The sun., 1917-08-30
STATE TO HONOR
SOLDIER SONS IN
PARADE TO-DAY
Two Million Will Cheer
Guards as They Start
for War.
$1,000 TO BE IN LINE
Procession Will Block Fifth
Avenue From 10 A. NJ.
Till Dark.
$4,000 TO BE IN LINE

To-day is the day on which New York
vii see the biggest military hurrah
slrce George Dewey came home with
the bacon. To-day's the day that the
tne time National Guard of the state.
now the Twenty-seventh Division. L.
O. A. will swing down Fifth avenue.
more than $4,000 strong, from morning
until late afternoon. from ll0th stree,
to Washington Square. while host that
b expected to number 100000 hollors
lis collective heads of along two sde
Lines that viii begin at the curb and
have the sky for the limit.
There was n clamorlns all day yes
terday. and especially last n,shi. .oc
places IN hotel and Office windows along
the route which could not h. satisfied
And all day long the military headousr-
ters around the Municipal building were
orally bombarded by mohs intent upon
setting hold of one OF the little PASTE
board badges that bear the legend Pass
Military rsrade--An Please Honor
Soldier Family
The bearers OF those little badges are
to be the folks second in interes; only
70 the lads in olive drab swinging by.
Eugin~ers VIII Lead.
Each soldier received three OF the
badges for distribution around the
house, and IL the wishes Of the Mayor
and the military authorities are re-
spected--and undoubtedly acting Chief
Inspector Dillon and his own army o.
cops will see that the badges are
respected-the paraders should have
things their own way along the stretches
particularly assigned to them--Madison
S1uarD Plaza 0eirhhprhnn1 ND n
the west. or park side. Of Fifth avenue
from llV;h street down to Fifty-ninth u
street
From the starting time at lloth
street and Fifth avenue, which is 10
O'Clock this morning, until the last o!
the Field Ambulance boys. who wind
up the parade get under way up al
10th stree, for the long hike down tc
Washington Arch. IL Is estimated tina,
about FIVE hours will have elapsed.
Major Gen. O'Ryan, who will lead OF
AT 10th street promptly al 10 O'Clock
will have reached Washington Square
long before the last units OF the parade
fall into line at the. starting point some
where around 3 o'clock this afternoon
Therefore it is thought tha; the very
late afternoon shadows will be stretching
out before the great spectacle is all over
The Twenty-second Engineers. Col
Cornelius Vanderbilt commanding. vii
have the honor position. or right OF line
owing 10 the fact the Twenty second /.
scheduled to go direct TO Jersey City
Immediately upon passing the finishinl
line under the Washington Arch anc
board a special train for Camp Wads
worth at Spartanburs, S. c.
Regiments Plncnrded.
The Headquarters Troop, consisting o
captains, lieutenan,s and the clerica
force OF headquarters. also will leav'
al noon on a special train. Gen O'RyaI
and stan, il was announced yesterday
Will leave tomorrow afternoon.
Last moment arrangements made yes
terday for to-day's procession brough
about some slight changes in the posi-
lions in line OF few officers, III
changes being made chiefly because O
the lack of brigadier-generals as ye
for the First and Second brigades Ffna
Fiske of the Seventh Regiment to com
mand the First Brigade and Col vii
liam G. Bates OF the Seventy-frst Req
ment 10 head the Third Brigade.
No onlooker should have any troubl
in at least finding the regiment in whic
his relatives or friends are marching
Each unit will be preceded by boy
carrying placarde.
Positions In Line.
The troops and the names of tn
commanding officers. together with tn
approximate time at which they wi
swing into position at the starting poin
Al 10th street are as follows:
Division Headquarters, Major-Ger
John F Organ tCol Harry H. Band
holtz. chief Of staf), 10 A. NJ.
Division Headquarters Troop. Cap,
Davis T. Dunbar, 10 10: Twenty -secon
Engineers, Col, Cornelius VANDERBILT,
10 20.
Headquarters Third Brigade. Brig.
Gen. James W. Lester; Second Infantry
Col. James NJ. Andrews, 1925; Thir,
Infantry. Col. Edgar s. Jennings. 10 q!
Headquarters FRS, Brigade. Col. vii
lard c. Fisk. IL; Seventh Infantr!
Lieut. Col. Robert Mclean, IL .o5
ter. 1920; Fourteenth Infantry, Co
James r. Hewlett, IL :s5.
Headquarters Second Brigade Co
William C. Bates, II 80: First Infantr,
Col. James s Boyer, IL :55: Twenty
third Infantry. Col Frank H. Nortor
1910 p. NJ: Seventy-hrst 1nfantr,
Lieut.. Col. James NJ Hutchinson, I2 :2'
Provisional Brigade, c. A. c.. Co
Elmore +. Austin, ~ 40 Eighth Goa.
Loeser l2:45; Ninth Coast Defenc
Command, Col. John J. Byrne. / :00
Thirteenth Coast Defence Command
Col Sidney Grant. :lS.
Headquarters Field Artillery. Mato
Leonard h. smith / 80; Second Bat
talon, Second Field Artillery. MaJo
Wilbur 7. Wright. ! as First Cavalr,
col Charles l. Debevoise. ! 45 Squad
ron Cavalry Major william 7
| wright, .05 ; Machine Gun Troop Ca,
airy, Capt. stanton Whitney, 7:l0: Fir
Battalion Signal Corps, Major Willial
! Tallahan. 2:l5; Division Train
Lieut. Col Cleveland c, Lansing. 2 30
Military Police. Major T. II. Stanton
$ A. Sec. Ann. Tr., Major Walter
Bell; Art. Sec. Ann. Tr, Major IAri
ford f. Sherry supply Train. Cap
George H. Robertson Engr Trait
Capt David H. Mohler Third Ambl
iance Co. Capt, John :. Maeder Fir
Field Hospital, Major Moses A. Stiveri
second Ambulance Co. Major Louis !
Cans; Third Ambulance Co. Major Al
;hur W. Slee Fourth Ambulance Co
Major Frank Harnden, 2 :t5.
Fifth avenue. for months seeming
decorated to the point where II was Z