Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-12


truck, twenty-three tank trucks thir-
teen artillery supply trucks. seven
water trailers. thirty-one kitchen
trailers, one cargo trailer. thirty
eight motorcycles, 245 side-car mo-
torcycles. 342 bicycles.
Night stops OF the train scheduled
were Philadelphia CAST mighty. Havre
de Grace, Baltimore and Washington.
Troops held at Camps Merritt and
Mills. chiefly infantry. are to be moved
to this city during the next few days,
for mobilization at Camp Meade pre-
paratory to the parade. The total
strength Of the division in the
parade, it is stated, will be about
$4,000 officers and men.
Official Program Featured.
The sale Of official programs of the
review will begin tomorrow and will
be in the hands of 5000 women of
Washington, aided by boys of the
Junior Marines Naval Scouts and the
Junior Defense Guard.
The programs are the work Of the
STAFF of The Comet Back" the official
Walter Reed Hospital publication:
The handsome cover is printed in red
sixty-four pages, filled with pictures
of the LIST Division in action, taken
by the Signal Corps. and with a con-
else history of its operations.
in Washington, a page Of pictures Of
the house military committee and
another of the corresponding commit
tee in the Senate, stirring poem by
Maj. Arthur Harrison Miller c. A: c.,
and full page picture of President
Wilson are other features.
No one will make any profit out OF
the programs, the work Of compiling
them and selling them being volun-
tary And to enable it to present a
copy to every man of the LIST Division
the Comeback management has ar
ranged to distribute artistic gold and
silver medals to the most successful
saleswomen. Gold medals will be pre-
scented to those who turn out 100 or
more assistants in their organization.
provided all their allotment of pro-
grams are sold. Silver medals will be
given captains whose batteries sell
their entire allotment Women selling
smaller numbers In excess of five
copies will be given certificate OF
appreciation printed on parchment on
the Comeback press.
The welfare organizations having
charge of the program sales have es-
tablished headquarters in the Frank
lin School building in the office OF
Miss Cecil Norton.
= Shower Of Flowers Suggested.
Suggestions have come from nu-
merous sources that the thousands
who view the parade next Wednesday
bring with them all the wild and cul-
tivated flowers they can gather and
shower the marching troops with
blossoms as they pass.
Every man, woman and child
should gather all the wild and culti-
waited flowers within the District and
adjoining Counties" said Fulton r..
Gordon Of Chevy Chase today. "and
throw liberal portion of their fiow-
ers in front of his horse. retaining
q generous amount to shower upon
the soldiers following.
THE superintendent OF our parks
and botanic gardens might be re-
their gardens and have Boy Scouts
distribute them to spectators along
the route of the parade. to be thrown
to the marchers."
Airplanes to Fire salutes.
Spectators at the review will see
the best imitation Of an air battle
ever given in, or, rather, over, WASH
ington. There will be twenty,three
are marching. and they will fire a
series of salutes from their machine
guns while speeding above the Ave
nue. Nine of the machines will be
of the De Haviland type and fourteen
will be Bristol single-seaters.
While the airplanes are dartfng
| through the sky a large sausage bal
LOOM" of the type used on the front
| for observation, will be flying above
Potomac Park. The big bag will be
| a familiar sight to the veteran
marchers. for balloons of this type
marked the battle lines on every day
the weather permitted. and offered
tempting targets to enemy airmen.
The planes and flyers will be from
Boiling Field and Hazelhurst Field, the
latter near Mineola, Long Island. The
| flights are being arranged by Lieut.
Col. John N. Reynolds and Maj. Scan
Ion.