The chronicle=news., 1914-06-19

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journey from Philadelphia to Cam
bridge In l77s 10 take command OF
the American army will 'be marked
by = special pilErimsge under the
auspices Of the National soeiety Of
the Sons Of the American Revolution.
stsrtinx from Phiiadeiphia next
week.
The siatserinR eavsieade." which
escorted General Washington 10 Cam
bridge. and which iSvinx has said
"was the Rare and wonder Of every
town and village" took nine days 10
make in a hurry . Journey which
could easily be- accomplished by rail-
today between breakfast aud dinaer.
but the proposed pilgrimage wili be
ieisureiy one BY autonobiic. startins
as Washington did % June -. and
eoariadins with res~moni~. at Cam
bridge os July 3-the day Washing.
ton ionk formal command of the
army.
u i. expected ihst more than =
hundred participants viii make the
ten-day Journ-y al the way frou,
Philadelphia to Cambridge. snd that
over io~si s,seieh-. the .,arsy will be
augmented Ia several hundr-d.
u Is proposed In make special Wis.
its TO his'osie spots al revolutionary
days. and here ssd there Ia piAee .
n-~ tablet. or drdtrai- sonc other
m-,nosisi In wsshiaxioa.
The idea "a. ps-.-aird by the
6soss~ washinxtoa chapter of
Springfield. Mass. st the s"nss-~s of
the national sari-sy In chi.aso In
May last y-af. aad I, VAS resolved
that II b~ carried out. with tt~nry =,
f'una-sson. at sprisHfi-ii a. chief
MARSHAL of the piisrimsx.. 4 CON.
mi,I-- Of n-mh~rs from rcansyiSsn.
IL. N.~ Jersey. Nr~ fofs. cnnaeeti.
ru,. saa Massachusetts, ~ss spi.oin''
ed To corporate.
washiaxten's departure fbr New
snsiaad ~s. tsk-a Jus, = week after
The c.ntin-nssi coass-ss al Phaia.
a-iphis had. by unanimous sois. On
Jan. &c. i..s. made choice of him To
be- rom m nd-s-in.ehi-s of the forces
fais~.i and lo b~ raised In drfens~ nj
American Liberty The first skis.
rai.h-s al t.~sine'oa AMI coarord In
April. had b~en answered thsuuxhossi
Ss~ saEisaa by the despatch of
isssr soiun,e-r forces Ia cambr'dx-.
4 molly CARRIED asd pnnsiy.~aaipt'ed
bat .ashusiastis asd patriotic army
Of "a. COO men had s,s<ahIed for the
.iexr os tirssoa.
Wa.his.ss sommlssiou was
signed the very dAy that the battle
Of isank-r Inn ~As foashs The
r,apa.ai that he .hosia. b. allowed
$40" . month fos hi. ray and es.
p-a.~s ~a. adopted by the Congress.
su, he .oas.ad-d that h- desired NJ
ray. l.r v.ild k.-s aa account a
his expenses and these oaiy .heuis
b. met BY coasscss.
IN the nizhl of 1un- sd. the hur.
,ti-d arrangements fos Wssi'ins'oa's
departure had br~n completed. and
farewell dinner ~ss sivra In his hon
~ ai Philadelphia. In sossm en.oss
,i.a nj this event the Heas of ihs
H-, ,oiu,i"n ~iIi hold = hAaau-s a.
rhissi. iphis on tho nishi sf June 9:
and start. 49, W,shinsioh did. III.
neat morning for N.~ fnsk.
The Philadelphia Trapp ~ I.,rh'
Horse. whose standard "a. the fiss'
flag aa which ,hirs-n stripes ar
r~af-d er,bt-' matte cf the thirteen
colonies. acted as washineion's c.
-.r,. The first nights stop n be-
',-s.i I" have h--n al Trenton
~hcr- the automobile p,IxrinaS'
will also sio,. The declaration ~
historic tablets viii i~ part or sh'
exercises h-t-. a. II will b~ nj rrac
tt,,iiy every place the party stcrs.
~ way of New brunswick. and
other New J-sscy points the party
viii m,,- an To New York. timin.
their arrival To III that OF Washing.
ton at Z o'clock in The afternoon of
June %.
The tablet will br placed at the
site Of Col. Anthony t.ispcnard's
residence. where Washington land
cd after crossing the Hudson from
ttotokcn. This is in the vicinity Of
the prc.cn, Canal street. in what u
row pstt of the downtown section Of
New York. but which was then out
side of the settled portion Of the
city.
The New York Provincial Consr
presented washins'on with very
com ,iimcn,ary address. to which he
replied.