Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-11
PLANS COMPLETE
FOR FLAG PARADE
Every Detail Except Weather Has
Been Taken Care Of for
Pageant.
TWENTY BANDS IN LINE

Only the weather maker mas MOI
been consulted.
Aside from this the arrangements
for the patriotic parade in Omaha
Wednesday, June IA, on Flag day, are
practically completed.
The estimates are that 10000 per.
sons will march in this parade. Forty
thousand persons, every mothers son
and daughter of them carrying an
American flag, and nothing else, are
to form the great spectacle.
Headed by the grand marshal, Gen
eral George H. Harries, the magnifi-
cent array of humanity, is to march
in stately platoons, sixteen abreast.
aligned across the entire width of the
streets. There will be sections, and
divisions in the formations. A number
OF sections grouped together for IA
cility in handling will constitute a
division.
Divide Into Sections.
Thus each wholesale house will
constitute section, and the sections
of wholesalers taken together will
make up division. In like manner
the members of any one lodge will
probably make up section, while all
the lodges taken together will make
up the fraternal division.
No prancing horses, no gold braid,
and no clanking swords will be seen
in this parade. Everyone walks or
he does not enter the parade. 1t is
strictly marchers' parade, or maybe
more properly pedestrians parade.
General Harries, himself, will march
at the head of the vast column afoot,
and carrying his flag.
Flags are to be distributed, to all
who are to march just before the
parade begins. Scores of thousands
Of these flags have already been or
dered.
All Stores Close.
Practically all the business houses
of any importance in the city are to
close at noon. 1t is Flag day, and
Omaha proposes to give Flag day
such q recognition for once as this
day has never received in the past
from any city in the west. Even the
railroad offices and shops are to
close. The railroads are asking that
no freight be delivered'to them after
II o'clock to be handled that day, as
they wish to get it all handled by
IL o'clock, when they will close.
Thirty thousand school children are
to be massed on either side of the
line of march at convenient points.
The children will not march, but I'M
der proper direction and leadership
will sing four or five of the favorite
patriotic songs during the period Of
the parade. The songs are printed on
cards and will be distributed among
the children before the singing COM
mences.
America" Star Spangled Banner"
Battle Hymn of the Republic" and
1.-THE Red, White and Blue" are the
four songs to be printed on the cards
and sung by the children.
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To Avoid Confusion.
School teachers will assist the four
group supervisors. The schools have
been assigned to the four places Of
meeting, so that there will be no con-
fusion. The children will march
from their respective schools to their
stations, carrying flags along the
way. 1t is believed the sight at Eight
zenith and Farnam streets will be an
inspiring one, with nearly 5000 chill
dren and many grownups in the rear,
all singing the four national songs
mentioned.
Ninteen or twenty bands are to be
interspersed throughout the length of
the vast column of paraders. 7. F.
Dietz has been working hard signing
I'D bands for this event. When he had
general committee authorized OaG him 't to
contract for total of twenty. He