New-York tribune., 1919-01-22
Hvlala' Army
Greesel's " ant
S250,OOO More
Socialist Aldcrmcn's Obiec-
:ions Put Mayors Request
Over TIL Tuesdays Meet
Total Cost Near SIOO, 600
sl8O.OOO Authorized Cor
Welcome to Soldiers:
Elaborate Feic Planned

Mayor Hylan yesterday asked the
goard Of A,Gcr.lcn to give S2500O0 to
sbc Mayors Committee on Welcoming
Homecc.Ain- Troops. The money IS
wsntcd 20 cover part of the cost Of
erecting the rcpatriated American sol
e;ers o{ New York and immediate vi
emily.
III his message &c tSc Board Of Al
dermeu Mayot Hylan requested the is
sue OF qaarter OF million dollars
OF special revenue bonds. President
Bowling moved that the resolution vot-
ing the n;oney TO the committee be
adopted a. once, but the Socialist al
dermer and Alderman Squires, of
Brooklyn. interposed objections and
the proposal was made special order
for next Tuesday.
Already 100000 for welcoming pur-
noses has been put in this years
budget. This. with the $4,000 author
lied for the Victory Arch and the $3.50
600 asked for yesterday, makes total
of S430,G00 the city would be contribute
ing toward the soldiers welcome.
Total Cost Nearly 100000
Grover A. Whalen, the Mayors sec
retary who presented the Mayors mes
sage asking for the $25O.OOO. said the
total welcoming expense would be be-
tween S6C0000 and 500 900. The money
the city does not provide will be raised
by private subscription, he added.
The Mayors committee plans parades
for the New York regiments as they
return from France. For these there
will be street decorations costing S125,-
000
In City Hall Park the decorations
will be of the Colonial period. follow
ing closely those set up by old New
York in honor of George Washington.
On the morning Of each parade there
will be a reception to officers at City
Hall. The officers will be greeted by a
guard OF honor in uniforms of Revolu-
tionary War time.
Washington Arch, in Washington
Square, i'll be the centre of other col
INNS and arches that will form port
start their march UP Fifth Avenue.
These arches Will be emblematic OF
the Allies of the United States.
odiiy DclOtdttu l\oult
As the veterans reach Twentv-third
Street, they will emerge into Madison
Square through curtains of camou-
aage netting, which will disclose a
brilliantly decorated square, having
the Arch of Victory as its central set
ting and with the Altar of Liberty to
the east. Above the arch viii be sus-
pended a nest of captive army obser-
vation balloons in holiday garb.
Camoufage netting, evergreens. gar
landed poles, sombre draperv and ban
ners etc, will convert Fifth Avenue
in front of the Public Library into q
Court of Victorious Dead.
AT the plaza at Fifty-ninth Street
the Mayors Committee plans its su-
preme decorative feature. This will
be a series of giant national flags.
In addition to the decorated zones.
the Fifth Avenue Association is plan
ming gala welcome dress that will
make the returned boys wonder if it
is the street they used to know.
$4,000 for Illumination
The association also is finding van
tage points in Office and store win
dows from which relatives of the vet
erans may view the triumphant re-
turn.
Illumination of the decorations will
cost $4,000, Mr.. Whalen told the al
dermen- He said $4,000 was needed
1or grandstand in Central Park
From the plaza, the troops will wheel
INTO Central Park South and past the
grandstand. After march down
broadway, the troops will break
The Mayors Committee is con-
smplating dinners for the troops af-
eef the parades. It is estimated these,
Naich will De served in armories, will
cost 100000.
After the dinners, there viii be box
ing bouts and vaudeville entertain
ments in the armories.