The evening world., 1917-04-21
$500 JUNIOR NAVAL
.SCOUTSANDGUARDS
PARADE AND DRILL
One Set of Youngsters Cap
lures" Custom House While
Second Marches to City Hall.

wlth6nags flying and bands play
ing eighteen hundred members " The
American Junior Naval and Marine
Scouts marched through city Hall
Park and down Broadway 70 the
Custom House, where they deployed
for battle at noon to-day, and after
a few strategic moves were In full
possession of the building. The pa
rade and exhibition OF tactics we're
to demonstrate tho value Of military
training for boys too young for the
army or navy. and the sturdy young
sters made an excellent showing
As early as o'clock the boys be-
gan marching toward the mobiliza-
ter and Mulberry Streets, and in the
park inclosure they drilled in sight OF
thousands OF Italian residents of the
section while waiting for the start of
the parade. When they finally start
ed out hundreds Of small boys fol-
lowed them and these were quickly
ofllcered and organized into a recruit
battalion.
Passing the City Hall the young
sters were reviewed by President
Frank L. Bowling Of the Board OF
Aldermen and Theodore Rousseau.
Secretary to Mayor Mitchell In per-
feet step and alignment. headed by
the Catholic Protectory Band and
tho ha,J of DrltI, G,h.,l No 81 th,
boys marched past with eyes right"
to the reviewing officers,
At Wall street the boys turned
across to Broad and passed through
the crowded curb market. All
through the financial district they
were enthusiastically checred. The
marines In their khaki uniforms were
first in line, headed by Col. J. W.
Irving and Commodore L. +. Trimm.
They were followed by the Naval
Scouts in their white sailor uniforms,
and In the rear came the recruit bat
talon, without uniforms.
The American Junior Naval and
Marine Scouts we're founded BY tho
late Admiral George Dewey, who was
Chief Naval Scout until tho time Of
his death. He was succeeded by
Admiral Benson, in joint appointment
with Daniel NJ. Bedell. who was pres
ent to-day.
Among others who greeted the
boys at the Custom House were Mr..
and Mrs. James n. sheffield, Gen.
Daniel X. Appleton and several other
officers OF the navy and the National
| Guard.
While the Junior Naval Scouts
were mobilZing at Columbus Park
the Junior American Guard called
800 boys TO the ranks at Bowling
Green. They marched from Bowling
Green up Broadway to the City Hall,
detouring through the financial dis
trict. Their organization IL distinct
from the Junior Naval and Marine
| Scouts and In an all military body.
The parade was In command OF
| Major William II. Elliott, and the
chief reviewing military officer was
Brig. Gen. George II. Dyer OF the
New York National Guard, who is
head OF the Junior American Guard.
| Others who reviewed the splendidly
| equipped young troops were Mr..
! Dowllng, Mr.. Rousseau, Public Ser
| vice Commissioners william Hay
ward and Henry w. Hodge, Major
Monson Morris and Alderman Charles
/ Delaney
| Although the Junior American
| Guard is national organization the
companies that marched to-day were
from cities and towns in Eastern
New Jersey and the flve boroughs
of this city. Five thousand mothers,
sisters and other relatiy g were on
hand to greet the young marchers
as they reached the city Hall, led by
the Ninth Coast Artillery band.
After n dress parade that was
pronounced remarkable demonstra-
tion of military skill for BOYS Mr
Dowling pinned medal on fourteen
year-old Herman Maher, one OF the
Junior Guards who last summer
saved chauffeur from drowning
Maher lives on Washington Heights