Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-05
ALLIED NATIONS
| JOIN IN TRIBUTE
TO NEW SOLDIERS
Pay Honor to Men Selected
to Fight for United
States.
NATIONAL CAPITAL SCENE
OF MEMORABLE PARADE
Wilson Marches at Head Of Flu
ture Warriors on First Step of
Trip to France.
10000 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE
In Other Cities Throughout Country
Similar Enthusiastic Scenes
Take Place.
10000 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE
In Other Cities Throughout Country
Similar Enthusiastic Scenes
Take Place.
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WASHINGTON. September 4-rhe
President and Congress of the United
States and the allied nations. through
| their diplomatic representatives. ioined
to-day in paying honor to the men Sc,
| iected from the District of Columbia
for service in Americas National Army
raised for the battle for democracy
Washington, long used to glitterine
professions. to the blare and noise of
| inaugurals. opened its eyes and cheered
itself hoarse at the spectacle. For two
hours while in other cities throughout
the nation other thousands moved over
the nrst part OF the long road that NAV.
iead TO French battle fields. Pennsyllt
vania Avenue heard the tramp Of
marching men. the jingle of spurs and
| the rumble of artillery
About $4,000 men. women and children
passed reviewing stand before the
White House. where the President and
his guests watched the parade. More
than half Of the long line was in uni.
FORM. There were regulars from In
fantry. cavalry and artillery regiments
stationed nearby. marines mon from
the officers training camp at Fort
Myer, and hundreds OF army and navy
| officers attached to the departments
| here.
LONG MILE TO CAPITOL HILL =:
IS ONE STREAM OF FLAGS
From the corner Of Fifteenth Street
where Pennsylvania Avenue turns
around the Treasury. the long mile to
the foot OF Capitol Hill was one stream
OF. nass in tho breese.ss The President,
tand2those In heSstand with him wera
kept, at salute continually. Mo- One of
the dozens of officers of foreign armies
and navies overlooked tho tribute due
to the emblem of the great republic
that has lined up on their side to make
the world safe for the principles on
which 1t was founded. 5ESS
President Wilson himself, eyes to the
front, stepping out like freshly trained
recruit. marched at the head of the
| long line, surrounded by n COMMITTEES
OF citizens which arranged the parade,
| When he reached the White House.
the President left the ranks and took
his place in the stand by Mrs. Wilson.
Most OF the members OF tho Cabinet,
the Japanese mission. Ambassadors
| Spring Rice, of Great Britain; JusseE
rand of France; Minister Calderon. Of
Bolivia and dozens Of officers In the uni
forms Of the armies Of the nations that
! are fighting Germany. were in the stand
o.
! with them. ~ .N,$
| At the head Of the Senate came Sena-
| tors. Nelson and Warren, of the Union
| army and Martin and Bankhead, who
fought on the side OF the Gray in tho
War Between the States. There were
seventy Senators in line.
HOUSE IN PARADE.
HEADED BY "UNCLE JOE,
| The House turned out hundreds of-its
membership, headed by Speaker Clark
| and Uncle joe" Cannon. virginia
was peculiarly conspicuous in. the par
ade. Senator Martin, leader of tho
Senate, and one Of the four members
Of that body who saw service in the
Civil War. led the Senate contingent.
The colors OF the Senate section were
carried by Edward a. Halsey, OF Lynch
| burg, assistant sergeant arms of the
Senate. The House section was mars
shaled by Joseph ]. Sinnott,, of RICK
mond, doorkeeper of the House. Prac-
| tlcally all the Virginians in the House
| were in line Senator Swanson: was not
there. because OF enforced absence from
the city. &;.
For more than an hour the dood
that poured by the stand was in the
brown of the khaki-clad army, with
the exception OF the 400 drafted men
who, in spite of their civilian clothes,
marched proudly and with more than a
semblance of military formation. n
In all the long line the drafted men
and the marines attracted the most
attention at the reviewing stand: The
1900 young mon who are in training
at Fort Mycr for commissions In the
new army. with only twelve days of
drill behind them. swung by the stand
with ranks unbroken and with the easy
tread of soldiers. But the marines,
company after company. swept past
with never a ripple to disturb their
steady flow.
Behind the troops were the govern
ment departments. Secretary Baker
marched at the head OF tho War Dos
partment with Major General Scott,
chief OF staff, and the ranking army
officers on duty were in KHAKI! just
ahead of the clerks in civilian clothes.
Secretary Daniels led the navy with
Admiral Benson, chief OF operations,
his aids and scores Of officers In, tho
summer white OF the navy. f;.f=
The navy clerks carried half dozen
banners with legends that are watch4
words In tho American Navy. 'I have
not begun~to fight" was one; Don't
give up the ship" another: Damn tho
| torpedoes; go ahead third.
There were several hundred veterans
OF the Civil and Spanish Wars in the
procession. An old man In faded bius.
another in gray. marched at the head
of tho Americans who fought each
other In the sixties. Above thona hoAt.
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