Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-01
LAUNCH 10 SHIPS
HERE ON FOURTH
Vessels Will Leave Ways at
Nearly Every Yard on
Delaware River
PARADE IN NEW JERSEY
Employees of Three Plants.
Numbering 10000, Will
Join in Celebration

zen ships will leave the ways in Della
ware RIVER yards on the Fourth of July
lhey will form the contribution Of
'his district to the splash heard round
the world that will attend the launch
ing Of ninety-odd vessels in the ship
yards of the nation.
Hog Island will be one of the few wards
oh 'he Delaware that will not launch
snip on the Fourth But It will
start launching about August and
ai'er that there will be little stopping.
The nine vessels will have a total
deadweight tonnage of 49.4Ss tons. The
biggest of the lot. to he launched 1T the
fusey Jones Gloucester plant. was
originally named William Penn. out the
name has just been changed bv Drec.
tor General Schwab to India apolis
The other ships to be launched a., n Tho
| Fourth are 49S6-ton transport. Santa
ieresa' ana two destroyers of 1900 tons
,acn AT the Cramp yard the Nebonest
i"'oo" tons. at the Sun yard, Chester.
me oloO-ton cargo carrier Scanlon AZ
tne New York plant. at South Camden.
| Two wooden ships of $500 tons each at
,he Irayior yard. at Cornwells, and th.
Jones Wilmington yard.
Hog Island will have = big share in
the July celebration, nevertheless Flag
ralsings and other exercises will he con.
quoted at the big plant. where thirty-
Two hulls and keels will soon he trans
! FORMED into completed ships.
camden and Gloucester intend To he
ol 'he fourth-of-July map in vivid col
! ors. The Pennsylvania yard at Glouces-
ter will have the honor of sendina off
tne biggest ship of the day when il
launches the 12,500-ton cargo vessel In
dianapolis. The New York ward a,
South Camden, will give the s1O0-ton
cargo carrier Scanlon her initial dip.
! Big Parade in New Jersey
| About 10000 persons. working in the
! three yards on the other side of the
Delaware will start their celebration
! with parade officials of Glouces-
ter and probably of Camden. too, will
head this parade. with the bands of each
yard playing patriotic airs.
Following these will come representa-
tives of the New York Shipbuilding
! Company, the Welsbach Mantle Com
pany. the Argo Mills and the II. & D.
| Mills
A float for the 'Pusey & Jones Club
board of control is being constructed
under the direction of c. V. Ancker
! tnlS nOdt the men VIII marCn
/ by departments. The Gloucester city
fire department and police department
will be in line. The company band,
the Boy Scout Fife and Drum Corps
| from National Park and possibly the
Liberty Band will be in the parade.
The procession will start at $3.50 a. m.
! from Broadway and Cumberland street
and will march as follows: North on
Broadway to Essex; west on Essex to
| Cumberland; south on Cumberland to
Market; east on Market to sixth; south
on Sixth to Charles; east on Charles
to the barracks.
Exercises on Balr Field
At $50 on the ball field the patriotic
meeting of the day will be held. The
band will give a few selections, ana
! then the two speakers of the DAY fur-
nished by Edward S. Mckaig, director
! of the Delaware district of the national
service section of the Emergency Fleet
Corporation, will be heard.
Captain w. A. Cameron, of the Cana.
dian army. who since the beginning OF
the war-has been used by ms Govern
ment to go UP and down the line speak
ing words of cheer and encouragement
to the men of the armies and who was
detached from that duty a few weeks
ago to permit his speaking to the snip
workers of the United States, Will be the
principal speaker.
M Jusserand, the French ambassador,
has designated Lieutenant Commander
Henri Chovel, naval attache or the EN-
bassy, as his representative to speak
To Raise Fifteen Flags
After the addresses the band Will play
"America" At the conclusion OF tnis
niece the soldiers Of Company vii,
fire volley Of shots, at whlch s.sn",
the fifteen flags to be raised at various
nIaces in the yards will be unfurled.
The boxing and trapshocting will take
place at 1890 to 1880. The poNihg eH-
hibitions will be staged on staho ", pc
tween the two diamonds. Theodore FL,
,,S,, ,',,,, he in charge of this affair, and
Charles Sheldon will supervise the trap-
shooting. The track meet is scheduleu 10
st.rt at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. otheI
events will be three-mile run P PS
races for men and women, three-isss ~ -
race a peanut race. sack race anu a
5Oyard dash for girls. A speciai en.ls
blank is being got out TOT
events. The ball games Will De a' anu
3.3O o'clock in the afternoon
uron, 70 1880 D. m. there will be
dancing on Charles street Inc use
e Jones Band will furnish the music ior
tbs dancing. Edgar Rappaport Is III
charge of this feature.
Celebration at wilmington
secretsrv of Commerce Redheld VII
J ~ orator at the launching OF the
arao CARRIER Aurora at the wilmington
"a Of Pusey & Jones Company. Inn
,yi,, he by special request OF biret'o,
CensraI Schwab, of the Emersen's
EIas, CORPORATION, who will be IN san
Francisco on that day -,
The Emergency Fleet Corporation WI, MI
I a,so send the following officials TO .ne
Ia,mching: d. H. Cox, manager Oh 'ne
diyis,on of steel ship construction o..
Ienks of the Baltimore district anu
|, William G. Coke, of the fhiiaoe'pi'''
! district ,,
MANY men prominent in the pohtical
,,so Of Delaware are expected TO pe
,,rssent Including Senators Wolcott aii'
Saulshurv Governor John q. Townseho
, n, Mavor John w. Lawson, jugs
Caorge GRAY and state Highway COM =
,,,iss;oner Josiah Marvel. Thee Puses "
Ionas hand will be in attendance
The shipworkers and their Iann,,,.s l1,aay !
viii devote the remainder OF the hoi,uss ,,' ;
} 10 their athletic program ihere W. VII ~
ALI sorts of contests for men, "oi"e'
and children.
/ Men at the Traylor shipyard AT ooi n
walls are planning to have ps -
e ON the Fourth apart from the iauho'hs -
5 An will see the two wooden ships siiu'
!. down the ways. but before ana ai'e
! ,hosa events the holiday spirit VIII o'
( active. ,t, hay,
4 F,mployes and their families VIII nav
trasdom of the plant and a larg'