South Bend news-times., 1917-09-05
DRAF TED MEN LED
BY PRES'T WILSON
Notable Procession of Soldiers
and Civilians Honor Men
of National Army.

WASHINGTON. sept Thc
president and congress of the T.. S.
and the allied nations. through their
diplomatic representative Joined
Tuesday in paying honor 90 the men
selected from the district Of Co
lumbia for service I'm Americas ma
tional army. raised for the battle for
democracy.
Washington. long used 20 glitter
ing parades. 20 the bIare and noise
of inaugUrals. opened it's eyes and
cheered .tself hoarse AT the specta-
Gle. For two hours. while i'm other
cities throughout the nation other
thousands moved over the first part
OF the long road that may lead 10
French battledelds. Pennsylvania av.
heard the tramp of marching men.
the jingle Of spurs and the rumble
Of artillery
10000 i'm Line OF March.
About $4,000 men. women and
children passed reviewing stand
before the white house. where the
president and his guests watched the
long line was i'm Uniform There
were regulars from infantry, caval-
ry and artillery regiments stationed
nearby. marines. men from the Of
Steers training camp at Fort Meyer
and hundreds OF army and navy Of
hcers attached 10 the departments
here
The stars and Stripes waved
from the reviewing stand. from the
building along the broad avenue,
from the head Of every unit and i'm
the hands of most or the civilian
marchers. From the corner of
Fifteenth ST., where Pennsylvania av.
turns around the treasury. the long
mile to the foot Of Capitol hill was
one stream of flags.
Wilson Takes Lead.
Pres't Wilson himself eyes to the
front. stepping out like q freshly
trained recruit. marched at the head
Of the long line surrounded bv a
committee Of citizens which arranged
the parade. Behind him i'm un-
broken ranks came most of the
mem bers OF the senate and house.
When ne reached the white house.
the president left the ranks and
took his place i'm the stand by Mrs.
Wilson It was the second time he
had gone afoOt over Pennsylvania
av. The first time was when ne led
the preparedness parade before the
United States went TO war. Most of
the members of the cabinet, the Ja-
panese mission, Ambassadors
Spring Rice of Great Britain, Jus
serand Of France Minister Calderon
of Bolivia. and dozens Of officers in
the uniforms of the armies Of tho
cations that are fighting Germany
were I'm the stand with them. All
stood for the two hours with eyes
steady on the spectacle. The presi-
cent sat grim and unsmiling most
n the time, watching intently The
= esident and those i'm the stand
ith him were compelled TO salute
ntinuaIly.
At the head OF the senate came
ems. Nelson and Warren of the
nion army and Martin and Bank
p ead. who fought on the side of the
pay.
Draft and Marines Watched.
II In all the long line, the drafted
hen and the marines attracted the
most attention at the reviewins
|tand.
] The house was headed by speak
er Clark and "Uncle Joe" Cannon.
Behind the troops were the gov
ernment departments.
The navy clerks carried "a half
dozen banners with legends that are
watchwords I'm the American navy.
II have not begun TO fight was one.
Don't give up the ship another:
Damn the torpedoes. 20 ahead" a
third several hundred veterans of
the civil and Spanish wars were i'm
the procession.
one of the features that brought
the crowds up cheering was found
in the hundreds OF children repre-
senting the Washington Fairgrounds.
They marched solcmuly by the re-
viewing stands flags over their
shoulders. in true military fashion.
most OF them salutinE. but many
forgetting this honor 90 the presi-
dent in their 50 geruess to see what
ne looked like The foreign visit
ors seemed particularly Interested
i'm a monster float. where all the
nations fin the war against Germany
were represented. Japan by a figure
In medieval armor.
The food administration attracted
much attention. Herbert Hoover
marched ar the head and behind
him came 80 women i'm blue uni
forms and white caps. carrying
monster flag.
The police arrangements for the
dav were without a hitch. Probably
more than 100000 people lined the
avenue. rut there hardly was an in
cident to mar its NvhCle-Eearted en-
thusiasm.
FRENCH BRING DOWN
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