Evening star., 1939-06-07
Artillery will fire a salute Of 81 guns
in honor of the visitors,

Artillery will fire salute Of 81 guns
in honor of the visitors.
At the end of this 15-minute cere-
mony the parade escorting the King
and Queen to the White House will
set out along Delaware avenue to
the Capitol, circle back to Constitu-
ton avenue and move on down
Pennsylvania avenue to the south
east gate of the White House at a
pace that will allow 10 to IL min
utes for the procession to pass any
given point.
A police motor cycle escort will
precede the parade, which will in
clude troop of cavalry, a detach-
ment OF Army tanks and the 18th
Field Artillery In addition to the
open automobiles bearing the King
and the President, the Queen and
Mrs. Roosevelt and other officials.
Ten Of the Army's giant flying
fortresses' and AZ smaller pursuit
planes will roar overhead.
Heat Casualties Feared.
Martial music will accompany the
parade all along its route. The Navy
Band will be stationed at the east
front OF the Capitol and the Army
Band at the other end of the route,
in Sherman Square at Treasury
place and East Executive avenue.
-Four regimental bands will be
spotted along the route, at Delaware
avenue and D street NE. and Penn
sylvania avenue and Sixth. Tenth
and Fourteenth streets NV, under
instructions to play appropriate
British and American music from
the time they are posted until the
parade is over.
In view Of the expected hot
weather, officials are concerned over
the possibility of heat prostrations
among the unprecedented crowd. To
care for possible casualties, Red
Cross-manned f1rst-aid tents will be
set up at the northeast corner of
First and D streets NE. and the
northwest corners of Fourteenth and
E and Pennsylvania avenue and
Third street NV. In addition, three
ambulances will be stationed near
Union State Plaza. two on Capitol
Plaza, II at street intersections along
the parade route and two will cruise
over the route in advance of the
parade.
Decorations Going Up.
District workmen were busy to-
day completing official decorations
along the parade route by putting
up British and American shields
among flag clusters of the two coun-
tries already affixed to street lamp
posts all along the route.
The parade route, which will be
cleared of parked automobiles at
8 am. and blocked to ordinary traf-
flc at $50 am, will be opened for
normal traffic as soon as possible
after the procession reaches the
White House at noon.
After meeting the Capital diplo-
matte corps in diplomatic circle"
at the White House Immediately
upon their arrival there and lunch
ing privately with the Roosevelt
family at pm. the King and
Queen will have little time to rest
before setting out on an hours
sightseeing tour around the city at
2:30 pm.
They will drive first past the
Lincoln Memorial and then 20 to
Washington Cathedral, probably
motoring through Rock Creek Park.
The exact route has not been an
nounced. The program was in
definite as to whether their ma
jesties would drive straight through
the Cathedral grounds, or the King
would stop to lay a wreath on the
tomb Of President Wilson there.
Public to Be Admitted.
In any event, the public will be
admitted to the Cathedral grounds,
back of ropes along the driveways.
The party is expected at the Ca
thedral around pm.
After returning to the White
House from their sightseeing, the
King and Queen soon will leave
again at 4:45 pm. for the garden