Evening star., 1953-05-15
Parade Of 5,OOOSeI
For Tomorrow 10 Note
Armed Forces Day

ClON OF ATWSQ cOECSS Lay gets
under way at lO:3O am. tomor-
row with q parade Of 5000 troops
and civilians along Constitution
avenue NV. and a simultaneous
exhibit Of the latest military
equipment at Boiling Air Force
Base. --~~-... .....- -..- .-. -. ,
The parade will contain five
divisions and Army. Navy. Air
Force, Marine and Coast Guard
Bands, as we'll as color bearers
for all the services. Also par
ticipating will be Washington
high school cadets. veterans
organizations, Gold Star Wives
and Mothers, ROTC groups from
the Capitals colleges and units
from the District National Guard.
Women representatives from
the services also will march. The
parade will reflect the theme Of
Armed Forces Day, Power for
Peace" by having within its
ranks some Of the heaviest cali
ber field guns in existence.
Murray to Lead Parade.
Police Chief Robert v. Muir
ray. as marshal, will lead the
parade, followed by a motor
cycle escort Of the Metropolitan
Police Department. Distinguished
guests, led by Secretary of De-
tense Wilson, will occupy the
reviewing stand on the north
side of Constitution avenue ad-
jacent to the Sixteenth street
roadway into the Ellipse. =
Tue last unit of the parade
Is expected to pass the reviewing
stand by noon.
Assurance has been given that
even though the parade and the
first part of the show at Boiling
will run at the same time, peo-
pie will not miss anything by
coming to Boiling as late as
l pm. The schedule there calls
for afternoon repeats of flybys
and other demonstrations.
In other developments of the
fourth annual celebration, it
was made known that seven for
mer Washington area men will be
aboard the destroyer Robinson,
which was due to tie UP at
pier S, on Maine avenue S.W..
this afternoon, as part of the
program. With her will be the
submarine Piper. Both ships will
be open to the public from 8 to
II am, and from l to S pm.
tomorrow and from to S pm.
on Sunday.
Capt. Ernest G. Campbell,
commander of Destroyer Division
322. the RobinSon's division.
was stationed at the Armed
Forces Industrial College from
1916 to 1949. His son Richard
currently is attending Landon
School, and lives at 2122 Cali
AA4d SGICcC NV.
The skipper of the Robinson,
Comdr. j. P. Drake, will be greet
ed by his wife Dorothy and their
three children on arrival. They
live in Falls Church, Va, at 912
Barrett road.
In addition, the following also
are aboard the destroyer: Charles
e. Hynson, 1908 M street Sc;
Donald E. Holtzclaw, 5105 Ben
ming road NE; Lawrence A.
Bush, 449 Randolph street NV:
William r. Chaney, 1901 Thirty
first street Sc, and Archie
w. Ganske of2OS Regina street,
Alexandria, Va. -
Secretary Wilson to Speak.
Tonight. starting with a re-
ception at 6 o'clock, there will
be an Armed Forces Day dinner
in the Hotel Statler, which is
expected to be attended by al
most 1000. Secretary of Defense
Wilson will make the principle
address. The dinner is sponsored
by the Military Order of the
World Wars, the Navy League
and the Air Force Association.
Many cabinet members also will
be on hand.
A crowd in excess of 10000
persons is expected to attend the
events at Boiling tomorrow and
Sunday. However, the field is so
big that no congestion is ex-
pected and everybody will have
ample room to walk around and
inspect the thousands of exhibits.
Both the Air Police and Metro
politan police have made full
provisions for the flow of traffic
to and from the field and there
will be ample parking space. Ad-
mission will be free.