The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-04
TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
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COMES.
Washington, D. c., Sept. For the
third time since the birth of the re-
public, the national capital will well
come home a conquering hero and
victorious troops, when Gen. John J.
Pershing and the famous First divi-
| sion of regulars parade here about
September 20.
This victory parade will be the
greatest military spectacle the CAPT
tai has witnessed since the reception
accorded Admiral Dewey when he re-
turned after sinking the Spanish
armada in Manila harbor without the
loss of a single man.
Officially SIGNALLING the close of the
great world war, the celebration will
be an epoch making affair in the his
tory of Washington. Elaborate plans
ment and a committee of Washington
ians for the gala day. It is intended
that this people OF the United States
shall have the first and only oppor-
| tunity to witness the power OF q
division equipped and ready for bat
! tie" The boys OF the First division
will march with full equipment, In
/ Guiding not only artillery and machine
gun units, but even all the details OF
transportation and medical organiza-
ton. In other words. it will be a first
/ class modern fighting unit ready for
from the old fashioned military parade
in full dress.
The exact date for the celebration
has not yet been definitely fixed. A
sort of preliminary parade will be held
| in New York City soon after the de-
| will be billeted at Camps Merritt and
Mills. 1t is expected that the entire
personnel will have arrived in this
country by September 10. and that
the New York pageant will take place
a few days later. Major General
Shanks. commander of the port of de-
barkation at Hoboken, N. J.. will set
the date for the parade.
Following the festivities in New
York. the division will begin its move
ment to Washington. All animals and
| vehicles will be sent by train during
period of several days. Then the
boat with the division personnel will
move a day or so before the big pa
| rade.
General Pershing is scheduled to
land in New York sometime around
! September 10 in which event he will
be on hand to take part in. the New
York pageant Whether he will ride
at the head of the troops in Washing
ton or occupy place in the reviewing
stand with President Wilson has not
yet been determined. His personal
wishes win be consulted in this
matter.
For the first time since the Civil
war a combatant division of troops
will be encamped in the environs OF
this historic city.N Potomac park. back
| Of the White House, will be one of the
] concentrating points of the division.
The men will camp there the night
| before the parade. 1t has been sug-
gested that the division remain there
day or so after the celebration. dur
ing which time it could be inspected
by sightseers.
Early on the morning Of the parade.
the twenty-eight thousand men OF the
| division will march to southwestern
Washington, where the units will fall
| in line in their respective order as the
columns near the Peace monument,
at the foot OF Capital hill. Altho no
definite route of march has been
mapped out, it Is believed that the
parade will start at the Peace monu-
ment and pass along Pennsylvania
avenue, which is one of the widest
thorofares in the world, to the review
| ing stand to be erected in front of the
| White House. From early morning
until past evening on the day of the
| parade, Washington will present the
point. All day long columns of
marching soldiers, horse-drawn and
motorized transportation will move
back and forth along the streets of the
capital.
ne of the features of the parade
will be the gun which fired the first
shot of war for the Americans. 1t is
the property of the First division. At
the present time it is at West Point,
where it was brought a couple of
months back as one of the most
coveted souvenirs of the war. Z
There will be a court of honor and
triumphal arch opposite the White
House. The gallant troops will pass
under this arch a few yards from the
| point where they will be reviewed by
the president. his cabinet and mem
bers Of the diplomatic corps. Stands
will be erected along Pennsylvania
avenue for out-of-town guests. Al
ready Washington hotels are being lit
| orally deluged with kilograms by peo-
pie who will come to see the striking
spectacle The town will be elegantly
decorated and the president will de-
clare a holiday for all the depart
ments.
and other important battles pass in re-
view before the president, another
-cenef of the days of IS will be re-
called to the oid-timers who witnessed
the review of Grants army. On the
2srd day of May of that year. the
Army Of the Potomac, and on the next
day Sherman's army that marched
TO the sea, paraded here marking the
termination of the Civil war. Those
! who remember say that for hours on
both days the boys in blue" swept
| thru the capital while hundreds of
bands made the air ring with patriotic
| music.
i More than 200. 900 veteran troops
who had fought in every battle of the
Civil war, commanded by the leading
northern generals. were reviewed by
their commander. Lieutenant General
Grant. President johnson and his cabi-
net, dlgnitaries OF our own and other
4 countries and by the throng of citi-
zens who came from all parts OF the
north.
The night before the first day of
the celebration, the Army of the Po-
tomac camped in the capital II
rained and the men were wet and
dreary, but as the day dawned, the
clouds disappeared and the capital
looked like a large military camp.
There were brigades marching al