The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-19
Is. A. R. MOTORISTS TO COVER ROUTE OF GEN. WASHINGTON

New York, June 1s.-The route which Washington covered in his jour ney from Philadelphia to Cambridge in 1775 to take command of the Amer-sl ican army will be marked by a special pilgrimage under the auspices of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, starting from Philadelphia. next week.
 The cIattering cavalcade," which escorted General Washington to Cam bridge. and which Irving has said was the gaze and wonder of every town and village.1 took nine days to make in a hurry journey which could easily be accomplished by rail today between breakfast and dinner but the proposed pilgrimage will be a leisureIy one by automobile, start ing as Washington did on June 23, and concluding with ceremonies at Cam
 bridge on July 3--'the day Washington took formal commend of the army
 It is expected that more than a. hundred participants will make the ten-day Journey all the way from Phil adelphia to Cambridge, and that over local stretches the party will be aug
 mented to several hundred.
 It is propoped to make special visits to historic spots of revolutionary days,
 and here and there to place a new TaD4eL or ded1caf6 some 0Jher mem oria1 to Was11inEt
 The idea was presented by the George Washington chapter of Spring
 neId, Mass, ct the congress of the na,-
 tiona1 society in Chicago in May. last year, and 1t was resolved that 1t be carried out with Henry F. Punderson of Springfield, as chief marshal of the from Pennsylv New Jersey New Y ork, Connecticut and Massachusetts was appointed tD cooperate.
 WashinEtonss departure for New England was taken just aL week after the Contineniel Congress at Phi1ade1v Is, 1775, made choice of< him to be connmander-in-chief of the forces raised and to be raised in defense of l American Liberty. The first slxlr-
 nnishes at Lezdngton and EoncOrd in April, had been answered throughout l New England by the despatch of large volunteer forces to Cambridge. | A mot1ey-garbed and poorly equipped but enthusiastic and patriotic army of 10000 men had assembled for the l gaige of Boston.
 Washington's s commission was signed the very day that the battle of Bunker l Hill was fought. The proposal that he should be allowed $500 a month for his pay and expenses was adopted by the Congress but he contended that he desired no pay. He would keep ] an account of his expenses and these only should be met by Congress On the night Of June 22nd, the h11r- ried arrangements for Washington s departure had been completed, and la farewell dinner was given in his
 honor at PhiladeIp hia4 In commern- Iteration Of this event the Sons Of the Revolution will hold a banquet at Phi1ade1p hia on the night of June 22, and start, as Washington did, the. next
 morning for New York
 The Philadelphia. Troop of Light Horse whose standard was the first flag on which thirteen stripes appeared
 en1blematic of the thirteen colonies, I acted as WzasIineton,s escort The
 first nights stop is believed to have l been at Trenton, where the automobile
 pilgrimage will also stop. The dedica- ton of historic tablets will be part of I the exercises here, as it will be at practicaIly every place where the par ty stops.
 By way Of New Brunswick and other
 New Jersey points, the party will move 1 on to New York. timing their arrival
 to fit that of Washington at four ,. o'clock in the afternoon Of June 25.
 The tablet will be placed at the site of Col. Anthony Iispenard's residence
 where Washington landed after cross
 ing the Hudson from Hoboken. This
 is in the vicinity of the present Cana.
 street, in what is now part of tho
 downtown section of New r Yorlk. but which was then outside of the settled portion of the city.
 The New York Provincial Congres,
 presented Washington with a very comp lfTnentary address. to which ht replied. The reading Of these doe uments will be part of the celebraticr which the Sons of the Revolution vii conduct at the sub-treasury on Wal
 which xuasz fT1e site %E7 Ts,e,<s+
 ing place of the Provincial Congress on Friday, June 26 next A featur, H will also be an address by forme . President General c. A. Pugs1ey.
 banquet will be held in New York tha
 evening. to be addressed by the pres
 ent president general. Rogers Clar Ballard Thurston,s of Loufsv7lle. Ky. Washington moved on toward Boe : ton on June 26 as the pilgrimage wi do. presumably over the old post roat a ha1ting for the night at Kingsbridg. R and continuing next day to Feairfielt The Washington party arrived in Ne' Haven on June 2S, and reviewed militia, company of Yale students o M thes green. Washington lodged tlla night lat the house of the late Isaa Al Beers corner of Chapel and ColIeA streets, at the site of which, now ol \ cupied by a hotel. the present pilgrim M will dedicate a memorial tablet. A The present party will proceed c Monday. the 2sth. to wethersfel k visiting the home of Silas Dean M fi where Washington was entertaine, and halt for the night at Hartforl I At Springfield the next day a tabl " will be placed on the site of Parse 'h Browns Tavern where Washingtc M stopped. On Wednesday the journe 'k will be continued through Palmer an M Brookheld to worcester. and the ne1 IN day through other historic towns { | Tyofa fNa~, 11z~-f-7
 M On the third of July, the day c VI which Washington drew his swords 6 N commander-in-chief of the armies, u |It Sons of the Revolution will concIuc N their ceremonies with appropriate e. N ercises at Cam brideg.