The Washington herald., 1919-09-16
FLY OLD GLORY
Is EARNEST PLEA
OF ROBT. N. HARPER
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

oy william Gude, VINO arranged 10
have the court OF honor at the White
House. strewn with 10000 blossoms
for Gen. Pershing and the boys of the
First Division to trod upon
1t was planned to have Camp Fire
girls hurl the flowers in the path OF
the General and the men. but Mai.
Pullman and Col Grant have decided
that the horses might become fright
ened and stampede. The danger OF
the horses slipping on the freshly-cut
flowers was also siven as one Of the
reasons why the plan should be aban-
uUncd.
whether or not Maj. Pullman
makes a fnaI decision against our
plans, We stand ready to make our
cfer good anyway" declared Mr..
GUIDE last night. If we cannot strew
LIae path with flowers. we shall make
other plans TO distribute them to the
boys"
Decorations Nearing Completion.
The great Victory Arch practical
Iy is complete, and the work Of
decorating it started. At the key
stone Of the arch is a group OF al
lied fiaSs. representing the United
States. England, France, Italy, and
BelEium.
aeId cannon and a large an
decorated with flowers, will
...-cd at the base of the arch,
an . huge banner bearing the
words, All Honor to Our Heroes"
will be hung nearby.
The infantry companies of the
First Division are expected to leave
New York this morning and will
probably arrive at the Washington
freight yards late this afternoon.
Nine bands will be stationed
along the route Of the parade and
chOruses of 500 girls also will be
along the avenue. When the bands
in the parade stop, the side-ltn"
bands and the chOruses will 'whOOp
it up for the welcome heroes.
Fifteen thousand applications for
seats in excess Of the number avail
able in stands erected along the
line sol march have been received, it
was announced last night.
Cen PershinS is taking an active
personal interest in the parade Ac-
C0m04nieG ny Cen. Andrews his chief
Of staff. and col Qucckemeycr. aid
de camp, Gen PershinG spent a large
Part Of yesterday IN checking up the
military details for the demonstration.
II is Gen. PcTs hinE'S aim TO have
the grand review go down in history as
an example OF what military pa
rade should be. and II IS for this
reason that the masters eye is upon
the detailed arrangements.
The hCadguurterS Of the American
IN NDeditiOuary Forces are now for the
first time on American soil. They
We're established today by Gen. Per
shin= IN the old United States Land
= &
PerShinG moved IN early yesterday
morning and staEtod his first day Of
routine.
q. VI. {. to he Represented.
Iu The line Of parade ten of the
forty different organizations which 90
10 make up the First Division will
belong TO the Quartermaster Corps.
The z. NJ. C. will be represented by a
greater number Of separate organiza-
tions than any other arm of the serv-
i,r. not excepting the infantry.
The number Of Q. ". c. organiza-
riOns with a combat division, as re-
vealed in the battle pageant, will come
rs a surpris" to most people who were
not familiar with the actual organi-
zation OF the American fighting forces
in France The parade will show the
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how the Q. NJ. c. operated right up
TO the furtherest front line.
In tine parade the Q. NJ. c. will be
represented by the following ten or
gzrIza tions in the First Division:
Miscellaneous quartermaster units.
rUartermaster headquarters personnel.
bakery company No. I. salvage COM
pany No -. sales commissary unit 80
laundry unit 81. clothing and bath unit
80, dsiOusi7E and bathing unit Is, de-
IoUsin- and bathing unit 3. mobile
veterinary unit.
As the names OF the various outfits
indicate" the Q. VI. c. performed q
wide variety Of services with the fight
inz troops.
But most people outside of the
army are under the impression that
the sole duty of the Quartermas-
ter Corps is to provide food and
clothing. The parade tomorrow
will correct that faIlacy. As a
matter Of fact. the Q. NJ c. per-
forms a greater variety of duties
than any other department of the
army.
Business Houses to Close.
Among business houses which
nave nOLlnEQ lue MeTCnantS ana
Manufacturers Association they
will close are: s Kann Sons and
Company. the Hccht Company.
ALansburgh and Brother. Kings
Palace, GOldenberg's, Woodward and
Lothrops, the Palais Royal, Po-
torIar Distributing Company, Ameri-
can Dairy Supply Company. the
Crane Printing Company, Semmes
Motor Company, Shaw Walker
Company. the Elite Laundry, F. ].
Heiberger. RiZik Brothers, r. 4 P.
andrews Paper Company. C. Op-
-penheimer. william Rosendorf. NJ.
Philipsborn. J. l. Leverton. Erie
baCher's, Charles C. Stott and Com
panY. Whitmore, Lynn and Alden
Company. Victor E. Desio and Com
pa1y. Howard and Deane, National
Electrical Supply Company. Bedell
and Company. Gus A. Kneessi,
Lansburgh Furniture Company. Ma
tfonal Furniture Company, The Hub
Furniture Company. James B.
Henderson. Young Mems Shop.
Saks and Company. J. NJ. Gliding
and Company. Parker Bridget and
Company. O. J. DeMou and Com
pany. f. F. Droop and Sons Com
pany. George W. Pareso and Com
pany. NJ G. Copeland Company. W.
B. Moses and Sons, Frank R. Jelleff.
Consolidated Ticket Ofice at
Thirteenth and F streets north
west, NJ. Brooks and Company, r
Berberich's Sons, William Hahn
and Company. Harry c. Grove.