Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-21
PLAN FULL HONORS
FOR WASHINGTON
p. o. S. Of A. Will Mark Birth
day Of Country's Father
With Big Meeting
CITY TROOP WILL PARADE

Philadelphia celebration Of Wash =
ipgton's birthday will extend over to-
night, tomorrow and Monday, with nu =
rnerous exercises by prominent military
and patriotic organizations in which
prominent officials will take part.
The Patriotic Order Sons of America
In this city will hold their celebration
tonight with street parade and a
meeting at the Metropolitan Opera
House.
Governor Sproul who is a member of
the order will make the principal ad-
dress at the meeting. where unique
ceremonial will be staged. class
| initiation of 1000 candidates will be
one of the features of the program.
This is said to be the largest class ini-,
! tiation known in the annals of traternal
! organizations here
i The street parade, before the meet
I ing, will start at Z o'clock from two
points, one from the north side of City
Hall and the other from the corner Of
(; Broad and Diamond streets.
viii Escort Candidates
The Communicates of the order will
act as escort to the candidates who will
form a separate division and will be
followed by the various camps. All
the subordinate camps north of Spring
Garden street. together with those from
Bucks and Montgomery. countess; WIZ
form section one, marching from Broad
and Diamond to the opera house. The
camps south of Spring Garden street,
with those from West Philadelphia.
/ Chester and Delaware counties, will
form north Of City Hall and proceed to
the meeting place. Major Charles IL.
Davis is chairman of the parade com
mittee. Colonel Horace V. MacFadyen
Is marshal of the first section and Colo
mel Samuel X. Stinger of the second.
The 1000 candidates will be inducted
into the order by a team picked from
the various camps of Philadelphia. This
feature will be followed by addresses.
In addition to Governor Sproul, the
speakers will include Representative AL
bert johnson. of Washington. chairman
of the immigration committee of the
House of Representatives Gabriel II.
Mover, of Lebanon, the national presi-
dent, and James H. Patten. of Wash
ington. d. c., the national vice presi-
dent of the p: o s: of A.. as well as
the state president, Claude 7. Reno, of
Allentown. The boxes will be occupied
by leading members of the order from
Berks, Lebanon, Lancaster. Schuylkill,
Allegheny and upstate counties Inc
elec club of Camp 33S. of Downing
town, will enliven the occasion.
City Troop to Parade
The famous old First City Troop will
parade and dine tonight in their an
nual celebration of the holiday.
The troop will leave its armory, at
Twenty third and Ranstead streets, at
b:30 O'Clock this evening. forming
column of twos along the sidewalk.
Helmeted with immense shakos jack
eted in blue and red, sabres and pipe
clayed accoutrements, immaculate white
breeches. and high black boots, the cav
airy troop of a hundred, headed by
Thomas Cadwalader, newly elected cap
tain, will march quietly down Walnut
street as far as Thirteenth, then over
to Chestnut and up the latter street
back to the armory.
There they will sit down to dinner,
the first Washington's Birthday dinner,
according to John Hollingsworth, first
sergeant, to be dry" There will be no
outsiders, no guests, merely the active,
nonactive and honorary members of the
organization,
IA strictly Troop party" said Ser
geaut Hollingsworth.
Philadelphia will officially mark the
holiday with exercises to be conducted
Monday at Independence Hall. At noon
Mayor Moore will raise the first flag of
the United States, standing on the same
spot Abraham Lincoln stood when he
raised the flag in February, 1861.
School children from various sections
of the city will sing at the exercises.