Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-05
COLUMBUS SHAFT
! TO Be UNVEILED
Ceremony at Washington Prom
ises to Surpass Even Pres
idential Inauguration.
$4,000 UNIFORMED KNIGHTS
TO TAKE PART IN PARADE
President Taft, Secretary Knox
and Catholic Dignitaries
to Participate.

WASHINGTON, June 5.-A ceremony
that promises to surpass even q Presi-
dental Inauguration in numbers of at
tendance will take place on Saturday.
when the 100000 Colu minus memorial
is unveiled. The celebration, which will
begin with a Knights of Columbus de-
moustration on June T and terminate
with a military field mass by the Span
ish War veterans on Sunday. June 8,
will bring nearly half a million visitors
from all parts of the United States, Can
ada. Cuba, Mexico and the Philippines.
The unveiling ceremonies will be pre-
sided over by Secretary of State Knox
and the list of speakers will include
Americas Catholic Cardinalate and
many of the foremost officials of the
United States government. In addition
the government officials have arranged
for the presence of more than 10000
soldiers. sailors and marines at the un-
yelling. They will also take part in
the pageant that will precede the cere-
mony.
The memorial consists of a semi.
circular fountain, seventy feet wide and
sixty-fve feet deep, adorned with a white
marble statute of Columbus and other
appropriate sculptures. The principal
a stone shaft forty feet high, surmounted
by a globe representing the world. 1t
forms a background for a statue of Co.
lunrbus, who is represented as standing
ON the prov of a ship, with arms folded
In an attitude of meditation.
The unveiling of this memorial to the
famous Italian takes place 40 years after
he discovered America. The agitation
for its erection was set afoot by The
Catholic order of the Knights of Column
bus several years ago The subscrip-
lions started by this order practically
assured the success of the project n
was later made secure by the %appropria-
tion of 100000 by Congress. The com
lng ceremonies, therefore, are of ex-
traordinary interest to this organization.
and 1t will be represented by $4,000 uni
formed men in the parade on Pennsyl-
vania avenue on the cay of the unVeil-
ing. 80
The knights will follow The military
and naval pageants, with James A.
Flaherty, the present supreme knight OF
the order as chief marshal, accompanied
by aids selected from the various
branches of the order. The regulation
dress of the knights, will be the conven-
tional frock coat, dark gray trousers, silk
hat, gray tie, gray gloves ana piacK
shoes. The representation from each
State of the Union will carry the Ameri-
can flag and it's State flag.
The arrangements made to, aecommo-
date and safeguard the expected crews
ere most thorough and complete. Major
Richard Sylvester, chief of the police
department of Washington and head of
the public order committee for the Co
lumbus celebration, will have 500 extra
policemen on duty, and In addition
clever sleuths will be in Washington as
. further precaution.
The program for the unwilling cere-
monies, including both the arrangements
of the government and the knights
of Columbus, follow:
Friday Morning, June 7-Pilgrimage of
national officers of the Knights of Co
lumbus, members of the order and visit
ors to the tomb of General Washington.
Night-Grnnd public reception at the Pam
American Building.
Saturday, June s-Grand pageant, fol-
lowed by the unwilling ceremonies. Be-
sides the United States forces and the
5 $1,000 knights of Columbus in the line
of march there will be %, 200 other men
in line, representatives of various civic
and other bodies. VA
Saturday evening will be. crowded with
events. misunderstanding. interest. At the
mammoth convention hall a grand pub
lie banquet will be held. This will also
be participated in by the President OF