military guards 10 The
duty Of polio ne the ground. guarding au-
tomobie~ aud sSuing instructions n 10
the parking of ears.
Preced:rg the speechmaking there Will
he patriotic choru~c~ bv the >choo's I'M
der the direction of Mis- Anita kowal~ki.
A feature of th'~ exercise VIII he the sing
ing of the |. bertv Loan song. "What Are
You Going to do to Help the Boys"
The parade ha, been arranged under the
grnaral dire elton of y $ Rowe. The auto
mobile decorations and banners were ar
ranged bv a. II. Walker and Sheriff W.
r. Nann j. acting a. grand marshal.
"Over the top with the Liberty Loan.
ha> been the >'oean for the Cameron coun-
tv Liberty Loan committee and 1t now
looks A. though the county WI 20 over
the top with it, quota of nearly S60o,O
The county total j. now Si22.500.
Brownsville ha~ raised considerably
more than S225.000 and there are manN
committeeman who claim that bv the time
todays drive i over the 100000 marx
will he passed. This much i certain
every ma. woman and child in Browns
Vile : being given chance Ia subscribe
IT they invest. all well and good: if they
don't. they are bein. required To fill on
que>tionnaire setting forth their reason
for not buying. Every street and alley in
the city j. being combed by committees
armed with appl eat on blanks. checl
books, questionnaireS. loan flags and but
tons.
All of the towns reporting say 'stil
oging strong.
Brownsville and san Ben To are toda,
conduct ne celebrations that are uniqu