The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-05-25

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MARCHING FOR PREPAREDNESS
AS ocular demonstration that the nation demands to be
prepared for its Defense the citizens of New York to
number estimated all the way from 10000 to marched
through the city May Is in parade which surpassed the
greatest civic parade held in the United Staethe sound
money parade of 1896 Twenty abreast and rate ranging
from $4,000 hour they marched past the reviewing
Half million American flags carried by them uttered
from the buildings, and the American coors in varied
bnations prevailed in their dress million people lining
the sidewalks and filling the windows and balconies gazed in
admiration and reverently salued their counys flag 1t
was an impressive outburst of patriotism
It was spontaneous too Originating in the suggestion of
few two months earlier it quickly took form and
masterpiece OF voluntary cooperative organization under
directive genius ALI suggestion of coercion caoery
means Of inducing people to fall in line proved absurd
the anxiety of to march, Had not necessity compelled
rejection of thousands quarter of million would
have marched says the Evening Sum- AS it was says the
Times: aa"'t's7-'' gst
The parade went somewhat the time limit fixed for
its duration becausin somedivsons hundreds and thou
sands marched than were allowed for. The COM
manders of these divisions said the
fell into ne and simply could be kept of the par
ade. They wanted to march and they did
The compelling, dominating fact of the parade says that
paper twas its unity the big motive-cvian patriotic
national preparedness The lowest estimate its numbers
s male civilians in divisions representing each trade
and profession from its highest to its humbles members 1900
5000 national guardsmen than 700 Spanish war
veterans and 5000 bandsmen in 200 bands Presidents of
WCn clerks, with
attorneys OF degree manufacturers with their woren
and so right down the line of all occupations
And how they marched Thomas A. Edison carried his
easily that he marched as boy of TWEEN
ty stepping lightly and smiling says the Times There were
haired and small boys though for the most part
they were men between twenty and thirty five who showed
In face and figure that they intelligent sturdy Amer
of the kind who do much than march The
Times adds
And the way the marched amazed those who only
stood and waited while they passed They were civilians
pracced for the parade and yet they kept lines twenty
men IN LENGTH kept step with bands sometimes blocks
away sauted with their flags fell into line and disbanded
without confusion with and precision scarce
ly believable of civilians.
They were serious about it, too, for the Sun saws:
The parade infinitely impressive because of the ut
ter eanesnes of the marchers There was nothing frv
oous about the bearing of these men and women They
We're marching in great cause for big idea and II was
as papable as lightning to the eye thunder to the ear
Their marching impressed General Wood that he said
to Admiral Usher:
By George, what splendid soldiers these fellows would
make Look at 'em! They're young men, nine ont Of
every ten They know nothing about drill They've new
er had training and yet they have the swing of it.
And the admiral replied:
Why general know and know that it's in the blood
we've got little soft maybe but the bone and muscle are
there. These are fine men, by gad
That parade the patriotic martial shirt of Anar;
asserting itself in practical protest against the snppost
that we have become of moycoddles not valnn orr
liberty and civilization highly enough to fight for tb
1t was as the Globe the physical expression of
the great republic must possess the power to
deend self and It's ideals against the onsaughs of barb
ISM 1t scorned the argument against prenaradnoo &c -
ng 70 quote the World tits origin in deep disust o A
lean democracy The American people utterly reject &c
reflection on that secontro which is the foundation f
strong democracy the very suggestion that they must not