The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-26
GEN. PERSH|NG. ID BE HONOR. GUEST OF CITY
Senator Underwood, Cover
 nor Brandon And Other
 Prominent AIabamians To
 Welcome Distinguished Man EX-SERVlCE MEN WITH CITIZENS TO ENTERTAIN ''National Defense" Will Be Topic Of Generals Address
 To Public During Evening At Auditorium Of Temple

Gen. John J. Pershing, erstwhile commander-in chief of the American forces in France during the World war and now chief of staff of the United States army, will pay his sec ond visit to Birmingham since the signing of the armistice, Thursday. when he will be the city's guest for four hours. He was here in 1919 as the guest of the allied armies and the American Legion. He passed through en route to Camp Mcclellan Wednesday morning. He was to spend Wednesday and Thursday there, inspecting the post.
 When the general reaches Birming- ham at $50 o'clock Thursday eve ming, he will be met by a reception committee of Col. W. E. Bare, chair ing; Maj. Matt Murphy, master of ceremonies at the Tutwiler banquet; Col. T. 0. Smith, who will preside at the Masonic temple meeting; Arthur Greenwood, commander of Birming- ham post. American Legion, a rep resentative of the city commission. and Col. T. $. Moorman.
 Bx-service Men Hosts.
 He will be at once taken to the Tutwiler hotel, where foo eX-servlce men and citizens will attend a ban quet in his honor. Every guest is ex- pected to be seated by o'clock according to Colonel Moorman. Fol lowing the dinner he will be es- corted to the Masonic temple audi torium, where he will make a public address on National Defense" at 9:30 o'clock.
 Exservice men must hurry to get tickets, Colonel Moorman said, as the general public will be given an op- portunity to attend the banquet Thursday. He asked that those wish
 ing to attend come to see either him or Caput. R. F. Walthour.
 Official announcement of the pro- grams for lhe banquet and the meet. ing at the temple was made Wednes- day by Colonel Moorman as follows:
 Banquet Tutwiler ballroom, Maj. Matt Murphy, master of ceremonies. 6;3O to 7:1o, seating of guests and music by Wiegand's orchestra. 7:15, invocation by Chaplain Oscar deWolf Randolph. 7:16, introduction of Mai. Gen. David Shanhs, commander of Brig. Gen. E. B. Winans, commanding Camp Mcclellan. 7:25 to 7:35, mu- SIC 1855 to 1850, introduction of Sem ator Oscar w. Underwood, Gov. W. w.. Brandon, Congressman Labar Jeffers. Congressman-e J. Lister Hlll, and any other notables who send late acceptances of invitations to at tend. 1:50 to s, music. s to S:10, in- troduction of General Pershlng, by Maj. M. M. Ullman o. R. c. S:10 to $40, address by General Pershing. Welcome From city.
 From o'clock until 9 o'clock there will be music at the temple by the T. c. l. band. At g o'clock Col. T. o, smith, master of ceremonies, will open the meeting. General Pershing will then be officially welcomed to Birmingham by either D. E. Me Lendon or w. F. Dickson. Senator Underwood will speak for eight min utes, Governor Brandon will talk for 10 minutes, presenting three flags to General Pershing; a flag with the IS stars and 13 stripes of the origi- nal banner. on behalf of General sumter chapter, D. A. R.; a Confeder- ate flag, on behalf of Pelham chap ter, D. A. R., and a United States flag Of the present day, on behalf of Mrs. Il. Swope, Birmingham flagmak CT.
 At 9:25 Senator Underwood will present General Pershing and the General will begin speaking at 9:30 o'clock.
 The special reception committee will escort him from the temple to the Louisville and Nashville station at 10:30. The General will go from Birmingham to New Orleans
 When General Pershing arrives he will be escorted through a lane of about 1000 Boy Scouts of Birming- ham in uniform. Members of his staff will, of course, accompany him about the city during his four hours stay.