Evening star., 1946-03-31
8,0O0Combat Soldier.
March Here Saturday
In Army Day Parade

Shlny-booted paratrooperS of the
82d Airborne Division and dough-
boys of the 5th Red Devil Infantry
Division will be among 5000 combat
soldiers who will march down Con-
stitution avenue Saturday in the
first Army Day parade here since
194l.
High ranking Government and
military officials are expected to
view the parade as it moves from
the Capitol to the Monument
Grounds.
President Truman, Gen. Eisen-
hover and Secretary of War Pat
terson will not be present, however.
as they are to participate in the
largest of the four principal Army
Day observances-that in Chicago
Four military bands will add color
to the parade here, scheduled to
begin shortly after pm. Units
which will participate in the parade
here include: The 82d "All-Amer-
lean" Division, constituted as two
regimental combat teams and one
provisional artillery battalion; one
provisional infantry battalion, the
25th Combat Team, Fifth Division
from Fort Benning, Ga; the 82d
Airborne Band; the SD Army
Ground Forces Band the 80th
Army Ground Forces Band and the
Army Air Forces Band. In addition,
the 43d Cavalry Reconnaissance
Squadron from Fort Meade, Md. will
be in the line of march. Planes
from air bases nearby will fly over
the heads of the marchers.
Open House at Posts.
Army posts in the Washington
area will hold open house for civil
ians Saturday. Boiling Field will
show visitors display of AAF
bombers, including the B-29 and
Bit, between and pm. Spe-
cial Military Police details will be
on hand to guide visitors and no
special passes will be needed to
view the aircraft. Fort Belvoir, Va,
will throw open the huge Army
Service Forces Training Center
specialists shops, where hundreds
of GI technicians were trained in
the operation and repair of all
kinds of engineering equipment.
Special demonstrations of the
jeep-type mine detector, the hand
mine detector and the construction
of the Bailey Bridge will be fea-
tured on the Fort Belvoir Army Day
schedule.
A spokesman for the Military
Order of World Wars, sponsors of
the observance here, said this years
parade will be the largest Army
Day celebration ever held in the
Capital. He said the parade forma-
tions will take about one hour to
pass a given point.
Secretary of War Patterson yes
terday made an appeal to Ameri-
cans for "the same understanding
and support of the Armys grave re-
sponsibilities as was given during
the war" He said:
The problems of peace are
scarcely less important for the War
Department than the problems of
war, and their solution will prove
and important contribution to the
of peace"
Message from Eisenhower.
Gen. Eisenhower said, "On this
day. set apart by the President and
Congress, the Nation honors the VIC
torious Army of which they were
part. To those soldiers who brought
honor and victory to our colors, 1
send my heartfelt thanks and con-
gratulations on this peacetime Army
Day.
Fleet Admiral Nimitz, chief of ma
val operations, paid the Nays tri-
butte to the Army in statement:
The superb accomplishments of
the Army Air, Ground and Service
Forces in World War II against
highly trained and efficient enemies
have been the cause of sincere ad-
miration on the part of the Navy
It is therefore with great pleasure
that 1 join with the military order
Of the World Wars in expressing un-
bounded appreciation for the Army
past performances and confidence in