New-York tribune., 1910-06-27
PARADE PROTEST SPREADS
Friends of National Guardsmen
Pile Up Letters to The Tribune.
GOOD FROM THE DISCUSSION
Guardsmen Look for Better Un-
derstanding in Future-Fuu
Celebration Programme.

Celebration Programme.
While the committee in charge of the
Independence Day celebration was making
public yesterday its schedule OF events Tor
that day the friends of the nauonai
euardsmen and others interested continued
to pour into The Tribune office their let
ters of protest against the proposed pa
rade by the New York regiments.
The parade will start from the corner OF
26th street and Fifth avenue at oclocK
on the morning Of the Fourth, the COM
rnittee announced yesterday. march down
Fifth avenue to washington Arch TO 4th
street, to Broadway, to City Hall Park ano
through the park in front Of the CITY HAN
steps. disbanding in Park ROW Two
hours is the time the committee estimates
for the parade to pass Mayor Gaynor' ana
this added to the usual delays In connec-
ton with such affairs. Will probably pring
it close 10 noon before the parade Is hnaliy
over.
While guardsmen throughout the CITY
continued yesterday to criticise the oroef
for the parade. for the most part they
were agreed that the regiments would
turn with full ranks If the order Is not
rescinded. TO cut the parade and not ap-
or by taking their chances, they said
would place the guard in a false light. and
the best they could hope for would be that
the present airing of the question by The
Tribune would bring about a better under
standing for the future
From Brooklyn regiments came the fur
their objection that. if they were to be
forced to parade, the least that could be
done for them would be that they should
he allowed to parade in their own borough
before their friends there. One Brooklyn
lnon-com1nissioned officer, who naturally
withheld his name, volunteered the infor-
nation that, though he had record oi
never having missed drill, parade or tour
of duty of any kind in four years, he would
not be among those present on Indepen
dence Day.
Too Much Work: Few Recruits.
Lee Parsons Davis, formerly of the I'll
Regiment and now Assistant District At
| torney of Westchester County, said yester
day that the problem Of recruiting the ma
| tional guard is growing more difficult every
| year.
1.-THE national guard should not be called
| on to parade at aii,'' said Mr. Davis, witt
| the exception Of the parade In honor of the
| Grand Army veterans er on very special oc
! casions. What with the extra work put OF
| the guard by the comparatively recent Dlcl
| bill which makes our guard in effect. tht
second line of defence in this country, the
| problem of getting men to serve and Il
| apply themselves to the task of learning
| practically all Of the work of the regular
soldiers is gradually becoming so Difficult
| that the recruiting of the guard Is big
! task.
There are theoretical schools for the of
| fcers, and drill nights, camp and for
| duty, outdoor drills and rife practice TO
! both men and officers, and all this outsid
| of their regular work. The great majority
! of the men, and officers, too, are employe:
who get two weeks vacation each year
! and the work they are called on to dc
| makes 1t necessary for most OF them t.
| take three or four days, sometimes a week
! each year away from their work, on thei
own time, and in addition to their regular
] two weeks vacation"
independence Day Programme.
| Apart from the parade the celebration
| committees programme for independence
| Day is as follows: sla-
| Historical ceremonies in the Aldermani'
Chamber, City Hall, $50 to 1880 a, m:
1.-THE Women of the Revolution by Mrs
William Cumming Story, president New
! York Chapter, D. a. r.
| Address by DR.. Edward Hagaman Hall
! secretary American Scenic and Historic
| Preservation Society; subject, City Hal
! OF New York and It's History
| Original poem by Arthur Guiterman
| subject, City Hail.
.sThe City Hall and Park-Its Past. Pres
| ent and Future by the Hon. John Bigelow
| New Yorks first citizen.
! Patriotism" by A. W. Colborne.
! Exercises held on City Hall steps imme
diateiy after the parade, at 12:30 p. M;
Music by the band of the Park Commits
Address by William J. Gaynor. Mayor OF
| the city of New York.
America" sung b. the Peoples Chora
/ Union.
| Yankee Doodle" by the band
Reading of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence by Colonel William H. d. Washing
vi Hail Columbia" sung by the Peoples
Choral Union.
! Lincolns Gettysburg address.
| Dixie" by the band of the Park Com
| mission.
| Delegations from the patriotic societies
and the Grand Army of the Republic as
| guards of honor.
| In the afternoon athletic games will be
! held in eighteen different parks under the
direction of a committee on athletics. oi
which James 4. Sullivan is chairman. Some
| of these games will also have music.