Evening star., 1927-10-18
STATE T0PRESENT
MEADE MEMORIAL
Pennsylvania Tribute to Civil
War Leader Will Be Un-
yelled Tomorrow.

The memorial to Maj. Gen. George
Gordon Meade. who was commander
OF the Army of the Potomac and of
the Union Army at Gettysburg. will be
unveiled and presented to the Fed.
eral Government by the State Of Penn.
sylvania, tomorrow afternoon at its
site in the Botanic Garden. Third
street and Pennsylvania avenue. The
exercises are scheduled to begin at
2:30 o'clock.
Gov. John s. Fisher of Pennsyl.
vania, with his large staff, will arrive
i'm Washington at noon, going to his
headquarters at the Mayfiower Hotel.
Escorted by a troop of Sd u. s. Cav
airy. from Fort Meyer, he will leave
the hotel in time to be at the cere.
monies at 2:30 o'clock, when he will
officially present the memorial to the
Federal Government. on whose behalf
it will be accepted by President Ceol'
idge.
Exercises to Be Simple.
The exercises will he comparatively
simple and without q parade. The
only troops present will be a platoon
of Battery A, 18th u. s. Field Artillery.
which will be parked in the area west
of Third street for the purpose or
firing the salute. and the cavalry es-
cort for Pennsylvania chief execu'
tive.
The order of exercises. as laid down
by Lieut.. Col. u. s. Grant, Sd, execu-
tive officer of the Meade Memorial
Commission, follow: Call to order by
Senator Simeon ID. Fess, chairman or
the Senate committee on Library ana
acting chairman of the Federal Meade
Memorial Commission; invocation by
Rev. Hugh X. Fulton, chaplain in the
Army Reserve Corps; presentation or
the memorial, by Gov. Fisher; un-
yelling of the memorial, by Miss Hen.
rietta Meade, daughter Of Gen. Meade;
firing Of a 13.gun salute; acceptance
on behalf of the Government. by Pres
ident Coolidge; music; "reminiscences
Of Gen. Meade, by Fl. III. Spayd, past
commander, Department Of Pennsyl-
vania, Grand Army of the Republic;
music; presentation Of the sculptor,
Charles Crafty OF Philadelphia; pres
entation of the architects, Edward r.
and Grant M. Simon, both Of Philadel-
phia, and dedicatOry prayer. by Rev.
J. III. Pershing, chaplain, Department
of Pennsylvania, G. A. r.
Veterans Urged to Attend
Every effort is being made by the
officials to have present many Civil
War veterans, but they have had diff
ficulty in reaching them, with the re-
suit that a number of tickets have
been unclaimed. Those entitled to
these seats may have them by calling
at the Office of the director of public
and public parks of the Ma.
tional Capital in the Navy Building.
The personel of the Pennsylvania
Meade Memorial Commission follows:
Gov. Fisher. chairman; Hugh r. Full.
ton, vice chairman; Benson E. Tay.
lor, secretary; Charles F. Bidelspacher,
Samuel p. Towne, John b. Patrick
and John K. Baker. while that Of the
Federal commission follows: Secre-
tary Dwight F. Davis Of the War De.
partment, Senator Fess, Represented
tive Luce, chairman of the House
committee on Library; Gov. Fisher,
and Lieut.. Col. Grant, Sd, executive
officer.
Weather Not to Interfere.
Col. Grant said today that the exer-
because it would be impossible for
Gov. Fisher of Pennsylvania and other
participants from that State to stay
over. He pointed out, however, that
the speakers stand and seat sections
A, B, C., d and K are rooted over.
Admission to these seats is by white
tickets.
Col. Grant also made public today
the plans for handling the traffic in.
cident to the ceremonies. He said that
all ticket holders will be admitted
through the Third street entrance to
the Botanic Gardens. The general pub.
lie may enter from Pennsylvania ave-
nue. or First street.
Parking Arranged.
The music will start at 2 o'clock and
guests are requested to arrive before
2:30 o'clock, when the exercises are
scheduled to begin. Seats unoccupied
at PAS o'clock will be opened to the
public.
Third street, between Missouri and
Maine avenues, will be a one.way
street south before the ceremony and a
one-way street north at it's conclusion.
Automobiles belonging to those holding
white tickets will be parked in East
Seaton Park opposite the Third street
entrance to the gardens. Other auto.
mobiles. after discharging passengers
at the Third street entrance, will be
parked on Third street, Maryland and
Pennsylvania avenues. There will be
large dtails of both Metropolitan and
the Park Police to supervise the park
ing of cars.