The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-23
EXPENSIVE PLANS FOR ARM|ST|CE DAY
 ARE BEING MADE
All Patriotic, Civic and Frater- nal Organizations Invited to Join In Parade and
 Celebration

meeting of the central commit tee held yesterday afternoon al
 5:30 o'clock at the Civic As
 soeiation.
 The war fatigue, the weariness witt
 parades, war songs and all other evi
 dences of fervid patriotism. whicl
 were so noticeable year ago nc 1 longer exists, according to the re i ports made at the meeting. On ever, | hand the idea of holding mammoth parade and celebra ton on armistic' 1 day was greeted with enthusIa sm, anC already spirit of rivalry is Spring ing up among the different organiza tions which are to take part. The first organization which formal
 ly accepted the invitation to surn ou
 it's full personnel fo- the parade ant
 to organize all the war workers wh, were affiliated with it's activities dur l ing the war was the American Ret Cross. But the officials of numerous | others assured the members of tn
 committee that they were in heart.
 accord with the plans and that th ] committee could rest assured of thu
 full cooperation of their organization l The members of the Daughters O the American Revolution were enthusi' | astic in their reception of the invita- tion and declared that plans for th' parade would be made at meeting oi | the organization next week.
 TO SECURE BAND The Moose lodge is :, turn out in g | body and already enthusiastic mem Ibers of that order have started raising | a fund to secure a band. It IS declared l that they will get an option on one o l the bands of the city today in order | that they might not be deprive o
 having individual music.
 Officers of the Trades Council ex pressed themselves as heartily in ia vor of parading and assured the com 1 mittee that the matter would b' passed on at the regular meeting to l morrow. It is considered certain tha full representation from the diff ferent divisions of the Trades Counci 1 will take part
 l A meeting of the Gold Star Associa l tion has been called to be held earl, next week to consider the invitation l Officers seen yesterday were positiv that the invitation would be accepted Members of the committee will offe | the gold star mothers their choice O riding in automobiles in the parade ol
 reviewing the parade from stand. The Y. M. c. A, the Salvation Arm,
 and the Knights of Columbus wer given invitations yesterday which wer, ! received enthusiastically. All of thes organizations, as well as the Red Cross will probably take part in uniform. 1 Members of the army nurse corp and Graduated Nurses Association | will participate and will have a larg | representation. A formal invitation was extended to the members of tn allied armies" and their acceptance i 1 expected within the next day or two. REGULARS INVITED Special invitation is to be extended | the attachments of the regular army navy and marine corps now stationed | in Birmingham. They will not only b. asked to take part in the parade, bu | to assist in the plans for the celebra tion and to lend the aid of the govern
 ment in making the affair a grea 1 success.
 | A committee was named at the meet I ing yesterday afternoon to extend l formal invitation to the city commits sioners and to ask their help. An in vitation has also been extended t, | Governor Kilby and Lieutenant Gov ernor Miller and other prominent mer | of the state to take part. In addition telegrams were sent yesterday to two men of national reputation, and it i, | expected that both of them will ac | cept. However, should they not b' ! available other speakers of equal abil l ity will be invited.
 l It is tentatively planned to have tn, parade and celebration on the after | noon of Thursday, November II. Tn. l parade will start promptly at ? o'cloci [ and will be followed by a concert by
 several bands, a community sing O.
 several thousand voices under thu charge of Director Erickson ane speeches by several men of state an: national fame.
 ALL ARE INVITED The committee reported yesterda, l afternoon that thus far only smal l been seen. As all patriotic, civic ant fraternal organizations. as well a. every other organization which dit their bit during the war, are desired and earnestly inyitaed, it is requested l that to expedite matters and to give | the the committee more time for other details, that those organizations whici | will participate notify the committed at once Briggs Rogers, who is seeing ' the different organizations as rapidly as possible requests that he be com municateu with dt 4zu south IWentleth street, telephone Main 2434.
 l It is especially desired to have as mant of the fraternal organizations take par ! in the parade as possible. Their active CO., operation is also requested by thS executive committee of the American Legion, which is directing the plans foI the celebration.
 1 In addition to the fraternal orders
 most of which have not yet been com municated with, several other organiza tions of war veterans have not been seen l Chairman Rogers of the invitation com mittee requests that officers of the va rious posts of the Spanish War Vete erans, the Confederate Veterans. tho | Grand Army of the Republic and tn, United Daughters of the Confederacy communicate with him at the earliest possible moment
 The Daughters of 1872 have been in- lvited, and it is expected that they VIII jtake part The four-minute speakers are to be requested to march in a body. Plans are under way to have all the various groups and organizations carry banners, and every effort is being made fo secure as large attendance as possible in uniform.
 The Boy Scouts have been invited tc take part in the parade. but it is under / stood that in carrying out the object oi the scouts, which is to render service to others, they will assist in handling the crowds and doing other useful work The scouts will be in uniform. The fife and drum corps has been invited to take | part in the parade and a committee was named to call on Superintendent Weak ley of the Boys Industrial School to get them to parade and to secure their band.