Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-21
PLAN TO MAKE 1ST
|. DIVISIONS PARADE
NATIONS GREATEST
D. c. Citizens and U: $. Of
ficiaIs Will Cooperate.
Pershing to Be Here.

Wheels began to turn in the Ma
tional Capital today to make the tri-
umphal parade of the famous list Di-
vision. of regulars here, about Septem-
Der Is. the greatest thing of its kind
in. the. history Of the nation. iexcsed-
ing, in some features. even the grand re-
view Of 1865.
Citizens Of Washington and ofiicials
and officers Of the War Department
will cooperate in planning the great
greeting which the city aims to give
the 1st Division. which will arrive in
New York about August 81. Robert
n Harper, chairman Of the citizens
welcome committee, today called a
meeting Of the committee for O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon. when plans will
be considered.
Probably will Be Holiday.
With prospects that the day will be
made a holiday. and that Gen. John j.
Pershing, commander of the American
expeditionary froces. either will lead
or review the parade, the city came
to the realization today that here is
the great opportunity for the people
here, representative Of the nation, to
pay tribute not only to the men Of the
LIST Division, but. through them, to the
entire American expeditionary force
which fought and bled on the fields Of
France for the glory of America and
the world.
Plans for an unusual feature for the
parade, in tribute to the division. will
be made at the meeting of the well
come committee tomorrow afternoon,
Chairman Harper said. Other mem
bers of the committee are Walter A.
Brown. Board of Trade; w. B. West
lake, Federation of Citizens Associa-
tons: A. L. Sinclair. Chamber of Com
merce: DR.. f. w. Wiseman, Federation
of Colored Citizens Associations:
John Joy Edison, representing the draft
boards. and Joseph Berberich. the
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation.
The parade here. following a parade
of the LIST Division at New York. prob
ably will be advertised throughout
the nation as the national welcome
home" Scores of features will be
worked up to add to the general at
Effectiveness of the day. Pennsylvania
avenue will be made bright with flags
and bunting, beyond all previous eff
forts, to welcome the parading divi-
sion. which will march in full equip
ment. with all its combat and field
trains.
Contains More Than $4,000.
In columns of tours, the LIST. Divi-
sion which comprises more than $4,000
officers and men. stretched twenty
nine and a half miles, with it's COM
bat and field trains. which include
the ration and ammunition carts.
machine guns. artillery corps, rolling
kitchens. sanitary. supply and am
munition trains and the motor cycle
units.
This big fighting engine" as War
Department officials call it, will not
be marched in nearly thirty mile
line through Washington, however
According to Col. w. S. Grant, mem
Der of the operations division, gen.
eral staff. of which Gen. Jervey is
chief. the parade here will be in mass
formation.
Col Grant. who is in charge Of
War Department arrangements for
the parade of the division here, said
today that the division will be so
marched that it's total length Of line
will be in the neighborhood of ten
miles. Cut to this length, the divi-
sion will take about five hours to
pass a given point, he said.
In passing. the people of Washing
ton will be given a unique oppor-
tunity. never given before in the his
tory Of the United States. it is be-
in wartime equipment. Certainly it
Is pointed out, never before has a
modern division marched here, with
it's wonderful equipment Of twentieth
century guns and war inventions,
trench hats. motor cycles, etc.
Plan to Placard Wagons.