The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27

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ute To Dead On Behalf Of
Various Bodies
All arrangements have been COM
pleted for tho observance of National
Decoration Day, May 80, under the
auspices OF the Birmingham Memo
rial Day association, and the line of
march for the big Memorial Day
afternoon, as we'll as the program for
the memorial exercises which will
be held at Woodrow Wilson park i'm
mediately following, were announced
Friday night by Col 7. S. Norman,
grand marshal of the day.
~ Birmingham merchants already
have agreed to close their stores dur
ing the afternoon, and official proc
lamation has been issued by the city
commission making the day half
holiday. Complete cooperation Is
being shown on the part of all bus
mess and civic organizations of the
city as well as residents, and the OBJ
servance of the coming Memorial
Day next Wednesday will be proba-
bly, the most extensive and most I'm
pressive ever held in the city.
The parade Is to move promptly at
3 o'clock, proceeding south on Nine
teenth street to First avenue, east
on First avenue to Twentieth street,
and north on Twentieth street to the
Woodrow Wilson park. where Memo
rial Day exercises will be held.
Formation OF Parade.
In the makeup Of tho parade,
detachment of officers from the police
department on motorcycles will lead
about 81 yards in advance OF the
municipal band, which Will follow,
s Lieut.. Col. Thomas s. Norman. u.
S. A. will then appear. followed by
his chief of staff, Lieut.. Col. William
G.. Obear, Infantry o. r. c.. and staff
of aides. as follows: Major Fred A.
Field. Capt. r. F. Walthour, Jr, Lieut..
]. H. Smith, Capt. Uric N. James.
Capt. C. M. Hurt, Lieut.. 6. L. Bales
and Capt j. C. Carter. Chief Of Po-
lice Fred McDuff, mounted. will fol-
low the aides, and himself will De
followed by the Birmingham police
department, afoot, in platoon column.
Following immediately behind the
officers of the day will come seven
divisions composed of members OF
various organizations Of Birmingham
which will participate in the parade.
The First division, headed by Col.
Walter E. Bare. will comprise Head
quarters troop. Twenty-third cavalry
division Birmingham sabers, one
Hrndredth and Sixty seventh infan-
try, Alabama national guard, mem
bers Of the firing squad, One Hun
bred and Thrty-fifth squadron, ar
service, A. N. G.; members of the
Birmingham city commission in mo-
tor cars, the cars running two
abreast. and speaker of the occasion
and county officials, all in motor
cars running two abreast. The First
division will assemble on Sixth ave.
nue.. between Nineteenth and TWEEN
tieth streets, with the head Of the
column on Nineteenth street facing
The Second division following will
comprise the following: 1t. Col. w.
I. Pritchard, commander, Daughters
Of the American Revolution, motors.
two abreast, Veterans OF the CIVIL
war, motors, two cars abreast, g. A.
United Daughters of the Confederacy.
and q. A. r. Women's Relief corps.
same formation as for veterans, sons
of Confederate veterans, afoot, eight
abreast; sons of G. A. r. veterans.
afoot, eight abreast. and ArSSrican
Red Cross, motors two cars abreast.
Assembly point for the second divi-
sion will be on Eighteenth street.
with the head of the column at Sixth
avenue, facing north, and end OF the
column extending back toward Fifth
avenue.
Commands Third Division.
Mai. Lucien C. Brown is to be COM
mander of the Third division, which
will assemble at point on sixth
avenue, between Eighteenth and Sew
enteenth streets following the second
division. The line of the division will
be as follows: Boys Industrial band
afoot, three abreast; United Spanish
War Veterans, afoot. platoon col
umns, veterans of foreign wars, afoot.
platoon columns; Women's Auxiliary.
Veterans of Foreign Wars. motors.
two cars abreast; Gold Star Mothers.
motors, two abreast; disabled veter-
ans of the World war. motors, two
abreast.
OF the Fourth division. Maj. NJ. NJ.
Cllman is commander, with the line
as follows: Avondale Mill band.
corps, U. S. A.. eight abreast; Vet
Grams of the World war, afoot. eight
abreast, with the following line:
American Legion, Rainbow division
Sixth division, vocational students,
and all other veterans as follows:
Cavalry, infantry, artillery, auxiliary
arms and staff departments. Assembly
point is on Eighteenth street between
Sixth and Seventh avenues.
Tom Dozier will be commander of
the Fifth division. with the following
membership: School children and
high school students, labor unions,
American Hellenic association, Amer
lean Hellenic Educational and Pro-
gressive association. Assembly point
Is on Seventh avenue between Eight
zenith and Nineteenth streets, follow
ing the Fourth division.
In the Sixth division Fire Chief
Aiken will be commander, and will
parade in motor. followed by mem
bers of the Birmingham fire depart
ment. motor. Assembly point is on
Eighteenth street. between Seventh
and Eighth avenues.
The Seventh, and last division, will
be headed by G.. S. Norman. and will
comprise negro veterans. Oagrinza-
lions to participate as members of
the division will be the colored band,
afoot, five abreast: Colored Veterans
, of the Spanish American war. afoot,
eight abreast. Colored Veterans of
the World war. afoot, eight abreast.
Assembly point will be on Seventh
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