Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-22
5000 Soldiers Attached to
First Division to Convene
Here Tomorrow.
DELEGATES TO NAME
OFFICERS SATURDAY
Pilgrimage to Tomb of Unknown
Soldier and Parade Seized
uled Friday.

Tomorrow morning at Cos o'clock
the exact time of the morning on which
the first sho: was fired by American
troops in the World War, October %,
19l7-Bettery c of the 9th Field Ar
tillery, the outfit that fired the shot,
will fire a three-round salvo at Fort
Myer. marking the beginning of the
twelfth annual reunion of the LIST Di-
vision opening in this city. The 9Th
Field Artillery was unit of the 1st
Division,
The present Battery G is coming
from Fort Hoyle, Md, to fire the salvo
in the morning. Battery c of the old
LIST Division was in the Somerville Sec
tor en- the Lorraine front on that morn
ing in 1917 when 1t was given firing
data and trained its guns on its target
sending shells crashing over into the
German lines.
Some 5000 members of the 1st Divi-
sion are expected to register here to-
morrow for the reunion. Their head
quarters will be in the Willard Hotel.
The reunion will be under auspices Of
the District Chapter of the 1st Division
Society, the local chapter being COM
posed of troops living in Maryland, Vir-
ginia, West Virginia, and the District
of Columbia.
To Honor Unknown Soldier.
Tomorrow will be devoted principally
to registration, to be followed by regi-
mental get-together meetings in the
Willard Hotel tomorrow night The
former buddies in the various regiments
are to gather in groups at times to be
arranged by each separate regimental
group. Gen. Charles P. Summerall,
chief of staff Of the Army, is president
Of the 1st Division Society.
Friday morning delegates will make
a pilgrimage to the Tomb of the I'm
known Soldier in Arlington Cemetery.
This will be followed by lunch at Fort
Myer at noon, to be succeeded by a
special exhibition of troops and a pa
rade of the veterans at Fort Myer Fri
day afternoon. A feature of the latter
will be the gathering of regimental
colors and passing in review before Gen.
| Summeran.
| Saturday morning a trip will be made
to Mount Vernon and Saturday after
| noon, at 2:3U O'Clock, special cere-
mony will be held at the LIST Division
Monument, just south of the State, War
and Navy Building.
| At the latter addresses are to be de-
| livered by former Chief Justice Walter
| / Mccoy and Gen. Summerall, former
! commander OF the division and presi-
| dent of the divisions society. The pro-
! gram will include a grouping of colors
around the monument.
Elect O1icers Saturday.
The only business session Of the re-
union will be held following banquet
| of the veterans in the Willard Hotel
Saturday night at o'clock. officers
! will be elected and other business con-
Quoted at this meeting.
Addresses are to be delivered at the
banquet by various former commanders
Of the division able to attend the re-
| union. 1t was not known definitely
| today just which of these will be here.
| Besides Gen. Summerall, the other
division commanders at different stages
of the war we're Maj. Gen. William I.
Sibcrt, Lieut.. Gen. Robert Lee Billiard.
Mai. Gen. E. F. McBlachlin and Maj.
Gen Frank Parker. All except Gen.
Summerall have been retired.
There are about $1,000 former mem
bers of the 1st Division. including the
various requirements and the units that
served with it at various times.
Besides Gen. Summerall, other officers
of the 1st Division Society are:
Maj. A. M. Patch of Fort Washing
ton, Md, and Sergt. David L. Frisel of
Washington, vice presidents: Capt.
Henry G. Evans, jr., Baltimore, treas
urer; Mai. Redmond Stewart, Baltimore,
and Master Sergt. Stephen Flaherty Of
Washington Barracks, directors. and
Capt. George j. Forester, Infantry, Tor
Myer, Va, secretary.