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GOV. Coolidge Urges Mass.
Legislature for Fund

| Tie uOuS2 ways anu lnSdnS com it.
tee in response to special message
| yesterday afternoon from Governor.
! Coolidge. who urged that generous
! provision be made by the legislature
! for the reception to the Goth or
! Yankee division.
It is estimated that about s15o,OO0
7 will be necessary for construction Of
| reviewing stands and to carry out
! other arrangements to enable rela
! tlVeS of the men to attend the cele
! bration; 100000 to put the army
| supply base or terminal warehouse in
! South Boston in shape to house the
| men, and $4,000 for incid entails The
! cost of the reviewing stands will
| later be apportioned among the cities
| and towns which send large delega-
| tons to observe the parade.
The city Of Boston plans to appro-
| pirate $4,000.
Governor Coolidge's Message
| The governors message follows:
! "To the Honorable Senate and House
| of Representatives:
LAS already announced, the War
| department, in cooperation with the
| commonwealth and the city, is PLAN
| ming a parade for the 18th Division
sometime in April. This division is
made up in part of the National
! Guard of Massachusetts, and in part
| of the National Guard of the other
! New England states, so that the event
will be observed by the presence of
! the governors of all New England
! and probably by some members Of
/ the cabinet whom l have invited
! This will be the greatest military
| parade and the greatest celebration
! that has taken place in Boston in
| conn ection with the present war. 1t
I is expected to continue through sew
| eral days. The men are to be housed
! at the South Boston terminal ware
| house. Large grandstands will have
| to be erected for the accomm odation
Of families of the soldiers and Of Wis
iting delegations from states, cities
and towns. It is estimated that
! bringing this division here for this
purpose will involve an expenditure
by the War department of more than
million dollars.
| "In considera ton Of the importance
Of the occasion and the pride which
our whole nation has in the achieve
ments of the 26th Division, and be-
cause this celebration is TO be in part
representative of our desire to do
honor to almost 1000 soldiers,
sailors and marines who have borne
| for us the burden of the war [
earnestly urge that a generous ap
| preparation be made to carry out the
plans Of the joint committee of the
| General Court and of the citizens, in
anticipation of action on the general
budget. In order that arrangements
may be made with the least expense.
it is necessary that the, appropria
ton be available at once.
"CALVIN COOLIDGE"
Plans For the Reception.
After Representative Frederic 9.
| Nichols and other members of the
joint Legislative committee on enter
| tainment of the returning heroes of
the 26th had discussed the plans for
the celebration with the governor. he
announced further details of the pro-
gram. 1t is proposed to house the
| entire division of $4,000 men at the
| army supply base and COmmOnW ealth
| pier in South Boston, and $1,000 of
the state appropriation will be devot-
ed to improving these quarters. Fam
lilies of the soldiers. who are expected
from all parts of New England, and
visiting delegations from states cities
and towns, will be given accommodate
, | tons on grand stands and bleachers
two miles of which will be erected
along the line of march at a cost es-
| timated at $4,000.
Route of Parade 13 Miles Long.
The route of the parade will be
3 miles long and the division, march
ing in fighting trim and with much
of it's equipment, will take more than
four hours to pass a. given point.
The division, which is to go to
Camp Devens after debarka ton, will
| be of this city in whole or in part
! for five days in connection with the
| celebration. One-half of the division
| is to be brought up on each Of the
two days Immediately preceding the
day of the parade, and will be return
ed in the same order the two days fol-
! lowing the parade.
To the states 100000 appropra-
| ton will be added the appropriation
from the city of Boston. Other cities
of New England which have large
units in the 10th will be asked by the
committee on arrangements to make
further appropriations. Gov. Cool
idge in his message estimated that it
would cost the war department more
than s1,O00,00O to bring the Yankee
division here for the parade.
BilIeting Plans Not Yet Approved.
Plans to use the army supply base
for bileting the 26th have not Vet
been approved by the war depart
ment, and at the Northeastern depart
ment it was said that for the present
they would have to be held in abey-
! ance. Col. A. F. Williams, chief OF
staff, went to Washington today in
| connection with the plans.