The Washington times., 1915-09-21
VANGUARDO OF GRAND
ARMY REACHES CITY
Boom for Montotrt, Of Ohio, for
Commander in. Chief Already
Started.
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NUHtuluCu ATOtu rlESt 6uBcJ
anticipated a last hour demand for
rooms on the part Of veterans and their ~
In advance. and boarding house keepers
have been requested to list their ac-
comfnodations at the Chamber Of Com
merce.
Placing Historic Markers.
The historic sites committee. with w
p. Van Wickle a. chairman, put a large
force Of men to work this morning plac-
Ing large shield-shapcd markers on the
buildings Of historic interest through.
out the city. This task will be COM
pleted before the end Of the week.
Open air memorial services for de-
parted members Of the @. A. R.. Won-
ans Relief Corps and other pat5iotie &c
Cross. Mt. st. Adams at 4 p. m. next
Sunday, this impressive ceremony
marking the beginning Of the Forty
ninth Encampment Of the q. A. r.
bishop Of western Marachusetts. will
deliver the sermon. The vested choir
Of the Cathedral. assisted by a section
Of the Marine Band. will lead the sing
General orders issued to the members
Of the Woman's Relief Corps specify
that all the women wear white dresses.
their badges and tho insignia of their
corps.
Facing Flag Famine.
To accommodate the large crowd
expected to attend the services, ar
rangements have been made to aug
ment the street car service with a
jitney bus line, the automobiles be-
ing parked at Connecticut and Ca
thedral avenues before and after the
ceremonies, Special cars to accom-
modase the large crowd will be run
on the Wisconsin avenue line.
Thomas Grant, secretary OF the citi-
zens' committee. announced today that
all the large flags placed at the dis.
posal Of the decoration committee
by the War and Navy departments
had been distributed. He said the
committee still has several hundred
small flags. lsx27 inches. to be loaned
to citizens giving bond for their safe
return. Mr.. Grant kept the wires no,
today sending messages to Baltimore
and Philadelphia asking that over,
available flag be shipped here for use
next week. The demand for the stars
and stripes has bee nunprecented and
the city fa.-| a flag famine.
The Twcnty-second New York Caval.
ry Association will hold its reunion ir
the Continental Hotel. and the reunion
Of SCOTS 800" Eleventh New Yorh
Volunteer Cavalry Association will take
place at Howard University. according
to announcement today. Members o1
the First Massachusetts Hoavy Artil'
lcry, who saw service at Fredericks.
burg. Will visit the battlefields there
and spottsylvania Courthouse. on
September 90
Capt. Robert Armour. chairman Of the
reunion committee OF the Ninth Corps
has called q meet Ing OF that body fo'
Arrangements were begun today FOL
the Rev Or. T. D. Christy. missionarI
to Tarsus. Asia Minor. who is here fol
! the encampment. to preach in the FRS
CongregationalIst Church here nex'
Sunday. DR.. Christy preached In thu
same church thirty-five years ago. bu
has not been there since. 1t is prob
able he will preach there on Sunday.
Human Flag May Not Wave.
Although no announcement was mad
today to the effect that tho human fiai
would be called off. 1t was learned tha
the lumber for the stand for the chi;
dren had been misdirected and shipped
to some other Washington. and that I
| Is improbable that the flag would wav'
| on the day OF the parade. II the nag 4
| not arranged. w. T. Ashby. who ha
| had charge OF the arrangements, vii
return to the parents OF children enter
ed the 30 cents contributed for seat ol
the stand.
Herbert owen. In charge OF the sal
| of seats on the grand stand in La
fayette Square, opposite the President
reviewing stand. said today that the do
mand had been unusual today. and tina
practically all purchasers wanted SIS
seats directly opposite the spot on whicl
President Wilson will stand to review
the pageant on Wednesday.