The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-04

III SAFE IOr democracy. :.
The demonstration will be unique in /
the annals of this city for this is the |
first time universal service has been !
put into operation in this country. !.
These marchers are boys from all {
walks OF life who have heard the caH3
to the colors and cheerfully give up i
their peacetime occupations in orderl3
to perform duty they owe their I
country.
Nothing has been spared to make 1
the sendof a hearty and generous one !
All the Large stores ana most of the
factories will close during the course 1
of the parade which will start at the |;
armory at 2 p. m. The Conencticit !
Co. and the New Haven road are pre-
pairing to handle the large crowds !
that wish to applaud the gallant lads
who are to fight for Uncle Sam. It is !,
estimated that ethere viii be 1900 in !.
line.
The line of march as announcedj j
this morning and unless changed by ]
order of Col. Wilson, heading the5
Fourth regiment, II. G., will be from
the arnory north on Main street to |
North Washington avenue to Berk< ,
shire avenue, thence to Pembroke !
street, East Washington avenue, Cath
crime street, Harral avenue, state !
street to Main street.
! As the head of the parade reaches
| State and Main streets it is now prob- 1
| able that the companies of the Con-
necticut Home Guard, Is in number
will be drawn up in double rank re-
view and that the drafted division
will march past that they may IN turn
review the passing OF the Home
] Guard into it's armory.
| About 1000 notices have been sent
out by division chairman Of the draft
organization to men who will be In
| cluded in the new National Army, in
viting them to participate in this pass
| rade which is held as a mark of es-5
TEEN and honor to all.>s It is estimated l
today by chairman of divisions that 7
| fully half that number and probably !
| 1900 men, will march in the parade
division which will be honored by the !
escort.
| All those in the draft section have
been notified to appear at the ar1nory
at 1 o'clock They will be met at the
doorway by guides who will show
them the position of standards under
| which they will assemble These
standards will be big placards bearing
the number of their division. Each |
division will be headed by the chair i
men and probably the board members
who will also march as an ditiona1
escort Of laonor.s sin the regulation
rank OF -four men abreast the National
! Army men will march behind the men
Ewho will leave tomorrow for Camp
Devans. Each will be provided with
a broad red, white and blue ribbon
and beside this distinguishing mark
will wear on his sleeve or hat card
showing the division from which he
comes in Bridgeport
/ The armory will be "a swarrning
mass of humanity as the q o'clock
hour set for the start of the parade
arrives. In order to avoid any con-:
illusion Adjutant Stevenson who under
tCol. Wilson will form the parade has
arranged that battalions of the Home
Guard shall form in masses as fol-
lows:
| ; AS assembly is sounded at LAO the
! first battalion will form IN the north.
/ west corner of the main oor, the Sec
ond battalion in the northeast corner
/ and the third and fourth battalions
opposite. The galleries and the un-
occupied part of the floor will be res
served for the honored division.
Atjutants call to be sounded at 1: SO
will bring all to readiness and the
colonels staff will pass through the.s
lportals of the big building promptly
at 2 o'clock headed by the Fourth
regiment band and turn north on the
beginning of the six mile march.
i It is likely that the reorganized
coast band will make it's initial ap-
pearance on the streets today in adj
vance of the National army men.
i Special arrangements have been
made by the police and the Connecti-
cut Co. to keep the streets clear of
i traffic
All trolley cars will be stopped on
/ the main streets, over which the. pa
rade passes in advance of the arriv@A
of the column, temporary crossovezD
having been placed so that cars may
run from the outskirts of the city to
the point of stoppage. Transfers will
be issued to passenges at these points
i and they may either walk to the in
I.tervening point or wait for the re-
sumption of traffic.
4 The police will send forward a
corps of motorcycle policemen to re-
move every automobile( truck or OBJ
structing object from the street. None
ahead of the column but will be turn
! ed down the across streets some time
in advance of the parade.
Special patrolmen- have also been
detailed for extra duty in the res
idential section to prevent the activi-
ties of those burglariously inclined.
Almost all the retail stores In the.
central part of the oity closed their
doors on Saturday and will. not res
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