Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-04

A clear, bright day. cool ana hea1,S
cloudless, promised ideal Wealner STn-
will be made easy for the veterans OF
the Blue and the Gray who VIII par.
ticipate ard for the thousand chhors
from Washington's playgrounds VINO VINO
will do honor to their big DrotneFs WIN
are going to the firing line.
So complete were the General Ut
ders No. l." covering the details OF the
parade and the instructions issued "
the Home Defense League aid. tnat
practically no change in the plans As
announced yesterday was necessary 10
day The only change OF fmporsance
was a revision OF the order IN MniSn
the first division. with MAI. On'er
Newman as marshal. will march: Foi-
lowing Maj. Newman and the MA1.ne
Band will be the President and the
citizens executive committee, neadeo
by william F. GUIDE. as his escort. ana
then will follow, in the order named.
the Senate tho Boy Scouts band. the
House of Representatives, the .ComIais-
sfoners of the District, the Districs
board, the eleven local boards. the se,
lective ,service men ana the senel@'
ens'Seommittee.
At 10 O'Clock this morning the mar.
shals of the various divisions met AZ
the commits committee .nd headeuarMsi thara MAI cordier,
chief of star for the grand marshal
Mai, Gen. Kuhn and Charles ). Co
lumbus, secretary Of the citizens com
mittee. went over with them ; isne 9e e-
mained to be done. as all points OF
formation. march and dismissal were
covered in the General Orders No. T.
issued yesterday.
Congress to Adjourn Early.
The Senate and the House will ad-
journ early in order that their members
may participate. Stores and other busi-
ness houses will close early to let en-
ployes march and watch the procession.
The French ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand. the British ambassador.
Viscount Ishii, head of the Japanese
mission; the Mexican ambassador and
other diplomatic representatives Will
be guests of the President at his re-
viewing stand in front Of the White
House at 18th street..
Besides Speaker Clark and Uncle
Joe" Cannon. the congressional repre-
sentation will include Senators Nelson
and Warren, who fought with the
Union troops in the civil war. ana sen. sen.
with the armies of the Confederacy.
Spanish-American war veterans IN
ciude Senators New. Frelinghuysen.
Wadsworth Lewis. Weeks, Sardaman
and Farrell.
Senators will assemble at 3:45 o'clock
on the walk leading from the west ter
race steps of the Capitol to the Peace
monument, and the order Of formation,
as announced this morning. will be:
Sergeant Col. Charles p. Hig-
gins; flag bearers. Col. E. A. Halsey.
John J. McGrain and John T. Wayland;
Senator Salisbury. president pro- tenn
pore of the Senate: James Baker. 7. w:
Keller and Carl D. Loefier; the civil
war veterans of both sides. marching
with Senators Lodge and Chamberlain:
then the senators. in order of terms of
service; the Senate pages. headed by
Joseph O'Toole. and the clerks IN the
floor of the Senate.
Doorkeeper Sinott of the House has
asked members to assemble at the east
front of the Capitol by 1920 o'clock.
that about 10000 will be in line. The
second division will include the regi-
ment from the officers reserve camp
at Fort Myer. the National Guard. Dis
trict of Columbia: regiment Of en-