The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-06
"We Cannot Guarantee Di-
vision Turnout" Says
Chief of Staff.
ALL UNITS TO APPEAR
As Each Regiment or Bat
talon Arrives 1t Will
March Up Avenue.
RAINBOW FETE ALSO OFF
Famous Organization Will Not
Be Reviewed at Capital
as Planned.
RAINBOW FETE ALSO OFF
Special Despatch 10 THn spS,

WASHINGTON, April 5. - Secretary
Baker, who overruled the decision Of
Gen. March. Chief of STAFF, and decided
to permit the Seventy-seventh Divi-
sion to parade in New York, appears
to have been overruled himself by Gen.
March and the question Of the parade
Is again up in the air." BY way of
compromise, It is probable that some
sort of makeshift parade will be ar
ranged.
The Seventy-seventh Division pa
rade in New York is still a matter Of
adjustment" Gen. March said to-day.
THE Department wants to permit the
parade of as large units as possible in
each city where the men come from and
where the people have a right to see
them. We do not purpose however, to
congest the rehabilitation camps around
New York or any other port by holding
divisions for any length of time 1t
would simply mean diverting ships to
cllities to handle the men or slowing up
uernoDllizatlon from FRAME.
"As a matter of fact. the Twenty
seventh Division occupied our camps
around New York more than three weeks
when we expected that they would not
be there more than five days and II cost
US $s75.OoO to do 1t. With the best will
In the world In this matter we cannot
guarantee a division parade Of the Sew
enty-seventh, but we will guarantee that
every single unit of that division, that
is the regiments, battalions and COM
panies. will parade through the streets
of New York city IL they want to have
them"
officers rejecting Gen. March's view
insist that Secretary Bakers announce
ment that there will be a parade OF the
Seventy seventh will be only partly true.
Just as Gen. March originally an
rounced, II will not be a real division
parade" they say. on the other hand
those who support Mr.. Bakers an
nouncement OF yesterday declare that
regiments OF the Seventy-seventh will
to justify his statement.
MT. bdkeT pTpUllbt " HoNo NA'V
Forty-second tRainbow) Division pa
rade at the national capital also has
been nverruled by Gen. March.
THE Department has found 1t neces-
sary definitely TO decide that We cannot
parade the Forty-second Division in
Washington" Gen. March said. THE
original plan OF having the Forty second
here was based upon the fact that this
division was composed OF units from all
over the United States and 1t was pro-
rosed that the President would review
the division himself but az time has
gone on the President finds 1t impossible
to be here when the Forty-second ar
rives and the Secretary of War himself
will be absent.
ut would be necessary to retain the
division in camp for entirely too much
time to make it possible to parade that
division here so we have notified Gen.
Pershing by cable yesterday that this
division would not be paraded In Wash
ington"
The Rainbow Division will be brought
back to Camp Meade and later each unit
will be sent to It's home camp 70 be de-
mobilized. Regiments and smaller units
will be paraded in the principal cities OF
their home States II this can be ar
ranged.
The entire division is expected in this
country before May l, Gen. March an
nounced, under the present plan.