New-York tribune., 1920-05-30
Five Memorial
Parades i'm City
To Honor Dead
Record Program Includes
March by $4,000 Vet
Grams of Three Wars and
Series of Other Tributes
Allies To Be i'm Lines
Thousands of Legion in
All Boroughs to Join
Ceremonies Tomorrow

thlS CITY tomorrow Win WnaC prom
ises TO be the most pretentious pro-
gram in history. when the G. A. r. and
United Spanish War Veterans, aug
mented by the younger hosts of World
War veterans, join in paying homage
to the nations honored dead
Each of the FIVE boroughs of the
greater city Will have it's individual
parade and more than $4,000 veterans
of three wars are expected to march.
Probably $4,000 of these will be in line
in Manhattan, with about 10000 mem
bers of the New York County American
Legion, comprising four battalions and
nine bands. More than 15O posts will
be represented.
The Bronx parade will be comprised
OF veterans of the three wars, with
the entire membership OF the American
Legion in that borough in the forma-
ton. More than thirty-fve posts and
the women's auxiliaries will march,
forming in East 195th Street and fac
ing west. The right. of the line will
rest on Alexander Avenue. Assem-
bly, will sound at $50 a. m.
Many Ceremonies for the Day
There will be many other ceremonies
marking the day throughout the city.
cemeteries Will be visited by the vet
Grams where graves will be decorated
and military funeral services held
The Manhattan paraders will as
semble at 0:45 tomorrow morning.
The reviewing stand will be at the
Soldiers and Sailors Monument,
Riverside Drive and Eghty-ninth
Street, with Lieutenant General Mel
son A. Miles, U. S. A. (retired), as
the reviewing officer. His escort will
he the Veteran Corps of Artillery of
New York, Major Rryce W Metcalf,
commanding, and the Old Guard,
Major Edward Havemeyer Snyder
commanding. On the stand with Gen
eral Miles Will be the following
guests:
Mayor John f. Hylan, Borough
President Henry II. Curran, Commits
sioner of Public Welfare Bird S:
Coler, Aiming S. Prall, president of
the Board of Education; Police Com
missioner Enright, John II. Delaney,
William F. Schneider, Thomas ".
Churchill, Clarence NJ. Shearn. Justice
Philip j. McCook, Justice William P,
Burr. Willis Holly, Ferdinand Levy,
Samuel Marks. Samuel R. Morris, NJ
/. Erlanger and Justice Barlow S.
Weeks.
General Horace Porter, Colonels
Henry T. Swords. William G.. Cogs-
well, Edward Duffy, Charles H. Helms
roth. William Jones. Bernard A.
Flood; Admirals j. H. Glennon and C.
p. Sigsbee; Henry W. Boxton. Heary
Clews, William j. O'Shea, and the
RS. John +. Zerter, +. s. Holloway,
Francis p. DUFFY. Joseph Silverman
and G.. A. Garstenson.
FORMATION oil Parade
The parade will form as follows:
First Division of the Grand Army will
FORM on West seventy fourth Street, right
second DiIsion Of tbn Grand Army, ,y,
form on west Seventy.hfth Street, right
resting on Riverside Drive.
v,.,I, hird UNISON {l Sp%ntsh War veterans
resting on WGst Fnd AC.,Ie street, i'sii'
Fourth Division, American Legion. New
York County, will form On West Eightieth
Fifth 'iemJ TeS'hg ION on Wes' End Avenue
win form On West Ssventv-nint6 ,iitt Strnet Tof
right resting on West End Avenue.
Sixth Division. Veterans of Foreign
s,%da; ara, WIZ iofin on WTst SeTenty1elghth
Grams. L. S. a.. viii form on West seventy
seventh Street right resting on West End
AVeitJt Eit,i',b r,i,.,a,o, po,,.o p.u..o, ,..,,,
form on west seventy-sixth - Street, right
resting on West End Avenue.
rr"'n ~ UrSision, WIS Aneraean Guaro' VIII
resting on vast End Avenua N''ee' ''s N'
Tenth Division. cadet organizations will
Iortn n on W est seventy fourth Street right