The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-19
WILL MARCH Over
Washington ROUTE
JOURNEY FROM PHILADELPHIA
TO CAMBRIDGE TO BE MARKED
BY REVOLUTION SONS.
fBy Associated Press.)


New York, June 19-The route which
Washington covered in his journey
from Philadelphia to Cambridge In
1775 to take command of the American
army will be marked by special pill
grimage under the auspices of the Ma
tional Society of the Sons of the Amer
lean Revolution, starting from Phila-
delphia next week.
"The gathering cavalcade," which
escorted General Washington to Cam
bridge. and which Irving has said was
the gaze and wonder of every town and
village" took nine days to make In
hurry, journey which could
easily be accomplished by rail today
between breakfast and dinner, but the
proposed pilgrimage will be leisurely
one by automobile, starting as Wash
ington did on June %, and concluding
with ceremonies at Cambridge on July
S-the day Washington took formal
command Of the army.
1t is expected that more than hun
bred participants will make the ten
day Journey all the way from Philadel-
phia to Cambridge, and that over local
stretches the party will be augmented
to several hundred.
To Visit Historic Spots.
1t is proposed to make special visits
to historic spots of revolutionary days,
and here and there to place a new tab
let or dedicate some other memorial
to Washington.
The idea was presented by the
George Washington chapter of Spring
field, Mass, at the congress of the ma
tional society in Chicago in May last
year, and it was resolved that it be car
ried out, with Henry T. Punderson, of
Springfield as chief marshal of the pill
grimage. A committee of members
from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New
York. Connecticut and Massachusetts,
was appointed to cooperate.
Washington's departure for New
England was taken just week after
the Continental Congress at Philadel-
phia had, by unanimous vote, on June
16. 1875, made choice of him to be
-commander-in-chief of "the forces rails
ed and to be raised in defense of Amer
lean Liberty" The first skirmishes al
Lexington and Concord in April, had
been answered throughout New Eng
land by the despatch Of large volunteer
forces to Cambridge. A motly-garbet
and poorly-equipped, but enthusiastic
and patriotic army of 10000 men hat
assembled for the seige of Boston.
Commission signed.
Washington's commission was sign
ed the very day that the battle of Bun
ker Hill was fought. The propose
that he should be allowed $500 montl
for his pay and expenses was adopted
by the Congress, but he contended tina
he desired no pay. He would keep al
account of his expenses and these onl!
should be met by Congress.
On the night Of June %, the hurried
arrangements for Washington's de
parture had been completed, and a fare
we'll dinner was given in his honor a
Philadelphia. In commemoration o
this event the Sons of the Revolution
will hold a banquet at Philadelphia OF
the night of June 20, and start, al
Washington did, the next morning TO-
New York.
The Philadelphia Troop Of Ligh
Horse. whose standard was the frs
flag on which thirteen stripes appear
ed, emblematic of the thirteen colonies
acted as washington's escort. The
first nights stop is believed to have
been at Trenton, where the automobile