Evening star., 1933-03-19
ROOSEVELT ASKED
FOR ARMY DAY AID
Invited to Review Parade in
Front of Capitol and Up
the Avenue.

President Roosevelt has taken under
advisement an invitation to participate
in the celebration Of Army day here
April 6, and with his cabinet to review
an impressive parade to pass In front
Of the Capitol and up Pennsylvania
avenue in the afternoon.
The invitation was presented by Brig.
Gen. John Ross Delafield, of New York,
the commander in chief Of the Military
Order Of the World War, accompanied
by Maj Edwin S. Bethlehem, jr., the
adjutant general, and Capt. John
Parker Hill of Philadelphia, vice COM
mander in chief
To celebrate Army day, the sixteenth
anniversary of Americas entrance into
the World War, the President was ad-
vised that plans have been completed
for events on April in nearly every
city and town throughout the United
States. The celebrations will be in the
form of parades, maneuvers, radio
broadcasts with banquets and mass
meetings. >.
Parade ON Fifth Avenue.
Outstanding among these celebra-
tions will be a huge parade up Filth
avenue in New York City, headed by
Brig. Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt, and
the parade in the National Capital, with
Maj. Gen. Paul B. Malone, the Corps
Area commander, as the grand mar
shall Last year President Hoover and
his cabinet reviewed the Army day
parade. The demonstrations are held
annually under auspices of the Military
Order Of the World War, which founded
the Army day idea.
Plans virtually have been completed
for the big parade here. There will
be many participants including units
from the Army and Navy, Marines, Ma
tional Guard, Reserves, r. o. T. c. and
veterans organizations. The assembly
point will be In the southeast section
in the neighborhood of the House Once
Building from which the parade will
ceed across the Plaza Of the Capitol to
Constitution avenue, thence to Penn
sylvania avenue, to Ffteenteeth street,
south on Fifteenth street to Constitu-
ton avenue, thence to Seventeenth
street.
The Army day banquet will be held
that night at the Maynower Hotel.
The following Army and Navy troops
are scheduled to participate In the pa
rade: The Army Band, Sd Battalion,
18th. Infantry from Fort Washington,
18th Engineers with their band from
Fort Humphreys, the mounted band OF
the Sd Cavalry, LIST Battalion, 18th
Field Artillery, Sd Cavalry, Machine
Gun troop of the 10th Cavalry, Marine
Band, q battalion Of Marines, United
States Navy Band, battalion Of blue
jackets, United States Coast Guard and
q battalion of Naval Reserves.
Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, ne COM
manding general Of the 29th Division,
and his staff is expected to head the
National Guard units, consisting OF the
12lst Engineers, the 29th Divisional
troops, 29th Military Police Company,
372d Infantry, 260th Coast Artillery
with bands and drum corps.
Col. Leroy w. Heron will lead the
contingent Of Organized Reserve Units
and Reserve On1cers In the District Of
Columbia.
The R. o. +. c. Battalion with the
band from Georgetown University.
George washington University, Howard
University and st. Johns College are in
the lineup, together with the high
school cadets with their bands.
Veterans Invited to Join.
Invitations have been extended to the
following veteran organizations to par
ticipate:
Grand Army Of the Republic. Ma
tional Indian War Veterans, United
Spanish War Veterans, Spanish War
Auxiliary, Veterans Of Foreign Wars
Overseas Drum and Buglc Corps, De-
partment Comdr. Hollingswofth and
staff, followed by the is local posts in
Washington, D. c., and nearby towns;
Ladies' Auxiliary Of the Veterans OF
Foreign Wars.
Department Comdr. Norman Landreau
of the American Legion, the Costello
Post Drum and 9usle Corps; the VIC.
the Legion in the District Of Columbia,
In addition to posts from Alexandra,
Clarendon, Hyattsville and Takoma
Park; the Forty and Eight, the Ameri-
cn Legion Auxiliary, the Eight
Chapeux ct Forty Femmes. Military Or
der Of Foreign Wars, Military Order Of
the World War, National Sojourners,
Heroes Of '76; department and chapters,
Disabled Veterans Of the World War;
American War Mothers, American Gold
1912, Women'S Overseas Service League,
Washington unit, G. M. T. c.; Reserve
Omcers' Association, American Women's
Legion, Sons Of American Revolution,
Daughters Of American Revolution, Sons
Of the Revolution, United Daughters Of
the Confederacy, Daughters Of Amer
tcan Colonists, World War Reconstruc-
ton Aides, Womens Relief Corps, Naval
and Military Order Of Spanish Amer
lean War, Sons Of Union Veterans,
Daughters Of Union Veterans, Military
Order Of the Loyal Legion, Children Of
the American Legion, Danes Of the
Loyal Legion, Daughters Of the Defend
ers OF the Republic, Daughters Of
1861 1-65, Ladies Of the Grand Army Of
the Republic. Children Of the American
Revolution, Sons and Daughters Of Lib
erty, Daughters Of America, Eastern
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