Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-23
HUNDREDS ARRIVE
FOR VETS REUNION
Delegations From Chicago
and New York Due to Reach
City Late Today.

Heralded by the firing of three salvos,
commemorative Of the first shot by
Americans in the war, by members of
the 9Th Field Artillery from Fort Hoyle,
Md, at Fort Myer early today, the
twelfth annual convention of the vet
Grams of the 1st Division got under way
officially today, with the beginning of
registration of delegates in the willard
Hotel, convention headquarters.
Several hundred persons from various
parts of the country had registered at
the hotel up to early this afternoon and
hundreds more were scheduled to arrive
by train and automobile later today.
Many OF the delegates were attired in
wartime uniforms of the American
Expeditionary Forces, while others were
In civilian clothes as they made their
way through Peacock Alley in the
willard to the official registration head
quarters, stationed in one end of the
building.
A large delegation was expected from
Chicago today, headed by Gen. Charles
p. Summerall, chief of staff of the
United States Army and president of
the First Division Society, while another
group was to arrive from New York.
headed by Col. Fred Feigel, whose SON
the late Lieut.. Jefferson Feigel, was
the first American Artillery officer to
be Killed In the World War.
First War Shot Recalled,
=, The salvo at Fort Myer was fred at
the exact time, as to date and hour.
on which the first shot was fred by
american troops in the World War.
On that occasion it was Battery G of
the 9th Field Artillery of the First Divi-
sion which sent shells over into the
German lines. The gun that fired the
nrSt shot on that morning of October
70, 1917, Is in the museum at West
Point. "eoU
Regimental get-together meetings in
the Willard Hotel tonight will mark the
hrst feature of the reunion.
tomorrow morning at 80 veterans
VIII pay tribute to the Unknown Soldier
at the tomb in Arlington Cemetery.
They will be headed by Gen. Summerall
and other wartime commanders of
the division.
An escort consisting of battalion of
Field Artillery and a troop of Cavalry
from Fort Myer will accompany the
1st Division veterans on the trip into
Arlington Cemetery. Tomorrow after
noon the veterans will have lunch at
Fort Myer, after which special ex-
hibition drills will be staged by Fort
Myer troops and will pass in review
before Gen. Summerall.
Mccoy and Summerall to Speak.
A ceremony at the 1st Division Monu-
ment, south of the State, War and Navy
Building, will be held Saturday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock, following trip to
Mount Vernon earlier that day. Former
Chief Justice Walter I. Mccoy and Maj.
Gen. Summerall will speak at the mon
ument ceremony. The reunion will
close with a banquet in the Willard
Saturday night at z o'clock, when Of
ficers of the 1st Division Society will be
elected and disposition made of other
business. Addresses are to be delivered
also by former generals who at various
times commanded the LIST Division dur
ing the World War.
The reunion is under auspices Of the
District Chapter of. the 1st Division So
ciety, the chapter being composed of
troops living in Maryland, Virginia,
West Virginia and the District of Co.
lumbia.