Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-24

a period of five minutes. The troop
train should reach Harrisburg two
hours later.
Plans for the reception and escort
parade were completed yesterday at a
meeting at Board of Trade hall. Mem
bers of the publicity and convention
committee of the Harrisburg Chamber
| of Commerce, of which Henderson
! Gilbert is chairman, met with repre-
| sentatives of local military and civic
organizations and outlined parade ar
rangements.
Henderson Gilbert Chief Marshal
/ Henderson Gilbert was made chief
marshal. His chief of staff, the mar
c. Humer, an eX-member of the City
! Grays.' Thomas z. Moran, of the
Spanish War Veterans, will be mar
shall of the second division. and Fire
Chief John c. Kinder will head the
lfiremen's division.
No matter at what hour the troops
reach Harrisburg warm welcome is
assured. Announcement was made
that the women who are planning for
q reception and banquet for the SOL
diers on March 8, will turn out and
will be assigned to the second division
Tech and Central High school students
entered for the big reception and bus
inessmen and citizens in general will
be in line.
On signal from the firehouses the.
various organizations will meet at
place of formation on State street
When formed the parade will move
out Third to North, to Fourth, to Mar
ket
When the left of the firemen's di-
vision has reached Market and Fourth
Lott 4
the arrival of the troop train. The
escort committee will go to the Penn
sylvania railroad station and on the
arrival will welcoe the soldiers and
escort them to Fourth and Market
streets.
Halt at Second and State
The parade will move out Market
to Market Square, to Second, to State
street. Chief Marshal Gilbert will
halt the procession at State and Sec
ond streets, and the paraders will
open order. With the escort commit
tee the Eighth regiment staff, and
local companies will march through
the lines to the Armory.
, At the Armory, after a brief well
come, the soldiers will be given a
luncheon by the womens committee,
and the men will then await orders
from their respective commanders.
| The Eighth regiment band will be
a part of the parade and will head
the fourth division. As soon as the
: musicians have performed their duty
! here, the band will go to Carlisle,
] where they will participate in a re-
ception at that place.
Captain George c. Jack, of the Gov
i ernor's Troop, has rendered the use
of the troop horses for Colonel Maur-
ice e. Finney and members of his
staff who desire to ride. He will eX-
tend the same courtesy to the Chief
Ma rShaI chief nf Sf1f and rShaIS
of the parade who will be mounted.
Fire Chief John c. Kinder said to-
day that every company in the de-
partm would be on parade with
, their apparatus no matter what hour
the soldiers arrived. The Hope Fire
Company will be in line with the Com
, monwealth Band and so members.
; All members of Warrior Eagle
Tribe, No. $40, Improved Order of
. Red Men are requested to meet at
wigwam at the sound of the signal
of the approach of the guardSmen-
. not later than one hour afterwards if
, possible, so as to be in line of forma-
Z tion promptly. All other Tribes are
, invited to meet with the Tribe in cos
tune or otherwise and help in the
, reception.
Chief Marshal Henderson Gilbert is
sued the following orders for the for
nation of the procession
| Division Formation
First division of military makeup
will form on south side of State street,
right resting on Third.
: Second division, of civic makeup,
will form on north side of State street,
right resting on Third.
Third division, composed entirely
of firemen and band, will form on east
side of Second street, right resting on
State.
Formation of Parade
FIRST DIVISION
Chief Marshal, Henderson Gilbert. =
Chief of Staff and Marshal of First
Division, Edwin C. Humer.
Aides: DIR. II. NJ. Slime, Philip Mer-
edith, Frank Awl, William Lauben-
stein, William Newcomer, Philip Ger
man, Albert Atticks, Christian Nauss,
Noah Walmer, Wilson Black, Frank
Hoy w. S. Hess. Augustus II. Kreid-
Ter, Thomas Numbers.
Municipal Band.
City Grays' Veterans Association.
Grand Army Posts.
Sons of Veterans, Camp No. IS.
Spanish American War Veterans.
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
EX-members Association of the Gov
ernor's Troop.
I Governors Troop of the National
Guard.
SECOND DIVISION
Marshal, Thomas p. Moran
Aides: G.. u. Covert, Mercer B. Tate,
Arthur Bailey, Charles w. Burtnett,
Clark E. Diehl, Cameron L. Baer, AL
vim Hollinger of Technical High
school,; David Ellinger, II. e. Sander
son, John K. Royal. Harry L. Hershey.
e. e. Beidleman, Major A. M. Porter,
Albert Koenig.
Technical High school,.
Central High School.
Warrior Eagle Tribe, No. $40, I. 0.
r. NJ.
Employees of Dives, Pomeroy and
Stewart with band.
Employees ofsthe New Store of will
liam Strouse.
Chamber of Commerce
Harrisburg Rotary Club
Members of the Post Office Athletic
Association.
Employees OF Master Mechanics De-
partmenf, Pennsylvania Railroad.
Other organizations will be given =