Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-01
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white in spite Of the rain earlier in the day,
who flowed by and looked like great white
river disappearing in the distance down
Broad street. On every hand the crowd
made comments upon these wonderful look
ing, vigorous. determined young men. VINO
marched with a snap which sent a rever-
beration of footballs back up Broad street 10
that other army OF young Americans VINO
will soon be marching with the same pre-
cision and the same determination to do or
die for Uncle Sam.
The great column-ffty thousand men
moved away on time from Diamond street
down Broad between lanes OF cheering
thousands waving flags, smiling and iaugh-
ing in admiration and love for the men VINO
were going away to fight for them.
In the line were approximately IVoo
drafted men and thousands OF former Ma
tional Guardsmen. civic and patriotic or
ganizations and thousands of men In service
swelled the ranks.
Mayor Thomas 2. Smith. grand marshal
of the parade. with a platoon of mounted
police and Brigadier General William q.
Price, Jr., headed the column.
on both sides of Broad street from city
Hall to Arch stret sat aged veterans OF the
Civil War in chairs cheering the men VINO
are going into the new National Army.
Many of these hoary veterans were mere
boys when this country was threatened with
destruction as a result of internal STRIFE.
Many of them falsified their ages TO gam
opportunity to help preserve the Union ana
there were among the draftees today some
that had done the same for the same pur-
pose.
DRAFTED MEN IN LINE
As the line moved south on Broad street
the ranks were sweled constantly by drait.
ed men, who, by invitation of the distflCt
hna rlS hnd al
The official reviewing stand was located
on the west side of Broad street just
below Arch. Besides Governor Brum-
baugh's staff, the reviewing party included
Adiutant General r.. j. Stewart Rear Ad-
miral Tappan, commandant OF the navy
yard Colonel Montgomery, commandant or
the Frankford Arsenal; Major Hethering-
ton Mrs. George Quintard Horwitz. Mayor,
of Moorehaven, Fla who was recently made
a ma jor by the Governor of Florida; Judge
and Mrs j. Willis Martin. Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Robins and Mr. and Mrs. Henry &.
Boyer.
The city stand. with seating capacity
of 1900, was. erected on the north plaza OF
City Hall. facing up Broad street. 1t was
occupied by Councilmen and city ana county
officials with their wives and friends.
GUNS SOUND TRIBUTE
Around City Hall moved the marchers.
and they swung into view OIL lne lHioH
League a great cheer rose from the throng
assembled on reviewing stands on either side
OF the entrance A cannon doomed salute
to them at signal from John Grlopel'
president Of the league, and thereafter the
great gun spoke In tribute to the dratted
men and other soldiers at minute intervals.
Women were grouped in one stand at the
Union League and men in the other.
At least half of the drafted men took
part in the great procession, which required
five hours to pass a given point. They
were divided into three battalons, the first
carrying red banners, the second bearing
white and the third blue.
After the salutes were completed the guns
kept booming, giving to the event note
of battle realism, which was strengthened
bv the appearance of United States air.
planes, soaring above in the most elaborate
flight ever made in Philadelphia. Little
capsules or bombs" containing the city's
good wishes for the soldiers were dropped
from the planes.
MARCHED LIKE SOLDIERS
The drafted men We're an ill-favored lot,
so far as uniforms were concerned, but they
marched proudly and like soldiers. They
wore all kinds of clothes and all kinds Of
hats from cheap straws to pure beaver
sombreros. Some were well and fashion
ably tailored men of affairs others labor
ers in hand me downs
But they marched with martial tread,
Leeping straight lines, chests out. shoulders
square, heads up.
The crowds cheered at times and at
other times only clapped hands. The peo-
pie that watched were sober and serious.
1t was a solemn and dignified event, not
something TO be gay over.
The Emergency Aid Committee was repre-
sented by Boy Scouts and Campfire Girls,
who carried two forty-foot United States
flags and smaller flags of all the allied
nations,
The Snellenburg Band, playing all sorts
of airs, from Onward Christian Soldiers
to Yankee Doodle" and the Snellenburg
Red Cross Auxiliary OF young women made
good showings. The St. Francis de Sales
Boys Battalion, manly little fellows in uni
form. won great applause.
Where Do We Go From Here?" was the
most popular and most often heard music
during all the march. The soldiers and
soldiers to-be are making it as popular as
"Tipperary" was.
FORMATION OF PARADE
The official formation of the great process
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