The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18

to hear reports or 9ubco'hmitte 9 ano to make further arr hngements TOT tue of the soldier boys. SACRED HALF HOUR
 FOR FAMILY GREETINGS
 The dav,s nroceedihgs and festivities so far as outlined include pardoe' a carnival, a dance. dinner ana super and a visit with farhilies ana Irlehus.
 Assuming that the regiment Will arrive at the Terminal station the route of the parade has been lalo o't to cover Fifth aven re from ehe Ter minal station to Nineteenth street, thence south on Nj heteenth to F1fst avenue thence to Twentieth street. thence to Capitol ark, where It wlli disband.
 For half an bo our imm cdiate1y
 following the arriv all of the soldiers
 at Capitol park, all persons except
 the soldiers and tn cir families and
 intimate friends will De exciuoeo
 from the park in order thar the
 boys who have bfen away from
 their people for almost two years,
 mnx receive the family greetings
 and hold intimate converse undis-
 turbed by outsiders.
 AND
 DANCING ARRANGED
 At the end of thd half hour, pre- sumably about 12:30 O'CLOCK, the soi- diers will be taken to dinner, thence in automobiles to Highland avenue where the remainder of the afternoon will be devoted to joy riding, danc- ing and such other diversions as may be suggested and adcepted. Lunches and light refreshment It's will be serve" at different places Hong the avenue, hands will dispense mMsiv and tableauN may be shown on the lawns Of such , homes as are availaH lie for that pur- pose.
 In the evening West Twentieth
 street from Park avenue to Eighth
 avenue will he rOped oil, patrOlled
 by Boy Scouts and members of the
 Volunteer corps, and the area ded-
 icated to the Terps icOre. Dancing
 will he continued until such time
 as the officers in command call the
 boys back to quarters.
 SISTERS OF TANKS
 TO OPEN THE G ATES
 "All the music needed for the oc- casion will be provided by Joe Rosen- berger and his committee, the Musi- clans union having agreed to donate the services of one bahd and the Boys Industrial School bandI the High school band and half a dozd n or more hay ing already been pronh nhised or in pros pect.,
 Thirty downtown bIockS Will De ap- nropriatelv decorated these including the entire route of tn F parade and ex- tending from First avenue to Capltol park and from Eight eenth street tu Twenty first street. and out Fifth ave nue to the Terminal station. In addl- ton to the decorations there will be a number of arches tn rough which the soldiers will march.
 One very attractive feature In necton with the arcltes includes all the sisters of Alabama soldiers and
 sailors who are will ling to volun- teer their services to act as gate openers. Those that are willing to do this are requested to communi- ates with Mrs. Frank w. smith, who will take their names and place them
 THIRTY CHORUSES TO SING SWEET WEI COME Mrs. w. J. Adams, In charge Of th' community singing, rd ported that sh had assurances of not less than 5 choruses, one of which she had planned ! to station at each street intersection along the line of marc h, these 10 slns as the parade passes. These Will D i made up of school chi pdren, clubs an other organizat tions
 ! Chairman Borden Bu tr stated that h | had addressed a letter to the hote managers, the Southern club and the ' M c. A. requesting in formation as L l the number of men ea@h place may b | able to accommodate at dinner. pu with the exception Of the Y. M- C. A which can provide for 300, he had re 1 ceived no responses. He appointed . w Donnelly, J. D. Mod re and Lieu I Gov Nathan l.. Miller a committee | make arrangements for the dinner. l l is estimated that betwefn $500 and 400 men will have to be provided for. It was also decided bF the committe | that no dance will bd given Tor oi ] ficers as had previously been suggested HIGHLAND AVENUE
 | A STREET OF JOY
 The festivities along Highland ave nue will begin immediately after din ner and all street car fraffice on Una | thoroughfare between Five Points an 1 Lakeview. a distance or about tw l miles, will be discontinued from 5 6 o'clock D. m. To look after his fea ture of the entertainment and see Una all arrangements are carried out a planned block chairmeh. consisting one woman for each block, with a | many assistants as she may desire, WI
 be appointed.
 Highland avenue will be blocked 0 and no vehicles except a automobiles car 1 rying soldiers will be permitted it between the hours lhentioned. Ill ! Ferguson suggested thu the autome piles form in line. 1000 of them. makln | a continuous double chain between Ely l Points and Lakeview, these machine l nassing around the cirGuit so long a l desired.
 1 CIVIL WAR "VETS"
 TO SERVE AS ESCORTS
 The veterans of the qicil war-Cof | faderate and JJnion-will be requeste | to act as escort to the world war vel 1 erans, and with the exception or thes and the boys in whose hPnor the recel tion is given. none VIII pe permitted
 the parade. There had b|een some sus gestion of inviting the veterans or IT Spanish war to take par |. but thls wa | vetoed by the committee yesteroay. is to be strictly world war event VII no sidelights.
 Mai Virgil " Evans reported mat :