El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-09
PREPAREDNESS PARADE GROWING,
UNIONS DECLINE To PARTICIPATE
Thousands Enrol for Places in Flag Day Pageant of Pre-
paredness; Popular Store to Have 400 in Line;
Grand Marshal Wyatt Announces Formation
of Parade and Line of March

marshal. announces that the head of
me column will start from Cotton
| avenue at the intersection Of Montana
I steet, promptly at 9 o'clock. OrganiZa-
1 tlons viii be formed on the side streets
between Cotton avenue and Austin
| street. The leaders Of each organiza-
/ uon viii be furnished with blue prints
! ana information as 10 where they Will
I take position
Line of March.
{ - Inc line Of march viii be as follows:
I On Montana street to Oregon: Oregon
I street through Pioneer plaza to Ell
faso street; FL PasO street to San
ANTONIO street, san Antonio street
past reviewing stand at city hall; dis
missed after passing plaza in front Of
Toltec club.
The following will be the formation
OF the parade Police escort, band,
grand marshal and staff. mayor Lea
and city commissioners. Gen. George
Bell, Jr-, commanding FL Paso district,
Flsltlng state and city executives. au-
tomobiles containing veterans Of the
civil war, Standardization war vete-
rams.
Headquarters Established.
Grand marshal Wyatt has announced
that his headquarters viii be at the
chamber OF commerce, where all in
Quirtes as 10 position in line. equipment
and other details viii be answered
Malcolm Fraser, secretary Of the cham
Der OF commerce, has been appointed
as adJutant TO the grand marshal The
staff officers viii be: Mai. II. z. Ely,
chief OF staff; captains Campbell King
and W, + n Dodson, assistants to the
chief OF staff
The reviewing stand will be erected
in the city hall plaza on the west side
Of san Antonio street and the parade
will be reviewed by Gen Bell, mayor
Lea, the civil war veterans and visiting
state and city officials.
Only Old Glory.
There will be no flags other than the
stars and stripes carried in the parade |
There viii be no mounted men with the |
grand marshal No advertising will 4
be permitted Organizations will be I
permitted TO carry a sign bearing the !
name, division and section number ONLY
Each chief OF division and his aids I
will be responsible for the conduct OF I
the march OF his division The chiefs /
viii march at the head OF their divis- /
ions The chiefs of divisions and their
aids viii wear blue sashes. The grand /
his staff and aids Will wear
red sashes No other sashes viii be
worn in the parade, thus eliminating
any possibility Of confusion in the con-
duct of the parade
Formation of Units.
The formation will be as follows:
Each organization will form in single
rank, eight files front, with distance
between ranks OF eight yards. Each
viii be commanded by a cap
tain, who viii march Il the head Of
MS company at a distance Of two PAGES
Under no circumstances shall the front
age OF eight men be changed during
he parade. The guide will be right.
All participants in the parade shall
AIRY a United States flag All sashes |
DESIGNATED for officials Of the parade
viii be provided at headquarters. APP :
continents Of chiefs Of divisions viii be
announced from time to time, and they
viii appoint their own aids
Report OF Organizations /
Mr.. Wyatt has requested that organ !
zations professions, trades. schools
anticipate IN the parade viii organize
Z once and select captains and report !
D the chamber OF commerce. NJ 4.
raser. the adjutant, wishes the name
Z the organization. the name, address
nd telephone number of the captain $
nd the approximate number Of march [
IS Others who do not belong TO any d
rganizatiOn and who desire to march fl
} the parade have been requested to E
7port to J. F. Primm, at the American
rust Co. OF Herman Andreas, Of the G.
ity National bank b
One hundred and fifty employees and e.
-ficials Of the FL Paso Electric Rail-
ay company Will march in the parade. N
hey are now being organized by E J. n
avis. U
The Wells Fargo Express oompanv
nployes will also march They are | n,
ing organized BY Steve Romer. / a.
Veterans Loyal N
You showed your loyalty from 81 to ! ;,
;, now you are requested to attend a |.
st OF honor in the big preparedness n
-rade- We hope that you will an lne1
cept the honor and be on hand next =
ednesday."
This is the way the request Of Can't. g,
F. Stacy and Capt F Z Tusten. N
of the John c Brown a.
mp. United Confederate Veterans and "
e Emmett Crawford post. Grand al
my Of the Republic, reads. The
terans viii be given a place Of honor is
the parade and viii be il autorno- -
rs. Al
Engineers to March. ~
All civil electrical. mining and me- si.
anical engineers viii march in the 7-
eparedness parade Wednesday. A. & Al
bro has issued a call for all enei- ! ~
ers in FL Paso to join in the prepar-
ness parade on Flag day. II is esti-
tied by Mr.. AIbro that there are At