Evening star., 1933-07-01
Military, Patriotic and Vet
eran Groups to Join in In
dependence Day Program.
COL. NEVITT ANNOUNCES
FORMATION OF UNITS
Capt. Hickey Says Traffic Rules
Will Be Same as in Pre-
vious Years.

Plans for massing The colors by mill
tary, patriotic and veterans organiza-
tions about the Washington Monument
as part of the independence day cele-
bration next Tuesday evening are being
rapidly completed by COMMITTEES
headed by Gen. Anton Stephan.
All units, which will include the
Army, Navy, Coast Guard, District Ma
tional Guard, Naval Reserve and Ma
rine Reserve will be represented by
armed color guards and color bearers
They will meet and mass colors around
the base of the monument at 7:30, and
will form background for the formal
ceremonies on the program, including
the reading of the Declaration OF In
dependence and the address by the
speaker of the occasion.
Music for the occasion will be fur
nished by the United States Marine
Band and Capt. Taylor Branson and
the Victory Post, American Legion,
Drum and Bugle Corps.
Formation Of Units.
The formation of units for the flag
professional and massing the colors
will be as follows, as announced by Col
Peyton G. hewitt, aide to Gen. Stephan
and vice chairman Of the committee
on military, veteran and patriotic par
ticipation for the 1ndependence day
celebration here: U. S. Army. U. S
Guard, 12lst Engineers, D. c. National
Guard; 260th Coast Artillery, D. c.
National Guard: Company A, 372d
Infantry, D. C. National Guard; U. S
Naval Reserve, goth Marine, Marine
Corps Reserve; 23d Marines, Marine
Corps Reserve: Grand Army Of the
Republic and Auxiliary, Women's Re-
lief Corps, Society of Colonial Wars
Daughters of Union Veterans of the
Civil War. United Confederate Veterans
and Auxiliary. Veterans of Foreign
Wars and Auxiliary. Military Order OF
Foreign Wars, United Spanish War
Veterans. Naval End Military Order OF
the Spanish American War, American
Legion and Auxiliary. Disabled Ameri-
can Veterans Of the World War, Mill
tary Order of the World War, Ameri-
can Gold Star Mothers, American War
Mothers, Womens Overseas Service
League, Military Order of the Loyal
Legion Danes of the Loyal Legion,
National Yeomen F. Yeomanettes.
United States Daughters Of 1912, Sons
of the American Revolution, Sons of
the Revolution. Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution, Children of tbe Amer
lean Revolution, Daughters of America,
Daughters of the Defenders Of the Re-
public, Daughters of the Confederacy
Daughters of American Colonists.
Daughters of Founders and Patriots,
Jobs Daughters, D. c. Boy Scouts.
Rules Similar to 1925.
Traffic rules for the Fourth will be
about the same as in recent years,
Capt Doyle o. Hickey, superintendent
Of park police, said today. A safety
area will be established around the ac-
tual fireworks display permitting tech
nicians room to operate at Sixteenth
street and Constitution avenue. The
captain said that pedestrians will not
be permitted to approach this area
closer than about 100 yards.
Automobiles will be allowed to enter
the Ellipse area but cannot proceed
south on fifteenth or Sixteenth streets
from that area. Traffic around the
Ellipse roadway will be one-way count
mitted on the Ellipse roadway. Details
from the military services will assist
the park police in maintaining order.
Capt Hickey asserted that the cir
cular driveway, skirting the Washing
ton Monument grounds, will be closed
on north and south sides of the monu-
ment, since they are needed for the
ceremonies and fireworks display. En-
trance into the Monument Grounds will
be from Fourteenth street only.
The superintendent pointed out that
the large parking areas in the rear of
the Navy and Munitions Buildings will
be open to public parking at pm.
on July 4. Entrance and exit will be
by way of Nineteenth or Twenty first
streets The Seventeeth street gate will
be used exclusively for pedestrians COM
ing and going into the parking area.
No parking. Capt. Hickey said, will
be allowed on Fourteenth street be-
tween Pennsylvania avenue and Water
street, but it will be permitted on
Fifteenth street. in the rear of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing. en-
trance from the north being only by
way of Fourteenth street. No east
bound traffic will be permitted on the
north Tidal Basin road, as this will be
one-way, entrance to it being secured
from Fourteenth or Fifteenth streets.