Evening star., 1934-04-06

south to Constitution avenue to Seven
teenth street, where the column will
diSband.
A reviewing stand has been erected
at Sixteenth street and Constitution
avenue In it were to be Secretary of
War and Mrs. Dern, Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Swanson, Secretary of
the Treasury and Mrs. Morgenthau,
Secretary Of Commerce and Mrs.
Roper, Secretary of the Interior and
Mrs. Ickes, Assistant Secretary Of War
and Mrs Woodring, Maj. Gen. Hugh
A. Drum. chief of staff; Admiral Will
liam H. Standley, chief Of naval op-
erations: Maj. Gen. John H. Russell,
commandant of the Marine Corps;
Rear Admiral Harry G. Hamlet, COM
mandant Of the Coast Guard, and
most of the military attaches Of the
various embassies.
Because of their absence from the
city neither the President nor Mrs.
Roosevelt were able to witness the
parade.
Besides Army units, the Navy. Ma
rine Corps and Coast Guard also were
represented in the procession.
The regular service units composed
the first Of the parade's four divisions.
The second division was composed
of members of the National Guard
and Reserve Corps; the third Of Re
serve Offlcers' Training Corps men,
bers and high school cadets. and the
fourth of representatives of various
veterans and patriotic organizations.
MarshaIs of the divisions are: First,
Brig. Gen. Perry L. Miles: second.
Col John w. Oehmann: third, Capt.
Thomas Holmes. and fourth, Brig.
Gen. William E. Horton.
Tanks Feature Parade.
An unusual feature of the parade
Is the presence OF five tanks brought
here from Fort Meade with the oath
Infantry.
Ten minutes before start Of the
parade the thoroughfares on the route
were cleared of traffic and enforce
ment begun Of general parking ban.
Public reviewing stands spotted the
route, as did first aid stations. Ambu-
lances strolled the streets on watch
tor persons fainting.
Street cars operating along PENN
sylvania avenue were rerouted, with
uptown and cross-town transportation
being maintained by means OF trans
fers
Among the paraders were two Vir-
ginia veterans of the Confederacy.
They are Gen. Homer Atkinson. COM
mander in chief of the United Con-
federate Veterans, and Gen. William
NICK. Evans, commander of the De-
partment Of Virginia, U. c. v. Gen.
Atkinson came from Petersburg and
Gen. Evans from Richmond.
Tonight they will be joined by
third Confederate veteran, Gen. Ed
gar Warfleld of Alexandria, at dinner
with Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Randolph
Coyle.
Secretary Of War Dern, Col. George
E. Ijams, head Of the Military Order
Of the World War, and Gen. Malone
are to be the speakers at a dinner
tonight at the Mayfiower Hotel. be-
ginning at 7:30 o'clock. Secretary
Dern's speech will be broadcast on
the radio. A military ball will follow
the banquet.
Legion to Entertain.
In addition to participating in the
parade, members of Costello Post,
No. Is, American Legion. will present
an entertainment tonight at Mount
Alto Hospital for the inmates.
The New England State Society
will hold an all-States ball at the
Kennedy-Warren Apartments this
evening in celebration of Army day.
The committee in charge of this
event includes Elmer E. Field. presi-
dent Of the society; Miss Betty Durr.
executive chairman: Miss Mary Dean.
Miss Rose Dugan, Miss Betty Devlin.
Miss Marguerite Lathom, Col. William
Humphries. c. S. Carter, Harold
Coates, John Woodruff and Henry
Thompson.
The Sponsoring Committee consists
OF Senators Walcott and Cappel, Rep
resentatives Rogers, Powers and Mer-
ritt and Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Powers
and Mrs. Merritt.