The sun., 1919-04-01
18th WILL BUILD
A$5,OOO,OOO CLUB
Money for Magnificent Greek
Temple to Be Raised Within
the Division.
ON ASTOR LIBRARY SITE
Aim Is to Make tt, a Home
for Ideals Of Americanism,
Officers Say.

A club house OF dignifed appearance
! and containing all Of the modern lux
uries will be erected by the Seventy
| seventh Division Association as a mon
| ument TO the divisions achievements,
a memorial for It's dead and to per-
petuate the ideals of AHessicanism. II
was announced by officers Of the d.
vision yesterday at its headquarters In
| the, Biltmore Hotel. The structure will
cost 100000. II will probably be
located on the site OF the old Astor
Library. Lafayette street, near Eighth,
| which is especially desirable because
| II Is In almost the centre OF the terri
| tory from which the great majority OF
| the division was drawn.
The drawing submitted by the ar
! chitects. Warren & wetmore. resen-
, bles somewhat the Parthenon. The
old Greek temple style. in addition 10
| its beauty. will lend an air OF solemnity
| betting a monument the soldiers be-
| leve. There are ten Ionic columns at
! the entrance, and a monument Of sculp-
ture will be erected on either side OF
| the portico.
The temple will be roomy enough
| to house 5000 men. There will be
sleeping accommodations for 500. and
each regiment will have ''regimentsl
ROOM" where as unit 1t may hold its
own meetings. hang trophies. keeI
records and tablets and make n gem
eral headquarters for the individuals
comprising II. There will be an audi
| torium seating 1000 and smaller lee
| ture rooms.
A gymnasium. swimming pools ana
| shower baths will be installed. There
will also be billiard room and bowl
| ing alley. The association will be in
| corporated and the club maintained
| upon business basis.
Home OF American Ideals.
There will be educational features.
| including courses Of study. lectures ex-
| hibitions OF art and other attractions
Many OF the men who have the greatest
claim to be Americans because they
fought for the country and its ideals
are foreign born, an officer explained
yesterday. and they peed to be brought
into closer relations with their coun-
try than heretofore.
The question Of financing the project
~ the least OF the associations consider
| ations There are many wealthy officers
| in the division. 1t Is not yet decided
how the money will be raised but II vii!
be obtained inside the division.
| Work began yesterday upon the reno
walton of the old Aston Library. which
will be converted into temporary club
house for the returning men, some OF
| whom will be quartered there after they
arc mustered out until Jobs are found
| for them. Indications are, however, that
! nut few men will be without Jobs to &c
to when they are discharged.
! While plans have been making here
| for the parade OF the living. still other
plans were quietly being made for tho
honorfng of the divisions dead In
France, Grave markers, a replica of the
Statue Of Liberty. the divisions insignia,
/ have been cast in bronze eleven inches
high and four wide. These MARKERS will
be fastened to the crosses at the mead OF
/ each grave. The division has also made
a map locating exactly the grave and the
| Identity OF each OF It's dead.
There are fifteen hundred markers
which will be shipped to France imme-
| diately. Members Of the division will
! personally place them over the graves on
! tho western front. Most of the Seventy
seventies graves are in Lorraine, along
side the River Vesle. in the Argonne
Forest and alongside the River Meusc.
1
Announcement was made of the pro
| motions OF thirty-one OF the divisions
| officers. The War Departments rulings
| OF no promotions" after the armistice
was signed has been set aside by Score
! tary Baker so that deserved promot ions
| may be made. Gen. Pershing caused the
| following men TO be promoted Prom
major to lientenant-colonel, Walter W
Metcalf and Douglas Campbell; from
captain to major Weston Jenkins. Will
lam Mack. Arthur NJ Wolff. Ernest 9.
Halle, Lucien S. Breckenridge. snowden
~ Fahnestock. George c. McMurtry and
| William II. Bennett; from FIRST lieuten-
| ant to captain, Robert II. Wilton. Will
lam j. Berry. Howard Crosse. Philip NJ.
| Gray. Sidney NJ. Grosett Howard D.
Baldwin, John Crosby Butler. Hamilton
! ii. Paterson, Harold V. Jones, Warren
| sullivan. John w. Vardeman and Nathan
! II, Lord from second lieutenant to first
| lieutenant, Orlen NJ. Thompson, William
| s. Gillian, Samuel Freedman, Paul S.
! Achilles. Erastus w. Williams, Charles
| II. Andrew, Louis G.. Buisson, Homer f.
Jameson and Arnold G.. Forbea These
men are of the infantry alone. There
were promotions in other units, but they
have not yet been announced.
The Quartermaster Corps OF the Sew
| enty-seventh Is making an effort to get
| new outfits for the meR to parade In
New uniforms will probably be provided,
maybe new shoes and leggings, but the
old tin hat that they wore In battle will
ropose In the sane old place, adding at
least something from the trenches to
the spic and span soldier as he steps w
the avenue early in May.