The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-04
COL LUMNS
MASSED CLOSELY
Great SkySCrapers Of Windy"
City Seem to Be Banks
of a River.
PROCESSION is SOLEMN
Tremendous Crowd, a Million,
Chicago Newspapers Say,
Witnessed the Spectacle.

t1v ANeoutATnp PNunai
CHICAGO. June 3-ThC prepar-
edness parade hero today was said
by Major General Thomas II. Barry,
commander Of the central depart
mcnt. United States army, who sat in
the reviewing stand. to be the great
est and most inspiring spectacle he
had over seen.
The great parade, In close order,
maBsOd from curbe TO curb, rolled
like tide through the streets all
day. It was as II the great sky
CrapcrB were banks of river. and
the marching thousands, each with
an American flag. the current moving
between them.
Hilnrlty Is Lacking.
II impressed by It's bulk. and by
the absence to large extent Of the
hilarity accompanying most parades.
There were no floats, no comic cos
tunes and little of tho holiday spir-
1t apparent The airs played by the
bands. either were patriotic or mill
itary. Patriotic songs were sung, or
hummcd. or whlstlcd. for fow knew
tho words. They did better, Occa-
siOnally with hymns. Many OF
the marchers knew tho words OF
Onward Christian Soldiers"
hymn TO strike the paraders MS ap-
prOprIato to the occasion. A division
of cleTEyInVn carried off tho singing
honurs. They knew the words OF
every song they attempted. includ-
ing America" and THE Star
SpRnRled Banner"
The precision with which the pa-
rade moved was itself said to be a
lesson in preparedness for II was
handled by Captain Raymond Shell.
don, OF the regular army, by a Sys-
TEN OF telephones. The dOmonstra-
tiOn started promptly at a. m. up
on Bnlute Of twenty-one guns.
When gap opened UP between d.
Visions on tho streets the fact was
reported from one of the 100 sub
stations, and upon word from Cap
tain Sheldon. the division marshal
sounded n whistle, whereupon the
unframed patriots did their best at
a double-Iulck and closed up the In
terval.
Many Women Marchcrs.
At 4 O'Clock this afternoon the Of
fetal account showed that 106,553
persons had passed the reviewing
stand in Grant Park. About twenty
per cent OF these were women, but II
WAS only part Of the parade. The
first division finished passing the re-
viewing stand at 1925 p. m. and
was followed by tho second division.
At 4 o'clock tho end was not In
sight, The military division COM
poRed OF national guardsmen and
volunteer regiments which have
sprang up in q fashion since prepar-
cdneGs became 4 subject OF general
discussion, were reserved for the
evening feature Of the demonstra-
ton.
The weather left nothing to be de-
sired. A tremendous crowd wit
messed the spectacle. As 10 its num-
bers, only the widest guess work
was possible. Local newspapers said
"a million" Twenty-Five persons
wore cared for at emergency hospit-
ais. but none OF the cases were seri-
ouB.
Girls Make Hit.
Two thousand telephone operators
provided the prettiest spectacle Of
the day. Several hundred OF them
were 10 garbed as 20 form nm Inn
mense moving dag They were fol-
and black skirts Of their daily work
Each wore q cap OF red. white and
blue. A division OF nurses also at
trRoted applause. The crowds
Cheersd striking bits Of the parade.
The street sweepers In their white
uniforms. who trod the payements
with a dignity. conscious OF absence
OF their brooms; the golfers with
their clubs with Tags attached,
Whistling patriotic airs, keeping time
to a ehanted fore, fore. fore"
. The telephone girls. the nurses.