Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-07
PRESIDENT IS INVITED
TO DELIVER ADDRESS
Elaborate Program for Anniversary
Of the Sinking Of the
Maine.

Elaborate ceremonies have been ar
| ranged for the memorial observance OF
the sixteenth anniversary of the sinking
of the battleship Maine in the harbor OF
Havana at Arlington national cemetery
Monday, February is. AS the anniversary
date, February Is, occurs on Sunday this
year, the committee in charge of the
event decided to hold the exercises the
following day.
| Col. John McElroy, chairman of the
national Maine memorial committee of
| the Army and Navy Union, U. S. A, ac-
companied by Col. John L. Glen, U s.
A.; Capt. William H. Roach and other
members Of the committee, called upon
Secretary Garrison and Secretary Dan
iels yesterday afternoon and arranged for
the participation of military and nava.
forces in the exercises. Both Secretary
Garrison and Secretary Daniels consented
to deliver addresses at Arlington, and
President Wilson has been requested to
| speak.
Street Parade Part of Program.
ceremonies at Arlington will be pre-
ceded by street parade in this city
comprising marines, sailors, regular SOL
-
Union of this city, Baltimore, Phila-
delphia, New York and other places.
headed by National Commander H. Oden
Lake, who will come from headquarters
at Philadelphia, accompanied by his stan.
Other patriotic societies are expected TO
join.
AS the parade crosses the Aqueduct
bridge en- route to Arlington. a flower
boat manned by sailors will drift down
the Potomac from under the bridge,
and young women clad in white on the
craft will scatter flowers on the waves to
the '.unforgotten dead of the Maine" 1t
is proposed to have minute guns hred
at the navy yard as the procession moves
toward Arlington, and upon Its arrival
there to have an artillery salute to the
dead fred by battery from Fort Myer.
Committees Appointed.
Chairman McElroy today announced
the following committee appointments:
Col. John L. Glen, to have charge of the
arrangement of the military in the pa
rade and the grouping at Arlington; Com
mander Joseph A. Dempf, commanding
the District of Columbia Naval Militia, to
have charge of the arrangement Of the
marines and jackies in the parade ana al
Arlington, and the memorial flower boat;
Mrs. Isabel Worreil Ball. to have charge
Of the participation of womens patriotic
societies; J. waiter MAeeheii' seeLSa.y
of the general committee, to have charge
of the music for the parade and cere-
monies; William H. Roach, to have
charge Of special Invitations. Other as
signments will be announced later.
The Marine Band is to furnish music
in connection with the cavalry band from
Fort Myer and the United States Engt-
neer Band from Washington barracks,
Several musical Innovations are in course
Of preparation.
Following the addresses Of Secretary
Daniels and Secretary Garrison. and that
of the President, should he consent to
address the gathering. there Will be snort
speeches by Commander-in-chief John
Lewis Smith of the United Spanish
War Veterans; Department Commander
Thomas H. Mckee of the g. A. r., and
others. The opening address will be by
National Commander Lake Of the Army
and Navy Union.