Evening star., 1939-03-26
10000 10 March
In Army Day
Parade April 6
More Than ITO Units
To Participate in
Military Display

Oay tnaI 1U,UUO men would marcn
In the Army Day parade, April 6.
The President and his family, Sec
retary of War Woodring and other
members of the cabinet have been
. invited to witness the parade. Sec
retary Woodring will act as co-host
IN the reviewing stand with Rear
Admiral Harry G.. Hamlet, COM
mander of the order.
More than 110 units, including
groups from the Regular Army, the
National Guard and other bodies,
with a number Of drum and bugle
corps have accepted invitations to
participate in the parade.
Maj. Gen. James K. Parsons of
Baltimore, corps area commander,
will act as grand marshal of the pa
rade. The assistant grand marshals,
heading the main divisions, include:
Brig. Gen. Maxwell Murray, Brig.
Gen. Albert L. Cox, commanding the
D. c. National Guard, Col. Leroy w.
Heron, F.. Ares, commanding the
Organized Reserves. R. o. T. c. and
Cadet Units; and 1t Col. George E.
IJams., past commander in chief,
Military Order of the World War,
who will command the division of
veteran and patriotic units.
Constitution Avenue Route.
The parade will move past the east
front OF the Capitol to Constitution
avenue, up Constitution avenue to
Seventeenth street, where it will dis
perse.
The escort of honor will be headed
by Maj. Ernest w. Brown, superin-
tendent of police, and detachments
OF the Metropolitan Police in motor
cycle cavalcades.
The first division of the parade will
be composed of the United States
Army Band, the entire 18th Infan-
try from Fort Washington and Fort
Howard, Md. the 34th Infantry, 66th
Infantry, and 60 latest model light
tanks from Fort Meade. Md; the 5th
Regiment OF Engineers, with bridge
building equipment, from Fort Bel
voir, Va; the mounted Cavalry
Band, the 18th Field Artillery, and
the Sd Cavalry from Fort Myer. Va:
Field Ambulance Group from Walter
Reed; the United States Marine
Band, corps of Marine buglers, bat
talon of Marines and battalion of
blue jackets
The second division will consist
OF the National Guard. 121st En-
gineers and band; HEADQUARTERS
Special Troops, 29th M. P. Co., 1O4th
Quartermaster Regiment with its
new equipment, 372d Infantry and
26Oth Coast Artillery with its drum
and bugle corps and latest mobile
equipment, including the two brand
new immense anti-aircraft guns, as a
sample of Washington's secondary
defense against a possible air attack,
Third Division by Col. Heron.
The third division will be COM
manded by Col. Heron, the brigade
commander of the Organized Re-
serve Units of Infantry, Cavalry,
Field Artillery, Engineers, Coast
Artillery, Quartermaster and other
reserve units in this area.
Col. West Hamilton will again
head the colored contingents.
The third division will include
r. o. T. c. units from Maryland
University (the Gen. Pershing
Rifles and Howard University, with
their bands. It will also include
units from the two brigades of high
school cadets regiments and their
bands, as well as cadet units (both
boys and girls) from Alexandria and
Clarendon high schools, with their
bands.
The fourth division, headed ID
Col. Ijams, will be composed of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, the
American Legion and other veteran
and patriotic units with their bands
and drum corps. A mobile ambu-
lance, with nurse in uniform, will
participate. The place of honor at
the head of the division has been
awarded to the Army and Navy
Legion OF Valor, composed of holders
OF the Congressional Medal of
Honor and Distinguished Service
Cross.
ID. c. Flag to Fly.
For the first time in a parade.
the new District of Columbia flag
will be carried A mounted orderly
on Gen. Coxs staff in the National
Guard division will carry the banner.
Government workers and school
children who wish to view the pa
rade will be excused during the
afternoon. Stands will be erected
along the line of march for spec
tators
That evening. the annual Army
Day banquet will be held at the
Mayfiower Hotel, under auspices of
the order. Representative Andrew j.
May, chairman of the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee, will be the
principal speaker Brig. Gen. George
G. Marshall deputy chief of staff,
y. S. A., will be POSTMASTER
Department heads have been ALL
thorized to grant half holiday to
all Government workers in the city
who can be spared without detri-
ment to the public business on
Army Day.
President Roosevelt orally author
lied such procedure at the last can
met meeting, it was said yesterday at
the White House. Definite action
toward letting the workers off TO
see the Army Day parade during
the afternoon will be up to the de-
partment heads.
Residents of the District were re-
quested yesterday by the Commits
sioners to display the American flag
on Army Day.
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