New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
General Organ Decides
on Open Ranks SoEvery
Soldier Can Be Seen
Great Procession
May Start Uptown
Series of Entertainments
Planned for Troops ON
Day Before the Pageant

Father hnlckerbOcker Will keep open
house for his sons in the 9th Division
on Friday and Saturday, March 21 and
o.
On the Saturday the entire division
will parade in Fifth Avenue, will be
guests at various armories and will
have the run of the city. The boys
sho broke the Hindenburg line will
come in from camp Friday to the
nmories from which they left to GO
to the front, will be entertained at
dinner and with athletic events and
vaudeville attractions. and will re
ceive thousands of visitors.
This much was definitely agreed upon
yesterday after Major General John F.
Organ, commander of '"New York's
Own had announced that the last
shipload of his fighting men would
reach here on March IS. Any delay
in the arrival of that ship would make
the appearance Of the men it carries
impossible on March 20, the date
originally named for the parade.
But that was about as far as plans
could be announced with any degree Of
certainty last night. The proposal that
the men march up Fifth Avenue from
Washington Square to 10th Street
may be changed to reverse this order.
Another Conference To-day
The objection to the original route
Is that the paraders would have to
march back downtown again to their
sPmores and that unnecessary con-
gestlon would result This and many
other details will be worked out by
General Organ this afternoon at an
other series of conferences with state,
Federal and city officials
The commander of the 9th reached
temporary division headquarters at the
Elltmore early yesterday morning and
spent most of the day working out
daalls OF the programme that, tenta-
lively arranged by numerous welcom-
ing bodies. was presented for his ap-
prova
The date of the great parade de-
pends almost entirely upon the time
:. OF the arrival Of the last contingent
Of the divisions troops.
After numerous kilograms to Wash
lngton and radios to incoming ships
This schedule Of the returning soldiers
was announced, as follows:
Nleu Amsterdam, Sd Battalion, 1O7th
Infantry. March 9.
Mount Vernon, 102d Supply Train.
lo2d Sanitary Train, 1O2d Ammunition
Train, 9th Military Police Company.
March 10.
Battleship Missouri, 1O6th Machine
Gun Battalion, March 18.
america, 52d Field Artillery Brigade
neadquarters, 104th Field ARTILLERY.
lgSth Field Artillery, 106th Field Ar
tery. March 13.
Agamemnon, 1o2d Engineers, Com
psnes t and F, March 49,
Holandia, l02d Signal Battalion.
I .9th Machine Gun Battalion, March
Open Formation Scheduled
Two days would hardly be enough
Hafgin TO assure certain preparation
M ior the parade" said General O'Ryan
uun Battalion would be the last unit
to arrive by making the date for
. sne parade March % we will have suf-
nc'ent time 10 get all Of the men ready
70 appear as they should"
~ mad been suggested that the close,
Of massed formation was the most i'm
PpresslYe pre-, IN parade, but General
VKyan, who insisted on considering
, only the interests of the parents and
ieiatives Of the returning fighters, said
. u would be difficult to distinguish the
various individuals in the line if such
marching order was maintained AS a
consequence. the full distance" or
. open formation, probably Will be or
oeFec' making it possible for every
mother 10 pick out her son as he
marches past the reviewing stands.
Another stipulation by General
Vkyan that will be welcome news to
she relatives of those who gave their
. .Fes on the fields Of Flanders was that
the relatives Of the divisions honored
oead be given the choicest positions
vWneers Of the Mayors Committee of
"eieome to Homecoming Soldiers
sgseed that this would be done.
Good Care for Soldiers
. r After the parade the men will 20 to
syfoDao!e this viii take week or ten
..1seys. Assurances have been received
,..ttoh neads Of big corporations that
.s"e men VIII be given their old jobs,
s.r Detter ones just as soon as they
ispply FOR them.
"n3!s the men are at the armories
.r IN camp full army meals will be
y.'s'oed, General Organ announced
syesterday
Until the boys actually are musterd
SI' they viii be cared for" he said.
~ nope relatives viii refrain from
.''f'ner worry on that point"
! General O'Ryan's first day in the
.sny. after bis overseas service, was
ss'ehupus. Al his Office in the Bjlt-
uuYfe he found many floral tributes
ss.A "As nas ciOsetsd with Colonel Kincaid
sna starr during the morning. passing
.pon detasln Of the tentative pro-
ss'sshme for welcoming the division.
~ aoon he was captured by party
~ trends and taken 10 luncheon M
ss Ritz Carlton. On his appearance
- i, shs dining room the National An.
p.sm ~as played by the orchentra
s.i,ssssynody in the room chccrcd the
Sees Lieutenant Honored
stsam tne afternoon, accompanied by
s ,wo coionels, he went 10 Gov.
sss.os o1s Island, where he paid his re-.
60 70 General Thomas II. Barry
sEa".handfr Of the Department Of the
tfs ~ Ieneral Earry's Office he wai
fs.s, "'es, interested wtness Of Il It'll.
~. WAT bad not been scheduled foI
"a particular moment
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