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Show m Iras I TO PARADE MONDAY Troops Will Form on East South Temple Street at 10 in the Morning. TO INSPIRE PATRIOTS School Superintendent Refuses Re-fuses to Let Pupils See Big Demonstration. The police department last night issued an order prohibiting the parking park-ing of cars along the route of the parade. No autos -will he allowed after 9 a. m. on East South Temple street to Main, on Main to Fifth South, on Fifth South between Main and State, or on State between Fifth South and First South streets. Large "No Parking" posters will be placed on all poles along the route of march. Plans for a military parade the greatest in Utah's history to be held Monday morning worn completed yesterday yester-day at a meeting held in Governor Simon Si-mon Bamberger's office. The parade will be in honor of the Utah light field artillery, which will shortly leave for a mobilization camp in preparation for active service across the seas. Governor Bamberger said that the parade pa-rade would provide an opportunity of peeing the "nation's best" and he thought it would instill into the public pub-lic mind a realization of what war means. He considered that the sight, of SoOO soldiers marching along the streets might stimulate young men to rally to the standard and join with them in the tasl; of defeating America's foes. Besides the governor there were present at the conference Major W. G. Williams,' adiutsnt general of the National Na-tional Guard of Utah; V. W. Armstrong, Arm-strong, 0. W. Whitley, Clarence Bamberger Bam-berger and- W. R. Wallace, members of the committee on military affairs of tbo state council of defense, and Colonel Colo-nel Alfred llasbroncli, commanding officer of-ficer of the troops at Fort Douglas, and Colonel B. W. Young, commanding officer of-ficer of the Utah artillery, otherwise know as the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Forty-fifth regiment. Line of March. It was decided that the troops should leave the fort and reach the Cathedral of the Madeleine on East South Temple street at .10 o'clock Monday morning. Thev will form iu parade order outsiite of the cathedral and then march west on South Temple street to the monument, monu-ment, south on Main street to Fifth South street, theuee east on Fifth South street to State street, along State street, north to First South street, then east for one or possibly two blocks on First South street, where they will disband. dis-band. Governor Bamberger, following the conference, said that bo hoped that citizens would be able to forget work to seo the parade, feeling that they were in duty bound to acclaim the nation's na-tion's defenders. He thought that the parade would be a great attraction and it was believed that many would come into the city from all parts of the state. With a view to attracting as many as possible to the city, C. W. Whitley was designated to arrange with the railroad companies to provide special rates for the day. Will Stop Traffic. With the soldiers marching in double formation, filliug the street in a solid column, it is expected that an hour will bo required for the marching men all to pass any one place. The soldiers will be headed by a double platoon of police. po-lice. The streets to be used for the marching march-ing aro to be entirely cleared of traffic during the time of "the parade, according accord-ing to announcement by Mayor Ferry. Neither vehicles nor pedestrians will fie permitted on them. The Utah Light & Traction company has arranged, at the request of those in charge of the parade, pa-rade, that no street cars will be run on the route of march during the time they will be cleared for the soldiers. The military forces now garrisoned at Fort Douglas will be formally reviewed' re-viewed' from the balcony of the Semloh hotel on State street by Colonel Alfred Ilasbronck, as Post commander, by Governor Simon Bamberger of Utafi, Mayor W. Mont Ferry of Salt Lake, Colonel R. W. Young of the Utah artillery ar-tillery and other officers, state and city officials. Formation of Column. Colonel Hnsbrouck and his staff and the Twentieth infantry will head the columu. The Forty-third infantry, headed bv Colouel Willism R. Dashiell and staff, will coma next; the Forty-tecond Forty-tecond infantry, headed by Major Patrick Pat-rick H. Mullay, commanding officer, and his staff, will follow and the Utah artillery, under Colonel R. W. Young Hnd his staff, will bring up the rear of the column, according to prescribed regulations where there is a combined ! parade of infantry and artillery. Kach regimental organization will be t preceded in the line of march by its I regimental band. A platoon of police ; will act as escort and lead the way i over the line of march. Under the new table of organization ; there, will lc a brigade and a half of infantry and a complete regiment of! field artillery in the parade. Of course, onlv one .battery of the artillery regiment regi-ment is equipped with guns, but the other members of th-3 regiment will march on foot, followed bv the battery of guns. The parade will be nearly a mile in length. Depends on Orders. Colonel Hasbiouek explained yrster- : dav that the plans for the parade as j now decided upon are. of course, con-: tingent upou tho artillery not being I ordered awav in tho meantime, it is jiot anticipated that orders will bo received re-ceived betoro the date set for the parade. pa-rade. The post, is the homo of the Twentieth Twen-tieth infantry 'ind both the Fortv-third find T'ort v-se.-oild reginwnts were horn ! ;.t 1'ort !ongl:i-, o that Salt l.alie and Vtah have a particular ii'tcrrst, in these organizations of the icgnhir army. 'The artillery, of course, is exclusively I'tah 's own contribution to the great fighting forces of the country and it was deemed fitting that the people of the city and state should be given opportunity op-portunity to turn out and bid farewell to the soldiers who will carry the name of Utah proudly and victoriously into the battle lines of Urrwn-e. The citv schools will not be dismissed to permit of seeing the parade of the soldiers by all school children. Principals Prin-cipals of schools located within casv reach of the r.uite of march may use their discretion with regard to granting a recess during the progress of the marching. This determi itHt ion veslerdav ,bv Superintendent Su-perintendent Krnest, A. Smith was in accordance with the rernmoM'lfit inn of the principals ' e,.niiu' t h'" on clinngis of S'-hool progrnturri . The conitni t ! ee opposed dismissal of nli schools for the occasion as impracticable. |