East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-27

WASHINGTON. Aug. z7-Presi
| cent Wilson and members Of his
cabinet will review the $4,000 G. a.
r, veterans who will march down
historic Pennsylvania avenue next
September when the Fiftieth ami
versary Of the grand review is held
In the national capital
The president was in his office IN
the White House one sultry after
noon last July when the names OF
several prominent Washingtonians
were announced When the visitors
were seated in the presidents office,
they explained they were representa-
tiyes Of the citizens committee Of
Washington, formed to arrange the
entertainment for the forty-ninth en-
campment and fiftieth anniversary Of
Ct the grand review Of the G. A. r.
at the national capital the week be-
ginning September q. The spokes-
men told the president that his help
was needed because It might be the
last great gathering Of the veterans
who saved the nation in the days Of
81.
President Wilson's answer was
brief. but 1t was decidedly to the
point. He told the committee he
was ready to give them his full CO.
operation and agreed To review the
veterans
Acting under orders from Secretary
Of War Garrison and Major General
Wood L. S. regulars will give
exhibition drills during the week Of
the encampment at Fort Myer, Va,
short distance from the national
capital, on the grounds adjacent A
special feature Of these drills will be
exhibitions by the L. S. medical
corps
A feature of the military demon
strations during the week will be a
wig-wag signal contest between ex-
perts of TIC signal corps of the civil
war and of the L. S army. Lieut.
George c. Round who flashed the
last signals before the fall Of Rich
mond, will wig-wag a message from
the dome Of the caritol to a comraic
On the roof Of the treasury building,
mile distant The old method Of
Transmitting signals by torches win
also te shown by the veterans, while
tie mp to date matnods Of field tel
phony and wireless telegraphy will lie
! demonstrated by experts of the regu
lar army Many of the old forts which
surrounded Washington in the DAYS
of the civil war have been put in
readiness for the signal contests and
al night the city will be girdled by
the flashes of the signal torches in
the hands Of the men who defended
the capital years ago.
Secretary Daniels has placed the
e. $ marine band at the disposal Of
TIE veterans for the week, and a se-
ries Of concerts will be given. The
ful! band Of 65 pieces will also partic-
ipate in the grand review Wednes.
day. September 20, when $4,000 men
will be in line. The secretary Of the
navy has also promised the Washing
ton committee that one vessel of each
type in the United States navy that
can navigate the Potomac river, viii
he open for inspection by members of.
the G. A. r. and visitors during the
cncampment The fleet will include
the lighter cruisers, torpedo boats and
submarines, while one Of. the most
modern monitors will be moored be-
side a vessel of the same type of iron
clads of the civil war.
In addition to the warships, two
naval aeropanes and two hydro
planes will be brought to Washington
from the aviation base at Pensacola,
Fla, and exhibition flights will be
given by experts Of the navy.