Evening star., 1919-08-22
DISTRICT TO HAVE
HOLIDAY WHEN 1SF
DIVISION PARADES
Review viii Be Tribute to
A. E. F.-President May
Greet Pershing in N. Y.

Washington will have a holiday
lar Army parades here next month.
The grand review will be tribute
to the entire American expeditionary
force, and assurances were given at
thes White House today that the oc-
easion would be declared holiday :.
j Assembling Equipment.
Already the work of assembling
equipment for the $4,000 officers and
men has been started by the War
Department, and arrangements made
Tor housing them in and near the city.
Col. w. S. Grant of the general staff
Is in conference this afternoon with
Robert N. Harper, chairman of the
citizens welcome committee, to ar
range for rousing reception to the
veterans, who were the first to go
into action in the war with Germany.
The units of the division which will
march up Pennsylvania avenue with
full equipment are the 18th, 18th,
26th and 2Sth Infantry. the 5th, 6th
and 7th Field Artillery regiments. 1st
Regiment of Engineers, 1st Engineer
Train. the I'd Field Signal Battalion,
the Sd. 4th and 5th Ambulance COM
panies and one field hospital COM
plete.
President May Greet Pershing.
1T is probable that President Will
son may go to New York to welcome
Gen. Pershing on his return to this
country, it was admitted at the White
House today, though it was added
that no definite plan had yet been
adopted. Gen. Pershirg is said to be
due to sail from France about Sep
tember l, which would put him in
New York about September Z or s.
1t had been expected that the Presi-
dent would be on his way to the Pa
cific coast at that time to review the
Pacific feet there.
White House officials would not saw
today whether his plans for welcoming
the fleet had been abandoned, but theV
insisted that he had not given up the
idea OF making speaking tour in the
interest Of the peace treaty.
Teh beginning of the tour and the
date for the review of the 1st Division
will be arranged SO there will be no con-
fict. for the review Of the men with
their full complement of horses, eurs,
wagons, trucks, caissons, rolling kitch,
ems. ammunition carts, etc, will he a
sight never before witnessed in this
country.
Will Make Up Equipment.
The division will not bring back all
of its equipment. but all deficiencies will
be supplied by the War Department
from stores now in this country. One
of the most difficult problems will be
the assembling and care of the thou
sands of horses needed for the artiI-
iery brigade, the supply trains and Of
ficerS rating single mounts.
Much interest will center about Bat
terry c of the 9Th Field Artillery. which
fred the first shot in the war, and which
will be one of the units in the pa
rade.
The men of the 1st Division may be
by the crimson figure l
on their left shoulders This insignia
was chosen because the division was
the first division in France, first in
any sector, first to fire a shot at the
Germans, first to attack, first to con-
duct raid, first to be raided, first to
capture prisoners, first to inf1ict or
suffer casualties and first to be cited
singly in general orders.
Spent 22O Days at Front. :.
In all the division spent 220 days in
the front line. 127 days being in So
called quiet sectors and SO where
were active. There were All
of its personnel killed or died of
ed total 17,201. At the time of the
armistice 1t had received 3O,206 re-
Out of the entire division
but 152 were taken prisoner by the
Germans, while 6.467 German officers
ana men Iell into its hands.