The Washington times., 1919-08-27
PERSHINGDAY
PLANS REACH
FINAL STAGE
Tickets for Reviewing Stand
viii Be on Sale Within
Next Few Days.

Ample accommodations will be pro-
vided for the thousands of Washing
tonians and visitors from out of town
who witness the parade of the First
Division next month, Col Robert N
Harper, chairman of the citizens com:
mittee on arrangements. stated this
morning following a conference with
War Department officials.
Stands will be erected along Penn
sylvania avenue and seats will be sold
at prices available to everyone, the
cost Of the seats being just enough TO
cover the expense for erecting the
stands. Detailed instructions for
Washingtonians who wish to pur-
chase seats to witness the parade
will be announced within a day or
two. The sale of tickets probably
will be handled through a civilian or
ganization, and not from the War De-
partment.
Huge Arches OF Triumph.
Construction work on the two
arches of triumph to be erected on
pennsylvania avenue will be under
way within a week. The two arches
are to be the largest ever erected In
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fifty-five feet
The arches will be erected at Fif.
teenth street and at Seventeenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue. Between
will stretch the Court of Honor. bor-
dered on one side by the stand re-
served for the reviewing officers,
members Of Congress, and the Diplo-
matte Corps of the allied embassies in
Washington. On the other side a
stand will be built IN which seats may
be purchased by spectators.
Division Here Five Days.
Five days will be consumed by the
division for its mobilization and de-
mobilization in the Capital for the
parade. Although the date is only
tentative, September 10 is planned as
the parade day in Washington. This
date will depend, however, on the
day the parade is held in New York.
Two days before the date set for the
divisions demonstration here. troops
will begin arriving from the North on
all available railroads. They will be
taken to Potomac Park, Fort Myer,
Camp Meigs and Camp Meade. TheI
troops will continue to pour into the
Capital on trains arriving every few
hours until the movement is COM
pleted. The entire division will be |
in Washington and ready for the pa
rade twelve hours before the time |
scheduled for IL to commence.
May BE DemobIIiEed Here.
Following the parade the troops |
will consume two days in clearing" |
Washington. Some of them may re- |
main at Camp Meade for demobiliza- |
tiOn, while other units are expected |
to be sent to other parts of the /
United States. either for demobiliza-
tion or for assignment to permanent |
posts.
Y. NJ. c. A. heads were at the War |
this morning, comforting |
with officials in charge OF the pa
rade. A complete system OF feeding |
and caring for the soldiers is now
being outlined by the organization.
Commissioner Louis Brownlow
officials this afternoon on the ar
for parking some of the
equipment within city limits.
advance Guard" on Way.
Sailing Of the advance guard of
the First Division was announced to-
day by the War Department Those
units which will arrive this week
and the first Of next, include:
Field and stan headquarters sup
ply company machine gun battalion,
First Battalion and Medical detach-
nent Of the Twenty eighth Infantry,
First Battalion headquarters, medical,
and ordnance detach-
rents, Companies B and c of the
First Engineers, ffty-three officers,
1872 menu. S. S. Orizaba, August
30.
Medical detachment and Second
battalion headquarters. headquarters
company, and Companies z, F, and G,
Twenty eighth Infantry, Is officers
and 81 menu. S. S. Suwanee, Sep
Lember 1.
Medical detachment and Third Bat
TALON, Twenty-eighth Infantry, "a
officers and 7S2 menu. S. S. LIBERIA
-Or, September /.
First Battalion, Sixteenth Infantry,
Il officers, 754 menu. S. s. Free
iOm, September 3.
Field Hospital No. 3, 3 officers, 50
menu. S. S. Liberator, September /.