The evening times., 1898-09-08
A WAR-WORN REGIMENT
Six Hundred District Velun-
teers Viii Be i'm Line.
SICK AND HOMELESS HEROES
Preparations for the Reception of
the Washington Troops Are Com
pIete-CoIeEeI HaIries Notifies
Major Sylvester SeyeRty-five Men
viii Need Temporary Homes.

viii Need Temporary Homes.
The program of the parade and recep-
ton in honor of the First Regiment Dis
trict of Columbia Volunteer Infantry has
been completed.
All that remains to be done is TO car
~ il into effect and give the returning
heroes a rousing welcome
The citizens of Washington propose to
make the home coming Of the District
Volunteers the brightest chapter in the
history OF their campaign, from Camp
Alger to Chickamauga, thence TO Tampa;
in the trenches nj Santiago; across the
water to Montauk Point and home again.
after an absence of nearIy rour months
The love and appreciation OF the COM
nnunfty. great and small, poor and rich,
black and white. will be made manifest
tomorrow morning when the soldier boys
OF the national capital shoulder their ri
fes, and 10 the strains of patriotic mu-
sic, march proudly through the cheering,
enthusiastic multitudes TO the Executive
Mansion 10 pass in review befor the
President Of the United States and his
Cabinet.
The return of the soldiers will be
triumphant one. Major Richard SylVes-
ter and his committeeman, although en-
barrassed by the lack OF time. have ac-
complished wonders. There will be no
hitch in the arrangements. ana aithoush
largely spontaneous in its character, the
reception will be grand at the beginning
in detail and at the finish
The Breakfast Committee.
A corps of ladies with snowy white
aprons will be at Third Street and Nlr-
ginia Avenue southwest before O'Clock
tomorrow morning. to give the boys their
FIRST welcome home After they have dis
embarked from the tourist cars and sleep
ers considerably provided by Secretary
Alger the ladies will act as mattresses
and serve the volunteers with hot break
fast, provided by the reception committee.
If the weather is fair. the meal will be
served in the shade of the trees about the
point of debarkation. or in the SPRING
mann warehouse nearby, which has been
rendered to the committee by Mr.. Spring
mann Breakfast will be served at
o'clock.
A considerable space has been roped off
by direction Of Major Sylvester about
Third Street and Virginia Avenue for the
use of the regiment and the ladies who
will attend to its wants, and a strong
force Of police will prevent intrusion by
outsiders.
Order of the Parade
Between $50 and 10 o'clock the regiment
viii march north along Third Street, pass
ing through the open ranks of the mill
tnry, civic and veteran escort. These will
fan in behind the volunteers. the National
Guard being directly behind the returning
regiment, followed by the other military
organizations; then the civic organizations
and the associations OF veterans of the
civil war.
The volunteer regiment will be preceded
by its own service band, while the fun
marine band will head the military divis-
ion of the parade.
The veterans will be preceded by the
Mount Pleasant Drum Corps. and the
whole procession will proceed up Penn
sylyania Avenue to Fifteenth Street.
along Fifteenth Street. where the cho-
rus will sing anthems from the steps of
the Treasury Department building; up
Fifteenth Street to Pennsylvania Ave
nue.; west on Pennsylvania Avenue to
the east entrance Of the front yard of
the White House; pass in review through
the White House lot, then pass down
the Avenue between the White House
and the State. War and Navy building.
enter the west gate of the White House
grounds, and there disband.
Lieut. Col May, commanding the Dis
trict of Columbia National Guard. will
be in general command or the parade. He
has issued orders that all organizations
report at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning as
follows:
The military organiZa tiOns will assem-
BILE on Third Street. between Pennsylva-
mia and Virginia Avenues. with the right
resting on Pennsylvania Avenue.
The Grand Army of the Republic and
all civic organizations will assemble on
Third Street north of Pennsylvania Ave-
niue, with the right resting on PennsyIva
mia Avenue
All military organizations viii report
to Col May, who will be in command.
All civic and labor organizations will
report to Lieut.. George w. Evans.
All veteran organizations viii report to
Major c. Farnsworth.
The National Guard.
The officers Of the National Guard viii
meet at T:3O o'clock this evening in the
parlors at brigade headquarters to ar
range the details of the parade, and re-
ceive reports from company commanders
be in line tomorrow morning.
President Mckinley has ordered that
all relatives of members of the First Dis
trict Regiment in the departments shall
be excused from duty tomorrow. and the
Commissioners have granted holiday for
the first half of the day to all employees
OF the District.
BY order of the District Commissioners
large force of street sweepers, members
OF the brigade of white wings" will be
assembled tonight, and PENNSYLVANIA
Avenue from Third Street to the White
House, viii be swept and scrubbed until
1t is almost as clean as the proverbial old
grandmother's dining table.
Committee Meeting.
A meeting Of the committee on refresh
ments was held at the Ebbitt House last
night Capt. Andrew Kelley presided,
and il was stated that the contract for
furnishing the returning volunteers with
good breakfast upon their return at s
O'Clock tomorrow morning had been clos
ed with q responsible caterer The menu
VIII consist of coffee with cream and
sugar, milk, ham and tongue sandwiches
fried chicken, bread and butter, and hot
beef stew.
The subcommittee on refreshments,
with Mrs. Heron as chairman met last
night at the National Guard Armory,
Chairman Harries, of the committee on
badges, was present, and distributed a
number OF badges among the ladies of