Evening star., 1922-08-20
Plans Practically Ready for
Parade Before President
of Student Soldiers.
COL. C00TES IN COMMAND
Secretary Weeks to Address Men.
Event Sure to Help Sum
mer Training.

: Supreme Court and high ranking ofsi-
-seials of the War and Navy depart
ments of more than thousand men,
bers of the citizens military train
ing camp at Camp Meade have been
practically completed, word was still
lacking from the White House last
night as to where the President wish
ed the review to be held. 1t was
practically certain. however. that the
review would be held on the Ellipse.
and officials of the War Department
were going ahead with final arrange
ments on this supposition. although
Robert c. Davis. adjutant general OF
the Army. asserted that the exact ma
ture and place of the parade before
the President was still dependent on
the wishes of the executive.
Expect President to Speak.
1t was also practically assured that
the President would address the stu
dent soldiers. and that he would be
introduced by Secretary of War
Weeks, who is also expected to ad-
dress the men.
The review will begin at II o'clock.
The program outlined by the War De-
partment provides that the eight
companies of infantry. three batteries
of field artillery and two troops OF
cavalry. comprising the outfit. under
the command of Lieut.. Col. H. n.
tootcs, will march across the Ellipse
past the official reviewing party, and
will then be grouped into a hollow
square for d brief address by the
President. The President and other
members of the official party review
ing the student soldiers will stand on
the grass edge of the Ellipse.
In view of the belief of officials of
the War Department that the review
and parade to follow are of far more
than local Importance, inasmuch as
they will bring to the people of the
capital some idea of the work being
done by the student soldiers at other
training camps throughout the coun-
try, the President and Secretary
Weeks are expected to address the
nation in support of the training
camp program through the men to be
assembled on the Ellipse Monday
morning.
$4,000 Men In Camps.
Twenty-eight thousand men have
given up their vacations this year
and entered the military training
camps under the supervision Of the
War Department at various Army
camps through the country. Secretary
Weeks declared in letter Of invita-
tion to the review yesterday, ad-
dressed to the Vice President, that
the President and he hope to see the
day when one hundred thousand
young Americans will be enrolled an
nually in the citizens military train
ing camps"
Il know from observation" Secre-
tary Weeks continued. that aside
from allsmilitary considerations, the
value to the nation of the physical,
mental. moral and patriotic training
which these young men are receiving
is out of all proportion to the amount
of money expended"
Mr. Weeks also called attention in
the letter to the fact that the review
and the parade have been made pos
,sible by a donation of $500 by The
Evening Star Newspaper Company
to pay the expenses of the 1000 men
to Washington. and by q reduced
rate agreement with the Washington,
Baltimore and Annapolis electric
railway. Mr.. Weeks said he believed
such action truly reflects the spirit
and interest taken by the entire ma
tion in the welfare of it's young man.
hood.
Notables to Review Parade.
The entire cabinet, justices Of the
Supreme Court, many members Of the
Senate and House and practically all
high ranking officers Of the War and
Navy departments will also witness the
review, which will bring to Washington
a representation of three major arms
of the service-infantry, cavalry and
artillery.
The command will board trains Of the
w, B. and A. tomorrow morning at
Camp Meade at 7:15, daylight saving
time. 1t will arrive at the terminal at
18th and H streets northeast shortly
after 9 o'clock, where the artillery and
cavalry outfits will be unloaded and
prepared for the march to the Ellipse
The student soldiers will arrive at the
Ellipse shortly after 10 o'clock, and q
practice review will be staged at 1915,
10 be followed by the formal review at
IL o'clock. Following the review, the
student soldiers will march in company
parade formation north on West Exc
cutive avenue, east on PENNSYLVANIA
avenue to East Executive avenue, down
the latter avenue to the south end OF
the Treasury and east on PennsyI-
rania avenue to 7th street north
west, where the parade will disband.
the cavalry and artillery equipment
TO be placed in the hands Of one
hundred seasoned Regular Army men
for transportation back to Camp Meade
The young soldiers will them go by
street car to the W., B. and A. terminal
at 18th and H streets northeast. where
back to Camp Meade.
r Could Easily Change Plan,.
There still remained the poss;b,,itv
last night that the President would
request that the men parade past the
south 'portico of the White House in
order that he might review them as
he did the marines who travelled
Gettysburg. a few weeks ago. This
was regarded as q remote possibility,
however, as the President has been
advised of the plans and has not re-
quested q change. The change could
be made at the last minute, however,
with no interruption to the schedule
for the review and parade.
Lieut.. Col. Harry N. Cootes. who
commands the training camp At
Camp Meade and who will be In
charge of the outfit to parade here