El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-14
WOMEN MARCH
IN BIC PARADE
Show Their Patriotism By
Joining Ranks in the Pre-
paredneSS Parade.


red white and blue there followed
the Interna tional Brick company, led
by J. P Driscou. and the santa Fe en-
; uIoyts The American born Chinese.
led by Mar Ben were loudly applauded
Tor their patriotism The FL PaSO In
derwriters' association. commanded by
H. ". Schroeder, brought up the rea.
I Of the division.
sixth Division.
The sixth division VS. commanded
Z l.v F. : Ainsa. chief Of division. with
{ aides c. = Nasits and VIII :. CrOmbie
beaded by the Fourth Field artillery
band directed by Josef Studeny- The
Knights OF Columbus. led ny F. y
Farmer formed the first section. Next
: in order were the Loyal Order OF
. Moose. o. L Bowen commanding.
, Transfer and storage interests. with
D T. H. Yale commanding. and the South
+ western Portland Cement company,
2 with %. J. Binford commanding
p marched next The retail grOcers had
e. five women. in waite, in the first
lines. The wholesale grOcers had ons
woman in their district, and she was
{ IGNORED place in the center Of the
: section The retailers were command
( ed by Geo. 6. Franklin. the whole
salers by Jas. A. Dick
Hospital Corps in Line.
The g. Il. & ;. A railroad employees
and officials, led by attorney Maury
Z Kemp. were next in line Next came
the United States hospital CORPS ambu
lance wagons which were in the pa
rade 10 pick up any who might dror
out.
The seventh division was commanded
by J. F. Primm and Herman Andreas
chiefs OF divisions. E. NJ Hurd and
Roger Brown. J. +. McCabe. NJ II. Bur
ton. B. Blumenthal and Richard Adams
acted as aides. The 18th infantry band
led this section under the direction Of
bandmaster Ernest G. Fischer.
The first section in this division was
composed of the dealers End employees
OF the automobile trades. T. " Bannell
vas In command OF this section and
all Of the automobile dealers carried
flags.
WOren's Club.
The Fl Paso WOmans club showed
their intense patriotism and their love
OF Fl PasO by marching IN the parade
IN body They were in command Of
Miss Laura Maud Fink They were
dressed in white and carried flags
The 1sleta Summer Normal schoOi
appeared in this division with Miss
Myra Winkler in command This sec
ton was composed principally OF WON
en- number OF Ysleta people also
appeared i'm this section.
The public school section, headed by
SupL r. J. Tighe and the trustees was
one Of the interesting sections OF the
parade Small children were in the
lead. followed by the older children and
high school students in the rear Many
teachers also marched with the
students
NiEUr Dealers brilliant.
Wearing bright red mats white
shirts and blue trousers. and carrying {
nags, the employees and managers OF I
the J. F. Primm cigar stores made one 4
Of the most distinctive sections OF this 4
big parade. The cigar dealers were in !
tensely patriotic. yelling and cheering /
Tor the flag as they marched with per
fect alignment They were cheered re-
peatedly as they passed along the
streets
The Boston stores young women
wore white dresses. carried red white
and blue parasOls and with rOsettes OF !
red on top Of the parasols. This gave
the division touch of bright color
The young man and woman who led
this section wore costumes Of red.
white and blue
Native Texans.
Native born Texans were well repre- |
sented in this section. Many of them /
we're OF Spanish descent but all carried
American Tags and cheered the colors I
IS they passed through the streets
They carried large banners reading
Native Texans"
The Western Union Telegraph com
)any, with 7. 4 Darling commanding.
lad the clerks. messengers and officers
II the company. all carrying banners
The Tri-State Telephone company. / 7
commanded by c. E Strattou had all
Il its employees in the line and an car
led flags. {
The local oil and gasoline dealers had I
section in this division q
Negro Patriots. I /
The eighth division in command Of
ser gL J. F. Kelley. was composed large a
= or negro citizens As the division }
moved down the line of march the par
lcipants We're vigorously applauded- Z
he division was headed BY the SfNth
Infantry band under direction OF Ma
aueller. followed by the Douglass higt
cnool children, Prof W NJ Coleman ,
D command. About so children were
D line The COlOred WOmen's Indus G
rial club was well represented. ane
he negro trades appeared with about {
. members. 5
As the band Of each division passed v
he reviewing stand, it dropped TO one !
ide and played as the division passed 7
nd then followed in behind
Policemen headIi.s the lire Of march
-ere- Capt G. r. Tillman. and patrol a
Zen Harry Phoenix. Elmer Reynolds O
+ A. Gordon. H. Williams. r T. OIs- o
on. NJ Wallis. G. Wilson and J. NJ c
apin- b
Many Watch. v
While the thousands marched. many .
ore thousands, composed principally o
women and children, watched from -
Re side lines with unflagging interest. v
ith wisdom born Of past expert y
ices. thousands remained on the line ~
march out in the residence district, :.
preference TO coming down town. :
mere the congestion would have have Z T
zen terrific.
iade, and from the unshaded places. in
any instances, stood and sat the Z ?,
ousands who are interested in the -
eparedness of the United States n
arandas were crowded. as were lawns
ID terraces. with many sitting on the ! 81
ge OF pavements Even the shade of "a
e telephone poles was used by those b,
no insisted upon having a clear view. Sss
Crowds Line Streets
All the way up Montana, TO Oregon. r
ere the thrOngs packed on each side m
the street Automobiles were parked
the side streets, on the edge of
ontana and Oregon. extending clear
ross and TO a depth as great as ten.
D oregon and Wyoming cars we've "
rked TO a depth of ten. And on ore %
N street. the crowd was even uenser ;.
an on Montana AT the Y NJ - A. ~
hiding. young people were using the ~
DAD lodges on the front of the build T.
& TO sit and stand. -
Cheers For COIOrS. Il,
Along the line OF march. children. ! .,
tching the contagion Of the military I in
mt marched back and forth on the / 81
stinents. waving flags. to the time ia
the stirring music. There was con-
iucuS cheering along the lines while
panus were playing. and also while