The parade will be from Twelfth and Market streets to Washington, to Broadway, to Market, to Fourth and back to Washington. Veterans of the army and navy of past wars will march. After the parade they will go by steamboat to Jefferson Barracks, where they will witness a dress parade and supper.

Among the programmed speakers are Frank D’Olier, commander-in-chief of the American Legion; Daniel M. Paul, commander-in-chief of the G.A.R.; and Frank Gaienne of the United Confederate Veterans, and Gov. Gardner.

The program for the convention includes visits to various places of interest in the city. The closing session will be Thursday morning, and the delegates will have a sightseeing trip in the afternoon.

The delegates are still arriving, Commander Jones expects about 700 delegates. In addition, many members of the organization, not delegates are expected. The organization has a membership of 87,000, composed of soldiers and sailors who served in the Spanish-American War in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines.

Officers will be nominated tomorrow and elected Wednesday. There is a three-cornered contest for commander-in-chief. Commander Jones is not seeking re-election. The announced candidates are John J. Garrity, Chief of Police of Chicago, who was a Colonel of the 132d Infantry in the World War; T.W. Kelly of Boston and J.K. Witherspoon of Seattle.

At the close of the Spanish-American War in 1898 several organizations of veterans were formed. In 1904 they were consolidated as the United Veterans of the Spanish War and the first convention was held in St. Louis in connection with the World’s Fair.

After parade there will be a steamboat trip to Jefferson Barracks where escort to the colors and dress parade will be held, after which the delegates and guests will be treated to an army supper. The boat excursion will then be resumed and there will be dancing until 10 o’clock.

The 1921 convention will be held in St. Paul.

The downtown parade, yesterday afternoon, was the chief public demonstration of the convention. In this parade, the veterans of the war of 1898 wore the blue and gray uniform of that period, the khaki of the Cuban and Philippine campaigns, the uniform of the World War and civilian clothes.

Men who were privates and “non-coms” in 1898, and who served as commissioned officers in France, or at training camps in this country, 20 years later, appeared in officers garb. Civil War veterans rode in automobiles, and a sign in front of one said that it contained veterans of the Mexican War and of Indian fighting.

The Jefferson Barracks Band and detachment of regular army recruits from the barracks led the line of march.

State delegations, most of them with large silken standards, made up the line. There was one Missouri contingent at the front, and another at the rear. A body of Negroes ( known as “immune” troops in the Spanish War days, when the yellow fever was still feared in Cuba), came after the standards of some southern states.

The parade formed on Twelfth street and moved on Washington avenue, Fourth and Locust streets to the river, where the veterans boarded a steamboat for Jefferson Barracks. At the barracks there was a dress parade, followed by a dinner in the mess hall. On the return trip there was a dance on the steamer.