The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-15
CROWDS IN ST. JOHN !
TO WELCOME PRINCE
Will Land at 10 A. M. To-day
and Will Be Met by High
Officials of Canada.
LUNCHEON THE BIG EVENT
Royal Visitor to Present Col0rs
to Heroic Battali0n-Leaves
There Tonight.

ST JOHN, NJ b., Aug. l4.-EVerytnihB
10 in readiness here for the arrival to-
morrow Of the Prince of Wales.
with the arrival tonight Of the Duke
OF Deronshire, Governor-General OF
Canada. and his retinue Premier Sir
Robert L. Borden, numerous members OK
the Government and high civic and mill
tary officials, the official party that is to
welcome, the Prince when he first sets
foot on Canadian soil Is complete.
Major-Gen. Sir Henry Burstall. who has
been detailed by the Government to join
the Princes military stan during his
Canadian tour. arrived from Quebec this
afternoon. Gen. Burstall Is Canadian
artillery officer who made a brilliant rec
ord in the war.
The Prince and his party will land at
Reeds Point at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning. From the moment Of his land
ing until he returns to his ship shortly
after 6 o'clock in the evening he will be
the central figure in the various cere-
monial functions that have been ar
ranged for the occasion.
Never within the memory Of the old
Get inhabitants has this city taken on
such festal aspect. The finishing
made to-day and nothing but a threat
ening storm seems likely to mar the
occasion Every hotel and lodging
house is full. and hundreds of tourists
and translentsA tonight are seeking
sleeping accommodations.
To-day's celebration marked the Off
cial welcome of the province to her war
heroes Many OF these men returned in
small attachments since 1918. and many
months ago 1t was decided by the local
authorities to have n general welcome
on the first suitable occasion. When
word was received that the Prince of
Wales would land here on his Canadian
tour the two affairs were combined, so
that altogether to-day and tomorrow
will be recorded by the present genera
ton at least as the most memorable days
in the history OF the city.
Maine Firemen I'm Parade.
An international flavor was lent> to-
lays celebration by the presence of
several companies of firemen from the
towns of Houlton and Milford, in Maine
These men came in generous display
of border friendship to add what they
could to the success of the programme,
and they were warmly cheered as they
passed in review In the parade staged
for the benefit of the visiting soldiers.
Other features OF the parade were floats
prepared by various civic organisations
and Industrial concerns.
The crowd that came for to-day's cell
ebration is staying over for the Princes
arrival tomorrow and this has added
materially to the task of housing and
feeding the city's visitors. Residents of
St John have come forward in a SPLEEN
did display of hospitality and in nearly
oh .N~ 4
being cared for free of charge The
exodus will begin tomorrow night when
the Prince and his suite sail for Hall
fax.
sixth Visit of Royalty.
When the Prince Of Wales steps ashore
this city will have welcomed the sixth
member OF the direct royal line. The
first was in 1894. when Prince Edward.
Duke OF Kent, father of Queen Victoria
landed at the foot of King street, one
of the principal thoroughfares of the
city. The settlement at that time was
but eleven years old. the place being
founded by the loyalists who refused to
oppose Britain in the Revolutionary War
and who come. here IN promise Of land
grants from the crown. The next visit
OF royalty TO st. John was when Albert
Edward. Prince OF Wales, later King
Edward VII. landed here in 1850. Nine
years later Prince Arthur, Duke of Con-
naught. late Governor General of Can.
ada and brother Of King Edward and
remembered by thousands of men OF
the American Expeditionary forces he
reviewed in France, paid a short visit
to the city.
In 1897 the Warehouses of Lorn. who
was the wife OF the then Governor Cen
eral Of Canada and daughter OF Queen