The evening world. Newspaper, May 6, 1919, Page 2

the influence of hot spring sun- stiff north wind, while exhila- Paling to the soldiers who marched "aguinst it, was anything but agres- Sble to the crowds in the stands and along the curb. Here and there along the avenue a pioneer in & new white Straw nat protruded into view, and upon itself the jibes and jeers @f all beholders. | peddling periscopes might as well Thave been peddling overshoes in a © Turkich bath. There was no need for © periscopes to-day. | | GONGESTION AT POINTS NEAR START OF MARCH, Congestion was reported at Wash- |) dmgton Plaza, Madison Square, the ) Public Library and the Plaza, The > ample police arrangements, however, forecast the improbability of any in- ferference to the parade proper by of an overflow of the crowd crowd, able to obtain tage points in almost any sector restlesaly from place to place. __& mounted police escort reached $0th Street at 10.05 o'clock, preceding ‘the line of automobiles cartying the ‘party bound for the reviewing stand, ~with Gov. Smith and Mayor Hylan in if leading car. Secretary of War “Baker in the @econd car loomed up ‘eonspicuously in a glistening plug sitting on a box or a cushion. ing came two big sightseeing nurses, WAPRESSIVE HONOR PAID TO * - MEMORY OF DEAD. ‘The section of the parade devoted . the memory of the men who T made the great sacrifice reached Bt. afid 5th Avenue at 10:20 The golden. statue of Lib- the 77th to-day, that of the dead and __ ef the living. The caisson of death wd ite evoort preceded the big par- (ede about fifteen blocks. On the cals- 9 80m was o Statue of Liberty with a bed of yellow flowprs about it and "| With it a guard of honor, Bebind this ten white silken standards bear- 2,856 golden stats, the number of 1 those of the division who made the sacrifice, Following was a staff bearing a - palm leat and a wreath of yiolets. ‘An inscription read: YAO that liberty for which they 4 died we, the living and pledge them an inviolable ship.” staf! was accompanied by an #vard of fifty picked men from " whea ia SE red yee tochase the boche awey. liked Marie—and she liked You see, "twas sort of a kill.” No. 9156 —Baritone Solo— erty, the ten white banners spotted with gold stars, the music, brought to the crowd the reatization that more than two thousand New York boys of the 77th Division aro resting under white crosses on the battle- fields of France. ‘This wae really an impressive fea- ture of the sarade, and appropriately staged, giving to those who were left behind their representation with those who came home, ‘was those who were left behind who fate inspired their comrades to great- @r deeds of valor, By 10.30 o'clock the crowd was four ‘and five deep along the curb, The lice allowing every four minutes, Knights of Co- lumbus giris in biue gowns with white | caps and collar lined the avente be- | tween 60th and Gist Btreets, cartying armioads of flowers, Miss Etta 1 Devitt had a. bouquet of American beauty roses to present to- Major Gen. Ajexander and Miss Helen Finn had © similar bouquet for Chief of Staff Ldout. Col. Hugh McGee. THE PARADE COMES QUICKLY, BREAKING ALL RECORDS. ‘The parade came on the crowd all at once, without warning. Arriving at 50th Street at 10.37 o'clock, it broke all records for rapid move- mont of a military body in this city. The squad front formation arranged by Gen. Alexander proved a big suc- cons, The men came en mass, bing- bing-Ding, their feet slapping the it. Although it had been reported that they were reluctant to parade, every face wore a grin, The boys knew that the people of New York had been with thém heart and soul all the time they were away. Engineers, Signal Corps, Artillery went by, and the enthusiasm grew as the column passed until, when far down the avenue coukl be seen the glist of bayonets, a moving field of shiny steel heralding the approach of the doughboys, the crowd was up on its toes, The grand stand throngs stood up and howled, for they knew the story of the Argonne, ‘There were really two parades of the 307th Infantry under command of Lieut. ©. P. Seidler, This pre- ceded by half an hour the body of the purr An Interovting incident happened at Washington Square where Gen. Alexander, standing beside his mount, wae waiting for the column to start. Paul Esposito, a member of the 307th, came hobbling out on crutches to in- quire about the accommodations for the wounded. The General shook his hand and remarked: “You're a little bit late. A soldier whould not be late, but I guess you can't run very fuet.” At the General's request the Cap- tain of Police, who was in chatge at