Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-02-19
PREP PARAT|OHS FOR
BIRTHDAY PARADE
Principal Features in Con-
nection With Festivities
Monday.
T.W 0 CELEBRATIONS.
Richmond Blues Decide to Escort
Governor on His Visit to AIeXan-
dria-Howitzers May Come.

Governor Henry c. Stuart, Of Vir-
ginia, accompanied by his recently ap.
pointed staff of fifteen Virginia colo.
MES, resplendent in their magnificeni
new uniforms heavy with gold braid
will be one of the principal features
Of next MonSay's parade in honor OF
the birthday of General Washington
The staff, which has just been namet
by Governor Stuart, will wear then
new uniforms for the first time. Act
ing as escort to the Governor will ie
the Richmond Light infantry Blues,
and the Richmond HowitZers. Adju-
tant w. w. Sale, Of Richmond, will
also be present.
The preparations for the parade are
being completej very rapidly, Al
ready many of the stores have been
decorated and the work Of adCrning
the streets has been commenced.
King street, from Fairfax street 10
Payne street, a distance of ten
squares will be decorated with flags
and pennants. On two squares of
Washington street gayly colored ban
ners> will be hung from standards
erected along the sidewalk. The city
hall, fire engine houses and police sta
ton will be draped with the national
colors It is said that private resi-
Sences will be decorated more ci&o-
orately for this occasion than ever
before.
Alexandria is being rapidly cieon-
ed of the snow Of week ago. Fo:
the past two days City Engineer
Damn has had two hundred men sr'
fifty carts at work removing the
snow from the main streets an
along the route Of the parade. II
weather conditions continue as they
are there will be 10 evidence vt toe
heavy snow on the ravemeEts.
There will be reany two celebrations
of the birthday on next Monday
In addition to the patriotic ceiebrl-
ton by the Washington Birthday As
soc;atior the annual Masonic ceicbra-
tion by Alexandria Washington Ledge
or Masons will be held. Genera!
Washington was the first master 81
,'.ls old lodge and this was thn frs;
organization to celebrate his birth
day. me annual banquet Of 1hc
,,dee vii! be heli at s o'clock N The
evea.ny in the ElkS' uItitoriL, Pre-
vious to that time regular coiHmuai-
cation Of the lodge will be held in
the Elks' lodge roor. The principal
speaker at the han !:et will be Firc-
Presider; Thomas L. Marsha ! Ah2nt
six hundred memb"!S OF ih1 craft &c
expectes at the oa!'He:
There will also Hc meeting in ~.
nxandr;a on Monday rC the George
Washington Masomc Memorial As
sociat:nr compose Of The grand
masters of all the gran lcG%es ii tfc
United States which are afflllaiei
with that organization. More zhaa y
grand lodges will he r"o"~Senic"
This organization, whish has t'r is
object the erection IN this city q
me ,.orial temple to Washington. M
Mason holds a meeting here once
wear on Washington .b,r,tday 'hE
delegates will com.ner:e 20 arr!'c OF
Sunday and the nsetii:r CT the as
.sociation will be ca loT to order ca
Monday morning at 20 O'Clock rl
General J. T. Shyrock, grand master
of Masons of Maryland.
Three pilgrimages win be ma'tei s
Mount Vernon on Monday, one N etl'
morning by the officers OF the WASH
;ngton Birthday Association anc iN'
in the afternoon. one by the oifiSer'
and members of Alexandria W ash
incton Lodge and the other by tn
officers and members of the Maspni
Memorial Association. Each vi!
Mace wreaths upon the tomb Of tht
first president.
4 dispatch from Richmond say;
thst although orders have not ye
been issued, members of the Rich
mond Light Infantry Blues battal
ion have been informed that the nat
talon will come to Alexandria o
Monday to act as escort to Governo