Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-31
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and 8 demonstration alone. COM
ing at the end of the Legion
cavalcade. was due to 60 on
at least two hours.
The 40 and 8 is going to make
the avenues look like the Penn
sylvania railroad. They'll have
something like 80 locomotives.
box cars and other contraptions
rolling along in a changing,
screeching cacophny.
With all the roistering, there
will be solemn conclusion, as
the hundreds Of bands. snappy
majorettes, drill teams and floats
pass under the Illuminated,
hammered arcade of victory.
Famous Battles
The veterans Of three wars
will :se emblazoned overhead
the names of famous battles Of
three wars-St. Mihiel, the
Som m e, Meuse-Argonne of
World War I; Bataan, Midway.
Coral Sea, Leyte Gulf, st. Lo.
Hurtgen Forest and the Nor
mandy landings as well as Okin-
ava and Two Jima Of World War
II, and Pusan and the Inchon
invasion Of the Korean struggle.
Interior Secretary Mckay
passed up ride with the District
Commissioners near the head Of
the parade to march part Of the
way with his old buddies in the
Oregon contingent. Mr.. Mckay,
a lieutenant in World War I and
captain in World War II. suf-
fered a go per cent disability in
the Battle of the Argonne.
The prodigious job of keeping
everybody happy fell to an as
sorted group of deputy marshals,
parade officials, ambulance driv-
ers. flrst-aid workers and police
men. OF the latter, 400 were as
signed to the parade route. 200
for the noon to 6 pm. trick,
and the others to spell them
until the parade ends.
At intervals. the police were
to let pedestrians cross Pennsyl-
vania avenue at Seventh, Ninth,
Twelfth and Fourteenth streets.
during breaks in the procession.
Most stores were remaining
open during the parade. So was
the Washington Red Cross Blood
Center. 2025 E street NV. where
q shortage of all types of blood
was reported. The bank will be
open from 0 am. to 5 pm. to-
day for donors to contribute
against any emergency.
Unit by, Unit.
Here is a rundown on the big
procession:
Assigned to the lead off-group
was police escort. followed by
the grand marshal, Maj. Gen.
John H. Stokes, jr., commanding
general of the Military District
of Washington, and his staff. and
the honorary grand marshal,
past National American Legion
Commander Lewis K. Cough.
The faithful Metropolitan Po-
lice Department were named to
proceed the active military units
the fighting men of today.
In this procession were as
signed the colors, the United
States Army Band and the Third
Infantry Regiment of the Army,
followed by the Fort Belvoir
Army Band, a WAC detachment
and Fort Belvoir Motorized Unit
of IS vehicles. general purpose
weapons, as well as cranes. bull
dozers and the like.
The United States Marine
Corps Band, snappy as ever. was
aligned ahead of a Ceremonial
Battalion of Marines, the Marine
Band from Quantico. marching
Marines from Quantico and
Women Marines.
No. Air Force Band.
The U. S. Navy School of Mu-
sic Band headed a ceremonial
company, Potomac River Naval
Command, and a WAVE detach-
ment. Then the Air Force-its
No. l band, its Drum and Bugle
Corps, and some of its Airmen
and WAFs, grounded for the day
District National Guardsmen
got into the swim, and so did
400 Maritime College Cadets
from New York, whose training
ship, Empire State, is tied up at
Municipal Pier. The future Mer-
chant Marine officers are just
back from a 10,000-mile summer
cruise