Evening star., 1939-06-06

been engaged at the Mayflower
Hotel for all the Roosevelt children
and their families who may come
to Washington to attend the state
dinner and other functions the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt plan
for their majesties. Illness will
keep away some of the family, but
| those stopping at the MayfloWer
are expected to include Franklin D.
Roosevelt, jr.: Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott
Roosevelt and Mr.. and Mrs. James
Roosevelt.
Memorial Cathedral.
When the King and Queen leave
the White House at 2:30 pm.
Thursday to start their hours
sightseeing tour they will go
first to the Lincoln Memorial and
then to Washington Cathedral,
where they are expected to arrive
between 3 and 3:l5 pm.
The President and possibly Mrs.
Roosevelt will accompany the royal
sightseers. Present plans call for
10 or II automobiles to be in the
procession.
1t is not expected the King and
Queen will leave their car at either
the Lincoln Memorial or the Cathe-
dral, although he may do so if
he chooses officials said it might
be arranged for him to stop and
| lay wreath on the tomb of Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson at the Cathe-
dral.
The royal sightseers will enter
the Cathedral grounds from the
Woodley road SIDE, and drive around
the east end of the Cathedral TO
the entrance of the Bethlehem
Chapel, where Bishop Freeman and
other clergy plan to be waiting. In
leaving the grounds, the procession
will move west along the south
road. then south along the St.
Adams School road to Massachu-
settS avenue.
King to Board Yacht at Noon.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt will
precede the King and Queen to the
Navy Yard Friday morning. They
are expected to arrive there, with
out ceremony, at about 80 am,
and board the U. S. S. Potomac
/ to receive their majesties at noon
! when they arrive from a congress
sional reception at the Capitol.
! AS the Kings automobile enters
the main Navy Yard gate, bugler
will sound attention and big guns
will start firing the first 21-gun
salute. Armed bluejackets and
marines in summer dress uniform
will line the route from the main
gate to the wharf. They will pre-
| sent arms in succession as the royal
party passes.
Another bugler will sound atten-
ton when the Kings car arrives at
the wharf and is brought to a stop
at the U. S. s. Potomac's gangway.
A special marine guard of honor
will present arms, buglers of the
Navy Band will sound four flour
lshes and ruffles and then the band
will play the British national an
them. AS the royal party ascends
the gangway, 1t will be piped over
the side by the Potomac's boatswain
in traditional Navy fashion and the
second 2l-gun salute will be fired.
Full Dress Uniform.
Navy orders prescribe full dress
white uniform for all naval officers
participating in the ceremony, with
dress swords, white gloves and all
medals and decorations. The Navy
enlisted men in the honor guard
will be in dress white with leg
gings, the marines in summer full
dress and the Navy Band IN summer
full dress uniform.
The marine honor Guard will be
commanded by Capt. F. II. Will
llams, U. S. M. c., and the Navy
detachment by Lii. Comd-. R. C.
Sutcliff. The marines and sailors will
be from local stations, including the
Marine Barracks and the A1acostia
Naval Air Station.
I'm the initial dressing up" of
the city today clusters of three
American flags and of three Brit
ish flags were fastened to alternate
steel gray lamp posts along the
Thursday morning parade route.
Three hundred flags of each nation
were in the group.
Fear Rain Damage.
The American and British shields
will not be added to the clusters of
flags until tomorrow because Off
cials feared they might be ruined if
1t should rain before Thursday.
The flags are fast color but the
shield designs are merely painted
on cardboard and might run" if
they got wet.
In the group with Secretary Hull
who will welcome the King and
Queen at the United States Cana
dian border tomorrow night will be
Mrs. Hull, British Ambassador Sir
Ronald Lindsay, George T. Sum-
merlin, State Department chief of
protocol; Maj. Gen. Hugh A. Drum,
American military aide to the King;
Rear Admiral James o. Richard
son, American naval aide to the
King; Capt. L. c. A. St. j. Curzon-
Howe, naval attache of the British
Embassy; Col. r. V. Read. military
attache; Group Capt. G.. c. Pirie,
air attache; Cecil w. Gray, assistant
to the Secretary of State; Michael
j. McDermott, chief of the State
Department Division of Current In
formation; Robert c. Bannerman,
State Department chief special
Agent, and George w. Renchard
of the State Department.
This committee will meet the
royal train when it crosses the bor-