The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-05-16
NTMBER IN PARADE RECORD
FOR THIS COUNTRY
One Hundred and Fifty Thousand
March in Line, Which Takes Over
Twelve Hours Pass Reviewing.

New York. May ia civic army
of 100000 men and women marched
through the streets of New York to-
dav to demonstrate their attitude in
favor of national preparedness. An
almost countless host, representing
all walks of life In the nations met
ropolis. for twelve hours strobe 20
abreast, behind bands playing pa
triotic airs through flag bedecked
streets lined with hundreds of thous-
ands of cheering spectators. All the
professions and trades which make
up the complex life of the city were
represented.
1t was the greatest parade in the
history of the country. In one divi-
sion were the street sweepers in their
uniforms of white, while in another
we're the dignifed justices Of the su-
preme court of New York. There also
were the clergy-nearly 200-repre-
senting every denomination in the
city. Lawyers, physicians, trained
nurses, veterans of the Spanish
american war-all were in line. But
the most popular division was made
up of the city's ten thousand National
Guardsmen-infantry, cavalry and ar
tillery-who brought up the rear.
This" declared Mai. Gen. Leonard
Wood, in command of the department
of the East, who reviewed the pa
rade, "is the greatest argument Amer
lea has ever known in favor of pre-
paredness against elements that are
at present unknown"
Marched for Hours.
The great civic league began march
ing at $50 a. M, and the last of them
had not passed the reviewing stand in
Madison Square until $3.50 p. m.
Just as Mayor John P. Mitchell and
a party of municipal officials left the
city hall at the end of the first divi-
sion an aeroplane appeared above
lower Broadway and covered around
the great skyscrapers.
The paraders marched rapidly,
more than 10000 passing given
point within a hour. When the first
division disbanded after walking the
full length of lower Filth avenue to
Fifty-seventh street, the mayor, ac-
companied by Maj. Gen. Wood and
Rear Admiral Nathaniel Usher, in
command of the New York navy yard.
left their carriages and took seats in
the reviewing stand. Except for an
hour for luncheon, they remained un-
til the parade was over.
Gov Whitman, who viewed the
demonstration from a balcony of the
Union League club, declared it was
the most remarkable example of
patriotism and civic pride he ever had
with essed.
With few exceptions the marchers
carried small American flags. Most
of them also wore buttonhole en-
blems. At frequent interval came
one of the 200 bands and the musi-
clans were the only persons in the
civic divisio who wore uniforms. The
women's division, estimated to num-
Der between 5000 and 5000, began to
appear before the reviewing stand
about 6 o'clock. Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt,
Jr., and Mrs. j. Borden Hartman
were among those in line
Cheers for Guardsmen.
Following them were the National
Guardsmen, who began fling past the
stand at 8 O'Clock Salvos of cheers
greeted the militiamen as they
marched by silently and impressively
Every guard unit in the city was
ordered out in service uniform and
in heavy marching order to show New
Workers how they would appear if
they actually were answering call
to the colors.
The new armored motor battery,
the first thus far acquired by any Ma
eional Guard organization in the
country, was greeted with cheers all
along the line of march. There were
seven regiments of infantry, three OF
coast artillery, part of the First cav
airy, batteries of field artillery, the
signal corps, engineers and the motor
car battery.
Thomas A. Edison, Notwithstanding
his SO years, tramped along with the
stride of a man half his age, at the