New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-27
Patchogue Gives
Rousing Welcome
To Yaphank Men
Town w. c. T. U. and Suf-
fragists Entertain En-
bryonic Soldiers
Big Clubhouse Planned
I.S,loons Must Col" Edict Of
Committee-Other Towns
Join the Campaign
Big Clubhouse Planned
So Cn--cnSNr De- Gel

p.TCHOGUE. Long Island, Sept. 2e.
patchoguc village, metropolis Of this
Eek Of Long Island. in which the Sc
,,,.ed men Of New York City and en-
,;,ons arc TO learn the at Of war, did
,,.slf proud this afternoon with a pa
,,5s that took. no less than ffty-hve
minutes to pass E given point three
hines.
The parade was the climax Of Pat
Areue's Upton Day and the day
-,rked the high place of a cleanup
"a cct-toCether campaign that had
ven quietly under way for month.
In every village and HAMLET for miles
.,,prd Camp Upton the same sort Of
.,rraicn is being carried or, to the
"A that men of the National Army
vIsr turned loose into the surrounding
.,rrtry on leave may find everywhere
.,;rbborlv welcome extended TO them.
Crusade Against Saloons
The spirit of to-day's parade, judging
NJ the banners that the W. e. l. -,
Red Cross and suffrage women carried
,rd which adorned the floats. was that
N. saloons must go. !,
patchogue. anyway. tGs arranged
,,.rty Of substitute attractions for Of
i,srs and mon. For instance, there
III he a clubhouse especially for the
T,,onites. Best of all, there VIII be
s1resu through which any man VINO
,soUs himself as 4 fl ard eligible per-
AN NAV make the acquaintance OF any
40. Of a thousand fl and eligible girls;
That formality attended to, there Will
:. dances and dinners and drives and
IL, Of other affairs calculated 10 make
49, Parlevcorn more than ever
-, ou.cast Then there Will he BIG
Immunity sings" in which visitors
:.,r, car,n will be invited TO join. Al
81 .here has been organized IN the
rIlare a chorus Of 100 voices.
Commander Sends Representative
Tho CAMPAIGNS are being directed by
ne Fosdick commission, represented ov
s Waterman. civilian ard 70 MAJOR
cs,sral J. Franklin Bell, commanding
the 18th Division. Lo
General Bell was 10 have been mere
,o.day. but other business Kept MN
,rav In his stead he sent brlgaaler
cs1sral Evan VI. Johnson. of the l54tn
Brigade. as chief reviewing ofncer OF
The parade IL Lib
Tbs village was about equally dlvld-
>! be.weeH sidewalk and pavement
vb.n ,arade time came. Women, chill
d-en and very old men, for the most
,.~, we're the spectators. Everybody
slse was marching. Up Main Street the
,arado went. and doubled back IN It's
on.n tracks and whirled again at the
original starting point to return Tor
one more taste OF glory. So that II one
was not wide awake there we're nine
b,n5s instead Of three and thousands
~ marcrcrs in place OF hundreds. Inc
s,-efuI watcher might even have had a
sp.nicioD that some OF the paraders
were exchanging hats, in the fashion OF
The Roman legions in the opera house
when Nr. Shakespeare comes 10 town
But Patchogue doesn't have parade
every day.
Tte-. >asnt a single organization IN
t.Sn. from the Fire Department and
the Elks 70 the Loggia Abraham LIN
coin and the lace works fife and drum
CORDS, that didn't have place IN the
line. Sailors and marines couple OF
hundred OF them. landed from naval
vessels of the coast-were well up IN
ne van. They marched well, naturally.
but not so well that they shaded the
platoon OF selected men that Patchogue
sent 70 Camp Upton last week men
whom the homo folks were seeing in
shak and military formation for the
trst time.
Campfire Girls in Line
Campfire els and Boy Scouts made
gp another section. There was Red
Cross float. too. with four ladies IN
white making bandages for the world
% sec: and an Uncle Sam float, and
Miss Columbia float. and float from
the lace works. and ". {. 7. |. con
tirgeat. whose banners demanded "a
.aloonlegs Patchogue,' and delegation
o. surragettes. who proclaimed them
selves as anxious not only 70 see the
saloon 20 but to see the vote come.