The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-28
JOINT PARADE
MEMORIAL DAY
FEATURE HERE
Fraternal And Civic Bod
les To March In
Line

forming at Eighteenth street and Sew
enth avenue, with additional units join
ing the main body at intervals during
the line of march Sunday will feature
Birmingham Memorial Day obsery-
ance.
Led by an advance unit of 25 police
men ON motorcycles, headed by Chief
Fred H. McDuff, the grand marshal,
Col. Walter Il. Bare, on tthe One Hun
dredth and Sixty-seventh infantry; the
chief of staff, Major Herbert q. Ellis.
and their aides, the paradegwill proceed
down Eighteenth. street tos Sixth ave-
nue., east on Sixth avenue to Nine
teenth street, south on Nineteenth street
to First avenue, east on First avenue to
Twentieth street, north on Twentieth
street to Woodrow Wilson park,w here
the units will disband
Separate divisions of the parade will
be given over to present day military
forces, veterans of former wars, pa
triotic organization. fraternal organiza-
tons and civic groups.
Five bands will participate. They
will march in the following order
Leaders, the municipal band; with the
veterans division, the Boys Industrial
school band; with the patriotic organize
ton division, the Dokeys' band; with
the. fraternal division, the Pilgrim
Knights band with the civic division,
the Hellenic band.
Governor Brandon To Lead
Gov. William Brandon will lead the
first division of the parade in company
with Sidney J. Bowie. The parade is
scheduled to start promptly at 2 O'Clock
Friday Afternoon
Division of the parade, with their
commanding officers, participants and
assembly point, from which they will
join the main body, are:
ADVANCE Detachment-ChiefO of Police
Fred Ii. McDuff, unit of Birmingham
police, mounted ON motorcycles 2S yards
in advance of municipal band; massed
national cOlors, under command of Capt.
| U. n. James, One Hundred and Sixty
seventh infantry Col. Walter e. Bare,
grand marshal; Major Herbert E. FL
lis, chief of staff; Lieut.. Col. Il. s.
Norman. Capt. G. H. Munger; Capt.
Edmund NJ. Carroll, Capt. r. L. John
son, Capt. w. s. Hedden, Capt. Asa n.
Duncan, Capt. G. R. Crandall and Lieut.
b. NJ. Parks, aides. Assembly point,
Eighteenth street, head resting on Sew
enth avenue, facing south. but this de
tachment proceeds first division in line
of march.
The Divisions
First Division-Major James A.
Webb, Capt. John c. Carter, command
ing officers. One motor car contain
ing Governor Brandon and Sidney Bow
| lie, escorted by detachment of Birming-
ham Sabres; motor cars, two abreast.
with one on right containing a veteran
of each war and the one on left con-
tanning one member of the city commits
sion another group of automobiles,
with the one on right containing. Off
Gals of the United Memorial and Pa
triotic association and the one on left
containing county officials.
Second DivisiOn--Capt. Russell F..
Walthour, Jr, commanding officer;
Boys, Industrial school band, veter-
ans of Civil war, in motor cars, both
Union and Confederate; veterans of
Spanish-American war. eight abreast,
on foot; veterans of World war, eight
abreast, on foot. Assembly point, Sew
enth avenue, head resting on Eighteenth
street, facing east. .
Third Division-Capt. Sterling A.
Wood, Jr., commanding officer. Do
keys band, disabled veterans of all wars,
gold star mothers, United Daughters
of Revolution, Old Elyton and General
Sumpter chapters of Daughters of 1872,
Pettus-ROden, Stonewaal Jackson, Yam
cey, Pelham, Jefferson Davis, Avon
dale, Alexander Stephens and r. d.
Jackson chapters, United Daughters of
the Confederacy, WOmen's Relief corps,
auxiliaries of Spanish-American revO-
luton and Sons of the Confederate Vet
Grams. Assembly point, Seventh avenue,
head resting on Eighteenth street, fac
ing west.
Fourth DivisiOn-G Armstrong West,
commanding officer, Pilgrim knights
band, Maccabees, WOmen's Benefit as
sociation, Benevolent Knights of Amer
Iica, Praetorians. Royal Neighbors,
Woodmen Of the World, Modern Wood
men of America, Woodman circle, Ben
Hur, Protective Home circle, Security
Benefit association, Fraternal Aid
union, Moose, Odd Fellows, Knights of
Pythias and Elks. Assembly point,
Sixth avenue, head resting on Eight
zenith street, facing east.
Fifth DivisiOn-Capt.. Charles M.
Hurt and Capt. Edmund R. Carroll,
commanding officers. American Hell
lenic band. American Red Cross, Amer
Hellenic association, Americana
mic Progressive association all schools
and colleges, Rainbow lodge %. TAI
Ladies' AUXILIARY of Brotherhood, ssySI
Railway Firemen, Brotherhood TO Loco
motive Engineers and LaBerite Liter
airy club. Assembly point, Eighteenth
street, head resting ON Sixth avenue,
facing north.
Airplanes of the One Hundred and
Sixth observation squadron at Roberts
field, under the direction of Major w.
| " NJ Robertson, will fly over BirminR-