, 1921-05-25

mittee reported at the meetin
but the finishing touches hao
preparations promise a o impress
sive display OF honor TO the Amer
lean war dead
The spectacular feature OF the day
will be the mammoth parade III
trating the war activities Of every
phase Of the country's military his
tory.
The parade is scheduled to form in
the vicinity OF h city hall at $3.50 a.
m. and the organizations which are
contributing units and eiements OF
the parade are asked I see that their
contributions arc on hand to form
promptly and quickly. For the pur-
pose Of formation the parade is or
gained into blocks, and each mem
Der OF the line OF march a been as
signed a definite place and position
for formation.
The blocks and locations designated
are as follows:
Block THE marshal and aides.
the Casper band. the "A Mort statue
ioat designed by the local lodge Of
the B. p. o. f, the G.. A. r.. the vet
Grams of Indian wars. M the veter-
ans of the Spanish-American war.
This block is to form in order indi-
Gated on Center street between Tenth
and Eleventh streets, facing south.
The head OF the parade will rest at
the Intersection OF Center and Tenth.
Block 2-The city and county oni-
Gals. the 1--WE symbolic floats, and the
two ambulances and army nurses.
This block is to form on Tenth street
between Center and Wolcott. facing
west.
Block 3-The B. T. o. e. band. the
color guard. the firing squad, and the
contingent of American Legion and
other ex-service men. This block is
TO form on Tenth street betwee Cen
ter and David. facing cast
Block 1.-Two tanks. women's aux
Hilary float. Y. NJ. c. a. and Y. w. c.
A. float. and the Knights of Colum.
bus float. This block is to form on
Eighth street between Center and
wolcott. facing west.
Block 5.-High school cadets, the
Boy Scouts and the high school girls.
This block is to form on Eighth street
l otwcen Center and David. facing
east.
Block FIFTY pupils from the Park
schoo and 80 pupils from the Cen.
trail school. This block is to form on
Seventh street between Center and
woicott. facing west.
Block Fifty pupils from the East
Casper school and so pupils from the
West Casper school. This block Is
TO form on Seventh street between
Center and David. facing east.
Block s-Fffty pupils from the
North Casper school. This block is to
form on the street Immediately east
CT the courthouse and Join the pa
Iade as it passes thai point, falling in
Iciind the West Casper school pu.
pls.
The five symbolic floats in Block
. arc to be arranged according TO the
five major ~offensives of the American
troops IN France which they symbol
ize. The first of the series will be
the Cantigny float designed by the
Standard refinery. II will be followed
by the Chateau-Thierry float furnished
by the Casper Rotary club. Next
will come the SCISSORS float entered
by tho chamber of commerce. The
fourth will be the st. Mihiel float de-
signed and built by the Casper XII
wants club. The last OF the series
will be the Meuse-Argonne loaf dis
played by the Midwest refinery.
Places have been reserved at the
rear of the school children contingent
for marching bodies representing any
civic, fraternal or other organization
which desires to participate in the
parade. marching to the cemetery en-
masse to pay particular respect to de-
ceased members of their respective
organizations. The local lodge of
Moose have already signifed their in
tention OF accepting this invitation of
the committee. and the place assigned
for their formation is on sixth street
between Center and David, facing
east.
The task OF keeping the parade to-
gether has been assigned to z. C. Cal
houn, who has been authorized to Sc.
lect a squad of former service men
TO assist him. A block captain will
be assigned 10 each block to take care
Of the arrangement OF units within
their respective blocks, each to start
of his contingent promptly to make
sure that the line Of march is con.
tinppus n in proper arrangement.
Cars have been provided for the G.
A r., for the veterans of Indian
wars. for h city and county off,
Gals n for the speakers of the day.
The cars will be stationed at their
places OF formation as indicated and
those for whom they are intended are