Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
MEADE PREPARING
FOR CITY PARADES
Soldiers to Visit Baltimore
April s; Washington Latter
Part of May.
SHELTER TENTS ARRIVE
Special Correspondence. Of The Star.

| Special oorrcspondenee Of The Star.
CAMP MEADE, Md, March 10
Regiment by regiment, Meade's 10000
National Army soldiers will get under
canvas and bivouar at the western end
of the big reservation beginning Mon
day afternoon, ip preparation for the
parades which win be held in Baltimore
and Washington.
In view OF the fact that the troops
have now received their shelter tents.
camps in Druid Hill Park in Baltimore
and in Potomac Park when they come
to Washington. They will hike the
Twenty miles from camp to each city:
camp out over night; parade the next
day; camp out second night and then
hike back to Meade.
Tentative orders were issued last
might from division headquarters to
Iregimental and other unit commanders
to prepare for the parade in Baltimore
on April 6. the anniversary of the
declaration of the war against Germany.
Review in Washington in May.
Meade's troops will not pass in review
before President Wilson in Washington
until the latter part of May, by which
time the weather will have become
Sufficiently settled to reduce to a
minimum the chances of it's being
imarred by rain.
\ While there has been considerable
demand for a parade of the division in
| Washington at an earlier date. the
District parade committee has stead
tasty declined to make the request on
| the ground that April is too PREACHER
Gus q month.
in Baltimore the 313th Infantry Regi-
| ment-and other commands probably
| at intervals during the month-Mon-
day afternoon will pack up their
| to the western end of the reservation
| where they will light their fires and
bivouac for the night. They will start
hiking for the camp site in the early
| afternoon. in order to give the men
plenty of time for the work of COL
| lecting wood. building fires and making
their preparations to cook their first
meal afield.
Stood Physical Examination.
Word was received here today from
Washington that Maj Gen. Joseph E.
Kuhn. camp commander. and Brig. Gen.
Everard E. Hatch, commander of the
brigade to which the District battalion
|
physical examination to which all Off
| GERS destined for overseas service are
subjected, with flying colors. Brig.
Gen. William ]. Nicholson was not ex-
amined until several days after Gems.
Kuhn and Hatch, and for that reason
no report has been made as yet in his
case
| Gen. Kuhn has accepted an invita-
the Parkway Theater in Baltimore Sun
day afternoon. April Z. The affair is
being arranged by the United Service
Club for Soldiers and Sailors on West
| Fayette street.
Company c to Give Dance.
Members of Company of the Dis
ming to give big dance at their bar
| racks tomorrow afternoon and even
ing in celebration of st. Patricks
birthday. More than $50 of their wives.
| sweethearts and friends are coming
| out to help make the affair big sue
| cess.
! The barracks of the company have
| been prettily decorated with green and
greens. Novelty souvenirs, including
| caps, crackerjacks. fans and horns will
be given each of the fair guests. Prof.
Aichers orchestra will furnish the mu-
the machine gunners will forget the
| drumming in their ears caused by
week spent on the range and have its
place taken by the lit of lively dance
| tunes. The dancing will begin at 5:3o
| O'Clock and continue until $50 pm,
| when a buffet supper will be served.
Mess Sergt. Scroth and Company
Cook William E. Smith. the champion
pared a great feed for the occasion.
The menu will include baked ham, po-
tato salad. mayonnaise dressing, celery.
| olives, rolls and butter. coffee. ice cream
and 'steen different varieties of Smiths
| celebrated pastries.
In Honor of st. Patrick.
| At tbs o'clock tomorrow night spe-
ciai entertainment in honor Of St Pat
! rick's day will be held at the main
Knights of Columbus building. Luke
| Fegan. who will impersonate Harry
Lauder. and a number of other volun-
teer entertainers, all from Washington.
will stage the entertainment MISS
| Mary Moran is the impresario who got
the company together. Others who will
take part in the program include Mau-
rice Fitzgerald. Misses Ruth Hollings-
worth, Peggy Moran. the Misses Crow
ley and Claude Nichols: The program
will consist largely Of Irish ballads,
songs and comedy acts.
| Tank companies now modified at
Meade are under the command of Maj
Henry Stevens. and. constituting por-
| be raised in this country by Col. r. NJ
| WeIlborn, formerly of the militia bu-
reau, are destined for early transfer to
Gettysburg, Pa, at which place one of
the big camps for the exclusive train
ing of men in this branch of the serv-
ice has been established.
Mobilization at Gettysburg.
| 1t is understood that men will be
| assembled at Gettysburg from all parts
| of the country, and it is likely to be one
of the biggest tank concentration
| camps. The wooden barracks formerly
| used for mess halls and storerooms will
| be utilized for the accommodation of
the tankers. and probably large addi-
| lions will be constructed in the near
| future.
Three horses were reported trampled
| to death and traffic on the trolley line
| between Odenton and camp was blocked
| for several hours this afternoon as a re-
L Of he Iii L.