New-York tribune., 1919-03-16
Mayor Offers
Empty Hope to
ar.Cripples
rounded Will Not Be s'Neg-
Iected'' When 9th Goes
on Parade, He Assures
Seats All Are Pre-empted
Hospitality of venue
Dwellers Futile When
Curb Is Commandeered

y Ffth Avenue has placed itself lit
Y .sllv at the disposal of the wounded
..ls;ers in New York hospitals, who,
;.,ied seats in the Hylan-Hearst re
,sxing stand, are seeking means to
..w their marching Buddies of the
9Th Division.
That is, the portions of the avenue
rat have not been commandeered by
ia Mavor's Committee of Welcome to
uomecoming Troops will be turned
,ssr to the wounded men by private in
Sviduals. 1t was generally admitted
,,sserdsy, however, that the business
men who are giving up all available
~;ndow space to the wounded men will
,ot he able to care for all the 5000
,onyalescing soldiers who hope to view
the parade.
With the big reviewing stand stretch
;ny from Fifty-ninth Street to 10th
an the vest side of Fifth Avenue and
the Mayors committee preparing to
rome of the east side of the avenue be-
tween those streets in order to dole
out Standing room by ticket only, not
much desirable reviewing space re-
mains to be distributed by business
men or householders.
Promises Fail to Convince
Protests at the failure of the Hylan-
Hearst body's failure to provide seats
tcs the wounded men yesterday brought
, forth a blanket announcement from
representatives of that committee that
athe wounded men would not be neg
seted' 1t even was said that such as
could not be given seats in stores or
on the tops of buses would be seated
In the grandstand. But since provision
for distribution of the tickets to the
reviewing stand already has been COM
plsted and no seats remain for the
5000 wounded men, army officers
agreed that the last promise of the
Mayors committee must have been in
tended as pleasant fiction only.
The daily statement of the Mayors
.ommittee last night contained this
paragraph:
If it is not possible to provide ac-
sommodations for all of the GONZALES
nnts inside of buildings or in the fleet
II stages that will be parked at the
Filth Avenue street crossings, pro-
vision will be made for them in the
big reviewing stand. The committee
viii see that none of the men is
neglected"
Nobody connected with the commit
Zee could be found who could tell how
the reviewing stand could be made to
accommodate these men since nc
tickets have been reserved for them.
How Tickets We're Allotted
The $4,000 tickets for the reviewing
stand had been allotted as follows /
long before any suggestion had been
made by the Mayors committee that
founded men be given seats:
Two tickets to each soldier in 27th
usls'oh ................ $4,000 |
10 members Mayors Committee (un-
csrineqt-- 3 900 or 5000 !
10 relatives of dead and wounded of
ztth OlvisiOn. 00f /
10 city officials, upstate officials. al
asrlnen, Tammany politicians and
'eeir friends approximately. ...... $4,000 |
These figures are necessarily ten
allve, since the Mayors ticket experts
have refused to announce the number
o. tickets to be given out to any but
me necessary two each to the soldiers
70 the division. The question of Civ
'ag tickets to members of the com
nlttee itself presents difficulties that
aase not been openly discussed.
theoretically, the Mayors Committee
q welcome to Homecoming Troops is
snposed of 1000 members. AS a
natter Of fact, however, it has so
asindled in size through resignation
cI o. mos, nose who refused to serve with
- William Randolph Hearst, that even
sas secretary of the committee is in
nolDs Is TO it's numerical strength
~ not known whether two tickets
" one will be allowed to each mem
.s gsl Neither is it known whether the
..csets will be sent to each nominal
member member or only to those who have
aash active part in the present vel
Vest Point Cadets Invited
yesterday afternoon the Mayors
committee sent an invitation to Colo
w ssa 2 Z. Iillman, superintendent of the
.s ssss Point Military Academy, asking
aas west Point cadets serve as
saard Of honor to occupants of the re-
..lswlng stand. Should the invitation
= accepted much of the space on the
sn ssss side OF Fifth Avenue, between
- x.,nsy-ninth and 10th streets sthe por-
sapn 70 be reserved for holders Of
!. .Msndee" tickets-will be occupied by
r ,se west Point men and veterans Of the
ssg xork Guard regiments here.
Complaints that previous military
szSfades Y have suffered because of lack
Z Hiusac cannot be made of the forth
sSsn,ng pageant Brigadier General
'-oco and Colonel Wells, representing