Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-30
District May Be Represented.

The committee has received com
the District of Columbia, saying that
they have under consideration the pos
'ssibility of the District government be-
ing represented in the parade, and let
ters have also been received from
George C. Havenner. chief clerk of the
Department of Commerce. and W. J.
Denning, chief clerk of the Post Office
Department, stating that the employees
of those departments are much interest
ed in the project of the parade and hope
that it can be held at an hour which
will dovetail with the annual Flag day
exercises to be held by the department
employees this year at 8 pm. on the
Monument grounds.
The hour at which the parade is to be
held is being carefully considered by
the committee and plans for co-opera-
tion with the committee in charge of
the departmental Flag day celebration
will be threshed out tomorrow after
noon at a meeting to be held in the
office of Chief Clerk Schof1eld of the
War Department, at o'clock.
Gets New York Plans.
Mr.. Columbus has obtained from
Charles H Sheriff. of New York, who
was the grand marshal of New York's
great preparedness parade few weeks
ago, official programs and other data
relative to the manner In which the
New York committee carried out the
plans which made the New York parade
such a big success. These are to be
laid before the executive committee in
charge of washington's parade for con-
sideration and action. In letter re-
eardins the coming Washington parade,
received this morning. Mr.. Sheriff.
says:
"It is great inspiration to all inter
ested in this patriotic subject to ma tnat
nearly thirty cities are now organizing
for a preparedness parade. II there IS
any way that 1 can be OF service to you
by answering questions or otherwise
please command me-"
formally expressed himself as being In
favor of an attempt to have Congress. de-
clare the coming Flag day, June -.
legal holiday in the District OF Columbia.
may participate in the parade 1t Is
known that letter carriers and others de-
sire to participate in the parade, and
many will do so If June IA can be made
a
stores will participate, in bodies and
groups, as representing the stores in
which they are employed. if the stores
close Flag day, on the occasion of legal
holiday 1t is expected that members of
the committee in charge of the parade
will have cQeferences with members Of
Congress on the subject Of the possibility
of the legal holiday.
Committee Announced.
The following committee on law and
legislation necessary for the prepared
ness parade was announced today: 4.
A. Leftwich Sinclair. chairman; Henry
E. Davis. vice chairman; Walter c. Bal
derston, Wallace Bassford. John s.
Barbour. Evans Browne. Marion But
Ter, John G. Capers. Bennett Champ
Clark. John F. Costello. Charles w.
Clagett, Joe T. Dewberry. Andrew B.
Duvall, James S. Easily Smith, c. II.
England. Henry H. Classic, Thomas
Grant, Walter 3. Guy. George e. Ham
ilton. Chester Harrison, A. A. Hoehling,
jr.; RAYMOND NJ. Hudson. John E. Las
key, William Meyer levin. William J.
Neale, Edward A. Newman, Louis Ot-
tenberg, Frederick J. Rice, M. D. Ro-
senber9. Gus A. Schuldt, Myron A.
Smith, Conrad H. Syne, George Carroll
Todd, Mark Stearman. William H.
Wahly and Joseph I -Weller.z-