Division Club to ride with the other wounded. DOG MASCOTS ATTRACT ATTEN- TION OF CROWDS, Dogs captured from the Germans attracted much attention from the spectators. Behind the Division Headquarters came a beautiful, long- halved, white German wolfhound Bang. It was captured at Rau- court by Private C, E. Green, who led it in the parade. The dog’s blanket carried two wound stripes and the names of all the engage- ments of the Divisions. When cap- tured It bore @ note asking relief. It bit Green while he was unfastening the message, but now ts his slave. Tho “relief asked for was supplied by the Division. Another dog, Muztler, was with Company B, #6th Machine Gun Bat. talion. It was capturet near Sedan. Its tdanket bore the bars of a Cap- tain, as it bad belonged to a German Captain. Sergt. M. J, Murphy, who captured the dog, led it in the pa- rade Tho bands rivalled one another in playing old-time melodies. One of the most touching of these was the strains of “The Old Oaken Bucket,’ played by the 306th Regimental Band. At 2th Street the 69th Regiment Band kept things lively with Irish | airs, ‘The part of the avenue above 17th Street reserved for the wounded was 4 colorful riot, for the wounded shouted at the top of their lungs as the sun blazed down on the great- est collection of Navajo blankets ever Congregated at one time, The men were in chairs or on benches, ac- companied by nurses, and cheered their old friends to the echo, Police escort and the , cortege honor of the Divisional dead reached the end of the route—-Fifth Avenue At 110th Street—at 11.20 o'clock. Gen. Robert Alexander and his staff came along seven minutes later, at 11.27, The commander of the division got &@ reception calculated to make him happy, and it did. Commander and staff took posltic eire’ up a on the easterly curve of the at Fifth Avenue and 10th tramo into the coe @ the Square, sent Baposite to the 77th | py Es APG: Hy, pa VENING WORLD, TUE L “CITY PAYS HONOR TO HEROES OF THE 7TH DIVISN ‘ T UESDAY, — SICA bese x Wwe ae 2 mh Gold Star Service Flags of “77th? 8 Units, BDOODOTEMTSO101+ LHOTHOOODOBO @) QDDIDOODOOPHOOOHIIOSS &@ perfect forenoop for thé men, who were grinning happily as they ap- proached that part of the exercises marked The End. MEN REPORT AT ARMORIES ON TIME FOR START. No bugler’s notes were needed this Morning to assemble the heroes of the Argonne. Before sun-up thousands of them were streaming from their homes to armories. The 77th Division en masse spent the night at home on passes that expired at 7 o'clock this morning. Not only were the soldiers up bright and early, All New York ‘was up to see the big show. ‘When they reached the armories they found the scenes there not unlike their\ days in France, Field ranges were smoking, army bacon was sis-| 5/4 Street at OC OO 0000000 18EODIEEOAOOOTETOSES) DODDHDOQODIOBOO® OED HOTDIOOSOOOOGHTS HUG Carried in Place of Honor in Division Parade NNTHIDS DODHOGOSOOSOS ® oT Mase, MAYOR HYLAN TAKING LEAD, Secretary of War, Major Generals, Admiral and Distinguished Men Leave City Hall in Autos for Re ‘The outstanding feature of a ride up Fifth Avenue from Washington Square to the reviewing stand at 5 o'clock was the sling and company cooks were fus81D8 | absence of a crowd. with kitchen police. The 77th had to prepare its own meals. Thousands of From t..o Washington Arch all the spectators got their first idea of army|Way up there was block after block cullnary methods as they stood around | where the watchfu’ waiters numbered the camp kitohens put up outside of only 200 oF 800, ‘They stood three or armories where armory kitchens were not available. Field orders detailing arrangements for t0-day’s great parade were read to every man in the division yester- day afternoon, after which they ee given their allowance of tickets their families and told to report this morning, spick and span and shining like a colonel’s orderly. And they were. LAalson officers were at Washington Square, where the parad: started o 10 o'clock, before the police there. At 8 o'clock, when the ‘arst it# reached their assembly point, rising folks of Washington in ihe windows throwing Bq aflutter, and in the Bast Si rlem, where large Rumbers of 77th men were drafted, there was a mass of color for the Hons of the Argonn With Gen, Alexander at the head were his staff officers, mounted. They are wg Andre de Coppet, Capt. Robert Whiton, Lieut, B, F. Wade, 34, Licut. Col. Hugh H. McGee, feat. Col, Clifford W, Gaylord, ajor George W. Cronin, Capt. thur M, Hill, Aeut. Col, L. B. Gerow, Major W. R, Wright, Lieut. Col, Samuel M. Wilson, Major C. A, Perry, Lieut. Col. D. B. Downing, J, Robbins, Major Gaillard Ravenel Headquarters troop, which will fol- low the start, will be commanded by Capt, G. P. Brett jr. INFANTRY MARCHED BEHIND ARTILLERY, The artillery preceded the in- fantry. This is an idea original with Gen. Alexander, who desired that the fighting men should bring up the rear of the parade along with thé wounded. Thus, instead of petering out, as parades do when the best are shown first, ae treat will come last on this big da: The order of march was as fol- lowa: POLICE, RACOK Division Commander Major tice Wobert Alexander, Metauarter tachment, ea lat sh Bau Rs, He abgy fice 9020 SANT Ay PRAT TRAIN. 