Evening star., 1940-03-31
Army Day Parade
Saturday Will Have
1879 Units in Line
Washington Will See
New CIose-Order Drill
On Major Scale

1eagured Europe will find an echo
In washington Saturday when troops
of all the armed forces, college and
high school cadet organizations and
veteran and patriotic marching units
will join with Regular Army and Re-
serve organizations in a large and
colorful Army Day parade along
Constitution avenue.
Because Of troubled world affairs
and the current national defense
expansion program which calls for
building up the United States armed
forces and placing them on an
emergency footing, the 1910 Army
Day observance Of the 23d ami
versary Of American entry into the
World War possesses an unusual
significance.
Rejecting the approach to war
footing of the American arms, the
participating Regular Army units
will wear steel helmets and carry
full field equipment, lacking only
blanket rolls. Bayonets will be fixed.
The parade will give Washingtonians
and visitors one of their first op-
portunities of seeing on a major
scale the Army's new close order
drill.
Route of Parade.
The parade is to start at 1:45 pm.
from New Jersey avenue and B
street Sc and the route will be
through the Capitol grounds to
Constitution avenue and west past
the Presidential reviewing stand in
line with Sixteenth street and the
point of dispersion at Seventeenth
street.
The column will be organized into
four main divisions; the first of
Regular Army, Navy, Marine Corps
and Coast Guard organizations; the
second of the National Guard; the
third of the Organized Reserves, Re-
serve Of1cers' Training Corps and
cadet organizations, and the fourth
OF veteran patriotic organizations.
Maj. Gen. James K. Parsons, COM
manding general of the 3rd Corps
Area, will act as grand marshal.
The first division, with Brig. Gen.
Maxwell Murray. commander of the
Washington provisional brigade, as
marshal will be composed of the
Army Band, the 18th Infantry, 5th
Engineers; 3rd Cavalry, with Troop
F., 10th Cavalry, attached; 1st Bat
talon, 18th Field Artillery; ambu-
lance detachment, Army Medical
Center: Marine Band, Drum and
Bugle Corps; a company Of Marines,
a detachment of bluejackets, and a
rifle company from the Coast Guard
Cox to Lead Second Unit.
The second division will be led by
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, command
ing the District National Guard, as
marshal. and will include the Head
quarters Detachment, District Guard,
and massed colors; the l21st Engi-
neers; special troops, 10Th Division;
Company A, 372nd Infantry; 260th
Coast Artillery; 1st Battalion, 104th
QuartermasterS Regiment, and 1o4th
Ordnance Company.
Headed by Col. Leroy w. Heron
acting brigade commander, 3l3th
Field Artillery, the third division
will be composed of the 155th Field
Artillery Brigade, 306th Cavalry
320th Infantry, 428th Infantry, 913th
Coast Artillery, antiaircraft; 622nd
Coast Artillery headquarters de-
tachment, 343rd Engineers, 376th
Engineers, 364th Medical Regiment
the 130Oth. 13O8th, 131oth, 132oth
1322nd and 1326th Mobilization
Service Units; unattached reserve
officers, the Georgetown University
Cadet Band and four R. o. T. C
companies, the Maryland University
Cadet Band, Pershing Rifles and R
o. T. c. cadets; the Howard Uni
versity Band and three r. o. T. C.
companies; the st. Johns College
Cadet Band and two cadet bat
talions; picked companies from each
regiment of the Washington High
School Cadets, led by the composite
cadet bands; Washington and Lee
High School cadets and girl cadets
from Arlington, Va, and the George
Washington High School cadets ano
girl cadets from Alexandria, Va.
The fourth division will be led by
1t. Col. George E. Ijams, Cavalry
Reserve, as grand marshal, and will
include the Washington Gas Light
Band; an escort from the Military
Order of the World War; the Army
and Navy Legion of Valor; Col
John M. Kline, department COM
mander of the Grand Army of the
Republic and his staff; Nationa
Indian War Veterans.
The Honor Guard, Overseas Mill
tary Band and 20 local posts of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars: Military
Order of the Cootie: the American
Legion National Guard of Honor
Fort Stevens Post Drum and Buglt
Corps and James Reese Europe Pos
Drum Corps and Al legion loca
posts; American Legion posts from
Maryland and Virginia: La Societ'
des 40 ct 8; Disabled American
Veterans of the World War; Mill
tary Order of the Purple Heart
Jewish War Veterans of the Unitet
States: 29th Division Association
National So-journers, and Heroes o
76; Regular Veterans Association
Alrnas Temple Legion of Honor
Metropolitan Police Boys Clul
Band; Jobs Daughters: Daughter
of Union Veterans; Women's Re
lief Corps; Ladies of the G. A. R.
Auxiliary to Sons of Union Vet
erans; Military Order of the Loya
Legion; American War Mothers
American Gold Star Mothers; Won
ems Overseas League; Daughters o
American Colonists; American LIE
gion and Veterans of Foreign War
auxiliaries, junior organizations an
similar units; Polish Club of Wash
ington and American Women's lie
gion.
1879 Groups to Participate.
In all, 1879 units already have bee
listed as participants in the parade
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