The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-26
TWO PARADESFOR OPENING OF LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN Final Meeting of Parade Committee This After
 noon at 3 O'Clock OFFICIALS ISSUE A JOINT PROCLAMATION Liberty Chorus Will Render Patriotic Songs-Field Marshal Rush.
 ton Holds Council of
 War


 committees it was decided to postpone the Ensley parade in celebration of the Birth of Steel'' anniversary from Satur- day afternoon until Saturday evening in order that the Ensley people may come to Birmingham and witness the parade here, and then as a return compliment the Birmingham people will go to Ensley to watch the parade there.
 As originally planned both parades would have taken place at the same time. Under the present arrangement the Ems ley committee will bring it's bands and it's workers to Birmingham in the after noon and at night County Chairman Mur- ray Brown, Field Marshal J. Frank Rushton and his generals, Grand Marshal George McCleery and the executive com mittee and other officers and workers will take their bands to Ensley for the night parade. which starts at s O clock.
 This arrangement was made. said Chairman Brown, to assure the greatest possible success of each parade. It shows, too, that every committee and every of- ficer and every worker in the cause of the fourth Liberty Loan places the success of the movement above every NN'fN' NOi9itVidtioIi diiu tUtlFe un1tN Ol action is assured all along the line, in the opinion of Chairman Brown.
 PARADE COMMITTEE
 The final meeting of the parade com- mittee will be in the auditorium of the Chamber of Commerce at o'clock this afternoon. Every member of the com mittee has been notified by Parade Chair man George McCleery to be present. The different units will form on the ave- nues from First to Sixth, west of Eight eenth street, and the line of march will be east on Sixth avenue to Nineteenth street south on Nineteenth street to First avenue. east on First avenue to Twentieth street north on Twentieth street to Capitol park, with Field Marshal J. Frank Rushton and his staff review ing the parade from the sidewalk on the Twentieth street side of Tutwiler hotel.
 In his letter to the generals of the different divisions Chairman McCleery used this phrase: Don't grumble about waiting for your division to move-be good natured as the bigger the parade the longer you will have to wait Gen. F. E. Butler, chairman of the floats, has the assurance of a score or more of floats for the parade all of which will be notable for originality and picturesque effect. Some of the floats mentioned by Chairman Butler in dis cussing them yesterday will be: An enlarged replica of the Liberty Bell.
 monster seize gun.
 Trench life with barbed wire entangle- ments
 A large Red Cross having grouped about it the three Christian 'graces, Faith, Hope and Charity.
 Under one flag: A Confederate veteran and Federal veteran with Uncle Sam ocr,it, !, oy,h saF aa1, A sailors in the background, and to add a touch of the grim, the Beast of Ber- lin in cage, with two carpenters on top of the cage working on a coffin A hear wearing a crown will represent the Beast.
 The other floats will be tabieaux with allegorical and historical effects. The floats will be interspersed through the units in the parade. N
 LIBERTY SUNDAY Liberty Sunday will be celebrated at Capitol park at 330 o'clock Sunday aft ernoon, when the audience will sing Buy Bond" and the Liberty chorus of the Music Study club, comprising GO women in uniform, will render number of pa triotic songs, and bands will give several selections Private John A. Scott. a re- turned soldier of the famous Eighth bat talion of Winnepeg, will make an ad- dress. Gen. Ed Rowe of the French division of the allied armies mobiized his forces at the Rotary luncheon yesterday and gave them instructions about selling bonds. In describing the work to be done by his army General Rowe grew eloquent and delivered himself of one of the greatest speeches of his career, and the best speech heard in long time. so his sol diers are willing to make oath. We are with you to man. his sol diers chorused. Lead on; we'll follow you over the top
 Field Marshal J. Frank Rushton held a council of war with his generals at the fourth Liberty Loan headquarters in the Jefferson County Bank building at 20 yesterday afternoon, at which they went over the details of the campaign and laid strategical plans for the great drive that is to put Birmingham and Jenerson county over.
 Last night Chairman Brown, Chairman F. Hopkinson Smith of the auditing com- mittee and the generals and commanders of the industrial division of the allied armies held a conference at the court house for the purpose of reviewing plans and discussing ways of selling bonds Yesterday proclamation jointly signed bv County Chairman Murray Brown. Mrs. Fl. H. Shell and Mrs. Angus Taylor. chairman respectively of the county and city womens committees: President Jerry Gwin of the county board Of reve- me. and pr. N. A. Barrett, president Of the hoard of city commissioners, was is- sued. calling upon tine merchants and ,, business men of Birmingham to close their stores and places of business Satur- day afternoon from to o'clock on ac-