The Washington herald., 1916-06-14
CLERKS PARADE
in I'd Division
Government Employees and
Officials Will Total Near
ly $4,000 Marchers.

ihe second DIVISION OF the parade, com
posed largely of the government depart
ment clerks and officials. will total near
ly 1900, with many bands and floats.
Members Of the Cabinet who are In the
| city will head the departmental delega-
| tons. The division will form on Second
street at the head of B street northwest,
! at o'clock.
! Herman E. Gasch. of the firm Of Gasch
& Birge, and Clifford Lanham, an en-
narshals of the division.
The State Department will be represent
! ed by delegation of 200, headed by
! William Phillips, Third Assistant Secre-
tary of State. Secretary Lansing will
| not be able to march as he has not yet
recovered sufficiently from his recent ILL.,
ness. Sixteen chiefs OF divisions and bu-
reaus will follow. The women of the de-
partnent will then come, and a number
Of them will carry an immense American
| nag, such as was seen in the G A R
| parade last year. The other clerks of the
department will follow
McAdoo to Lend.
William G. McAdoo Secretary of the
Treasury will head the Treasury delega-
| ton OF $500. A band, officials Of the de-
. partment, and members Of the Federal
Reserve Board, will be in line The diff
, ferent bureaus and the clerks will come
next, including the Bureau of Printing
and Engraving. headed by Director
Joseph E. Ralph. with three floats and
three bands, and 5000 marchers. The plate
printers will be dressed in white duck
trousers and straw hats. and will each
wear a crisp 81 bill on the coat lapel
William lngraham. Assistant Secretary
of War. will lead the War Department
contingent as Secretary Baker will be out
OF the city. About a thousand will march
under the War Department banner, and
the officials will be out in force
Attorney General Thomas W. Gregory
VIII lead q delegation OF 80 Department
Of Justice employees. He will be followed
by the Solicitor General John William
Davis: the assistant to the Attorney
I General. George Carroll Todd. and the
remainder OF the officials and clerks Of
I the department
/ The Postofice Department will be rep
resented by a delegation Of go. headed
by Postmaster General Albert Sidney
Burleson and the four assistant post
masters general Postmaster Merritt o.
! chance, of the city postofice. will march
at the head Of 800 uniformed letter car
riers and 800 clerks. accompanied by
band Of letter carriers in uniform.
; Roosevelt Marches with Navy.
The representation Of the Navy De-
partment will be headed by Franklin D
! Roosevelt. Assistant Secretary. Secretary
Daniels being out Of the city Clerks and
officials OF the department to the num-
I Der of $50 will parade to the music Of the
Naval Academy Band. The Navy Yard
will be represented by about 5000 march
ers and four bands. On six floats there
will be a model of a Dreadnought a model
aeroplane. several tull-size anti-aircratt
guns, an exhibit OF munitions. and
model OF l2-inch gun, torpedo tubes and
a radio outfit. Commando A L. Wilson.
/ Of the Navy Yard, will lead the delega-
ton, and Lieut.. Commander J. A Thomas
and Paymaster Inspector F. H. Bonnas-
| fon will be on his staff
! The Interior Department delegation
will be headed by Franklin Il Lane
Secretary of the Interior, and the 800
marchers will be divided into nine units
After the Secretary and his stan, the
Carlisle Indian Band will parade The
first section will be in charge Of Capt
Hathaway and will consist Of representa-
tons Of Gen. Washington and his statf,
! minute men," the Continental Congress
in uniform, the spirit of rs and a float
Of Columbia and the thirteen original
States. Another unit will consist Of the
Home Club TARGET Association under
Maj. s. E. Bomar.
A third unit will be under Marshal C.
F. Hunter and will consist of engineers.
signal men. chemists, and others. The
fourth unit. under Dr. Charles O'Connor.
will be formed of representatives of the
medical service. the Government and
Freedmans Hospital
Mrs. Margaret Hopkins Worrell will be
in command of the fifth unit consisting
of women paraders. The section will be
lead by women riders, followed by sixteen
Red Cross nurses A float representing
historical women of America will have
women in costumes representing Martha
Washington. Dolly Madison. Julia Ward
| Howe, Susan B. Anthony, Frances Will
! lard Abigail Adams, Mary Chiffon Vir-
ginia Dare. Priscilla and John Alden The
I thirteen original States will be repre-
/ sented by thirteen women on a float.
| Betsy Ross and Molly Pitcher will be
portrayed and representations of Poca-
hontas, Powhatan and John Smith will
occupy a float. Women of the depart
ment will surround the floats. The sixth
| unit will be in charge of Marshal W. B.
Magruder, and the colored employees
under Ferdinand w. Lee will compose
the seventh group.
! About 500 marchers of the Department
of Agriculture will be led by Secretary of
Agriculture Houston If he is in the city.
Assistant Secretary Carl Vrooman will
march. They will be formed in two di-