Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-09
Gafney Handles
Parade Tickets


@>eneral Harry Hale. who succeeds
! have been invited to attend the testi-
Z }noninl dinner to General Muir. at the
S,)elievue -Stratford. on the night pre-
: <eding the parade and also to places
On the main reviewing stand.
So have Brigadicr General Edward
I'd. Anderson. chief of the dcbarkation
y service, at Washington, and Colonel
I Joseph r. McAnderson, his assistant.
: Colonel Graham Parker, head of the de-
barkation service here, also has been
sfinvited to both functions.
FN Captain Ralph Knowles. of the l03d
Trench Mortar Mattcry. the old First
City Troop, has received letter from
w. E. Tyson. of Tyrone. Pa. telling
him that sixteen former members Of
: the battery from that place will be
here for the parade.
Information Booths
The general committee is preparing
to take care Of the hundreds Of thou
sands of spectators expected to gather
along the route Of the parad" by pro
viding box lunches to he sold ut n
nominal price The boxes will contain
ample nourishment to ward off the
pangs of hunger during the wait for
3 the procession, and the time it will
take to pass.
Information booths. TO aid relatives
and friends Of soldiers from outside
of Philadelphia. will he established nt
the ferry houses and railroad stations
and prominent street corners.
PENNSYLVANIA nurses who went over
seas TO care for sick aud wounded sol
diers will be honorcd during the parade
and celebration.
The nurses will have n place in the
line of march and will receive tho same"
honors as are rendered the veterans win"
did the actual fighting.
A special committee of women Of th"
Philadelphia welcome home committee"
Is working on plans for the entertain
ment of the nurses. The property at
1872 Spruce street has boon secured and
will be used as n headquarters for tn"
out of town nurses who went abroad
with Philadelphia hospitals.
Mrs. J. Willis Martin. Of the w0m-
ems committee. said today that per
sonal invitation will he sent TO every
local nurse and out of-town nurse who
went abroad with n local unit who has
returned to this country.
Baker and Roosevelt Invited
The parade will have two periods Of
sensation. one when the soldiers file
past Independence Hall. where tho Lib
erty Bell will be on view on the step or
the pavement. and the other when the
veterans pass the stands in which their
nearest of kin are seated.
The grand review, on Chestnut street
east of Independence Hall, is expected
to be somewhat of an antiClimaX after
the sensations inspired by the bell that
proclaimed in 1T76 the principles for
which they went abroad to fight in lolS
Secretary of War Baker and Assist
ant Secretary Of the Navy Roosevelt
have been invited to view the parade as
guests of the city. If they accept they
will be accommodated in the grandstand
in which Mayor Smith and Governor
Sproul will review the procession.
Reviewed on Parkway
Major General Charles II. Muir will
review his trops from box along the
Parkway. The showing of the division
= saould be much moro impressive along
the Parkway because there will be
ample space for the men to walk. six
teen abreast, and thus permit better
showing than on Chestnut street. where
only eight will be able to march abreast.
Members of Councils and of the State
Legislature will occupy seats in the
grandstand with the Mayor and Gov
ernor. The friends of the legislators
will be accommodated in a grandstand
seating 5000 persons along the Park
way.
The First City Troop may be re-
served an as escort of honor for the
Governor. 1t has been suggested that
a sufficient number of its members to
form an honorary guard has returned
from the war.
The War Department Classics nurses
In alphabetical order and according to
\ the unit to which they were attached in
returning to this country, Mrs. Martir
said, but the committee is preparing tC
send representative to the debarka
tom center at Hoboken to go through
the files of the names of 5000 returned
nurses and secure those wanted.
In the meantime, nurses eligible tr
+ attend the celebration are requested t.
register at the Philadelphia welcome
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