The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-15
SHERRuL REVEALS SECRET
OF PARADE,S GREAT SUCCESS
Supplied Every Division Commander With Key and
Chart Showing Exactly What to Do-Organiza-
ton May Be Made Permanent.

Col. Charles Hitchcock Sheriff.. the
man whose genius for organization made
possible Saturdays unparalleled parade
for preparedness. had his I'LL Of sleep
yesterday for the first time In six weeks.
lie came up for air about . o'clock last
night willing enough to talk about how
much others had lone to make the
parade a success, but very reticent about
his own efforts.
'Oh. | didn't have so much to do with
tho organization" said col. Sheriff..
An I did was to find the right men in
the various trade II professions and
show them how to rally their people"
Any one will comprehend. of course.
how u%nimportant that faculty for pick
ing tine right man is. Andrew Carnegie
made $500. 900, 900 following that sys-
tenn.
YOU Sec" continued col. Sheriff., I
demand for preparedness was 40 general
mo the working people and among
professional men that all we had to do
was to give them u system. With my
aids | simply went to the hustlers In
various activities-George r. Wilson
anon the insurance men, A. Wakeman
I'm the coffee trade. Gen. Rridgman
anon the nancicrs--and told them
what could be accomplished. After thai
| established an office In the Equitable
Building and simply answered questions.
The hustlers did the rest. II II had
been possible to handle 40 a within
one day we could ave marched 100000
men up Fifth avenue. There's no doubt
about H."
was Al Done by Chart.
Tina, didn't explain much. after all,
but col Sheriff. finally revealed that
the key Of the parade's smooth handling
WAS "A most detailed mar and chart
which he had worked GU, and supplied TO
, every one of the siXty-thrcc divisions
that marched map II chart show
ing eNectly where each division was 10
rendezvous. where 1t Was to fall into
column and precisely when. just how far
II was to march and just whcrc u was
to fall u of columa.
And he injected into the whole bust
uess his remarkable energy and cnthusi-
assn. Several years ago. when COL
Sheriff. was explaining his parade sys-
| TEN TO a friend from the West. that
person slapped his leg and said:
"Ey heck with u system Ike that
| could make a Chinaman President OF
the United states"
II may be Of interest to know thai
col. sheriff. has directed or assisted
In the direction Of five great parades
in this city and of many big political
rallies. lie had q hand in assembling
I the Harrison parade Of 1892. advised
the sound money parade of lN"b. per-
soually managed the sound money pa
rade OF 1900. the business mems pa
radc Of laos aud the preparedness
parade last saturday.
Parade. VrRI Significance.
Sheriff. j. a Vale man Of the class O
so. When he was AT Vale he was some
thing Il a track sprintsr. holdlhE the N
I ter,ollegis,c hundred yard championship
four wears ia succession and the ~
ward acur, for tire. consecutive years
Il, went into the law and int" politics
and was sent To- Argentina as the amer
l,,r Minister by President Taft III 1870?
lie il am expert on south American
trade. Now he H. back in the practice o
Law. Ills fnrehears for $50 years nav
been American.
Tho most important of al TN" sig
niNcant facts Of tn" parade was W. "'g
pi,v and seriousness" said COL. Sherrll
las, might "The lifc of this city auto
m,tically trains our business men y
I orp.utza and To- command. Our paran
contained thousands OF men who c'ui
oe,,i.n,,v officer Il citizen soldiery i
tim. of need. .
~, took -i> weeks Of the hardest KIN
nf work to put the parade on IN" s'rfe'
We did not equip "r provision or 'r""s
nor, the men. This proves that iFrS"n
who say a citizen army OF i."""'"'
W, tild be available oNeti'H"' CIV -"
t.ibIug political boSh' 49,.
- .ytr, 20 s.v that the German Nhicf
,c,r citizens were not opposed I" IN
,.r,dc. Thousands Of German A'n'f
;caus marched with W.. The '"hdlil
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