Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-03
PERSH|NG TAKES Up
!. PLANS FOR PARADE
Will Name Members Of Staff
Soon-Women Actual
! Committee Members.

Gen. John J. Pershing, who spent
the holidays at Rosslyn, l.. l., re-
turned to this city this morning and
entered actively on the work of ar
ranging for the military and civic
parade. which will be one of the
leading events of the coming in
auguration of the next President. One
of his first acts as grand marshal OF
the parade will be the appointment
of the members of his staff and the
organization of his entire working
force.
Chief of these appointments are the
chief of staff and the adjutant general
of the grand marshal. upon whom Will
devolve the execution of all orders
relating to the parade, including the
escort of the incoming Pres dent TO
the White House and then, with the
outgoing President, to the Capitol,
and the subsequent review of the IN
augural parade from the grandstand
in front of the White House. Brig
Gen. Fox Conner of Gen. Pershings
personal staff probably will be his
chief of staff in arranging the parade.
In Charge OF Correspondence.
Until the regular organization is
perfected Maj. John G. Quekemeyer.
United States Cavalry, personal aid
10 Gen. Pershing, is in charge of all
the correspondence that has been re-
ceived at the War Department. per-
tanning to the arrangements for the
parade. and will turn it over to Gen.
Pershing'S inaugural staff as soon as
il is constituted.
Some definite reports are expected
from committee chairmen when the Of
flcerS and members of the inaugural
general committee hold their second
weekly meeting tomorrow afternoon, at
4 O'Clock. in the red room of the Will
lard Hotel. Preliminary verbal reports
already made by some of the various
chalrmen- indicate that excellent
arrangements for the Inauguration of
President-elect Harding are being
rapidly whipped into concrete form.
Wemen Actual Members.
To remove any misunderstanding on
the part of the public regarding the
status or women who have been ap-
pointed to the general inaugural COM
mlttee. the officers of the committee
wish 1t to be known that the women,
as named, are actual members of the
general committee and are not men,
'oers OF a women'S group or women's
,dfvision. which impression has been
made upon a number of persons.
These women are to work as citi-
zens and not as women, and great
results are anticipated by the officers
from, their participation. 1t is ex-
planned that this confusion regard
ing the women'S status may have
been doe to the fact that their names
were printed separately from those
OF the man members of the commit
tee, and also from the fact that one
of their sex was named vice chair
man OF the finance committee ito
nave charge Of raising subscriptions
among the women of Washington"
Thomas p. Littlepage has been ap-
pointed chairman of the committee
on terminal facilities. The task of
caring for the thousands of visitors
neoessitated the creation of this adj
ditional committee.
100000 Visitors Expected.
With the expectation of more than
100000 visitors in Washington dur
ing inauguration week, Thomas J.
Donovan, president of the Central
Citizens Association, calls attention
TO the necessity for united and
systematic effort to locate rooms and
other conveniences for the inaugural
crowd.
- Every citizens association in the
District should make a survey of its
neighborhood and ascertain, if pos
sibfe. what people will be prepared |
TO house visitors" Mr-zDonoyan said, |
The hotels and rooming houses will !
be unable to accommodate all of the !
visitors, and it is, therefore, neces- |
sary for the citizens to be alert to |
the occasion. This action should, |
however be taken early if Washing
ton is to be properly prepared when |
the great moment arrives"