The Washington herald., 1919-11-11
BANDS TOAIDIN
ARMISTICE DAY
! EXERCISES HERE
Ceremonies Scheduled to
Begin Promptly at 1870
This Morning.

Tnree Dands Will Iurnlsn tne mar
tial and civic airs at Lafayette
Square during the armistice ami
versary observance this morning
The Marine Band will give a con-
cert and play the national airs Of
the allies from 1918 until 1880.
After the imprtssive moment of ST.
lence at IL o'clock It will. render
the American national anthem.
leaving then TO attend the Prince
Of wales. The Navy Band and the
band OF the Department of the In
terror will alternate thereafter un-
til the close Of the exercises.
The ceremonies will begin promptly
at 1880 o'clock The opening prayer
will be made by Rev. Henry N. Cou-
den, the chaplain of the House of
representatives. The Armistice Day
message Of the President will then
Be read by Fairfax Naulty.
Commissioner Brownlow. for the
District. will speak on the purpose
Of the day. Representative Lea. of
California. will present the two
Redwood trees. one for the civic
forces and one for the military and
naval forcea. Secretary Daniels will
deliver an address. Then the firing
party will simulate the-closing shots
of the war from sixty-one seconds
before IL o'clock until exact IL.
The firing party will be under the
command of Col Russell c. Lang
don, u. S. A. and will be composed
Of enlisted men from the Sixty-third
Regiment. bluejackets from Norfolk
apd Marines. The Marines will dis
play the eolors OF the Fifth and
Sixth regiments. which were car
ried through the war. and were in
the Belleau Wood battle. The
colors of the Seventeenth Regiment
will be shown. and the national
eolors and battalion nag will be car
ried by the sailors. all with appro-
pirate ceremony.
solemn Moment of silence.
At the close Of the firing will come
the solemn moment Of silence In
memory of the dead. Chaplain Cou-
den will offer a prayer for peace and
the roll call of the States will be
read.
Senators FernaId. Fletcher. Repre-
sentatives Miller and Hardy win de-
posit the earth from their States,
which will be brought by Col. Wyllie
and aide and handed to the speakers
by wounded men from Walter Reed
Hospital. Although he will not speak.
Gen. Pershing. who will be there with
his stan will, at an appropriate
moment. deposit a spadeful Of earth.
The Secretary Of the Navy, Associate
Justice McKenna. Of the Supreme
Court and others will each turn a
spadeful Of soil over the roots.
n - rla aI-
tng Field and two seaplanes from the
tsvy station at Anaeostia will ma
teuver in the air above the ceremony
rom 1870 until the close. Every pilSI
Snd man in each Of the planes-1Ill be
4 prominent flyer.
Signatures Of the President, the Sec
tetary % State. the Secretary of the
Eavy, Gen. Pershing and all the prom
nhent persons present will be written
On parchment and deposited by Com
missioner Brownlow at the roots of
fhe tree. Some of the signatures were
ebtained yesterday. including the
Presidents. and the rest will be writ
zen at the time Of the ceremonies
sSymbolie of Wartime Activities.
military and naval section UP to
vic VI lhC AAlOAAiCHN VI SllchCC
and the civic exercises which fol-
Iow the prayer for peace are in
tended to symbolic the part play
a in the great war by the military
md naval forces and the civilian
population Surrounding the tree
will be placed a circle of council
Sch will be occupied by promi-
n<nt 1gNests. This is taken from the
90 Ameican Indian idea OF the
council ofIwar and peace.
. THE firing party. bands. soldiers
ffom WaltG Reed will be Just out
SIDE the circle within a roped
square. There will be no reserved
seats except those within the
square aid all the public will be
admitted to the park up to the
square lines.
Delegations from the States and
Other participants will be properly
placed The entrance for speakers
and participants will be on the east
side OF the band stand toward the H
street side, Although the exercises
viii take place at the civic tree in the
west end Of Lafayette Square the mill
ta1y tree at the east end will come in
for attention also. Both trees were
set yesterday in a special soil pre-
pared for them by Superintendents
Henlock, Roach and Gillen. The Sig
nal corps will have a fight Of carrier
pigeons and a fight Of civilian carriers
VIII be made under the charge Of John
Linthicum Wolfe. The flight, typical
of peace. will conclude the exercises
which ii is expected will end shortly
after noon.