The sun., 1918-10-12
WILSON TO MARCH In
OR REVIEW PARADE
Guns and Tanks, Some of Them
Captured, Will Be in
Line To-day.
STARTS AT 11:15 O'CLOCK
Legionaires and Italian Vet
Grams, With Troops of Other
Allies, Will March.

Down Fifth avenue this morning will
rumble some Of the formidable machines
OF war with which the Allies have been
MASKING the western front. Great guns
and tanlY. huge machines, now worn out
and dead, having borne their part OF the
good fight. will be towed along the ave-
nue. by tractors, three whole blocks OF
them. the biggest war exhibit this coun-
try has seen.
President Wilson. it was announced
last night, will either march in the pa
rade or rcview it.
As guard of honor they will have
20, 900 soldiers and sailors. some Of them
Pershing veterans. and a few OF the
marines who were wounded In their
glorious fight at Chateau Thierry and
invaded home. 1t will be New York's
first chance to pay tribute to the men
who have fought in her service and have
been wounded so badly that they are
no longer able to take a part in the bat
tie they helped to turn into great Ger
man defeat.
whippet Tanks in Line.
The guns and tanks are stark and
gray and mud splatterel, just as they
came from the battlefield. and with them
will be numbers of guns Of all sizes.
some of them giant howitzers that were
captured from the Germans. Perhaps
the most interesting OF all are the whip
pet tanks, the fast little forts which at
tackled the German machine gun emplace-
ments and made possible the preaching
of the Hindenberg line. On the sides
Of them are scrawled the names Of men
still active over there, and the ironic
slogans do your Bit" Join the army"
and give my regards to Broadway"
On the side OF the bag German how
itzer Is stamped Fried. Krupp, Essen,
1912, Mr.. 49," An Austrian field piece
Is only second in size to the German
gun, and among the other trophies are
1856 nm. gun with two feet OF the barrel
shot away, an albatross airplane, l55
nm. field piece, two 105 nm. mortars.
four 210 NM field MOI tars. a large pill
box, several snipers' machines. two Yep
pelin anchors, a Zeppelin propeller shaft,
half Zeppelin propeller blade and
large twelve cylinder Zeppelin motor, the
only one in the country.
Just to show what will reply TO the
brothers and sisters of "Fri<d Krupp's"
agents OF destruction there will also be
four inch naval gun and mount made
in the factory of r. Hoe & Co. the print
ing press manufacturers, which will be
manned and operated by naval inspec-
tors as IL in battle. 1t is long range
weapon with a barrel nineteen feet and
weighing seven tons,
The parade. which will be reviewed by
Gov. Whitman, Mayor Hylan and Rear
Admiral Usher, will start at IL :l5 at
Seventy-second street and Fifth avenue
and march south to Washington Square.
The reviewing stand will be at Madison
Square. Brig Gen. George r. Over will
be Grand Marshal, with Lieue-Col. C. J.
Ahern chief of staff.
Women War Workers to March.
The first division. marshalled by Mrs.
William c. Draper, head OF the New
York chapter o, the American Red Cross.
will include all the branches OF women
now in the national and local services.
Then will come the group of the Allies
of the first division led by Sousa's band,
which will include representatives OF
Belgium, Brazil, the British Empire,
China, Cuba and Czecho-Slovaks under
Col. Borden.
The second division OF the Allies will
be marshalled by Col, Schemerhorn. and
will include the French Foreign Legion,
other French troops. Greece. Guatemala,
Hayti and Honduras. The third division
will be marshalied by Lieut.. Chapman,
and will include Italian Grenadiers.
Japan. Liberia, Montenegro. Nicaragua,
Panama, the Polish Military Commits
sion, Porto Rico, Portugal. Russia, Ser
bia, Siam and the United States
The United States Army forces will b.
under Brig Gen. A. c. Dalton and Brig
Gen. NJ. B, Judson. and will include all
the branches of the army. Then will
come the war material captured by
Americans at the battles of the Marine,
Ourcq, Chateau-Thierry and st. Mihiel.
The navy forces will be commanded by
Rear Admiral Nathaniel X. Usher. Rear
Admiral Albert Gleaves and Admiral
Mcdonald There will be sailors from
Pelham Bay, armed guards and men
from United States and men from the
transport service and the navy yard.
Then will come the State troops under
Brig. Gen. ]. Robb and the representa-
tives OF the city, policemen, fremen and
men Of the Street Cleaning Department.
1t will be a singing parade, for Uncle
Sans army is singing army. The
soldiers as they march down the line
will sing the war songs they have
learned in the cantonments. One OF the
most interesting things in the parade
will be sixty-hve floats in the navy
division. representing the building OF a
ship from the time- the keel is laid until
she is sent overheard.