Evening journal., 1912-10-04
MILITIA in
LINE FOR OLD
HOME JUBILEE
State Defenders to Have Right
Of Line in Wednesday
Night Pageant
OWN IN BLAZE OF
COLOR FOR THE VISITORS

Members of the special committee
Council on the "Old Home Week"
lebration met again last night and
smpleted arrangements for the big
iustrial parade next Wednesday af-
noon.
The first division will include the |
ate military and the second the in /
strial display ana other features. /
le parade will form at Tenth and |
Lench streets. The Organized Mi |
a will occupy the right of line, the |
Int companies in the militia forming
the west side of French street. |
til of Tenth. Immediately in their !
Jar Will come the Chester militia |
.i fd back of them in turn will be the |
aAYelaware College Cadets and the |
DYnounted detachment from the Penn |
<'sylyania Military Academy at Ches- |
ter.
The second division will be formed |
on the east side of French street, the
several displays to be lined up on
Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets, according to the number Of
the length of the linz This section
will be nearly twenty city blocks
long
The participants in this parade will
have TO be in line at 1.30 o'clock We'd
nesday afternoon The parade will
move on the stroke of o'clock. II is
not proposed to have any delay in
getting started because those in
charge do not want to keep the
crowds. waiting. The parade will
march up Market street. IL will be
, reviewed from the grand stand by
Mayor Howell, Governor Pennewill
and the members of his personal staff
all Of whom will be in full dress
uniform
Route For Auto Parade.
The parade committee OF Council
met last night with 7 c. Bradford,
grand marshal of the automobile pa
y rade. which will be held next Thurs
day night, and the route OF this dem
onstration was finally agreed upon
The parade will be formed al Fourth
and French streets and will proceed
as follows: Down French to Front,
to Market. to Ninth, to Broome to
Gilpin avenue, to Van Buren street,
cut across Delaware avenue into
[. Pennsylvania avenue and proceed TO
DUPONT street, TO Delaware avenue to
Tenth and Market streets and dis
miss.
\ Mr.. Bradford announced last night
that there are more than 300 entries
for the automobile parade, and by
the time the starting signal is given
next Thursday night he expects to
have about 500 automobiles and
trucks in line Many of the entries
in hand are from automobile en-
thusiasts from other cities in this
section. He will purchase today the
handsome solid silver loving cups
that will be donated as prizes in this
parade
!, Arrangements for Columbus Day.
The Italian residents of the city
are taking great interest in the Col
umbus Day parade next Saturday af-
ternoon in which they will show. The
societies that have agreed to appear
are the Christopher Columbus Club.
the Prince of Naples Club, the Jo-
seph Mazani Social Club and the
q North Italy Society. Those in charge
expect to have several other organ
ations participate.
In the line there will be several
X flCNts, chief of which Will be float
rep 'esenting the Santa Maria, which
attracted so much attention last year
The boat will carry several men rep
lresenting Christopher Columbus and
the crew There will be an abund-
ance of music. Chief among the
bands will be the Boy Scouts Band OF
ohfty pieces from Philadelphia and
"a The Christopher Columbus Clubs
band
Dominick Amatuzio has been elect.
ed grand marshal He has decided
to have the parade form at Fourth
* and French streets at 1.30 o'clock anC
it will start promptly at o'clock
10 rrrfI1 Erpnpl
street to Front, to Market, to Tenth
4 to Tatnall, to Second, to Shipley, tC
n Front, to Jackson, to Fourth to Mon
roe to Delaware avenue, to Madison
to Second, to General Pulaski Hal
n and dismiss.
3 Immediately following the parade
II there will be a band concert in thu
81 Pulaski Hall by the Boy Scouts bant
a of Philadelphia This will be con
4 tinued until 730 O'Clock in the even
"a ing Following the concert ther'
E will be dancing in the hall until lib
o'clock Saturday night.
Hibernians' Big Turnout.
" One of the biggest and best turn
outs in the parade of fraternal, socia
and other organizations on next Wed
nesday night will be the Hibernians
II is expected that 1000 men belong
ing 10 JnlS organization VIII De ii
line. The juvenile divisions Of the or
der also will be seen in the parade
The order will fall in directly behinS
the Red Men. They will be led b.
two companies of the HiberniaI
Knights under Major Jerome Hurley
Captains Callahan and Mullin will b.
in charge of the companies, whil'
= >Captain McKeown will be the adJu
tant
Following the Knights will COM
the football team of the Irish-Ameri
AZ. san Association, thirty strong, In full
football uniform. They will be fol
lowed by Divisions l. 4. 6. 8, 10 ant
II Of the A. o. H., and directly behin'
y them will come the juvenile divisions
slhe knights will be in full uniform
with Irish and American flags in line
= The uniform Of the divisions will con
' sist OF dark suits, derby hats. whit
tgloves, division badges and canes. Di
y vision marshals of the parade are re
quested to report to Active Marsha
Simon p Doherty at 7.15 o'clock, tn
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