Las Vegas optic., 1913-02-11
TO
March TO THE
CAPITAL
GENERAL" JONES AND HER
ARMY TOMORROW START
FOR WASHINGTON.

New York, Feb. l1.-Feverish ae
tiyity prevailed today at the head
quarters of the New York woman's
Suffrage Association. Hundreds Of
visitors had to be received and the
telephone wires were kept hot an
swering questions of those who de
sired information concerning the de-
tails of tomorrow's great event the
start Of the petticoat brigade under
the command Of General Rosalie
Gardiner Jones, for the front, mean
ing Washington, D. c., where the ma
tional struggle for suffrage will be
inaugurated with a monster demon
stration on the day before Inaugural
ton day.
4 For many weeks the hike" Of the
New York and New England contin-
gent of the suffrage army from this
city to Washington. D. G., formed the
all-absorbing subject Of conversation
in suffrage circles. It was believed
that in view of the success Of the
pilgrimage to Albany a short time
ago, a large number Of suffrage en-
thusiasts would feel encouraged to
take part in the march to the nation
al capital, but the enthusiasm of the
suffragettes had evidently been over
estimated. Although the start Of the
New York contingent tomorrow is ex-
pected to draw a large crowd of sym
pathetic or merely curious spectators
to the Hudson Terminal station. on
Fulton street, from whence the .hik-
ers" viii start upon their march at
8 o'clock tomorrow morning, it is not
probable that the actual marching
party will number more than a score
of members. The marchers will prob
ably be escorted to Jersey City by a
large crowd OF sympathiziers, but the
latter are not likely to venture be-
yond that point ana are expected to
return to New York, allowing the
mixers" to continue their way south
ward unattended after that. Reports
received at the headquarters indicate
however, that the marchers viii be
met and received by friends of their
cause at different points along their
route and that at several intermedi-
ate points small parties of other
marchers viii Join them, so that the
petticoat army may be of gIite i'm
posing proportions by the time it
reaches Washington.
General Rosalie Gardiner Jones.
who also commanded the ~army"
which invaded Albany a short time
ago, had gathered valuable expert
ence during that march, which en-
abled her to arrange all details of the
present trip with the judgment of an
campaigner. Her general
orders IN reference to the hike"
were brief, business-like and to the
point. She made it clear to those
to take part in the trip that
ball dresses, evening clothes, would j
be decidedly de trop and that no
narcher would be permitted to take
dong more baggage than could be I
easily slowed away in an ordinary |
suitcase. For the sake Of uniformity I
t was ordered that every one Of the {
soldiers would have to wear a pilgrim i
'loak and hood and carry knapsack '
md staff. The knapsack viii be large i
'nough to hold one or two pairs of c
'xtra woollen stockings, adhesive 0
,laster, vaseline, absorbent cotton b
nd few other things which may be
and useful in cases of emer- a
ency. Each marcher win be permit
ed one medium sized bag or suit
ase. which will be carried on bag t
age wagon forming the paoktrain Of n
be army" &
The "hikers" expect to reach Eliz- t
beth, N. J., by tomorrow evening;
lew Brunswick, N. j., on the even :
lg of Feb. IS; Trenton on the 14th; D
iristol, N. J.. on the 18th: Burling- r,
IN, Pa, on the 10th; Philadelphia on II
ie evening OF February IL; Chester, A
a., on the 18th and Wilmington, NJ
el., on the evening OF February 10. Il
he marchers will rest the follow Il
lg day at Wilmington and win start Il
gain on the morning Of the 2lst, n
Iaking their next stop at Newark, &
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