Evening star., 1939-06-08
Thousands Line Route Behind
SoIuting Soldiers and Police
President and King Chot AnimotedIy
While Mrs. Roosevelt Points Out
Buildings to the Queen
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over the city shortly after / pm. It
lasted only q few moments. The
Weather Bureau saw possibilities of
other showers during the afternoon,
but did not expect any continuous
rain. More showers are forecast for
tomorrow.
Eager Throngs Line Route.
Hours before the royal train ar
rived eager throngs lined the parade
route. Choice spots began filling as
early as m. when nine high school
girls and their teacher from Mary
vile, Tenn, parked themselves in
the triangle across from the District
Building, determined not to miss a
glimpse Of the royal visitors.
BY 10 am. front-row sidewalk
spots behind steel cable barriers put
up by police were filled along his
toric Pennsylvania avenue. Many
sat down on the curbs, beneath f1ut-
tering American and British flags,
reading magazines or eating ice
cream and fruit peddled by busy
vendors.
Union Station was jammed with
thousands who were disappointed at
not being able to get any closer to
the royal party than police lines
blocking OF the concourse eastward
from the newsstand.
Police estimated 10000 persons
were crowded into the area between
Union Station and the Capitol by
10 am. They eagerly watched de-
tachments Of Army tanks, cavalry
and artillery move into their posi-
tions about the station and along
the first part of the parade route.
Rifles equipped with business-like
bayonets, Marines in blue dress
uniforms took up their posts along
Delaware and Constitution avenues
at $50 m. White uniformed blue
jackets spread out from Constitution
avenue over Capitol Plaza. Infantry
regiments and engineer regiments
deployed along both sides of Penn
sylvania avenue. They stood about
s feet apart, on chalk lines three
feet from the curbs, with white
gloved policemen and f1remen be-
tween them and the crowds behind
the ropes.
Marine Band Arrives.
Shortly before 10 am. the United
States Marine Band. glittering in
red and gold full dress uniforms,
swung into place in Union Station
Plaza opposite the entrance to the
Presidents reception room. 1t. Will
liam F.. Santleman directed the
band, in the absence of Capt. Tay-
lor Branson. Other military bands
were posted all along the route, the
Navy Band at the Capitol and the
Army Band in Sherman Square, op-
posite the Treasury.
Promptly at 10 am. Lady Lind
say, wife of the British Ambassador,
arrived at Union Station in the big
Embassy limousine. Other members
of an official Reception Committee
and diplomats of the British do
minions followed her into the fes-
lively decorated reception room.
Its lovely, lovely day." Lady
Lindsay said, land it seems we have
bested the weatherman. If I know
anything about the weather it
doesn't seem as If We'll have thun-
dershowers."
Lady Lindsay described the deco
rations along the city's streets and
In the reception room as "just too
perfect" Potted ferns and fronds
hid the walls around the entrances
to the reception room. The marble
floor was covered with heavy blue,
gold-bordered carpeting. The Pres
ident's flag stood between two large
United States flags on the west
side of the room. Scattered on
tables throughout the room were
red, white and blue floral decora-
tions.
The royal blue carpet extended
outside the front of the reception
room. Despite efforts to keep it
spotless, it quickly accumulated
footprints. A porter was kept busy
trying to brush of all tracks.
Secretary Woodring Arrives.
Secretary of War Woodring and
his family arrived at 1890 am.
to join the group in the reception
room. The Secretary and Mrs.
Woodring were escorted into the
reception room by Col. E. w.
Startling, head of the White House
Secret Service detail, who bears
chief responsibility for protection
of the royal visitors while they are
In Washington.
AS the Secretary of War rode up
to the station he saw batteries OF
artillery from Fort Myer lined up
in a semicircle facing the start Of
the parade route. Four field pieces
were put in position on the Plaza
between Delaware and Louisiana
avenues, ready to honor the King
and Queen with 2l-gun salute.
The men composing the Official
Reception Committee were dressed
in formal morning cutaways,
striped trousers and stiff collars,
carrying high silk hats.
While the dignitaries were arriv-
Ing in front of the station, $50 ma
rines and bluejackets marched into
the concourse at 10 am. to form
double line honor guard for the
King and Queen as they walked
from their train. Track No. 20, over
which the royal train was arriving
was patrolled by special railway off,
GERS and police. A high wall OF
corrugated steel, separating the up
per and lower levels. blocked any
view of the train from the east side
The space to the west, on platform
10, was cleared of all but newspaper
men and radio reporters holding
official passes emitting them to see
the King and Queen get of thei,
train.
BY 1890 am. the official tenn
perature had mounted to 83 and IL
was much hotter on the downtown
streets.
Marine Collapses.
One of the first casualties on the
line of march was a member Of the
Marine guard on duty near the
Senate Office Building. He col.