Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-31

| uniforms. Also In lire was the
green-ciad Wilmington Mount
Pleasant Band with u major
cites.
Ofiicials and Frills.
Missouri was well represented
with officials and frills. There
was a big banner in front, and
such outfits as the State cham
pioliship Kansas City Band. and
the colored Spirit Of st. Louis
Drum and Bugle Corps from
Tom Powell Post No. n of st.
Louis, snappy In yellow and
white.
And the inevitable Missouri
mule Is here. ridden for the 25th
straight year by Charlie S
(Farmer) Brown Of Springfield.
The all-girl drum corps from st.
Louis Police Post No. 1877 was
an eye-f1ller. Missouri also had
the famous Clydesdale horses
which usually pull a huge brew
cry wagon.
Connecticut came well pre-
pared to march with the best.
Behind the department officials
were arrayed four drum and
bugle corps. One was the past
national champions, Connecti-
cut Yankees of Stratford Post
a.. Anderson-D unn-Ko chiss, an
other the Rau-Locke Post No.
8 corps from Hartford; a third
the Meriden Post No. Is group,
and the fourth the John H. Col
Inns Post No. "a of Derby.
Huge Jersey Contingent.
Bringing up the rear OF, the
third division was the huge New
Jersey contingent. always one
Of the national parade's largest.
Between 1000 and 5000
marched for the Garden State,
including nearly two-score musi-
cal units.
The Cape May County Ameri-
can Legion Band, a real brassy
outfit, was showing up for its
10th consecutive national con-
vention.
The national champion junior
drum and buglers from Newark
also were sounding of early. In
all. New Jersey had 81 counties
marching along.
| Three heavily manned States
made up the parade's fourth
division-Illinois Ohio and Indi-
ana.
From Illinois.
Illinois mad at least $500 ready
to go, including an impressive
color guard OF nine men, all
over 6-feet 2-inches and weigh
ing an average of $50 pounds.
The Chicago Police Post Drum
and Bugle Corps wore blue and
black puttees, and police style
cap. Behind them were SEIZED
uled drum and buglers from
Skoie in green and white. the
past national champion Com.
monwealth. Edison Post, the all.
colored Giles Post crew from
Chicago, flashy in yellow anc
black: the Norwood Park posi-
Of Chicago, the Belmont Grena.
diers juniors from Chicago, the
Chicago Cavaliers Junior squad
and the Mel Tierney Post juniors
from Park Ridge, III.
Ohio came up with three mu.
steal groups. One was the 60
piece Salem Post No. Sc outfit
led by a young woman. Others
were the Bellefontaine Drum anc
Bugle Corps and the Akron Pos,
200 Drum and Bugle Corps.
The 22-man Delta Drill Team
two-time national champions
had class written all over them
All World War II veterans, they
wore blue jackets and trouser.
and all the fancy, white trim.
mings. topped OF by cleaning
fixed bayonets.
Indiana figured to be recog.
nized far away. A police motor.
cycle unit, wearing letters spell.
ing out INDIANA, tool
care Of that. Eleven white safety
autos were to follow.
Virginia led of the fifth di.
vision in the parade schedule
Feature Of the Old Dominion.
display were 10 groups of march.
ers. each dressed in the costume
of a different American war.
The 1876 Bacon Rebellion, the
1861 French and Indian War
the Revolution, the War Of 1912
the 1916 Mexican War, the Wal
Between the States, the Spanish
American War, World War I
World War II and the Korean
War.
No Bands in Iowa Unit.
Iowa could qualify as the most