New-York tribune., 1919-09-03
City Has Money to Build
Only One Stand for Rel
atives of Officers and
Guests of the Committee
Mems Families to Stand
Military Engineers Nolun-
teer to Do Work if ANY
One viii Provide Lumber

vision next Wedno sday will he provided
for only 5000 persons, who will in
clude only relatives of the officers Of
the division and members of the May
or's Committee Of Welcome and their
guests. The rest of the hundreds of
thousands of people who Will want to
see General Pershing march down
Fifth Avenue at the head of the 25 500
veterans in battle array will have to
stand or provide their own seats
Inability of the Mayors Committee
to build any extensive grandstands so
as to take care Of the First Divisions
wounded or for the relatives OF the
men IN the ranks was communicated to
the officers of the division yeste erdav
at a meeting held in the Hall of Rec
ords. Grover A. Whalen. vice chair
man of the committee. who presided.
announced that no funds worc available
Tor building grand stands with large
seating capacity, as was done in the
case OF previous parades.
Funds Declared Lacking
1t was said that the question of
erecting seats for the public had been
gone into by John Z. Sinnott. the
Mayors secretary. with members Of
the committee, and it had been found
that the funds available would not
permit the erection of grandstands.
Consequently ii had been decided to
erect stand in front Of the entrance
to the Metropolitan Museum. at Eighty
second Street, which would take care
of about 5000 Those not lucky enough
to find seats in privately erected
stands or IN windows will have to
stand.
Disappointment was expressed by
some of the officers. as it was pointed
out that plans are under way to make
the Pershlng parade a fitting climax
to all of the magnificent war pageants
New Workers have witnessed. 1t will
be the first time IN the history of the
country that full division with COM
pletc combat cQuipmcnt-gun kitch-
ems, machine shops, hospitals. etc
Will parade.
Army Engineers Volunteer
Suggestions were made to the com
mittee by Major Paul DAILY, chairman
of the First Divisi on Welcome Home
Committee, that if funds can be obtained
from private sources. OF if lumber is
contributed, the division engineering
companies now at Camp Mills will vol
unteer to erect the grands,ands free
OF any cost to the city. Major Charles
5. Golfer, Of the advance party. gave
his hearty approval to this plan.
No doubt. if lumber is provided the
stands can be built by our. engineers
within the short time remaininp." said
Major Golfer, at. LIST Division head
quarters, at the Hotel Blltmore. "Two
companies of engineers, now at Camp
mills, last July were called upon TO
bulld stand for a circus at Cologne.
In four days they not only erected the
tents, but put up seats for $500
people. The 1st Engineers held the
record for building a poutoon bridge
across the Rhine. They built l,440-
foot bridge across the river in fortv-
eight minutes and eight seconds. which
broke the previous record b. seventeen
minutes and twenty-five seconds. The
best record by the Germans was four
hours and twenty-four minutes.
with that record and with plenty of
lumber, | have not the slightest doubt
that our engineers could build any
number of seats"
Relatives Make Requests
Major Daily said he was not disposcd
be needed from private contributions
to undertake the job.
We stand ready to do it." he said
ut would be we'll worth while. for il
would give New Workers. an idea of
what the engineers can do. and it
would provide seats Tor relatives Of
the men. Already requests are com
ing in from mothers and fathers who
want to see their sons march,
No action was taken by the MAYORS
committee on the suggestion that seats
be built at private expense. William
T.. Walsh, Superintendent OF Buildings.
explained that the official stand at
Eighty second Street would be occu-
pied by Mayor Hylan, members of his
committee and invited guests
Major General David Shanks, com
mander of the port OF debarkation. and
Major General F. +. McGlachlin, jr..
commander OF the LIST Division, said
they did not believe the stand would
be adequate Tor the purposes for which
1t is to be erected
Division officers took the View tnat
the lack OF extensive seating arrange
ments viii be especially unforturate
IN passing. Present plans arc that It
will start from 10th Street at 10 a. m.
and march south 10 WASHINGTON
Square. Each man VIII carry a full
pack and wear q steel helmet. The
division in its entirety VIII he fully
equipped as if it were going into
battle.
Pershing Arrives Monde
The Leviathan, bearing Genera! Fer
shlng, is to arrive al Per 40. <, llo-
boken, next Monday. The exac. TIME
of arrival will depend upon the tide.
General Pershing's headquarters while
in New York will be at the Waldorf
Astoria.
Tentative arrangements for the en-
tertainment of the American COM
mander were worked out by General
Shanks at a conference in Washington
with Major General James w. Nc
Andrews, former chief of staff of the
American eXpeditionary forces, who is
to have charge of the Details On his
arrival General Pershing will be
greeted by band. The Mayors com
mittee, aboard the steamer Patrol, Will
escort him to Pier A.
From the Battery the general and
his Aosts will proceed in automobiles
TO the hotel. The route will be-
Broadway to Park Row, to Lafayette
Street, to Ninth Street, to Fifth Ave
nue., to the hotel
1t has not yet been determined just
how many. men will appear in the par
ade. Major Golfer said yesterday that
in addition TO the 22 900 men of the
division. in all probability what is
known as Pershing's composite regi-
ment of $500 men will be added. This
regiment is composed of one company
from each infantry brigade in the
army of occupation. 1t is commanded
by Colonel c. S. Babcock and was to.