Evening star., 1934-03-25
$4,000 TO MARCH
|NARMY DAYTIME
President and Cabinet Will
Review Parade Having
More Than 88 Units.


parade here April 6, it was an
nounced yesterday at the headquar-
ters of the Military Order of the |
World War.
In the reviewing stand will be Pres
ident Roosevelt and his Sabinet and
Lieut.. Col. George e. IJan1s, COM
mander in chief of the order, who
will welcome the President on his |
arrival. Naval and military attaches
from the embassies will also be in
the stands.
Public reviewing stands to accom-
modate $4,000 spectators will be
erected along the line of march.
The general admission price to these
has been set at so cents.
More than SO units and scores OF
bands and drum corps will march,
with Mai. Gen. Paul B. Malone as
grand marshal. it was announced
The assistant grand marshals
heading the four main divisions in
clude Brig. Gen. Perry L. Miles, COM
manding 18th Infantry Brigade; Col
John W. Oehmann. commanding the
District National Guard; Col. Wallace
w. Craige. commanding the third di-
vision of the R. o. T. c. units and high
school cadets, and Brig. Gen. Will
liam z. Horton. who will command
the fourth division of veterans and
patriotic units.
The parade will march past the
east front of the Capitol. up Penn
sylvania avenue to Fifteenth street,
south on Fifteenth street to Consti-
tuition avenue, and past the reviewing
stand to Seventeenth street, where
it will disperse.
Escort of Honor.
The escort of honor will be headed
by Maj E. w. Brown and detach-
nents of Metropolitan police in mo-
tor cycle cavalcade.
Col. Leroy W. Heron, the acting
Reserve brigade commander, will
command the large unit of Reserve
officers of the IL Organized Reserve
units in the Washington area in ad-
dition to those officers who are un-
assigned. Col. West A. Hamilton
will be in immediate command OF the
Reserve officers of the colored units.
A warning was issued yesterday
that the listing in the parade order
will close this week and the complete
order of the parade will be announced
next Sunday.
The post of honor in the veteran
division has been reserved for the
members of the Grand Army Of the
Republic in automobiles. This prob |
ably will be the last parade for many |
of these old warriors, none of whom
are under 60 The next post Of honor |
has been set aside for the contingent |
- he nj of
Valor. composed entirely of the |
wearers of the Congressional Medal
Of Honor, the Navy Cross and the
Distinguished Service Cross.
Col Rice w Means, department |
commander of the American Legion |
after consultation with Mrs. Edythe !
M. O'Connor, the department presi- |
dent of the Legion Auxiliary, an
nounces the following Legion con-
tingents: Col Means. department |
commander and staff; Costello Post /,
Drum and Bugle Corps, George |
Washington Post, Henry w Longfel- |
low, commander; U. S. S. Jacob Jones |
Post, Kate Briggs. commander; Bel !
leau Woods Emily J. Carey COM
mander; Victory, Oscar G.. Jones, |
Immander Jane A. Delano, Mabel
Nash, Guy U. Cogsweu, commander;
Lafayette, Forest F. Bartel, COM
nander; Stuart Walcott, Henry F.
Jones, commander; Quentin Roosevelt,
John T. Finley, commander; Henry
T. Spengler. w. A. McCathran, COM
rnander; Sergeant Jasper, Joseph J. |
Malloy, commander; Vincent 3. Co.'S
tello, Albert P. Tatspaugh, COM
commander August T. Gardner, !
James Purcell, commander; Tank
Corps, Charles Swan. commander; |
National Press Club, alph Hoyt Case, |
commander; McCooley Mccullough |
John B. Keller, commander; Bureau
Of Engraving. George Oberndoefer.
commander; Society of Forty and
Eight, Stephen P. McGroarty.
Wiley NJ. Fuller, commander;
Second Division. Maurice Folsom,
commander, Washington Police Post.
H. w. Lineberg. commander; STAN
ley Church Depue, r. A. c. Hor-
ton, commander; Bunker Hill, Will
liam Killerlane, commander; Fort
Stevens, Leo J. Reel, commander;
George E. Killeen, Comdr. Maurice
Callahan; James Reese Europe Drum
and Bugle Corps, James Reese Europe
Post, Early Z. Person, commander;
James E. Walker. West Hamilton,
commander.
Auxiliary Units.
Mrs. O'Connor, department presi-
dent and staff; Victory Unit. Mrs.
Catherine August, president; Kenneth
H. Nash, Mrs. Ruth Turner, president;
Henry c. Spengler. Mrs. Roberta Faw-
cett, president; Sergt. Jasper, Mrs.
Ruth Orlasky. president: Vincent Co.'S
tello, Miss Nicie Perrell, president;
George E. Killeen. Mrs. Mary Killeen,
president. Stephen p McGroarty,
Mrs. Glenn Newell, president; James
Reese Europe. Mrs. Roselle Thomas,
president; James E. Walker, Mrs. Ju-
liza Hamilton, president.
Brig. Gen. Horton who is COM
nlander of the District of Columbia
Chapter of the Military Order of the
World War, also announced that in
vitations have been sent to the men,
bers of the order, their friends and to
patriotic organizations to attend the
Army day banquet to be held on the
evening of April 6, at the Mayfower
Hotel
Secretary of War Dern will be guest
Of honor and the principal speaker
Among other distinguished guests are
included Lieut.. Col. Ijams. Maj. Gen.
Malone and military and naval at
taches of the various foreign embas-
sizes in Washington as we'll as rank
ing officials of the Army, Navy and
Marine Corps.
Included in the entertainment will
be patriotic numbers. episodes and
selections incidental to the World War.