4 MES TTIC Re Fil, GRDNANCE ard homie ht suor UPPL where Gep. Alexander re- viewed lis troops. It was the end of Are! Lieut. W. F. Murphy, Major Edward | | number of discoarges will be the, greatest | The organizations of the 77th Di- Vision, except those which were late |for the parade, are located as fol- lows: Wutrict No, 1—Hirt to Thiet Streets, Fours | wy UD Avenues; huadalaror. Past atte and pie Fath 1000. satan ‘o'Nel in Tasteiog Hea arian” Tree 1k Latent iantey Bread i a Peetal "Detachment a, gina etn Altay okie | Coal) : Anil i eadatiarters 80) tt Signy fad nen satertotah 4 bie Uininance ? soni Machine” ‘Batten, Susur Pent four decy at the curbs, with room enough between them and the build- ings for two or three baby carriages abreast. On the side streets, for ono block on elther side of the Avenue, one saw only policemen. Reporters estimated that et that hour the crowd was about 1-20 the size of that which greeted the 27th. Fifty automobiles left City Hall at 9.30 o'clock with state and city offi- cial ment, the army and navy and other distinguished guests. officers of the Federal Govern- Mayor Hylan, Gov. Smith and Chairman Rodman Wanamaker of the ®|Committee of Welcome rode in the first automobile. Secretary of War Baker, Major Gen. Thomas H. Barry, former City Cham- berlain Arthur J, Johnson and Police Commissioner carried Major Gen. David C. and Rear Admira) J. BE. Glennon, In the second were Enright- The third Shanks Tho automobiles went up Lafayette to Ninth Strect, through Ninth to Washington Square and on up the Quick DISCHARGE. FOR MEN OF 77TH) Camp Upton Prepared to Set | Division at Liberty by End of Week. CAMP UPTON, May 6.—The 368 officers and 14,626 men of the 77th Division who will be sent here on Wednesday for muster out will come to camp on nineteen trains, arriving between 10.85 o'clock in the morning and 8 o'clock in the evening. Four of the five districts into which the camp has been divided have been prepared for thelr reception, and, later, the remaining district will be available for the 309th Machine Gun Battalion and several trains and de- tachments which reach home too late for the parade, During Friday and Saturday the actual discharging, paying off and| entraining of the 77th officers and | men wil take place, On Friday the) 2—Filled with troope other than B—11th to 17th Stroets, Headquarters," No. Yaphank 1,000, ¢ charge; 306) Mi ftation riot No, tr Waningion madquarter, 1th "scree ant rant Yeobank. 1,000, extension 117 } Capt, Even | ‘24 No. |e, Pitas aveni viewing Stand. avenue, Immediately everybody noted there wasn't any “crowd” in the New York meaning of the word, >. A brief stop was made in Madison Square, where representatives of the Draft Boards took a number of ) TO ATTEND MAYOR'S COMMITTEE DINNER Many Obect Beca Because They | Want to Go Home or Be- cause Hearst is Figure. Officers of the 77th Division who led their men through the fiery blasts and wreaths from the Altar of the Allies to be carried to the Altar of the Il- lustrious Dead in front «: the Pub- Mc Library. A wealth of violets five feet in cir- cumference, the tribute of the City of New York to her hero sons of the Tith, was placed on the Altar of the TMustrious Dead by Mayor Hylan. Latin scholars in the party said the inscription mght be translated: “OUT OF HIS RESOURCES HE GIVES, DONATES, DEDICATES, Mrs. Alfred BE. Smitb, Mrs, Hylan and Miss Virginia Hylan were seated in the stand across from the review- ing stand. ithin a minute or two of their arrival the Governor, the Mayor and the Secretary of War went back down the Aventiec again “to see how the crowds were doing.” When they returned, a few minutes after 11, Secretary Baker had added to his possessions bought from Captain Maurice Flore of the 43d Precinct Police Reserves, ‘When the head of the parade Victory Bond, | wire and starvation of the Argonne without a grumble were plain and plenty grouchy this afternoon as the time came nearer when they, by order, must attend