Show IN LINE OF MARCH Service Ex-Service Men Representing Every State and Off Far Outposts at Cleveland Convention Twenty thousand service ex-service men representing every state in the Union and tar off outposts where the Stars and Stripes flies files swung through the streets of ot Cleveland 0 In the great opening parade at the second annual convention of ot The American L Legion glon Leading the parade were hundreds of ot disabled veterans of the World war In automobiles while behind them c came e 3 31 winners of ot the the Congressional II M Medal dal of ot Honor For two solid miles the sidewalks and stands were packed with cheering spectators as the veterans veterans vet vet- erans passed In review Frequent picturesque Incidents served to lend Jend color to the parade as the long column of olive-drab olive and navy blue tramped down the line of ot march Le Roy Hoy Williams a Grand Army of ot the Republic veteran who won the Congressional Congressional Con Con- gressional Medal of Honor at the battie battie bat bat- tie of Cold Harbor joined the medal of honor men and marched t the te e entire route A huge flag that stretched across the street borne by Legionnaires Legionnaires Legion- Legion of Akron 0 O. was show showered red with coins by the spectators until more than was in Its folds The delegates from Paris Cuba Panama Panama Panama Pan Pan- ama Hawaii Porto Porte Rico Mexico and the Philippine Islands who bad had traveled trav tray thousands of miles to attend the convention received a tremendous ovation ova ova- tion from rom the crowd Army nurses and former came In for tor their share hare of the applause and a sensation was created by th the Montana delegation tion which appeared 1 i I. I leather chaps spurs and sombreros More than spectators viewed the parade which was declared to be bethe bethe bethe the greatest spectacle ever staged In Cleveland |