The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-05
Twelve Thousand People Witnessed
the Ceremony and Listened to
the Addresses.

The dedication of the New Wheat
ley-Provident Hospital on last Sunday
witnessed the greatest gathering of
members Of the race that ever assem-
bled in Kansas City. And the earnest
ness and enthusiasm evidenced in all
that vast thorng speaks well for ra-
cial unity and progress in this COM
munity.
The dedication was preceded by a
monster parade, participated in by
more than 1000 people, divided into
four divisions, with Mr.. Eugene Lacey
as Grand Marshal, assisted by G. A.
Page, O., j. Gilmore, Charles H. Har-
ris and Col. Daniel Moore. The first
division consisted of Marshal, Mr.. G..
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1. w. P. Hospital Board. 2. Sec
ond Regiment Band. 3. U. R., X. of
P. 4. Court of Calanthe 5. K. of P.
6. Baptist Ministerial Alliance. Z. X
c. Medical Society. s. Methodist Min
isterial Alliance.
Second Division-Marshal, Q. ]. Gil
more.
l. Knights of Tabor. 2. Daughters
of Tabor. 3. Lincoln High School.
4. Attucks School. 5. w. w. Yates
School. 6. Booker T. Washington
School. 7. Blue Valley School. 8.
Bruce School. 9. Garrison School.
10. Wendell Philips School, II. City
Hospital. u. Red Cross. IS. Gradu-
ated Nurses. ID. Douglass Hospital
Board. Is. Douglass Hospital Club.
16. Sons and Daughters of Jerusalem.
II. Boy Scouts.
Third Division-Marshal, Mr.. Char
ley Harris.
l. Knights of Friendship. 2. S. M.
T. 8. U. B. F. L.. Women City Clubs.
3. Daughters and Sons of Zion. 6.
Right Hand Club B. L. Union. I. B.
L. l. P. U.
Fourth Division-Marshal, Col. Dan.
Moore,
l. X. C. Patriarche. 2. Household
of Ruths. 8, Odd Fellows. 4. Negro
Business League. 5. American Wood
men. 6. X. of P, E. & w. H. Z. Mis-
souri, Home Guards.
Flying from the building was a mag
niticent American flag presented to
the hospital by Mrs. Pinkie Glenn,
and it was indeed a beautiful and long
to be remembered sight to see the
different divisions as they swung in
Forest avenue from 18th street. march.
ing with military precision and with
an air of dignity befitting the occa-
sion.
Music was furnished for the parade
by the famous Blackburn's Federated
Union Band of Musicians of fifty
pieces, and by the popular Second
Regiment Band and Drum Corps of
forty pieces. Much credit is due these
splendid musical organizations for
having donated their services for this
occasion, for which it would have cost
under other circumstances $15OOOI
each
One of the organizations that at
tracted universal attention and won
continuous applause was the Sons and
Daughters of Jerusalem and st. Elmo
Drill Team, under personal command
of Col. T. B. ]. Robinson and Mrs.
Gertrude Hickman, Supreme Vicel
Queen. The Drill Team was elegantly
uniformed and their marching arous.
ed tremendous enthusiasm. They had
three hundred forty-eight members in
line besides the drill team and the
thanks of the Hospital Board are due
Col. Robinson as we'll as all the other
organizations in line for their splendid
showing.
Through mistake in orders the
Masonic bodies were not in line, al.
though Grand Master Fields and most
of his cabinet marched with the Hos
pital Board and had the order gone
out to the lodges in time, there would
have been more than one thousand
Masons, Knights Templars, Eastern
Stars, and Heroines of Jericho added
to the procession.
On arriving at the Hospital grounds,
which had been handsomely decorated
and o great baud stand, through the