Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-31

is what has made the Tenth famous.
But the big fellows were not alone
by any means. Short and tall. black
and brown, clean shaven-heads in
cluded-men with long droopy mus
taches, fat and thin-eyery kind OF
a man that you could find IL You
picked out 500 colored brethren
were there. But all had a trim APP
pearance that marked them for Reg
ulars.
Along Fifth Avenue the landscape
had assumed a dusky hue. On the
steps OF houses boarded up for the
summer the welcomcrs congregated
chiefly though there wasn't breath
ing space along the curb line or on
any piles of boards where repairing
was going on Old wbite-baired gold
spectacled mammies shifless no ac-
counts. laughing girls and wide eyed
children mingled everywhere.
The parade went up as far as Fifty
eighth. across 20 Broadway. swept
around the Circle and headed down
Eighth Avenue. Il was there that
the Tenth came into its own Fur-
tner back the crowd had been more
interested than enthusiastic. But in
the tortes on Eighth avenue the on
lockers didn't feel the restraining in
huence of skyscrapers and brown
stone fronts. IL was Hi. there Mis-
tab Soldiahi' and "Oh. Won tar
baby, on every hand. "
The heat began 10 tell. A few
dropped back 10 FIJI places OF honor
IN the express wagons that were there
Tot straggiers. Waterboys busted mn
ana down the line. Iced watermel-
on on the corners was going high.
Cutting through Twenty-sixtb ST
me troopers got TO the armorv 81
the SiXty-ninth. az the corner of Ley
ington avenue. One trooper dec1ar-
ed that sixty miles was a moderate
guess az the length Of the march
Inside che galleries were filled with
wives and gals of the soldier mon
mere were half a dozen Filipino vo-
men among the wives. The only
mascots that the regiment brought
PACK were three AmerIcano-Ffipin
children belonging TO Mrs. Private
King.
ILe troopers stacked their arms on
the slippery floor and broke ranks
DOWNSTAIRS mess was ready. and thew
uiuh lose any time In getting after
IT, lhen You would see a sturdy
trooper in the centre of a group OF
aomlring friends. telling about the
wonders OF The tropics. The after
noon slipped past with band sup-
plying ragtime and classier music|
IRON the centre OF the floor. and then
d. Fran6 wheaton. colored attor-I
ney called for order I'm his capacitv
as chairman OF the executive com
mittee. Air. MCGOWAN arrived ahout
that time and ho said a lot of fnel
things Co the soldiers.
You have raised your race HIGHER
in thC estimation of the United states
than DO has ever been before" ne said
You have done more TO destroy the
prejudice agaiust your people than
any Other agency
Tie added that if the neopIe near
Fort Ethan Allen. VT. whittier they
VIII start This morning. didn't treat
them rieht they could Doe sure OF "a /
hearty reception in this city.
After Mr.. MCGOWAN spoke thel
ReN. Dr. Rcverdy e.. Ransom and
Douglas Wetmore for Manhattan. DR.
w. L. Hunter and George c. Wibccan
for Brooklyn. and a. B. Cosoy for
New Jersey. Najor-General Leonard
Wood was expected but ne didn't get
there.
Last night there was a big time
up 90 suffers Harlem River Park |
where a vaudeville show and lots OF |
entertainment We're provided for thol
homecomers. This morning they are
going 90 try OF catch a 1850 train forI
Vermont, but at the last reports last
going to try 90 catch a 1880 train for
az che earliest