Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-13
60 ARMY PLANES TO START
BIG INAUGURAL PARADE
Great Variety of Flying Graft to Gather
Over Capitol as Ceremony Concludes
and Fly Westward Above Avenue.

Reserve Army officers to sign up and
be prepared to march in the parade. A
group of 100 Reserve officers has been
assigned a place in the parade, but
Maj. Demonet believes several States
may not send their full quota. For that
reason he wants local Reserve officers
to hold themselves in readiness for a
call to fill the ranks up to the desired
figure. The Reserve officers group will
be the last unit Of marchers In the
first grand division of the parade. fol-
lowing the Naval Reserve section, which,
because of difference in the status of
Naval Reserve officers, precedes the
Army men.
"All Washington Reserve officers de-
string to participate in the parade
should communicate with Col. o.
Johnson, 1853 Pennsylvania avenue"
Maj. Demonet said today An inspec-
ton of the Reserve officers group will
be held March by an officer of the
Regular Army.
Models and other exhibits depicting
the Capital in the past, present and
future will be displayed In the Washing
ton Building during the Inauguration.
In addition to the Washington Build
ing displays, a lecture and illustrated
talk ON the wonders and scenic beauty
Of the Capital City will be given Sunday
evening, March 3. at the Rialto Theater,
under auspices OF the general promotion
committee Of the inaugural committee,
which Is composed of the following:
Roiantf Whitehurst, chairman; Mrs.
Proctor IL .Dougherty, Mrs. Joshua
Evans, IT,; Mrs. Charles Goldsmith,
Judge Mary O'Toole, Robert j. Cot
trell, William Ellis, Dorsey Hyde. Sidney
Lust and p. Romer. The committee
went over its plans at meeting this
morning.
Cadets to Be in Line.
Approximately 500 Washington high
school cadets will march in the in
augural parade, it was announced at
the Franklin Administration Building
at noon today, following. a conference
between Stephen E. Kramer, first as
sistant superintendent of schools in
charge of cadet affairs; Lieut.. Col. Wal
lace M. Craigie, u. s. A., professor OF
military science and tactics in the pub
lie schools, and members of Lieut.. Col.
Craigie's staff.
Four hundred of the cadets will be
chosen in competitive drill from the
white schools, while 100 will be selected
from the corps in the colored schools.
The youthful cadets will march In
parade to the music Of their own bands,
one of 100 pieces, composed OF the
regimental bands Of the white schools,
and the other made up of the cadet
musicians of the colored schools.
Col. Craigie said that only picked
cadets would appear in the line OF
march. Company competitive drills are
under way already in the five white
schools for the determination OF the
units which will make up the composite
battalion.
In order to carry the selectiye sys-
tenn of determining the companies which
will march into the rank of the COM
manding officers, Lieut.. Col. Craigie
made it known that the commanding
major of the picked regiment also
will be chosen by competitive examila-
ton, in which the eligible officers will
compete. On what scores the officers
will be rated has not been announced,
but it is certain their respective abilities
to command the battalion IN the parade
will be tried.
The announcement of the cadets APP
pearance in the parade was made by
Mr.. Kramer. The inaugural commit
tee, he said, had authorized participa-
ton of the composite battalion and the
school authorities fastened to complete
plans for the selection Of the marching
personnel.