Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
Sligo Park Sham
Battle 10 Feature
Armistiee Day
Arlington Program
Outstanding Event
o. Holiday

Bombs bursting In the air over
Sligo Park. miles north of the Dis
trict line. in a re-enactment of the
famous World War battle OF Can
tigny, in which the A. E. F. took an
heroic part, will mark the eve OF the
goth anniversary Of Armistice Day
here.
Solemn pageantry at high noon
Friday in the Arlington Amphi-
theater will be the outstanding
event in the celebration of the day
itself. which this year for the first
time Is q legal holiday. The Amer
lean Legion is in charge OF the
ceremony at the amphitheater.
In front of the tomb of Woodrow
Wilson at Washington Cathedral,
patriotic pilgrims and worshipers
will gather to give thanks for two
decades of peace in the Unlied
States since the war. The services.
arranged by the Woodrow Wilson
Armistice Day Committee of the
District, of which Mrs. Kate Tren-
holm Abrams is chairman, will be
conducted by the Rt. Rev. James
E. Freemen, Bishop OF Washing
ton, who will make the address.
The services will be from 3 to $50
pm. Floral tributes will be placed
on the tomb.
Nurses to Be Honored.
A second special service will be
held at 3:45 pm. at the Great
Crossing Of the Cathedral to honor
nurses and all othef women who
have served their country in war
time. 1t has been arranged by the
District Of Columbia Chapter, Dis
abled American Veterans. Bishop
Freeman also will speak at these
rites. The principal address will
be made by Owen A. Calvin.
A mass fight of 5000 pigeons
from the Columbus Monument in
front of Union Station 10 New
York City Friday morning will open
the days observance. The flight
has been arranged by the American
Legion Department of the District
in cooperation with a committee
OF legionaires from Kings County
N Y. in particular honor of Cher
Ami" military pigeon hero of
the World War.
All over the city and all day
long the arrival of the peace that
ended the greatest war in the world S
history will be observed by various
groups in various ways-not alone
the American Legion, but the
Military Order of the World War,
the Jewish War Veterans. The
American War Mothers, the Vet
Grams of the Foreign Wars, the
Society of the Third Division of
the A. E. F., and others.
The guest OF honor at many OF
the ceremonies will be a foreign
visitor, Col Francisco Batista, the
military and political leader OF Cuba,
who Is to arrive at Union Station
Thursday morning. He is coming at
the invitation of Maj. Gen. Main
Craig, chief of staff, U. S. A.. who
has arranged a military review at
Fort Myer for Saturday in the
Cuban's honor.
600 to Take Part in Battle.
More than 900 National Guards
men from the District and Maryland
will participate In the 45-minute
sham battle arranged for Thursday
night at Sligo Park by the Cissel-
Saxon Post of the American Legion,
Silver Spring, Md.
Machine guns will spout As 900
blank rounds of ammunition; air
planes will fly overhead and drop
flare bombs; two ll-ton anti-aircraft
guns. manned by the District Ma
tional Guard. will fire at the planes:
tanks from Fort Meade will scuttle
across the terrain, while Brig. Gen.
D. John Markey, commander OF the
First Infantry. Maryland National
Guard. describes the course Of battle
over a loud speaker system In detail
to the spectators.
Provision has been made to care
for at least $4,000 onlookers at the
battle and the events preceding it.
The complete program arranged by
the Cissel-SaXon Post begins at 8
pm. and lasts two hours. Admis-
sion is free. A race among machine
gunners, assembling their guns, ad-
vancing. and reassembling the guns;
a tanks speed demonstration over a
lump and through stream: tank
drill by central radio control and an
anti-aicraft exhibit will precede the
battle.
Col. Robert Mccormick. publisher
of the Chicago Tribune. who was the
officer in charge of artillery opera
tions at the real Battle of Cantigny,
is flying his special seaplane east
from Chicago to be here Thursday
for the re-enactment.
Hero ut Battle to Be Judge.
Although none Of the members OF
the Cissel-Saxon Post was present
at Cantigny, a Washingtonian. H. S.
Freeman. who works for the Chesa-
peake g. Potomac Telephone Co.. who
was cited for bravery at the battle,
will be present Thursday and act
as a Judge of the machine gun race.
The pigeons will be released at 9
am. Friday for their 200-mile flight
to New York. where the owners OF
the birds making the best time foi
the journey will receive trophies.
The National Chapter Of the
American War Mothers will hold It's
annual services at IL am. Friday al
the East Front of the Capitol. The
program will consist of music by the
United States Navy School of Music
Band and two addresses. by Mrs
Irving T. Fariweather. national pres
ident of the American War Mothers
and Capt. Robert D. Workman. chief
OF chaplains Of the United States
Navy.
Rev. Re Barney Phillips. rector of
the Church Of the Epiphany, will
open the services by pronouncing the
invocation. The service flag of the
American War Mothers will be run
up on the Capitol's mast during the
services to fly for the day beneath