Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03
25,O|DD TO March
BEHIND PERSH|NG
New York Is Ready to Fete
Commander-in-Chief Of the
A. E. F.
NO FUND FOR GRANDSTANDS

and the parade Of the First Division OF
the regular army. with the American
commander In chief at its head. on next
Tuesday are complete following a
conference between Major General
Shanks, commander Of the port of en-
barkation, and the mayors reception
committee. General PCrshinE's ship,
the Leviathan, is expected to reach New
York Monday.
No Money for Stands
No funds are available to rebuild tn"
grand stands along the Central Park
side Of Fifth avenue. and the hundreds
of thousands who will want to soc the
parade will have to stand or provide
their own seats Seats fpr Tn" parade
will be provided for five thousand per
sons, who will include only rclativ"S
Of the officers of the First Division
and members of the mayors comgmitt""
of welcome and their guests.
Suggestions have been made to the
mayors committee by Major Paul DAILY,
chairman of the First Division welcome
home committee. that if FUNDS ran w"
obtained from private sources. ot If
lumber is contributed. the division en-
nineering companies now at Camp Mills
will volunteer to erect the grand stands
free of any cost to tho city.
A patrolboat carrying the reception
committee and a number Of high 9th
cials, who are expected to include Sec
retsry of War Baker and General
March, chief of staff. will meet Che
Leviathan at the entrance to New York
bay and will escort the liner to the
same Hoboken pier on which President
Wilson disembarkcd on his return from
Europe. After exchanging greetings
with the reception committee on the
pier General Pershing will he taken
aboard the patrolboat aud brought to
the Battery. where he will be- met by
detachments of police mounted ON
horses and motorcycles, who will escort
him to his hotel.
Generals As Staif
In the First Division parade Gen
erai pershing will have for his staff all
the generals who have commanded the
famous unit since the declaration Of
war. They will include Major General
William Sibert. who took the division
overseas and later returned to take
charge of the chemical warfare service !;
Lieutenant General ROBBERS l.. Bullard
who left the division on July -, 1918.
to take command of the Second Army &:
Major General Charles r. Summcrall.
who succeeded General Bullard; Briga =
dier General Frank Parker. who re-
Gayad Gonoral SnunnrnIl in 1Itnhnt,
and Major General +. +. Mctilachlin,
, she present commander.
One Of the most interesting features
of the parade will be the presence of
the first American field gun fired in the
great war and the first American colors
borne on the front These historic relies
will be brought from Washington. where
they are being preserved as national
souvenirs of the tremendous struggle.
Another novel feature will be- the pres
I ence of the welfare workers who were
attached to the division.
At division headquarters it is rSti 70
mated between %, 900 and % 200 men
will take part in the parade. which will
take five to six hours to pass a given
point and will be fourteen miles long.
AL former members of the division are
invited to take part. They are re-
quested to report TO headquarters tW0
days before the parade in order to draw
the necessary equipment.
Washington. Sept. 3.-tBy A. PD--
General Pershing will be formally wei
coined at New York by a cougrpSsiuua
committee.
This was decided upon today by th'
joint committee of the House aud Sen,
ate arranging to welcome the genera
back home. The committee will con.
suit with him regarding plans for hi
reception at the Capitol. Composing
it will be Senators Wadsworth, New
York, chairman of the Senate military
committee; Warren, Wyoming. Gener
al Pershing's father in law. aud Rep
resentative Kahn. California, chairman
Of the House military committee; Re,
publican Leader Mondell. Wyoming
and Democratic Leader Clark, Missouri