Evening star., 1935-03-17
ARMY DAY PARADE
TO MARSHAL $1,000
President and Cabinet VIII
Review Military Spectacle
on April 6.

Members of the presidential official
family, members of the cabinet and
other high-ranking Government and
Army officials will review the Army
day parade to be held the afternoon
of April 6, II was announced yesterday
by the Military Order of the World
War, sponsor.
More than 96 units and scores of
bands and drum corps already have
been listed for the parade. it was said.
Lieut.. Col. George E. Ijams, COM
mander in chief Of the order, will well
come President Roosevelt and mem
bers of mis- party to the reviewing
stand and remain to view the parade
with him.
Maj. Gen Robert E. Callan. the new
commanding general of the Sd Corps
Area, will be the grand marshal Of
the parade. The assistant grand mar
shals heading the four main divisions
will be Brig Gen Perry L. Miles, COM
manding the 10th Infantry Brigade:
Col. John w. Oehmann, commanding
the District Of Columbia National
Guard; Brig. Gen. William E Horton.
who will command the fourth division
Of veterans and patriotic units. and
marshal to be named to command the
r. o. T. C. and high school cadet
units.
$4,000 to March.
Estimates of the number Of march
ers run as high as $4,000. the parade
proceeding past the east front of the
Capital, to Constitution avenue, which
it will follow past the reviewing stand
to Seventeenth street, where it will
disperse. The police escort Of honor
will be headed by Maj. Ernest w.
Brown, superintendent of metropoli-
tan police, and will be composed OF
members of the force on motor cycles.
Col. lie Roy w. Heron, Field Artil-
lery Reserve, will command the large
unit of Reserve officers of the 30
Organized Reserve units in the Wash
ington area. Col. West A. Hamilton
will be in command of the Reserve
officers Of the colored units.
The first division of the parade will
be composed of the United States
Army Band, the 18th Infantry from
Fort Washington, Md; the saith In
fantry and Tanks from Fort Meade,
Md; the Mounted Sd Cavalry Band.
the 18th Field Artillery. the Sd
Cavalry and the 10th Cavalry from
Fort Myer, the United States Marine
Band, Battalion Of Marines. Battalion
Of Blue Jackets. a detail of the United
States Coast Guard and a Battalion
of Naval Reserves and airplanes on
wheels from Boiling Field.
The second division will consist of
the National Guard and Organized
Reserve units. comprising the 121st
Engineer Band, Headquarters Troops,
2eth M P Company. 121st Engineers.
372d Infantry, 260th Coast Artillery
with its Drum and Bugle Corps and
the Organized Reserve units. COM
manded by Col. lie Roy w. Heron.
Schools Furnish Cadets.
The third division will comprise
various r o. T. C. units from George
town University, Maryland University,
st. Johns College and Howard Uni
versity. This division will also include
two complete brigades Of high school
cadet regiments and their bands.
The fourth division. headed by Brig.
Gen. William E. Horton, will be COM
posed of the various veteran and
patriotic units with their bands and
drum corps.
The annual Army day banquet will
be held at the Mayfiower Hotel in the
evening under auspices of the Mill
tary Order Senator Morris Shep-
pard, chairman of the Military AZ
fairs Committee of the Senate. will
be the principal speaker. the address
being carried over national radio
hook-up.
The banquet will be followed by a
military ball.