The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-10

/ the Boy Scouts. who will be accorded
prominent place in the parade. and
who will march In a. body rather
than take part in the celebration as
line of march guards, the United
Confederate war veterans, the Grand
Army of the Republic, all of the
national guard units which are be-
ing organized under the supervision
of Col. w. E. Bare, the Greek
American club, the Italian-American
club, detachments from the police
department and the fire department.
which latter will be featured by the
fact that all of the men in one of the
the platoons will be ex-service men
in the employ of the fire depart
ment.
American Legion
The American Legion will march
in a body and every man Is urg-
entity requested to present himself
at the designated place in full uni
form If possible, or in civilians II
the uniform Is not available in
order to be assigned to a platoon.
There are several thousand ex-
service men in the vicinity OF Biz
mingham and 1t is expected that the
legion will be able to make rep
resentatlve showing on this day
The fact that many of the down
town shops will close their doors at
noon tomorrow should enable the
majority OF the men to take part In
the celebration.
Five bands have /been secured for
L. h. 40 A
Mills band, the American Steel and
Wire band and Boys Industrial
School band.
The parade will form on Sixth ave-
nue., north, platoons falling into line
extending east on sixth avenue 90
ward Eighteenth street from the cor
ner of Nineteenth street. Col. Wal
ter e. Bare, who has been appointed
as grand marshal of the parade, will
head the line of march, which is ex-
pected to extend for many blocks.
Line of March
The line of march will start from
Sixth avenue, north, and Nineteenth
street, thence down Nineteenth street
to First avenue, east to Twentith
street, north on Twentieth street to
Sixth avenue, east on Sixth avenue to
Twenty-first street. turning south on
IWenLy-IlTSL Street 10 dNSHLc,
whore it will disband.
There will be approximately 80 au-
tomobiles of disabled veterans ef
wars in the parade. Many OF the cars
have already been secured. but a few
are still needed to accommodate The
large number of men expected to par
ticipate in the event. 1t has been re-
quested that those owners of automo-
biles who desire to offer their cars
for this purpose notify either II. P.
Whitman at Main 81 or SO or the Au-
tomobile club in the Tutwiler hotel.
About rs more cars are needed.
Parade Committee
The members of the american Le-
gion who have been appointed on the
parade committee will act as aides to
Colonel Bare, and each will be in
command or the community and civic
bodies for which he was responsible.
These men are Arthur Greenwood,
DR.. ]. H. Hardin, Frazier Banks, ].
w. McCauley, ]. P. Foreman, L. j.
Whitman. j. T. McEwen is chair
man of the committee and H. w.
Hendrix publicity man.
The final event of the day will be
the ball given by the woman's aux
iliary of the Foreign War Veterans
in the Hillman hotel from 8 to IL
o'clock. The ball will be free to all
service and ex-service men, accord
ing to the plans announced by the
committee in charge of the dance.
The committee in charge is: Mrs.
Henry Swope, chairman; Mrs. r. E.
Preston, Miss Kate Milliken, Mrs. B.
H. Davidson and Mrs. ]. J. Warden.
The American LEON will furnish
the silk flag and standard to be car
riedi in the parade by the local chap
ter of the American Red Cross. The
request for the flag came from the
Red Cross through Mrs. Henry swope,
who made the flag for the legion.