Evening star., 1935-04-05
PARADE OF $1,000
AND PLANE REVIEW
TOMARK ARMyDAY
So Ships to Fly Over March.
ing Men in Observance
Tomorrow.
HIGH SCHOOL CADETS
TO FORM DIVISION
Reserved Seats in Stands on Con.
stitutioh Avenue Available
to Spectators.

A spectacular aerial review and a
parade by $4,000 soldiers, veterans
and cadets will feature the Army day
demonstration here tomorrow under
auspices of the Military Order of the
World War
Forty-four swift pursuit planes and
"a Of the latest type bombers will
arrive from Langley Field in time to
maneuver over the column of march
ing men, which gets under way at
l:30 pm.
The pursuit planes will land at
Boiling Field to fuel, while the bomb
ers are to make the round trip and
demonstration . without landing.
Rivaling in local interest the Regu-
lar Army outfits, the Washington
High School Cadet Corps and other
cadet units will form a complete di-
vision of the parade.
Starts at Capitol.
The divisions Of the great column
will form at lis pm. and the parade
will cross the east plaza of the Capitol
to Constitution avenue and west to
Seventeenth street.
Seats in the stands to be erected
along the line of march will be sold
for 40 cents for adults and Is cents
for children, except at the stand op-
posite the presidential reviewing box.
where the charge is 90 cents for
reservations.
The seats can be reserved by tele-
phoning National 1926, National 1864
or Metropolitan $3.50. Maj. Gen. Rob-
ert E. Callan, commander of the Sd
Corps Area, will be grand marshal of
the parade, while Maj Edwin S. Bet
telheim, jr.. adjutant general of the
Military Order of the World War, is
chairman of the Parade Committee.
Military Ball Scheduled.
Following the parade, q banquet
and military ball will be held at the
Mayf1ower Hotel. under sponsorship of
the Military Order of the World War.
Speakers at the dinner include Sen
ator Sheppard of Texas, chairman of
the Senate Military Affairs Commit
tee; Gen. Callan and Lieut.. Col.
George E. Ijams, commander in chief
of the military order.
The parade will be led by q platoon
of Metropolitan Police, under COM
mand of Maj. Ernest W. Brown, su-
perintendent of police.
The regimental colors of all the
cadet units will be massed at the head
of the 3rd Division and the youngsters
will keep step to the tune of six cadet
bands, some of them as large as the
Army Band itself Washington's High
School Cadet unit has been conspicu-
GUS in all the big parades in Washing.
ton and rivalry among them Is keen
this year as each battalion has been
drilling to make the best showing.
Barton to Be Marshal.
Maj. Raymond o. Barton, U. S. A.,
commandant of the Georgetown Uni
versity r. o. T. C. battalion, with
members of his staff, will be the
marshal of the cadet division, which
will follow right behind outstanding
National Guard units.
Heading the 3rd Division units are
the 50-piece Georgetown University
Band and the cadet battalion of the
university; a detachment of the Mary
land University r. o. T. c.; the st.
Johns College Band and Cadets: the
Howard University Band and two
companies of cadets.
Colored Brigade in Parade.
The Washington High School Cadet
brigade staff with the brigade band
will be next in line with the cadets
from the white schools. The 9Th
Colored Cadet brigade and its band
will follow.
Bringing up the rear of the column
will be the 340th Civilian Conservation
Corps Co. of Lavonia, Pa, with its
band and a detachment from other
c. C. C. camps, marching for the
first time in an Army day parade. A
Civilian Military Training Corps float
will be picturesque feature Of the
division.