Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-07
Downtown SOLDIERS
NANT Home ROUTE
0outh Philadelphia Iron Division
Veterans Will Parade There
or Nowhere
READY TO VISIT GUENTHER

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dclphia veterans of the Twenty eighth
4 Division, most Of whom were wounded
mud returned to this country as easuals.
have refused to take part in the big Iron
Division parade and demonstration un-
less their homo district is given more
consideration in making the route of
the pageant.
Sib The tight for change in the parade
plans that will bring the beginning Of
the line of march farther south in Broad
\ street than Washington avenue. tho
tentative starting point. was begun
by the Passyunk Avenue business
Mems Association and is being taken up
BY the South Philadelphia Business
Mems Association.
delegation of the wounded veterans.
many from the 10th Infantry. into
which the old Third Regiment, y. G..
P., was incorporated when the guard
was taken into the federal service. is
planning to call upon j. Jardcn Gucn-
fber. secretary and executive manager
of the Philadelphia welcome home com
mittee.
The soldiers will bC led by Private
Angelo Constantine. 1925 Fcrnon street.
member of Company a. 1O9th In
fantry philadelphia old DANDY
y First"), who returned some time ago
after being severely gasscd.
Will Not ignore Slight
Many of the men in my orgnniza
4 tion were from South Philadelphia and
am sure they will not ignore the i'm
piled slight to that section in the laying
OUT of the parade route hc said.
s'The South PhiIadcphians will cor.
talnly want to parade through their own
section of the city and any plan that
has the procession moving but about
ten blocks in South PhiIa'dclphin and
approximately fifty six north of Mar
ket street is sure to be n keen disup-
4 pointment to them.
Take the men of the old Third for
instance, he continued. They arc sure
TO- notice that the armories of the First
and Second Regiments, at Broad and
Callowhill and Broad and SusQuchannn
avfnue. respectively, arc passed. and
that their own receives no such honor.
although it is but two blocks below tho
scheduled starting point.
The soldiers delegation will point
out to Mr.. Guenther that the South
Philadelphians are not confined to one
organization. but are mixed in with the
4 personnel of all the Philadelphia rcgi-
ments. They will tell him also of their
determination not to parade and to use
ellthcir influence to prevent other South
Phiiadelphians from entering the pro
cession if the route is not extended fur
Il ther south.
Private Constantine pointed out that
4 South Philadelphia has long been noted
for the munner in which it dressed"
L ~ Tor every festive occasion. and that
u scnDsylvdnia s Iron mon" should not
be- denied the pleasure IF walking
through the streets of that section.
A Theodore Cook. representing the
" Passyunk Avenue Business Mems As
tociation, yesterday forwarded letter
to! Mr.. Gucnther. in which the associa-
Z tion voiced virtually the same senti-
X ments as those expressed by the soldiers.
9f Guenther for Change
The request to extend the parade
farther downtown seems to me to be
reasonable one Mr.. Guenther said
and is sure to receive every possible
consideration. The matter will be placed
4 before Adjutant General Frank d.
Beary, chairman of the parade commit
tee. and ] am sure he will do justice
tosall concerned"
Mr.. Gucnther pointed out that the
parade start had been put at Washing
ton avenue in the tentative plan be
capse of the great distance to be ira
versed north of Market street The men
will walk to Broad aud Huntingdon
streets, where they will receive refresh
mSnt in the Philadelphia Ball Park. the
most accessible place for serving them.
\ freshments.
yames a. Hamilton, president Of the
South Philadelphia Business Mems As
sociation, has his organization at work
on the protest.
The manner in which the Twenty
eighth Division reception is being taken
up throughout the state is shown in
the number of requests for tickets from
4 all parts of the commonwealth. These
requests should have been in two weeks
ago, but the committee has fixed next
Saturday as the last possible date on
which such requests can hope to receive
any consideration.
Requests were received yesterday
from Carlisle, Altoona. Harrisburg
DpnviIle, Cory, Kane. Bradford, But
let. bloomsbury, Bedford, Johnstown,
Kittanning, Mahoney City. Mcadvillr.
Affdia, Norristown, New Albany, Oil
CITY, Phoenixville, Ridgway. Potts
town, Sayre, Scranton, ,Tamaqua, War
1 rem, Wayne, Blairsvillc, Waynesburg
Wilkes Barre, Wiliamsport and York
The magnitude of the task of award
ing the seats can be grasped when it is
kp e..s . that the requests are frequently
for hundreds of tickets. Carlisle wants
ECO and PhocnixvillN 600, with other
TOWNS and cities not far behind. These
applicants expect every consideration
shown TO those in this city who apply.
Solicitation for flake" official pro
gram for the big parade was exposed
Yesterday by Mr. Guenther and warning
iskued that nobody should contribute to
- on bay advertising in the medium. The
publieation, if there is any, has nc
Hfliciai standing News of the fake
was turned over te the police depart
ment.
Major w. c. Murdock, the state:
rlief draft officer, today urged tina
consideration be given to members o
n ~. - l.. fa A.