Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-06
ALL,AMER|CAN DAY
TO. Be ANNUAL HERE
Mayor to Be Asked to Name
Permanent Committee; City
Troop to Escort Pershing
PARADE TOMORROW NIGHT

AN American Day" Is to become a
permanent Philadelphia institution,
according to final plans n adc by chair
men Of committees for the event tomor-
row. George Wharton r'epper has
drawn up measures providing for the
perpetuation Of the day and the ap.
pointment by the Mayor of a perma-
nent committee Ito care for its OBJ.
sCrvance.
Among the final announcements made
for the celebration is that of Captain
John II. Wood, Of the First City
Troop, that escort Of troopers would
be furnished General Pershing for his
trip from the Metropolitan Opera
House mass. meeting to the one in the
Academy of Music tomorrow night. Ad-
n,ir0l Robert T.. Coontz, L. y. N,
chief Of naval operations and command :
err general, Military Order of Foreign
Wars of the United States, will be the
principal speaker.
All police arrangements have been
completed. according to Major Rex
Hogan. Escorts of motorcycle police
will accompany the automobiles Of the
speakers at the mass meetings on their
Journey from Locust to Poplar streets.
| A feature Of the parade. which will
| start at I &c. o clock. will be the firing
Of salute bombs on the Parkway at
FIVE minute intervals for three hours
by special detail Of patromen.
Boy Scouts TO Answer Call
DR.. Charles D. Hart. chairman OF
the flag committee, has arranged for q
spectacular stunt" by the Boy Scouts
at the mass. meetings.
A detail Of fifty scouts has been as.
signed to each place, TO act Us a guard
OF honor. The boys will be posted al
ench side Of the stage. and will each
carry regular army size flag Priol
to the speeches. and just after the open
ing OF the meeting with the Nationa
Anthem. the chairman will ask thu
question, What do the boys OF tn,
United States say in answer to thu
enemy within?" The response will b.
a rush of scouts TO the center of th'
platform, where. with massed colors
they will repeat the Salute to th'
Flag" Following the pledge. they vii
return to their former positions.
Requests for stage seats at the meet
ings have come in in sucn number tha
| the police have put stop to the ticke
distribution to prevent overcrowdins
Every box in the Academy and th
ODera House has been taken
Circular letters have been sent ou
by the wholesale to residents Of Broa
street from Diamond to Wharto
streets to assure that the thoroughfar
will be gay with American flags TO
the parade. 1t has also been requeste
thnt red fire be burned along the route
Business associations have been activ
in urging their members to decorat
not only Broad street. but every inter
secting street as far as can be visibl
at quick glance from the line
march. ..
Final decision has located the re
viewing stand on the new diagonal road
way al the northwest corner OF CIT
Hall plaza.
Appeals for More Funds
William II. Du Barry, Of the CON
mittee on arrangements, who was al
pointed treasurer at yesterdays meel
ing. announced that The sum of S2g
in the treasury is but half that need'
to carry out the plans for the celebrt
, ton in proper fashion, and made
, general appeal to citizens to imm'
, diately remedy the lack OF funds.
The program for the day, as no
ndopted, comprises half holiday 4
all municipal employees by proclamatit
of the Mayor. Special exercises in g
schools in the morning will be suppl
mented by a meeting Of school childr'
in Independence Square at o'clock
!, In the evening there will be the p'
j rade from Broad and Diamond stree
to Wharton street OF detachments fro
; the army. navy, marines and Sta
troops, wounded veterans and Americ'
Legion men and every patriotic al
civic order in the city. a conservati
estimate Of the number In line places t
figure at $4,000, six hours being +
q ouired to pass the reviewing point.
. During the day there will be ma
private celebrations. chief OF them bel
T., the luncheon of the Poor Richard CT
' at the Ritz Carlton. when Rear a
@ miral W. s. Benson will address I
9 gathering. Frank McGlynn, who tax
q the part Of Lincoln in Drinkwate,
famous play Of that name, will stir
y clubmcn with a recital of the Getty
i burg Address, in costume. The ofic
y Government moving picture, entltl
The American Merchant Marine
-, which has only been viewed by Pre'
a . dent Harding and press Representative
y will be given it's first Philadelp!
' showing at the luncheon. Karl Blooi
, ingdale will preside.
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