New-York tribune., 1918-04-25
Liberty Day Exercises To-
morrow Will Boom
Loan Here
Wounded Men in Line
Governors and Mayors Will
Be in Reviewing Stand
at Library

Those who have contributed six or
more sons to the United States Army
Navy or Marine Corps will be entitled
to first nonors in the procession in the
Service Flag parade up Fifth Avenue
tomorrow afternoon. The quest for
the mother who has given the most
sons to the service of her country has
brought forth two women, each of
whom has six boys under the colors.
Mrs. William Quinn, of Great Neck.
Long Island, and Mrs. Louis Rosen-
berg, of 1878 Newkirk Street, North
Bergen, n. j., at present are tied for
highest honors, each being represented
unteered. One Of Mrs. Quinn's sons is
married and has an infant son, and
two of Mrs. Rosenberg's boys are mar
ried, having two children each.
The fighting sons of Mrs. Quinn
are: Joseph, married; Alferd, Frank K,
James H., Eugene L. and Edward. Mrs.
Rosenberg's sons under the colors are: {:
David. married; Morris, married; Sam
uel, George, Isidor and Harry. The
Liberty Loan Committee will send au-
tomobiles to these two women to bring
them to the parade.
Notables to Review Parade
The parade, which will be review
from the steps of the New York Pub
lie Library by Governor Whitman,
Governor Walter E. Edge, of New Jer-
sey; Governor Marcus H. Holcomb, of
Connecticut; Mayor Hylan and a COM
mittee OF mayors from all parts of
the Federal Reserve District, Rear
Admiral Usher; General Mann, in
command of the Department of the
East; Andre Tardieu. French High
Commissioner; Lord Reading, the
British High Commissioner, and the
members of the Liberty Loan Commit
tee. viii! start at Washington Arch at
:, p. m. and proceed up Fifth Avenue.
thirty thousand persons are expected
to march. carrying household or insti-
tutlonal service flags.
AS the central feature in the local
programme for Friday, which President
wilson has designated as Liberty Loan
Day, the parade, it is believed. will at
tract enormous crowds. Special places
OF vantage will be reserved for mem
bers of families privileged to carry
service flags. - 90.
The Liberty Loan Committee yester-
day appealed to all business Concerns
not engaged in essential war work to
give their employees a half-holiday to-
morrow to enable them to pledge anew
their financial support of the govern
ment. Besides the parade, the COM
mittee has arranged for special pa |
triotic exercises at the bond selling
centres, and for a rally at Liberty
Land, at the 69th Regiment Armory. t
Tor the evening. at which Enrico Caru-
so ana others nave promised to sing.
Parade in Four Divisions
The parade will be in four divisions. !
Inc hrst will be largely military in
cnaracter, and will comprise both reg
uiar United States troops and volun-
teer organizations, as we'll as marines |
and naval reservists. Officers from
the Allied armies and war exhibits
Will also go in this division.
Representatives of the city depart
ments, delegations from the Rainbow
Division of the Trade Organizations.
piatoons of Liberty Loan workers, del
egates from various civic orpaniza
tions and from the metropolitan news I
VIA Ahh1c III the second dlVl- /
sions.
The third division will consist of
representatives of labor organizations
and the colleges. Labor will be repre- /
sented by two thousand members from
one hundred unions. The workers will !
carry thirty service flags. James P.
Holland, president of the New York
state Federation of Labor, will act as
grand marshal of the division
The fourth division will include the
wives. sisters and mothers of the dis I
trlcts lighting men. Each household
which has contributed a soldier or +
sailor is entitled to have a representa-
tive in the parade.
Brigadier General George r. Over.
commanding officer of the First Bri,'
sade,. New York Guard, will be grand
marshal. Included in the first division
Will be convalescent American and Al.
lied soldiers in carriages, buses and
automobiles. Each unit in the narade
will convey the spirit of national ser
vice, and will remind the onlookers
that they, too, can serve by buyinp
Liberty bonds. N''"s