Evening star., 1925-08-08
Begin Forming Early.

Begin Forming Early.
The head of the procession began
forming at First and B streets north
east shortly after l o'clock. By that
time many delegations had been mar
shaled on virtually every corner as
far east as Fifteenth street northeast,
waiting impatiently to fall into line.
Other contingents moved slowly up
Capitol Hill toward the end of the for
nation as late as 1870 o'cIock.
A District KlanSman with chart
stood on the base of the Peace Monu'
ment, giving instructions TO the dele
cations rs they arrived to learn their
point of formation. These details had
been guarded secretly until the last
moment. and even after the contigents
had taken their designated positions
behind the parade route. Klan officials
refused TO make public the formation
points of the different Klan bodies.
Visible signs of fatigue manifested
themselves in the Klansmen several
hours before the start of the parade.
Small groups lounged about on curb
stones and grassy lawns. Many spent
the hours preceding the parade in
the ice cream and soft drink stores
around their concentration points.
Pennsylvania and New Jersey del
egationS seemed to predominant in
the formations behind the head of
the procession. Ohio, also, had a
number of delegations.
Parade to Start at 3.
Promptly at o'clock this afternoon
the vanguard of the Klansmen, head
ed by Acting Supt. of Police Charles
L
ument into the Avenue. From that
time until about $50 tonight the
white-robed Klansmen are expected to
form a continuous procession to the
Sylvan Theater.
After a final conference with Klan
officials, Acting Superintendent of Po-
lice Evans stated today that the last of
the marchers should be in the Monu.
ment Grounds by $50 o'clock This
means that close to 10000 are expect
ed to march.
y spectacular feature of the parade,
Klan leaders announced at the last
moment, would be a great display of
American flags. Four hundred stands
of large flags on metal staffs, topped
by American eagle ornaments, they
said, will be carried by members Of
the District unit of the klan. They
VIII De arranged In mass
The flags were provided through ar
rangements made by Earl Silvern,
kligrapp of the Dallas. Tex, Klan, as
contribution to the success of the
arrangements made by the Washing
ton klan for today's unique demon
stration.
$4,000 Expected to March.
Klan leaders clung today to their
estimate of so, 900 marchers, as thou
sands of strangers poured into the
city by special trains and motor cara
vans. The vast majority of them
were Klansmen.
The $4,000 estimate, however, is
conservative, according to the Klan
officials. They confidently expect
many of those who had not originally
planned to participate in the parade
to don their robes and fall in line as
the procession gets under way
Sixteen abreast the Klansmen will
march down the Avenue. Six hours
and a half will be required, it was es.
timated, for the procession to pass a
given point. If more than $4,000
should fall in line, the Klan leaders
predict that the parade may continue
into the early hours of Sunday morn
ing.
District, who arranged the unusual
demonstration for the Capital, would
not estimate today the number of
Klan visitors who have come here
either to march or view the parade.
Heads of the various State units have
been requested to report the strength
of their delegations to him this after
noon, and until then he declines to
venture a guess. The crowds on the
streets, the continuous stream Of
motor caravans coming into the city
over all the principal highways,
indicate throng compare BILE to
the Shrine visitors in June, 1928.
Streets Are ThrOnged.
Streets bordering the Willard Hotel,
the general klan parade headquarters,
were virtually impossible for the
throngs of klansmen. Pennsylvania
avenue was almost as crowded with
the visitors, some in regalia and others
p