Evening star., 1952-12-21
10000 From Military
will Take Part in
Inaugural Parade

inaugural Parade
Almost 10000 men and women
in the military services will par
ticipate in the inaugural parade
January 20.
The total includes smore than
5000 troops and other personnel
who will march in the procession
from the Capitol to the White
House. and about $500 men
aboard aircraft flying in salute
above the parade route.
Plans for display Of military
might apnounced last night by
Maj. Gen. E. K. Wright. COM
manding general of the Military
District of Washington. He is
chairman of the Armed Services
Participation Committee for the
citizens inaugural program.
Gen. Wright said the Army,
Navy. Marine Corps. Air Force,
Coast Guard and Merchant
Marine all will be well repre-
sented in the parade.
Combat divisions now fighting
in Korea will be represented by
80 men now due for rotation from
the front. They will carry the
colorful battle flags of all 80 regi-
ments that have fought or now
are fighting in Korea.
Chosen Regiments Listed.
Infantry Regiments to be so
represented are the 5th, 29th,
18th. 9th. 23d, 38th, 7th, 18th,
65th. 17th, 31st, 32d, 10th. 21st,
34th, 14th. 9th. 35th, 160th.
223d. oath. 179th. 180th and
279th. The Marine regiments are
the 1st. 5th and 7th. Cavalry
regiments are the 5th, 7th and
9th.
Military bands will have prom
inent places in the procession. In
the presidential party, for ex-
ample, will be the 86-piece Army
Band directed by Maj. Hugh
Curry. Also in this party will be
q battalion from the old Sd "Old
infantry regiment from
Fort Myer. serving as the Presi-
dents escort, and color details
carrying the presidential colors
and the massed State colors.
Cadets from the United States
Military Academy will head the
first parade division and midship-
men from the United States Naval
Academy will head the second di-
vision. The third division will in
clude the cadet corps of the Coast
Guard Academy. while the fourth
division will include the regiment
of cadet midshipmen from the
Merchant Marine Academy.
Military Assignments.
Military assignments in the
other divisions are as follows:
Fifth-Army Field Band, a.
Woman's Air Corps company, one
composite infantry regiment and
a tank company with 20 MATS,
the new Aston Army medium
tank from the 82d Airborne Di-
vision at Fort Bragg. N. c.: a tank
platoon with six T-41 Walker
Bulldog" tanks from the Sd
Armored cavalry-at Camp Pickett,
Va.
Also. Battery D of the 14th Anti
Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion
at Fort Myer, with five IA ton
trucks, four Comm AAA guns. a
radar van, five 21a-ton, trucks
towing gun mounts and a genera
tor; Battery A of the list Anti
Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion,
with four 120-mm guns, a 28O-
nm gun and the usual trucks, gun
mounts and radar van.
Heading the sixth division will
be the Marine Band led by 1t. Col.
William Santelmann. followed by
a company of women Marines; a
composite Marine Infantry bat
talon (reinforced) of Marine
Corps School Troops from Guam
tico, including two rifle COM
panies, a weapons company, a
105-mm. gun battery with six
guns; the Navy Band led by 1t.
Comdr. Charles Brendler, and a
Drum and Bugle Corps from the
Navy Center at Bainbridge. Md:
a company of WAVES and two
companies of blue jackets" from
cambridge. and a battalion from
the Coast Guard.
Air Force Band to March.
The Air Force Band under the
direction of 1t. Col. George S.
Howard will lead off the seventh
division followed by a squadron
of WAFS: a group of Air Force
Cadets; the 1100th Air Base
Group from Boiling and the
l401st Air Base Group from An
drews Air Force Base.
District National Guard and
Naval Reserve troops will head
the eighth division leading off
with headquarters unit, followed
BY the 257th Army Band "a Ma
tional Guard unit; the 163d MP
Battalion: the 171st MP Battal-
ion; the 260th Antiaircraft Artil-
lery group. including the 340th
AAA Battalion with four Comm
AAA guns.
Also. composite battalion COM
posed of the 104th Ordnance Com
oany, the 114th Engineers Pom
,oon Bridge Company, 140th