Evening star., 1917-09-05
NOTES OF THE PARADE

ropes and grabbed kitty by the neck So
fate solves the problems of cats alone
in a big parade.
The amount of field artillery in the
parade was a subject OF general COM
ment. Although Washinetonians have
known that there were Il large mum ber
of soldiers encamped about Washing
ton, the parade yisualiZing the vast
number. and especially the large sec
tion of artillery. brought home to them
the fact that the National Capital is
well guarded.
The squadron of District Cavalry
under command of Maj. Leroy w. Her
ron. marching afoot presented a fine
the avenue. who cheered them, but
just at the bend of 18th street, as they
swung into the court of honor, they
We're given an ovation by several hun
dred admirers which sent them by the
reviewing stand 'all set up"
The float of the Y. NJ. c. A. bearing
the legend .Y. NJ, c. A. follows the flag
plause. especially from the men in uni
form who gathered to see the parade
pass. The Y. NJ. c. y. delegation was
led by chaplain" Smith, formerly with
the sd u. c. Infantry, who is now IL
leader in cantonment activities.
The food administration did itself
proud. Many Washington housewives
exclaimed 'Oh, what pretty blue
dresses," when a group of twenty
women marched along behind Herbert
c. Hoover carrying a large flag spread
out fiat. The blue dresses are the Off
cial uniform of the food administra-
TONS conservation league, and many
women who saw them yesterday de
clared that they are going to wear one
hereafter. This was one of the unex-
pected pretty features of the parade.
and was vigorously applauded by a
group Of cabinet women in front of
the White House as ii passed the re-
viewing stand.
| OF all the long line the drafted men
and the marines attracted the most at
/ tention at the reviewing stand The
! 200 young men who are in training
! at Fort Myer for commissions in the
! new army, with only twelve days of
| drill behind them, swung by the stand
| with ranks unbroBen and with the easy
| tread of soldiers, and the marines. com
| pany after company. swept past with
| never It ripple to disturb their steady
/ flow.
| Washington had a view of the gentle
| art of 'camouiage" yesterday when
three batteries Of the field artillery
went by, all painted up like landscapes
/ Yellow and green blotches on the gun
J carriages are JeSl gned for low ViSibil-
! ity in the field, bat they served to make
/ the vehicles especially conspicuous
against concrete street back ground.
! Twenty bands were in line Onward.
| Christian Soldiers" seemed to he a fa-
vorite marching air.
| The largest flag in the parade was
that carried by thirty food administra =
/ tion workers.
| For the first time the new silk flag
/ of the police department appeared in a
! public parade 1t was taken from its
| casing by Maj. Pullman in the presence
/ OF police officials and henceforth will
! lie borne whenever the department ap-
pears in public Il body.
| For the first time in any parade flags
/ We're carried by policemen. Seret
! Harry of the ninth precinct rode his
! horse and carried d large American
I flag, while Private Riley of the same
precinct carried the metropolitan Po-
lice department. flag while astride his
| horse. The flag was much admired
| Two men, whose actions attracted
| the attention of secret service agents
ana detectives in the vicinity of the
| " hite House 4 short time before the
! parade arrived, We're forced to NOV,
| away before President Wilson reached
| the reviewing stand
! Three children VINO We're lost in the
| crowds were found by the police anC
| taken to the first precinct station where
I their parents later claimed them. Sadie
| Dove, six years old and her brother
/ Samuel Dove, three years old, of 123(
! Pennsylvania avenue and LeVantha
! Dudley. six years old, 90l Sd street
! southeast. were the youngStars picked
| up by the police.
| Kallipolis Grotto of the Mystic Orde,
| of Yelled Prophets was represented il
! the parade by its military band. under
| the direction of Prof Julius Hamper
and by its newly organized Boys Drum
| and Bugle Corps. the services of botr
| having been volunteered for the pa,
| trlotic occasion.
| How times change. Here we have
| f'hristy Mathewson arrested for playing
| ball on Sunday, while n short year age
he refused to even put on a uniform OF
| Sundays However. Matty explained
when he took the arrangement of the
| Reds that it was never case of re
| ligious scruples with him. as he is o.
| mind He lust Wanfed his one