Evening star., 1919-09-02
VETERANS T0PASS
UNDER GREAT ARCH
Men of First Division Will Be
Honored by Structure at
Grand Review.
.FLANKED BY LIVE GROUPS

the street level and profusely decor
ated with the flags of all the allies,
r,asnificent triumphal arch will meet
the gaze of the 1st Division regulars
when they turn at 18th street and
Pennsylvania avenue during the
grand review two weeks hence.
Tentative plans for two smaller
arches have been abandoned by the
citizens welcome committee, princi-
palIy because of the short time in
which the work must be done, but
instead a larger structure than etesfen
of the two first proposed will marx
the east entrance to the court OF
honor.
Carpenters Begin Work.
Robert n. Harper, chairman of the
committee, today exhibited a blue
print of the structure. and the car
penters began work on it and the
reviewing stand this morning. The
arch will have a span of fifty-six feet.
wide enough for twenty-six men to
walk abreast beneath it, while the
center of the arch will be sixty three
feet above the center of the street.
The structure will be thirty feet
thick. giving it a substantial appear
ance.
The design is of classic type. and
the entire structure Will be white, so
that flood lights thrown on it at night
will give it the appearance of marble.
Two live groups will stand immobile
at either side as the 1st Division men
march through. one group with a
field piece, representing the Army.
and another with an anchor. signify
ing the Navy.
Grandstands to Be Built.
All along the Avenue from 18th to
nth street piles of lumber began to
appear today. and within short time
grandstands will rise above the side
walks or either side Of the street.
They will be built with tunnels run
ming underneath. so that pedestrian
traffic will not be interfered with.
More than fifty officers. 80 per cent
of whom are in washington. have
been invited to parade with the 1st
Division veterans. because of their
former service with that command.
Among those who served with the di-
vision for a time is Gen. March. chief
of staff, but he has not yet INDICATED
whether he will parade with the COM
mand. An invitation also has been
sent to Lieut.. Col. Theodore Roosevelt
Former general officers OF the divi-
sion and those of the rank of field OFF,
Ger will parade mounted and company
officers will be dismounted. Mounts
will be furnished by the Army War
College detachment at Ford Myer.
Officers Invited.
officers in Washington who have
been invited to parade with their for
mer commands include the following:
Mai. Gen. w. S. McNair. office chief
of field artillery; Maj. Gen. +. w. Coe,
chief of coast artillery; Mai. Gen. j.
w. McAndrew, General Staff College;
chief Of field artillery; Maj. Gen. H. E.
Ely, General Staff College; Brig. Gen.
w. M. Cruickshank, Army War Col
lege; Col. d. +. Aultman. Army War
College; Col. w. II. Dodds. jr., office
chief Of field artillery; Col. T. d.
c. p. George. general staff: Col. C. l..
Corbin, office purchase, storage and
traffic; Col. f. w. Wildly. office chief
of engineers; Col. Thomas Hammond.
general staff; Col. F. J. Morrow, gen
eral stan; Col w. w. Bessell, adju-
Marshall, jr., embarkation office; Col.
u. G. McAlexander. General Staff Col
Iege.
field artillery; Col F. M. Barrows, Of
fice chief Of staff: Col H. Erickson
w. Butner. Army War College: Lieut.
Col. H. W: shepherd, Motor Transport
Corps; Lieut.. Col: j. r. Rumbough.
Lieut.. Col. w: G. sherman. air serv
ice: Lieut. Col. X. b. Paddock. Signal
Corps; Lieut.. Col. ]. 3. Anderson. Of
fice chief Of field artillery: Lieut.. Col.
William Z. Shepherd. jr. Camp Meade.
Md: Lieut.. Col. P. V. Kieffer. Motor
Transport Corps; Lieut.. Col Alvin
Voris, Office of chief signal officer;
Mai. w. !. WesterveIt, war plans divi-
sion: Maj. b. F. Browne. Fort Myer;
Mai. w. r. Orton. office chief of staff; +;
Mai, j. NJ. Swing. office chief of stan;
Mai. F. w. Huntington. purchase,
storage and transfer; Maj. r. w.
Beasley, State, War and Navy build
ing; Maj. Campbell King. General
staff College; Capt. r. w. Reveley.
Office chief of field artillery; Capt. Ar
mand Durant. Fort Myer. Va: Capt.
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