New-York tribune., 1919-09-05
General Will Head Process
sion of Ist Division on
SOrrel Horse He Rode in
Paris Triumphal March
Hylan Issues Rebuke
Through Secretary Attacks
Self-Constifuted Commit
tee; No Seats for Them

Erection on Fifth Avenue of as big
grandstand as an army of workmen
can raise between now and next
Wednesday is expected to solve the
seating problem of the Pershing recep-
ton and the parade of the lst Di-
vision.
That and the probability that the
day will be set aside as city holiday
promise to make it possible for
record crowd to welcome the general
in his parade down Fifth Avenue.
No definite action was taken yester-
day concerning the declaration of next
Wednesda as q legal holiday, but it
was generally discussed by military
officers and civilians having to do with
the Pershing reception. Mayor Hylan
probably will be asked by representa-
tlVes of the various committees of
welcome to issue a holiday proclama-
tion to day or tomorrow.
After conference of Mayor Hylan,
representatives of the Pershing ad-
vance party, Robert l.. Moran, President
Of the Board of Aldermen, and repre-
sentAtives of the Mayors Committee
on Receptions to Distinguished Guests,
assurances of the best possible seating
arrangements We're given. At a special
meeting of the Board of Aldermen this
AFTERNOON ISSOlutiOliS CdlliNS lOi OIL
appropriation of 100000 to meet the
expenses involved in the erection of
great grandstand, the decoration of
the city and various other incdentals
viii be introduced
Expect to Have $4,000 Seats
General John w. McAndrews. form
erly Pershng's chief of staff, said that
j. was suggested that 2D,000 seats prob
ably would be erected in time for the
parade.
General McAndrews, who opened
headquarters for the head Of the Amer
lean cxpcditionery forces at the Wal
dorf Hotel. brought further details of
the arrangements for the parade when
the morning. General Pcrshing he
said. would be mounted on the sorrel
horse that carried him through the
streets of Paris in the triumphal par
adc there Members Of Pershing's staff
also will be mounted he added
Arrangements have been made to
park the big guns and all army para
phcrnalia to be used in the parade
along streets near Fifth Avenue Tues
day afternoon and evening. The down.
town section Of Manhattan will take
on some of the aspects of great camp
as the Kitchens anbulances and heavy
artillery arc brought from trains and
set Up along the streets crossing Fifth
Avenue. ready to move early the next
morning
Efforts arc being made to obtain a
reply from the French military officers
having authority to grant to the 2Sth
Infantry the right to wear the four
raeerc the American soldiers earned
while in the midst Of the lighting dur
ing TIC last months Of the war. The
18th already has been decorated and
is entitled to wear the fourragcre.
May Share Decorations
/ was agreed yesterday that if the
2Sth is permitted to don the fourragere
in time for the parade the 18th In
fantry viii part with half Of the en-
hlems now in its possession, so that
at least half of the men Of the 28th
viii I've able TO wear the evidence of
their hard earned honors
Jack Dempsey, heavy weight cham
pion Of the world, was administered an
other singing rebuke by the division
when q boxing carnival was proposed
Of Columbus. Representatives of the
X. Of c. brought details of the pro-
Grammc Of athletic events for the men
OF the lst to the Biltmore headquarters
yesterday afternoon.
Jack Dempsey has agreed to be
present. said one representative of
the K of c.
IF he is there the 1st Division won't
be present. was the emphatic state
mont Of Major Coulter "The men
viii have nothing to do with any en-
tcrtainmcnt in which he participates. -
It was explained that the 18th In
fantry had adopted resolutions de-
rounclng Dempsey for not going to
war and had called upon Gov Cox Of
h ,,tIx
Willard while the division still was in
Germany. When the Ohio Governor
failed to take action members of the
division from that state threatened to
do everything in their power to show
Ilm their political strength on their
return home.
The committee Of former officers
Of the lst Division. which carried on
the campaign that forced the city a(-
ministration to provide seats for the
reception and parade WAS rebuked in
statement issued from the Mavor's
office. The statement, which bore the
signature of John II. Sinnott. secrc-
tary to the Mayor and secretary of
the committee OF welcome appointed
by the Mayor, is as follows in part:
he Mayors committee on reccp-
tons to distinguished guests which
mas been preparing plans for the Pcr-
shlng parade wishes to announce that
the arrangements for the parade and
the dlstrl button OF tickcts are being
made by the Mayors COMMITTEE and
not by the .eif-constituted committee
at the Hotel Bltmore Misleadine
statements are being given out from
time to time about the seating capacity
of the grandstand, and that ticket
can be obtained from a committee with
headquarters at the Biltmorc by MAX
ing application there
No Tickets for Self Constituted
"A statement was made in the morn
Ing press without any authority or
foundation of facts that the Mayors
committee had promised to build 5000
additional seats. which Will be con
structed near the official reviewing
-tand and turned over TO the commit
tee at the Biltmorc for distribution
There viii be no tickets turned over
eto the committee at the Bjltmore ol
distribution.
General McGlachlin has been re-
ouested by the Mayors committee to
furnish list of the names and ad
dresses of the relatives of the men
of the 1st Division who are entitled to
seats on the grandstand, and when
these names and addresses are fur
nished tickets for the grandstand will
be mailed by the Mayors committee to
the addresses furnished.