Evening star., 1940-04-05
$4,000 March
Tomorrow on
Army Day
Prospect Of Fair
Weather Forecasts
Many Spectators

The largest Army Day parade on
record here, with 200 units made up
Of $4,000 participants joining in the
procession, will be staged tomorrow
beginning at las pm.
An outlook for fair weather,
coupled with the fact that Army
Day this year falls on Saturday,
has drawn from those in charge of
arrangements the prediction that
the crowd lining Constitution ave-
nue from the Capitol to Seventeenth
street NV also will be the largest
in history.
1t. Col Edwin S. Bethlehem, jr.,
adjutant general of the Military
Order of the World War, which
sponsors the parade, said President
Roosevelt's. appearance in the re-
viewing stand, in line with Sixteenth
street, depends on whether his ply
sician would permit his attendance.
Secretary of War Woodring will
be on hand, however, as the process
sion of troops of all the armed forces,
as well as college and high school
cadet organizations, files by the
stands for an estimated hour and a
half.
Through Capitol Grounds.
Beginning at New Jersey avenue
and B street Sc, the parade will
go through the Capitol grounds to
Constitution, west past the reviewing
stand and disband at Seventeenth
street The first division, consist
ing of Army. Navy and Marine
Corps units in field equipment, is
expected to reach the stands at 2:10
pm.
At least 5000 seats are for the
public. tickets at so cents and SO
cents being available at the Military
Orders headquarters, 100 street
NV: the American Automobile As
sociation and the Keystone Auto
mobile Association. Children will be
admitted at the stands for half price,
although tickets for them are not
available beforehand.
The roar of a number of model
light tanks from Fort Meade, Md,
resound through the street along
with the heavy tread of marching
men and the pounding of cavalry
mounts.
The Regular Army units will carry
full fighting equipment rather than
be attired in dress uniform as here
tofore. Bayonets will be fixed and
the men will wear steel helmets.
The 5th Engineers from Fort Bel
voir, Va, will carry pontoon bridge
building equipment to add another
realistic touch. From Walter Reed
Hospital will come full ambulance
group.
Mounted Band to Play.
Outstanding in the 81 musical
organizations that will provide a
continuous procession of martial airs
will be Mounted Band of the 18th
Field Artillery. The Army and
Marine Bands will strike up "The
White House March" and Anchors
Aweigh," respectively, as they ap-
proach the reviewing stand, filled
with high-ranking Army officers,
members of Congress and foreign
military and naval attaches.
Besides Secretary of War Wood
ring, those who will be on hand to
take the salutes will be Senator
Sheppard and Representative May,
chairmen, respectively, of the Sen
ate and House Military Affairs
Committees; Senators Pittman, Hill
and McNary; Gen. George c. Mar
shall, chief of staff, U. S. A.; Ad-
miral Harold R. Stark, chief of
naval operations; Admiral r. R.
Waesche, commandant of the Coast
Guard; Maj. Gen. Thomas Hol-
comb, commandant of the marines;
1t. Comdr. Charles A. Mills, COM
mander in chief of the Military
Order, and Col. B. K. Cash, COM
mander Of the local chapter of the
order. Also to be on hand are nine
members of the Citizens Military
Training Corps who are here to re-
ceive awards for service in the 9th
Corps Area.
Parsons to Be Grand Marshal.
Maj. Gen. James K. Parsons,
commanding general of the Sd Corps
Area will be grand marshal of the
parade, to be divided into four main
divisions.
The first division will be headed
by Brig. Gen. Maxwell Murray
commander of the Washington
Provisional Brigade. Brig. Gen. Al
bert l.. Cox, commanding the Dis
trict National Guard, will head the
Second division of Guard units, and
Col. Leroy w. Heron, acting brigade
commander, 313th Field Artillery
will be marshal of the third division
composed of Organized Reserves
Reserve Officers Training Corps
and cadet organizations. The fourth
division, comprising units of vet
erans' and patriotic organizations
will be led by 1t. Col. George E
Ijams, Cavalry Reserve.
At the Mayf1ower Hotel at 7:3(
pm. approximately 200 persons will
gather for a banquet, with Secre-
tary Woodring delivering the prin.
cipal address. Others to SPEAK
briefly are Gen. Marshall, Admira
Stark, Maj. Gen. Holcomb, Gen
Parsons and 1t. Comdr. Mills.