Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-16
Finance Committee to Be-
gin Canvass of City
Thursday
PLANS ARE MADE
Army and Navy Will be More
Largely Represented Than Ever
Before as VIII Also Secret and
Civic Organizations

cation there will be a larger turn
our o. the army and navy forces
and also fraternal and civic or
sanizations in the parade to be
held February - than in any pre-
yious parade held here on Wash
;ngton's birthday II. B. Cation,
president Of the association sub
nittad report. The army and
navy departments he stated were
heartily in sympathy and gave tho
committee assurances tina. every
jhinc available would he sent 20
Alexandria on that day.
Assistant Secretary of Navy
Roosevelt he said stated he wo,id
be unable to be present on that
day bu, be would serd an admiral
here to represent the nay and he
also told them that marines from
Quantiso would be sent to AleNan-
dria.
Capt. George II. Evans. chair
r,an Cf The naval committee, said
the outlook was very promising
and he had on his committee thus
far Capt. T. B. Larimer. Mai. F..
A. Olsen and Capt. Robert Thomas
and his later would be augmented.
The finance committee for the
parade President Cation announced
was organized yesterday afternoon
with forty-one persons in attend
ance and it was decided to begin
an intensive campaign of collect
ing Thursday. tomorrow with "A
.icw of raising $4,000. This COM
mittcc will meet at 1880 O'Clock
that afternoon at the Westmin-
stcr building and have luncheon
with the Kiwanis Club after which
they will renew the canvass and
finish about o'clock in the after
noon.
At tho meeting yesterday after
noon he said the finance committee
organized With the election II
Harry Hammond. chairman; j. Y.
Williams vice chairman, and J.
Randall Cation. secretary.
On behalf of the KiwaniS Club
a committee composed Of Everett
Hellmuth and Charles T. Nichol-
son appeared before the assocla-
ton and gave assurances that the
club they represented would do
everything within its power to
help make the parade a success.
j. William May also reported that
the Travellers Protective Ass0cia-
ton iadorsed The parade and was
willing to lend It's assistance.
The question Of decorations was
loft entirely in the hands Of the
decorating committee of which
Thomas Chauncey is chairman. It
was decided to have erected a big
reviewing stand to accommodate
AT least 200 guests and to have 1t
decorated and also decorate the
city hall building. The question OF
decorating King street will be de-
termined upon after the commit
tee on finance subpits its report.
The invitation to be extended
President Harding was deferred.
President Cation said at the sug-
gcstion of Representative Moore
until a date can be arranged to sec
the President
Fire Chief T.. J. McDermott stat
cd that invitations would be eX-
.erdcd 70 the Washington fire de-
partmcnt to send apparatus and a
delegation and that invitations
also will he extended 20 the fire de-
psrtments Of the neighboring coun-
tics.
Carroll Woolf va. appointed a
committee of one 30 interest horse
men of the ncighboring counties
to take part in the parade.
\ special committee composed OF
the officers of the association was
authorized 20 proceed with the
work of having engraved invita-
tions prepared to be sent to spe-
cial guests. -,
The association voted to hold
meetings every Monday night here
after until it becomes necessary
to hold meetings more frequently.
It was decided to send an lnvi-
tation to the delegates 70 the Geo.
Washington Masonic National Me
mortal Association to ride IN the
parade, as they will be in session
here on that day. .
Tie meeting last night was well
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