Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-02-23 | Page 14 | New York's Own, 10,000 Strong, in Grand Parade

t NEW YORKS YORK'S OWN STRONG IN INGRAND INI GRAND PARADE I 5 Persons Stan Stand in ill Snowstorm 11 to See Division Di Go By Byi i I PAGEANT Pl TRIBUTE TO GEORGE WASHINGTON National Army Men Melt Swing Down O ll Fifth A Avenue With Stride of ofT Veterans T Now New ow York ork Feb 22 22 H 2 If the spirit of or could have havo been Gc George George rSc Washington ash ton Ins abroad 1 In New York this afternoon oon who felt It was and there were ere man many the soul o of Americas America's first great Ireat chieftain chieftain chief chief- pride tain must have ha thrilled with There was a a. parade of or soldiers on Fifth Firth avenue nearly avenue nearly o of them But Dilt Fifth avenue a has seen so man many para parades es there was nothing novel in a military pa pageant New ew Yorkers have ha cheered loyally all nIl kin kinds 1 and conditions conditions conditions condi condi- ot of soldiers rs The They did 1111 not cheer toda today Thc They felt more lII like liko e weeping What hat they thc saw was more than n a par par- ade It seemed to them like a solemn dedication Elve hun hundred thousand 1 men women and children stood for tor two hours or more in a sweeping snowstorm and andi a n stinging wind to see sec their sons and brothers and sweethearts marching b by men by-men men o of the thc national arm army March Like Five months ago the thc same boys had rambled through h the same street stroet a nondescript thron throng of or individuals Thc They caine came back today men of or the Seventy Seventy- sev se seventh division dl national arm army Camp Upton wel welled welded cd to together ethel into compact military units Brigades regiments battalions batteries and all 1 companies strode through h the wide street In heavy marching order with the swing swing- 1 ate Mn id 1 nf t i veterans t r n. Their lr bronzed III u g o 0 UL VL n cheeks checks s glowed with health an and 1 their clear eyes shone with pride a as they stepped brisk briskly 1 through the haze of or falling snow to the stirring music of oC their regimental bands Bringing up the tho rear of the parade was the grim British tank Britannia Britannia flying beside be- be with the Stars and Stripes side Ide the Union Jack March In On Br fly International News Neer 9 MaJor Major General General General Gen Gen- Augusta Ga Fob 2 22 eral Muir commander of or the Twenty- Twenty eighth division l headed a a. monster parade par par- ade nde of ot soldiers when thc they marched through the streets here to to- to I day Regimental ban bands played southern southern south south- ern music as the khaki-clad khaki men from Camp Hancock passed passel down n the city's main avenue to the Confederate monument monument ment where the parade ended Cheers from thousands thou of o throats greeted 1 the tho soldiers