Evening star., 1924-09-28
1ST DIVISION men
WILL HONOR DEAD
President to Make Address
i at Monument Dedication
L.. Next Saturday.

with. will dedicate to their buddieS,
whp paid the supreme sacrifice, a
huge monument on the parking at
the south front of the State, War and
Navy Building next Saturday, Octo-
ber 4.
President Coolidge. commander-in-
chief of the armed forces, will de-
liver the dedication address, and
there will be speeches ry Gen. John
]. Pershing. commander ot the Amer
lean Expeditionary Force In the war
days, and by Maj. Gen. Charles p.
Summerall, U. S. A, who commanded
the 1st Division
From Battery c, 9Th Unitea Statea
Field Artillery, went the firht shot
into the German ranks on October
90, 1917. Americas bow in the .dEHt-
ing area. Saturday next this battery
will fire the national salute a.. the
dedication ceremonies.
Parade Of Troops in Program
Preparatory to the dedication eNrL''
monies there will be parade of jeS
ular troops of the present lst Oi-
vision along pennsylvania avenue
from the Peace Monument to the liot
of ground where the monument las
been erected. Also there will b. in
line veterans of the original first, and
representatives of many patriotic Sd
cieties.
The 18th and 18th Infantry Regi-
ments, Regular Army, from posts
in and around New York, have been
ordered to Washington. for the parade
and will come on the Army transport
San Mihiel. which will dock at Wash
ington Barracks, and the Sth Field
Artillery win come overland from
Fort Hoyle, Edgewood Arsenal, Nd.
In addition, all of the regular troops
of the district of Washington will De
paraded. In all. there will be more
than 5000 uniformed troops ir line
and equally as many veterans, ac-
cording to figures in hand by those
who are handling the arrangements
Mai. Gen. c. T. Summerall viii be
grand marshal of the parade.
Removal of Wartime ASxociations.
Practically all of the tins that the
veterans are here to b"nor their
fallen comrades at the dedication of
the monument will be gwen over to
entertainment and renewal OF the
wartime acquaintance made under
the stress OF serviceh in the held.
Thursday evening at O'Clock the
Veterans OF Foreign Wars will enter
tain the veterans at a smoker at
Pythian Temple, .012 Ninth street
northwest
Friday they will be the guests of
the Navy Department. Admiral
Hutchinson, ccmmandant OF the
Washington na"y yard, has made ar
rangements fo- the L. S. s Porpoise
and u s. s. Gyampus TO take the vet
Grams on trip down the Potomac 10
Mount Vernon. In addition, the war
Department will turn over to them
the Cen Ru, ker, Army tender. be-
tween this city ..~d Fort Washington.
The veterans win lunch at Mount
Vernon and will return to Washing
ton at o'clock. WREN they Will be
taken on sightseeing trips around the
city.
In the evening reSimental reunions
will be held in various parts OF the
city and smokers and dinners are
being arranged for them. The meet
ings will come to a climax at a gil
gantic meeting of all the veterans to
be held al the armory OF the National
Guard of the District of Columbia at
472 l. street northwest.
Saturday Program.
Then. Saturday. will be the big
parade and dedication. The route of
march will be west on Pennsylvania
avenue to 18th street, north to Penn
sylvania avenue, thence west to west
Executive avenue and south to the
Monument, where they will be re-
viewed by Gen. Pershing and other
high officials, after which they will
wheel into position preparatory for
the dedication ceremonies.
The order of the parade follows:
Regular troops OF the LIST Division; !;
regular troops of the District of
Washington. Veterans Of the list
Division; Veterans of the 5th Divi-
sion; veteran societies as follows
American Legion, Veterans of For
eign Wars, Military Order of the
World War, Disabled Veterans of the
World War, Disabled Emergency Off
GERS; Welfare Societies associated
with the 1st Division; Women's
Overseas Service League; Red Cross;
nurses and disabled veterans in hos
pitals in the vicinity of Washington.
Music will be furnished by the
Army Band, the LIST Division Band
and the Sd Cavalry Band. The invo-
cation at the ceremonies will be pro-
nounced by Rev. Henry r. Talbot.
Rochester. N. Y. chaplain of ths
1st Division, and the benediction by
DR.. Murray Bartlett.
To Honor Unknown Hero.
At s o'clock on Saturday night the
Society of the LIST Division, A. E. F.,
will hold a meeting in the Memorial
Continental Hall, and Sunday morn
ing it will make a pilgrimage to
the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, at
Arlington. where Chaplain Thomas
Dickson, formerly with the 6th Field
Artillery, will deliver an Grafton.
There will be music by the Army
Band. and the sad call of taps will
be sent over the Virginia hills by the
same bugler who sounded it at the
interment of the unknown warrior.
Headquarters of the division will
be established in the Gridiron room
of the New Willard Hotel, where Gen.
Summerall will have his office.
The monument will be unveiled by
Pvt (irst class) Daniel r. Edwards,
Company c, Sd Machine Gun Bat
TALON, who holds the Distinguished
Service Cross and the Congressional
Medal of Honor for Conspicuous gall
lantry and intrepidity above and be-
yond the call of duty in action"
Association to Hold Reunion.
The 5th Division Association also
will hold it's annual reunion here Oo.
tober 3, and 5, and will r.Irch in
the parade in coruection with the
dedication of the 1st Division me-
mortal. 1t will be commanded by
Maj. Gen. Hanson E. Ely. command
ant of the Army War College here,
that officer having been attached to
both the LIST and 5th Divisions in the
American expeditionary forces.
CARAVAN CARRIES BAND.