The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-09
9TH HTOPARADE
HERE MARCH rs
Date Is Changed at Request OF
Mayors Committee on
Welcome.
HOTEL MEN ARE PLEASED
Theatrical Managements Also
Better Satisfied-Troops to
Disband in Harlem.
HOTEL MEN ARE PLEASED


Twenty-seventh Divisions parade was
changed yesterday from Saturday.
March %, to Tuesday, March 25. For
reasons which Rodman Wanamaker.
chairman Of the committee. and Sec
retary Grover whalen gave Gen.
O'Ryan at luncheon the extension OF
time was deemed advisable. The d.
vision commander thought 80. too. and
found that Ma3or-G Gen. shanks. COM
manding the Port OF Embarkation,
was also agreeable.
1t was explained that as the MEM
bers Of the Legislature scatter to their
homes over Saturday and Sunday It
would be very hard for them to come
here as a body on Saturday and most
convenient early In the week. Then
there was the question of dinners to
be given the men Of the division on
the night Of the parade in many New
York hotels.
When tho hotel men heard that the
night would be Saturday they threw
up their hands What with banquets
long scheduled for Saturday and the
extra heavy transient population to
'are for they did not see how they
,0uid feed the army. too. On the night
before the parade 900 officers of the
twenty seventh are to be feasted,
probably at the Waldorf. II the pa
rade were on Saturday they would
have to be banqueted on fish day.
which would be deplorable even though
the price Of fish 10 falling.
Ess,sr Cor TAe.trss.
1Aforeovsr.~ virtually pn the theatres
had agreed to give special matinees for
the Twenty-seventh on the afternoon
preceding parade day. II will be far
easier for them and the actors to do this
on Monday than on Friday. The Mayors
committee also considered the interest
OF Fifth avenue business men. who don't
mind having their trade disturbed for
the sake OF the Twenty-seventh. but
would prefer a morning other than Sat
urday.
Another factor was that OF avenue
decorations; three days moro in which
the committee In charge. And finally
Cen Organ was quite willing to have
the three days of grace thrown In. as It
made him that much surer Of having the
entire division on hand for the consum-
nation. As the programme stood there
were only two days between the arrival
Of the last unit on March IS and parade
day Now there 10 q margin for possible
delays on the ocean. Everything conzid-
cred, Il was said both at division head
quarters In the Biltmore and the offices
of the Mayors committee that the new
arrangement was satisfactory to every
body concerned.
Gen. Organ said yesterday morning
10th street to Washington Arch. Mr..
Whalen said In the afternoon ne thought
this order would be reversed. He en-
planned that on account OF normal con-
gestion of the downtown streets. enor-
mously increased by the parade crowds.
the committee would suggest that the
disbanding take place In Harlem rather
than around Washington Square. After
disbanding the soldiers will go TO the
srmories, going to Camp Upton the next
morning to begin rehabilitation
Formation I'm Mass.
H.
ment from the Biltmore headquarters,
will be in mass so that the parade can
pass a given point IN about four hours
This formation is necessary because OF
the difficulty in transporting the troops
TO the armories after the parade"
Under this arrangement the men will
march twenty abreast with only forty
inches between ranks. eight PAGES be-
tween platoons- snd itty PAGES between
battaiions. Il means quite a savinN~st1
time in getting the $4,000 men past the
reviewing stand. but from the stand
point OF the spectators Is not as satis-
factory as the open formation. which
enables those along the sidewalks to see
the face Of each man.
, The two and q quarter miles OF grand
stand will seat $4,000 persons. for each
Of whom q space OF twenty inches il
allotted. Mr.. Whalen said that every
care would be taken to see that nobody
else got a ticket holders place. Every
ticket will have It's seat. row and section
numbers or letters, with the route OF ap-
proach indicated. II the seat Is In a
section opposite Eightieth street, for
example. the holder can reach It only by
way OF Eightieth street. and only those
ticketed for this section can get pa st
Madison avenue at that point No seats
parade will start At 10. Places will be
set aside for n guard of honor consisting
OF veterans Of the old National Guard
units constituting the Twenty-ssvsnth
Division along the Fifth avenue curb
opposite the grand stand sections oc-
cupisd by the friends Of the troops Of
those units.
statement From Headauarters.
Division headquarters issued this
statement:
"It Is Gen. Organs wish that as
many wounded and discharged men par
ticipate In the parade as possible. Men
discharged wanting to- march and want
.as ..ckeA should apply 70 the present
commanding officer OF their former or
ganizations. Men discharged and unable
TO march may ride In the parade or sit
IN the grandstand. II they ride and are
unable to furnish their own conveyance