New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
Gen. Pershing
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At $3.50 A. M.
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the city's guests in the Aldermanic
Chamber. where Mayor Hylan will de-
liver an address Of welcome. II is
probable G neral Prshing will make a
rcrly. although he has not vet been
acquainted with The spcechmaking pro-
gramme thai has been outlined for him.
Tn, windows ana various elevated
POINTS of vantage along the general 3
route from the Battery TO City Hall,
and later 20 the Waldorf Hotel, have
been reserved by men and women work
crs who expect to abandon their du-
ties for the morning. The party will
pass up Broadway from the Battery to
Park Row, into City Hall Plaza. and
later up Centre Street to Lafayette, to
Fourth Avenue, to Ninth Street, to
Fifth Avenue, to Thirty-third Street
and TO the generals headquarters in
the Biltmore.
An Army of Policemen
In addition to the escort Of police
that viii prccedo the machines up tho
route from the Battery. there will be
500 policemen on duty a. the Battery,
go at City Hall and from fifty TO 100
in every block of the route to be trav-
crsed TO the Waldorf. 1t is expected
that even the cary hour will not pre-
vent unprecedented crowds from turn
ing out to greet the city's guests, and
every prccau,ion is being taken to pre-
vert congestion along the route Of the
party.
Another private reception will be
rendered The general by group o. his
friends upon his arrival q. the Wal
I l,,,, u on,
given in his honor at the same hotel.
In the evening the entire party will
be the guests at dinner to be given
by Rodman Wanamakcr. chairman of
the Mayors Committee Of Welcome, at
the Ritz Carlton Hotel.
Events scheduled for Tuesday. and
those tentatively named for Thursday,
all are subject to revision and ap-
proval of General Pershing after his
arrival. 1t is understood, however, that
since he has agreed to become the
guest of the city during his stay here,
he will place himself in the hands of
he committees now making appoint
ments for him.
$4,000 School Children
The mos; important event of Tuesday
will be the reception in the Sheep
.O
school children will greet him. In or
der TO make this feature OF the pro-
pramme possible the schools Will be
dismissed at noon Tuesday and will
not be reopened until Thursday. In
order that such of the pupils as de-
sire 70 see the parade Of Wednesday
may do so.
The childrcn's programme in
Central Park will he0in at 2:30 o'clock
in .he afternoon. While it is in
progress platoon Of arplanes will
hover over the meadow.
At s O'Clock in the evening recep-
ton will be rendered to General
Pershing at the Elks' Club. in West
Twenty-third Street. He will be the
guest of honor at another reception
10 be given an hour later by the George
Washington Memorial Association. al
Carnegie Hall.
Wednesday has been called "Per-
shing Day" and will be a holiday OBJ
served by practically all OF the big
business houses in the city. Genera
Pcrshing will head what promises TO
be the most spectacular of the many
parades that have passed over Fifth
Avenue since America entry into the
war. 1t Will be the first time the city
ever has been given the opportunity
to view full division with all its
paraphernaia on the march. The
parade will move from 10th Street
at 10 o'clock and probably will CON
sumo five hours in passing down the
avenue.
Arrangements have been made b.
the Mayors Committee for the ac-
commodation Of wounded soldiers and
sailors in uniform along the line Of
the parade. Some of these men will
be cared for in the grandstand and
others in park benches along the Fifth
Avenue curb. Members Of the Grand
Army of the Republic and veterans Of
the Spanish American War have been
provided with tickets emitting them
TO seating accommo odationS at the Pub
lie Library, south of Forty second
Street.
United States senator Warren. Gen
cral Pershine's fathcr-in-law; Sena
tor James W. Wadsworth. Of New
York. and other members Of the Con-