The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
CHORUS SINGING ID | FEATURE PARADE ON OPENING DAY Liberty Loan Parade Con- mittee Makes Unique Plans
 for Big Pageant MILITARY BAND FROM
 CAMP SHERIDAN Division Commanders Appointed by General McCleefy-Liberty Loan
 Posters to Cover County.
 Boy Scouts to Aid

to the big parade planned for the open ing day of the fourth Liberty Loan campaign one week from tomorrow, and l it is believed that this will prove to be the most popular and effective of all the features included in it.
 At a meeting of the parade committee yesterday, over which Chairman George McCleery presided, it was decided to list the aid of a large number of sing CTS to march and sing as the pageant 1 passes through the business district. Several of the musical organizations have consented to take part and it goes with out saying that the patriotic and popu-
 lar airs will receive such a rendition on that occasion as they never before had in Birmingham.
 | This feature is depended upon to
 arouse the enthusiasm of the people of
 Birmingham to high pitch and put them Tn the proper spirit to subscribe to the l limit when the workers call on them. SINGING ORGANIZATIONS l The singing organizations and clubs will be interspersed throughout the l formation and every street and every block along the route traversed will | resound with the music and song of l these willing and enthusiastic workers | in the cause of America and world de- | mocracy.
 l Among the organizations that have promised to participate in this perform 1 ance are the Liberty chorus, the Sac tred Harp singers. choirs from many of the colored churches and others l Mrs. R. A. Mullins, chairman of the woman's section of the parade, promises to put the full strength of the Sacred l Harp singers in the line, and Oscar w Adams, chairman of the colored section, makes a similar promise for the color ed church choirs.
 1 Chairman George McCleery and every member of the committee attended the meeting. Victor Wahn reported that he l had assurance of a sufficient number of bands to furnish marching music, in- cluding at least one military band from Camp Sheridan, Montgomery. This band l will be met at the railroad station by
 a committee of local musicians who will
 see that they receive the proper well
 come to the city and good treatment while they are here.
 COMMANDERS APPOINTED l Grand Marshal George McCleery yes l terday announced the following appoint ments: Commander of the labor d- | vision, Gen. John R. T. Rives; farmers
 division, Gen. Frank A. Hewitt; director of music, Col V. Wahn; director of
 music, Gen. J. D. Rosenberger; com
 mander of Birmingham public schools division, Gen. Homer l.. Thomas. 1 Phares Coleman, Jr., general of the commissary department, will bill Jeff | ferson county next Monday with fourth Liberty Loan posters. In order that he may be able to cover the county in the quickest possible time, all travelling salesmen using automobiles and other automobile owners willing to donate the use of their machines and volunteer their
 services are requested to communicate with General Coleman at Liberty Loan headquarters in the Jefferson County Bank building at once. Boy Scouts will | tack up the posters and advertising matter
 l These new appointments were an 1 nounced yesterday: Erskine Ramsay, as-
 sociate chairman of the mining division; Frank S. Chisolm, associate chairman of
 the auditing committee The allied arm | ies will have their headquarters during the campaign, in the private office ad- joining the fourth Liberty Loan head
 quarters in the Jefferson County Bank
 building, Adjutant Bert Meadow in )charge.
 l FLOATS IN PARADE 1 Gen. F.. E. Butler announced yester-
 day that every club and civic body in
 the city had promised to put float l in the parade on Saturday Of next | week. He requests the officers Of these orga nizations to get in touch with him at once in order that all arrangements may be made without delay.
 ] County Chairman Murray Brown, Field Marshal J. Frank Rushton, Secretary l Treasurer Claude Estes, Chairman James 1 Eonnyman and Associate Chairman Frs
 kline Ramsay and Gen. F. H. Woodall, l held conference at Bessemer last
 night with General Haffner and his staff.
 This conference was for the purpose Of
 working out a plan of cooperation and l co ordination between the Bessemer di- vision and the mining and industrial di-
 visions in the southern end of the coun- tv which are included in the Bessemer division.