The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-19

ness district, obliviOus to lowering
skies overhead and sticky mud under
foot; marched with heads up, chins
forward, eyes to the front, to the
municipal Auditorium, where they
Joined in the greatest outpouring of
patriotism ever Witnessed in the cap
ital city of North Dakota.
Filled with Marchers.
The streets we're filled with march
ers the sidewalks lined with specta'
tors. All business, public and pri.
vate, was suspended. Public and
. parochial schools closed. The capital,
the county building and the city hall
made half-holiday. America, Ameri-
canism, the Flag, her brave defenders
OF the past, Of the present and of the
future, typified by the veterans of the
Civil war and the war with Spain,
by the North Dakota national guard,
by the Boy Scouts and the tomorrow's
men and women of the schools, were
the altars atSSwhieh8 every loyal cit-
zen of Bismarck paid homage with a
genuine old.time. spirit--the spirit of
1776; of 1861, and Of 1885.
Was Thril'.ne Sight.
The biz parade as it threaded its
way through the business streets was
a thrilling sight. Patriotic, and fra
ternal organizations, the National
guard, veterans Of the two wars. the
Boy Scouts, pupils Of the public and
parochial schools to the number OF
1900; patriotic women of the CAPT
tai city's civic and social clubs; state,
county and city officialdom, all VINO
could march on foot, with automo-
bles for those men and women whose
weight of years had dealt not kindly
with the flesh but with indomitable
spirit undaunted by time, all were in
line, and it. was a proud moment for
Bismarck when the head of the long
Gordon swung into Fourth street.
Formation Of Parade.
The parade marched in thu follow
ing order:
Grand Marshal Cass elman anl
Aides, Elks' Band, Battalion Staff
Medical Reserve, Co.. All n. ID. n. g.,
Women's Auxiliary, Boy Scouts. Pub
lie School Children, Parochial School
Children, Bismarck .slks. Odd Eel.
lows, Knights Of Col INDUS, Bagpipes
Corps, Bismarck Scots, Uncle Sam;
O'Connor's Fife AMI Drum C'rps,
Knights of Pyth;as, Homesteaders.
Salvation Army Band, Masoni: Or
ders, Order East ern Star. Modern
Brotherhood, Governor Frazier and
Staff, Grand Army Veterans. Wom.
ems Relief Corps, Spanish War Vet
erans, American Boy Float, Red Cross
Floats, City Commission. Committee
with Speaker. Votes For Women
League, City officials, Bismarck Fire
Department, Citizens in Automobiles.
Exercises At the Auditorium.
At the Auditorium thousands as
sembled with the breaking of ranks
to hear sterling address from DR..
w. K. Weaver, vice president Tor
Colorado of the Navy League of the
United States. DR.. Weaver for years
has been preaching the gospel of pre-
paredness that America may hold her
place, first among humane nations OF
the world. Today, under most auspl-
cious circumstances. he brought his
message to North Dakota. and it was
received with genuine enthusia sm.
with the conservation Of every loyal
heart in the audience to program
which will make our country immune
from attack and insult; our flag an
emblem to command respect in every
quarter OF the globe.
Exercises in Open.
Marchers and spectators, arriving
at the Auditorium campus, massed
hundreds deep about a stage which
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