Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
PARADE TODAY
OF DANDY FIRST
Wounded and Gassed Remnant
OF 1o9th Regiment, 200 Strong,
to March Here
WASHINGTON GRAYS' SONS

Dandy First" Regiment of the old
Pennsylvania National Guard which
made an enviable record in the great
war AS the 100th Regiment will be
celebrated at > o'clock this afternoon
with a parade of 200 of its wounded
veterans and like number of its vet
eran corps
The old First is the direct descendant
of the Washington Grays. which was
organized on April 10, 1892, as the re
suit of recommendation made by both
Presidents Washington and Jefferson.
The parade will thus also mark the
nina y seventh anniversary of the real
founding of the regiment.
When War WhoOps Rang
Tho Washington Grays fought
through the Black Hawk War and the
Mexican War and became the Gray Re
serves. or First Regiment. on April 10.
1861. When the present war broke
out the First Regiment went to France
as federalized unit under the com
maud of its colonel, Milard ID. Brown
Two hundred men will participate in
the parade and the other festivities at
tending the anniversary. All have been
returned to this country as casuais and
have suffered wounds or been gassed
They will be led by Colonel Brown aud
the Police Band.
Two hundred members of the veteran
corps. which is composed of men who
have served at least one enlistment
il the old First, will escort the boys
of the Tooth. They will be led by
Colonel j. Campbell Gilmore and the
Veteran Corps and the United States
Navy Trumpet Bands.
Line of March
The parade will leave the -armory
at Broad and Callowhill streets at
o'clock. and the line Of march will be
down Broad street TO Locust, to Six
teenth. to Chestnut. to Twelfth. 10
Walnut. to Fifteenth and thence to the
reviewing stand in front of the Union
League Club.
In the reviewing stand will be
large number Of army and navy of
fcers including Major James w. l-atta,
n Civil War veteran and former com
mander of the Veteran Corps. who will
act as the reviewing, officer: Colonel c.
Stuart Patterson. a former commander
of the corps: Colonel Prentice Strong,
of the Second Artillery, New York Ma
tional Guard; General Offiy Shaw, of
the British army; Lieutenant David A.
Costantini, General Garibaldi. of Italy:
Rear Admiral Hughes. commandant of
the Philadelphia Navy Yard; Major
General l.. W. r. Waller and Major
Charles ]. Biddlc.
To Dine at Union League
At the conclusion of the parade the
men will be the guests of the corps at
a dinner and entertainment at the
Union League Club. The speakers will
be Judge Alba w. Johnson. Chaplain
Floyd W. Tomkins. Major Charles J.
Biddle and Colonel Millard D. Brown
Colonel Brown. will relate the entire
record made by the 1O9th in the fighting
in France.
4 feature of the entertainment will
be representation of all the Allied
nations by officers from each of the
Allied countries. They will march into
the dining room to the accompaniment
of their national air played by the
bands and carrying their national
emblem. Belgium will lead, then
France. England, Italy. Japan and the
10oth itself. Edward II. Stotesbury
will lead the 100th representation into
the room, playing drum, as he did
when he assisted in recruiting boys and
men for the Civil War in 1861 in In
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