Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-07

Will Arrive in Time to Take
Part in Double Cele-
bration Here.
TO DEMOBILIZE AT DIX

Companies composing two entire bat
talions and three-fourths of third
battalion. representative in their per
sonneI of the District of Columbia,
will arrive in the United States IN am
ple time to participate in the welcome
home celebration arranged tentative
" for February % in honor of local
war veterans and of President VIII
sons return to Washington.
These companies are A. 3 and c of
the i61st Infantry, I, K, l. and Nj OF
the 163d Infantry. all former units
in the old Sd Infantry. District Ma
tionaI Guard, and a battalion of the
S72d Infantry, formerly the 1st Sepa-
rate Battalion.
Due in New York February 10.
The War Department this morning
gave out the information that the
transport Huntington sailed from
Brest, France, February 4. and is due
in New York February Is. with the
Supply Company, the Machine duh
Company the Headquarters Company
OF the u Battalion, ana COMPANIES
J. K L. hid NJ of the 1854 Infantry,
in ali thirty-ui1e officers and 9!1 men.
These line companies We're formerly
e Companies l. X, L and Nj of the sd
Battalion. Sd D. c. Infantry
The same transport IS bringing tne
Headquarters Company of the lst
Battalion, 161st Infantry, and COM
panies A, B, c and d or the regiment,
seventeen officers and us men aito-
gether- OF these four line companies,
60 rt%
panies OF corresponding letters IN the
former Sd D. c. Infantry.
The contingent accounts practically
for two battalions of the former local
regiment, the 1st and the 3D. Ine
I'd Battalion, formerly companies f.
r. G and III, are with the 1921 Infan-
try, which has not yet sailed. II Is at
camp at Winchester, England. and
will start home soon. but probably not
In time for the parade
Seem Sure to Be in Parade.
These troops cpon landing will pro-
eeed to Camp Dix. Wrightstown- N.
j., for rehabilitation. Inasmuch as
the Secretary of War has assured
Robert N Harper, chairman of the ex-
ecutiye committee in charge Of the
parade, that the War Department viii
in every possible way facilitate the
participation of local troops in the
parade here it may be taken for
granted that these two battalions, to-.
gether with the battalion of cclored
soldiers and an. artillery battery of
TIE Soehs sAStlilesys~Nasa heard 1tsoan..
will swing up the Avenue on the day
of the parade.
The machine gun battalion of the
old Sd D. C. Infantry is attached to
the 18th Machine Gun Battaion, which
is under priority orders for return
home. but has not yet started. 1t is
now at Selles-sur Cher, France.
Says Parents Place Is to Look On.
In connection with the suggestion
that a section of parents of veterans
be included in the parade here. A
Ewing of this city has put forward
the query:
parade il not these same parents
And how can they view it If they are
themselves in it?
We've got them and you can use
tbem.' was the summary of most
satisfactory remarks made by Maj.
Gen. Henley, chief of the division of
military aeronauIics. TO Chairman
Harper this morning. The officer was
referring to aircraft for the parade.
tically to turn Boiling Field for that
day over to Lieut.. Charles z. Ford.
retired, chairman in charge of the
aerial features of the demonstration.
1t is planned to have at least sixteen
and possibly twenty aircraft in the
show. both on the ground, in the line
of march and in the air above it.