the banquet of the Mayor's Welcoming Committee at the Waldorf. It became known at Division Head- quarters at Camp Mills last Sunday that @ large number of officers did not mean to accept the Invitation to to-night's banquet. Many felt that to-night aftor the ~arade, was the one night when they would like to be at home, or at jeast with companions of their own choosing. Others were outspoken in dis- esteem of any committees for homecom- ing heroes which had William Randolph Hearst for chairman. ‘The objections were met by an order trom the Division Adjutant, Col, Gerow, directing that company commanders be informed that they would be held re- sponsible for the attendance of at least four officers from each company at the banquet. ‘The officers would not discuss the en- forced hospitality with outsiders. But outsiders in their immediate vicinity peared—first the police escort and then the cortage in honor of the 2,256 dead—the reviewing party arose, Mayor Hylan was in the cen- tre, Gov. Smith on his right and Bec- retary Baker on his left. On the Governor's right was Police is~ sioner Enright, on Secretary er's left Gen, Barry. —) 53 PER GENT. OF ARMY DEMOBILIZED SINCE TRUCE 1,929,214 Officers and Men Dis- charged—April Troop Ship- ments 287,595, WASHINGTON, May 6.-Fifty-three per cent. of the army has been demob!!- ised since the armistice was signed, the War Department announced to-day. Be- tween November 11 and May 1, 1,929,214 oMcers and men were discharged. On November 11, the army totaled 3,670,888 men, The eetimated strength af the army, not indfuding marines on April,29 was 1,775,907. ‘The present strength of the A. E. F, t9 66 per cent. of the strength Nov, 11 and the strength in the United States 33 per cent April troop sailings from France eded all estimates, 287,595 men, i cluding civilians, and marines having left the A. E. F. during thet time. ype alePineosp ns 8,000 REGRUITS WANTED FOR SERVICE IN SIBERIA Government Seeks Replacements tor Men Who Enlisted for Du- ration of War. WASHINGTON, May 6,—Hight thou- |sand men with previous military train- ing are desired by the army to enlist for three years for service in Siberia, the War Department Seven thousand of th fantrymen. ‘ee-year enlistments of 360 infantrymen for service dn Alaska Fe desired e are to be In- nte are desired or the duration Paroiv oners in the armistice United Btates sinc was signed, the War De~ the Ae telephone, “Y acexeenmion officer sn Bir boiline: ehment ron inter, boca aed 306th An | Sap lner 10.00 A, Mmm to-day. Most of granted during were he Jor could not woll help knowing that they were discussing the matter with empha- sis and freedom among themselves. “I reecived an order to detail four of- ficers," said one Captain. “I did. I de- tailed two men who were willing to go 4nd two more who couldn't possibly be there and would have every excuse for not having complied with the detall, How did the Mayor get that way? Who told him men who had been fighting Germans would want to have Hearst kiss ‘om on the brow when they came back?" Gol. H. H. McGee, Chief of Staff, dea- nitely denied the existence of a divi- sional order to go to the Mayor's Com- mittee dinner, Because the Division Commander knew many men would pre- fer to be with their families to-night, he sald, the Mayor's Committee had been told that not more than 500 of- ficers would attend the dinner, The of- fieers were asked to regiater for rea- ervations, and more than 500 applied for seats and some had to be rejected, Col. MeGee said, Altogether, the Mayor's according to its members, is looking forward to an occasion as brilliant and crowded as was the 27th Division's night of theatre partie: “/LIQUOR DEALERS EXPECT WET U, S, TILL 1921 Atlantic City Delegates Look for Respite for at Ueast Year | and Half | ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. May 6-- [Confidence that the nation will re- main wet for at least one year after Jan, 16 next exists among the 100 delegates who to-day began here the twenty-sixth annual conference of the National Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association, The organization is formed of one to three delegates from each of the wet States. They claim to speak for the entire trade, but not for the dis- tillers and the wholesalers, William Seckel of Chicago, Presi- dent, told the conference that the sentiment of the country is opposed closing of the daloons on Tune 30, ‘The soldiers returning from France, he said, are two-thirds or more in favor of the temperance’ customs prevailing in France, { r \ae Committee, PRIVATE SITS /HEGARRIED FROM THE FIE > Capt. Wardlaw Mi Miles, Prince-| ton Professor, First to Reach Club House. 