Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-05


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tons and clubs, OF employees of vari-
| GUS business houses, of patriotic or
ganizations, school children and citi-
zens marching four and five abreast.
No more impressive sight has ever
been seen in this city.
BANNERS TELL STORY.
The banners carried by the marchers
told the story OF the true patriotism
exhibited as clear and tersely as any
thing else. The Greek delegation car
ried a banner with the label, The
| Stars and Stripes Are Good Enough for
U.s." and by the broad smiles of the
Bwarthy sons Of Greece, it was evident
they believed thoroughly in just what
their banner said. The high school
delegation held up o banner on which
were the words, I'VE Have No Quar-
rel With the German People" Anoth-
er said, For Our God, Our Country
and Our Flag" The Daughters of the
American Revolution carried one say
| ing, I'VE Stand for Freedom, Liberty,
Justice" Heading the high school band
| was O banner stating, The President
Can Depend Upon Idaho to Do It's Bit"
| Over the heads of the labor union or
gRnizations flowed the lend, Union
| Men, Three Million Strong Are with
America and President Wilson"
"REMEMBER THE LUSITANIA."
The Spanish sons who are residents
Of Boise, made a strong impression as
they marched solidly in a body bear
ing the banner, Spanish Born, We
Love America The long column of
citizens including fats and leans car
| ried the declaration, I'VE Are Not Too
| Fat to Fight" In the same column
was a second banner saying, I'VE
Stand Squarely Behind Our President"
and with Malice Toward None, With
Charity to ALL" Another banner car
ried by the Greek delegation said, I'VE
Stand for the Stars and Stripes, Lib
erty and Humanity"
Looming over the delegation OF rec
| lamation service employees was a ban
| ner saying, Remember the Lusitania.' -
| 1t recalled to many people the slogan
| of 81. Remember the Maine" 1.-TWO
| Hundred Automobile Men Are at the
| Service of Uncle Sam" said another
streamer carried by automobile me
chanics. Numerous other banners were
| seen up and down the line OF march.
The citizen officers IN charge OF the
! parade were everywhere praised for
the manner in which they successful
! ly executed the difficult task Ed
| Peasiey, the grand marshal, directed 4
and had able assistanc from those in
charge of the three sections. Q. G. F.
Markhus and Leo J. Falk assisted with
| the first section. William Sweet, w.
! r. Teller and Chester Cowley were
captains for the second section and L.
! n. Roos, Ed Ostner and Harry Fallx
directed the third. In addition there
were a number of information aides''
who kept in close touch with all sec
| tons of the parade, directing the citi-
sens the formations to take and show
| ing them their places.
Shortly after z O'Clock most of the
marchers were in line. The parade
was in motion half hour later. The
Boise Municipal band was the first
musical organization in the line of
| march at the head Of the column. Gov
ernor Moses Alexander and his staff
followed In an automobile. The bal
ance OF the parade was made up as
follows:
FORMATION OF PARADE.
First section-Company H, Idaho
national guard and visiting companies,
machine gun company, Boise chapter
of the Red Cross, spirit of 's1, spirit of
'76, fife and drum corps. members of
the Grand Army OF tho Republic, boy
scouts. Uncle sam float, navy float,
battleship float, large flag carried by
citizens
Second Bection-Mayor Hays and
other city officials. torch light process
! sion, civic organisations. Caldwell
band. school children, fat mems bril-
gads. trades ana labor councils, large
! flag carried BY citizens.
| Third section-Emmett band, wo-
1 mems section, volunteer choir, repre-
sentative delegation OF all nations, tn
Guiding Japanese and Chinese, fire de-
I partment.
These three sections were made UP
of unit after unit of citizens, the skel-
etonized formation as given above fail
! ing to give a comprehensive idea OF
the many organizations that took
part. For instance, the various trades,
/ the professional men, business houses
and others, insofar ~ possible, march
ed together. One of the largo dele
cations was known as tho Idahe snKi-