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Show U'opv f(ir This Department Supplied b V.rri? ' the AtmrU-un I.-nlon Nows H.-rvlt-e.) MOHAWK INDIANS IN BONUS PARADE HELD IN NEW YORK CITY v. " . " - Mohawk Indians In Tribal Feathers All of Thcni Yanks. With seventy-live thousand former service men In line and headed by a Hying column of automobiles hearing hundreds of wounded soldiers, the recent bonus parade in New York city presented ;:n Impressive spectacle; as platoon after platoon of uniformed marchers swept down Fifth avenue amid a tumult of cheers. Thousands of members of the American Legion were In the ranks and posts sent delegations from Connecticut and New Jersey to participate in the formation. Many striking groups appeared in the parade, one of them being a hand of Mohawk Indians In tribal feathers and wampum, all of them Yanks who had fought overseas. Another feature was a huge gun mounted on a decorated truck which by n compressed air device fired rounds of circulars urging the bonus for ex-service ex-service men. Ninety bands along the line of march played such airs of war days as "Over There" and "Madelou" as the former doughboys and gobs stepped out behind them. |