'MANY ARE DECORATED. as They Pile Into Red Cross Automobiles, First of all the men of the 77th to turn out on this, Their Day, were the Divisional wounded. And first of the wounded to report Jat Sth Street and Lafayette Place—- | ional Medal of Honor Men. Capt. Miles left a Princeton professorship for the war and came back minus his left leg. There were only 578 wounded men | who cared to ride and these wore men who simply could not walk, Many {who limped and everybody else who could coax an O, K. out of the“doc- |tors preferted to march with his mates. Capt. Miles, Lieut. John Flood (al- | most Prond of his new artificial leg ae of the Distinguished Service Cross | the folks urged him to wear just for jto-day), Private J. F. O'Donnell (one lot the stretcher bearers who helped |to carry Miles off the field), Lieut. J. M. Bishop, Lieut. Dobson (another D, 8. C. man), and Lieut, Peckham were assigned to the first of the 280 automobiles. The corner of 8th Street and Lafayette Place is about the western bdoundry of the east side and the cars were surrounded for more than an hour before the parade started by eager young people from that part of the town. They inquired solicitous- ly how the wounded men were feel- ing and in just what action they received their injuries. The men in the cars were glad to talk about anything and everything except their | own exploits, There wasn't a man among the 578 apparéntly who had a grumble or a “beef” about anything in this wide, wide world. Lieut. John Flood, for example, the D. 8. C. man with a new leg, apol- ogized for being almost a minute late. “I've had all kinds of bad luck this morning,” he said with a grin, “I broke the wooden leg and had to hunt all over the house for a tack and a hammer, Let's go!" A playwright of experience could have written a new and great success afound the meeting between Capt. Miles—the Princeton professor with one leg—and O'Donnell, the buck private who helped to carry him from the field. One of the things that helped to win Capt. Miles the Congressional Medal was the story of how wounded, he was carried along the front line on that stretcher spur. ring his lads on to further glorious doings. Private O'Donnell came over this morning from United States General Hospital No. 3 at Rahway, N. J. He walks with a limp, but he walks. He thought gome of marching but the surgeons said it was not to be thought of. He and Capt. Miles spotted one another at the same time. ‘There was nothing of melodrama, no tears, no fond embfacing. “I thought you had ‘gone,’ Mile: sald said O'Donnell, “It was the 578 WOUNDED HEROES RIDE; Crippled Men of 77th Happy] WITH OFFICE next one that ‘got’ me.” Room wag rade for the | lin the car with the offic | This was not according to | ter, exactly, but Prof. Mil Dot have it otherwise. Each of the touring cara the fiag of the American and the white slik flag of tl sion, bordered with a fringe and bearing in blue the Statue of Liberty insignia. The young women of the politan District American who drove the automobiles wounded were headed by Col D. C. Smiley. Lieut. Mary and Licut. Margaret Sullt latter the wife of Major Sullivan, one of the march Commander Smiley's princip There were two young Red Cross uniform, driver on the front seat of every a And everybody will teil no feature, no section, no the Great Day of a Great was more inspiring than fulness of the Fellows Have Walked if Anyb Let Them but who were h how. JERSEY TROOPS OF 29 REACH NEWPORT, 2,200 Officers and Men Infantry Welcomed by,} Edge. NEWPORT NEWS, Va, The transport Madawaska here to-day with the 114th Regiment of the 29th (Blue a Division, numbering app 2,200 officers and men. The ie composed largely of Guardsmen from New Jei Gov. Edgo of that State, to welcome them Col. George Williams mand of the troops aboard waskaa, which Included quarters Company, Machine talion and Companies A, B, F, G, H and part of Com of the 114th Inf. y. May New Jorsey cities went @¢ harbor in launches to g1 diers. Officers said five men of won citations in the Ar; ing in which the regiment tles totalled 700. The 29¢) was in the Argonne cai twenty-one days. patina SER is ‘Treeps’ Ketarn BRST, May 6.—-Moven first unit of the Thirty-third National Guard) division hor been slightly delayed. It scheduled to start a week fro oligo. DRAUCKER.—PEARL. Lying in state at FUNERAL CHURCH, 06th at. DU FOR—cYRIL, Services at the CAMPBELL CHUROH, Broadway and Wodnesday, 10 A. M, SALISBURY—cEORGE Lying im state at the JNERAL CHURCH, Bro th at. 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