The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-04
FOR
DEFENSE
D. c. Committee Announces
PIans-Pershing and
Weeks to Speak

District Commissioner Cuno H.
Rudolph will be the master of
ceremonies" at the conclusion of
the Defense Day parade, Septem-
Der IL, at the Sylvan Theater, and
will introduce the speakers for the.
occasion, Secretary Of War Weeks
and General John J. Pershing, ac-
cording to an announcement made
by the Citizens Defense Day Com
mittee, following their meeting,
yesterday afternoon, in the office
of Engineer Commissioner Bell.
Prayer BY Bishop.
The invocation will be delivered
by Bishop Freeman, and music will
be rendered by the Marine and
Navy bands. President Coolidge
will sit in the stands and review
the parade, but will not make an
address.
Contracts will be let this week for
the erection of a reviewing stand
and grandstands for Defense Day.
1t was announced today by Isaac
Cans, chairman of the program
subcommittee.
On either side of the main stand
will be bandstands, one to be oc.
cupied by the United States Marine
Band and the other by the Pershing
Band, of overseas fame.
Parade at p. M.
The parade will start at 2 D. m.
and, after passing in front of the
reviewing stand, the marchers will
be massed in the Ellipse, which
will also be thrown open to the
general public. All men of mill
tary age, from Is to As, are espe.
cially requested to gather on the
Ellipse at this time.
Amplifiers will be erected at
points around the Ellipse so that
everybody may be given an op
portunity to hear the Defense Day
speeches without undue crowding
or discomfort.
Final plans were discussed and
agreed upon at the meeting yester-
day afternoon. It was also decided
to have another meeting on Mon
day afternoon, three days before
the defense test day, in order to be
sure that arrangements are run
ming smoothly.
Seating Arrangements.
Seating arrangements at the
Ellipse, were finally decided upon.
There will be two stands erected
one at the zero milestone, and an
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stand. The first will be occupied
by the President, members Of the
official family, speakers and those
taking part in the exercises. The
second with a seating capacity of
SIC will be occupied. by guests of
the District committee and their
friends.
Commissioner Bell, r. P. An.
dreWs, Isaac Cans and Brigadier
General S. D. Rockenbach called at
the War Department yesterday to
arrange to have the round-the-
world fliers take part in the parade
1t is hoped that If the filters ar
rive before the day it will be pos
sible to hold them over.
War Department plans, however,
do not contemplate q stay in Wash
fused hundreds Of requests from all
over the country for similar stay
overs.
Cadets to March.
The Washington High School
Cadet Corps is forming a battalion
under the guidance of Lieutenant
Colonel Wallace M. Craige, profess
sor of military science and tactics
in the high schools of the District.
The National Press Club unit of
the American Legion is organizing
for the parade and will be in com.
nEand of Captain John H. Craige,
of the marine corps.
Charles T. Ford, grand master
of the grand lodge of colored Ma
sons Of the District, has appointed
Major West Hamilton, chairman of
arrangements for participation by
its members in the parade.
Stating that the Federation Of
Citizens Associations has ever stood
for loyalty and efficiency in dis.
charge of civic duty, Charles Baker,
federation president, yesterday ad.
dressed a letter to all citizens asso-
Citations OF the District calling for
100 per cent response to the call
for enrollnant on National nafnupa