The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
VETERANS PASS |NREWEW BEFORE
 GOVERNOR K|LbY
Ku-Klux Reappear In Ten Mile-Long Parade In Cap ital City, While Rebel
 Tells Rend the Aid
By FRED II. GORMLEY
 Montgomery Bureau The Age Herald

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 Montgomery, May 2O.-(Spec1al)-ln one of the largest parades held in Montgom- cry in many years the Confederate vet erans of Alabama passed In review before Gov. Thomas k. Kilby and staff Thurs day, the last event of the annual re- union of the United Confederate Veter- ans. The parade was ten miles long, and it took about one hour for all paruci- pants to pass a given point
 Visitors thronged the streets of the business section during the parade From the time the movement started until It ended Confederate soldiers gave ther rebel 'yells and waved the flags of the Confederacy which they followed In the War Between the States
 Automobiles were provided for all vet erans, sponsors and Daughters Of the Confederacy, and only those who pre- ferred were on foot. The parade was led by the band of the Alabama Boys Indus- trial School of Birmingham, and was handled by Col. Bibb Graves, who acted as grand marshal
 One unusual feature was the reappear- ance of the Ku-Klux Klan, which was reorganized during the war with Ger many. This fact had not been advertised and no one knew the organization would participate until it had appeared In the line of march. The members wore the regulation suits with masks and coufu not be identified.
 Banners were carried by the organlza- tion indicating that the Ku-Klux Kan was here to stay. One banner bore the legend, From 1865 to Eternity" Another said, We were here yesterday, we are here today; we will be with you forever
 Governor Kilby and staff were on the reviewing stand on Dexter avenue. Mem bers of the staff in Montgomery for the parade were: Col. Hartley A. Moon. head of the state military department; Lieut. Col w. H. Merrill of Anniston, Lieut. Col. Harry M. Ayers of Anniston. Lieut. Col. c. A. O'Neal of Andalusa, Lieut. Col A. c. Davis of Montgomery. ana Lieut.-Col. Leon C. Bradley of Birming- ham.
 Another interesting part of the reunion was the laying of the cornerstone of the Memorial hospital Thursday afternoon The hospital is being erected by citizens of Montgomery county and the city gov ernment of Montgomery Tn recognition oI the fifty-four men Of Montgomery county who gave their lives in the war with Germany and Austria-Hungary. The address of the exercises was delivered by Maj. Gen. William L. Sibert of Bowlins Green, Ky, United States army, retired who came from his home in answer to
 
 General Sibert paid a tribute to the men who went into the war and declared that the 1ation will be forever under a dept which it cannot pay to those men who gave their lives apA bodies in defense or the ideals of t1e American nation.
 Gen. D. M. Scott of Selma, elected commander-n-chief of the United Con- federate Veterans Wednesday afternoon assumed command Thursday as the suc- cessor of Gen. John K. Barton of B1r- mingham General Scott announced the appointment of Col George H. Craig oi Selma as adjutant-general and c. B Greer as assistant adjutant-general.
 Gen. H. c. Davidson of Montgomery was elected commander of the Firs' Brigade, Gen. B. r. Ellis of Selma, com mander of tn, Second Brigade, General Lampkin, commander of the Thirc Brigade and Gen. John W. Wilson, com mander of the Fourth Brigade.
 Authority for the selection of the time and place of the next state reunion was conferred upon the commanding officers