Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-30
PRESIDENT DELAYS DEPARTURE
TO SEE WASHINGTON PARADE
Time Set Up at Executive
Request in Spite of Mar
shaI'S Refusal.
"a Can't Help Who's Wait
ing," G. A. R. Marshal
Tells Guard.

President Hoover today awaited the
pleasure of soldiers who fought under
Chief prior to himself
when he delayed his departure for
Gettysburg for more than half an hour
In order to review the Decoration day
parade Of war veterans on their way
to do homage to fallen comrades who
sleep in Arlington.
The President had announced his
intention of leaving the White House
at $50 o'clock, and a White House
guard was dispatched to request the
grand marshal. Samuel @. MawSon, de-
partment commander of the Grand
Army of the Republic, to start the
parade early enough to permit the Chief
Executive to review the marchers.
II can't help who's waiting" Mr.
Mawson declared to the guard Last
year when We got over to Arlington
early there wasn't q car there for us
and We had to wait. Now there's no
use in our leaving before 10 o'clock and
that's when this parade Is leaving. Sir!"
Very well, general, shall have to
inform the White House that the pa
rade doesn't start until 10 O'clock" the
officer replied; "but the President want
cd to review you, you know"
II can't help that. We start at 10
o'clock, and I'm no general; no rank
at all, just plain Mawson!' the grand
marshal returned.
Others Intervene.
Other wills entered the affair at this
time, however when Lieut., 9. H. Reilly
one of the assistant marshals and a
member of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars. undertook to get the parade
started. In IL minutes, the parade,
headed by the u. 8. Marine Band,
swung into line south of the Treasury.
Meanwhile, word flashed from the
White House that the President would
wait for the parade.
AS the procession swung north be-
tween the Treasury and the east ter
race Of the White House, Mr.. Hoover,
accompanied by Mrs. Hoover, who was
seated in an invalid'S chair IN her first
public out-of-doors appearance since
her injury, walked to the terrace rail.
dotted his hat and stood bareheaded
throughout the passage of the parade.
With the President and Mrs. Hoover
were Secretary of War Patrick Hurley.
who also was making his first public
appearance since his recent serious ILL
ness.
From its vantage point on the east
dental reviewing party watched the
procession Of fighting men pass by. The
cadence was set by the Marine Band to
accommodate hravely plodding feet that
not so many years ago swung down the
avenue with youthful stride. Mister"
MawSon led the line of marcheFs as
grand marshal With him were Lieut..
Reilly, the man who helped Override"
the marshal's determination to start the
0fAlnaly naatElnG q
Reilly, the other assistant marshals &C.
companying Mister Mawson were HaT-
vey L, Miller, also of the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars; H. b. Coulter of the
Spanish War Veterans, and Francis l..
Miller OF the American Legion.
G. A. r. Leads.
Following the marshalS came the de-
partment officers and official staff Of
the @. A. r. Then came the United
Spanish War Veterans they, too, carry
ing now with the older Civil War vet
Grams the grazing hair and boards and
occasionally the STOPPING back of their
older comrades. l.. G. Nelson was their
department commander at their head,
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States marched after the Span
ish War men, swinging along to the
cadence Of their own Overseas Drum
Corps. Then came the Disabled Veterans
OF the World War; under Department
Comdr. Capt, E. G. Babcock.
Following these came the National
Indian War Veterans and then the
American Veterans of Hellenic Descent.
Following them, in youthful and precise
gait. march the colored high school
cadets Of the District of Columbia. AS
they swung past the President. they
executed neat eyes left" in salute to
the Chief Executive,
After passing President Hoover and
his fellow reviewers, the parade marched
north on Madison place to II street,
thence east to Thirteenth street and
south TO the waiting trolley cars, which
conveyed them to Arlington for the
tribute to the marchers' dead comrades
AS soon as the parade had completed
| It's march past the White House the
| President and his party left the ter
race to enter the automobiles which
were 70 carry them to other Decoration
day exercises at Gettysburg.