Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-21

Thousands of men, women and
children participated in Steelton's
patriotic demonstration Saturday
afternoon, which formed new para
graph in the borough's history.
Marching to the strains of thirty
two bands, over 10000 people from
Steelton, Harrisburg and surround
ing towns, all had one purpose in
mind and that was loyalty to the
flag.
Thousands of the foreign-born
population were applauded by the
spectators that lined the streets all
along the route of the parade. These
foreigners refused to carry the flag
of their country and united with the
Americans under the Stars and
Stripes.
Drills Win Applause
A lesson of patriotism was taught
by several small groups of school
children. These small tots dressed
in white uniforms, carried flag and
marched the entire route of the pa
rade. The schoolchildren made up
an entire division. Girls of the high
school in rows of six each, in charge
of a student lead of, the school di-
vision. The boys of the high school
were next in line and the various
school bodies representing the build
ing followed. Members of the fac
ulties of each building had charge.
Each building tried hard to out
class the other in maneuvering dur
ing the procession. The drilling eX-
hibitions We're given mostly in Front
street and won the applause of the
spectators
Well Drilled
One of the most attractive and
well-drilled organizations in the pa
10 Il a NHrDG 10 form
| in the Junior Holy Name Society of
st. James Catholic Church, under
the direction of the Rev. ]. c.
Thompson. The boys have been
drilled by Trooper Daniel c. Crowley,
member of the Governors Troop,
of Harrisburg, and gave evidence in
their marching of the thoroughness
OF their training. The boys appeared
in new khaki uniforms and made a
fine appearance. They attracted gen
eral attention and were frequently
applauded along the line.
Efforts of the Steelton Red Cross
Society to have a large uniformed
number in line proved successful.
More than 800 women attired in
white gowns and caps together with
/ fifty women from Harrisburg made
up the Red Cross section.
5000 SteclwoGlSers in Line
Employees of the steel plant made
up half of the parade. There were
about 5000 steelworkers in line.
Some of the men wore white hats,
others patriotic hats and nearly all
carried flags. The steel sections in
this division were in charge of the
department superintendents.
The parade moved from Front and
Franklin streets shortly after 2
o'clock. The procession moved with
out any unnecessa " delay showing
the care taken by the committee in
the weeks of planning.
A squad of Bethlehem Steel Com
pany police led the procession. Fol-
lowing were Quincy Bent. chief mar
and Vice-President w. T. Roberts,
! of the Bethlehem Steel Company,
who came here to view the parade
and accepted Mr.. Bents invitation to
march. Most of the aids were scat
tered through the procession in
charge of the different divisions.
Boy Scouts Turn Out
Companies d and I and the Gov
ernor's Troop We're next in line. Fol-
lowing were the g. A. r. veterans in
automobiles. Aside from the Gov
e~nor's Troop members and the Civil
War veterans every parade partici-
I
Steelton Red Cross. postal clerks
and Boy Scouts made up the next
section Large numbers of Boy
| Scouts turned out. showing the re-
suits of the Scout movement
! launched in Steelton several weeks
ago.
! Borough employees. members of
council, water board and board of
health in charge of T. J. Nelly,
president of council. were next in
| line.
Seevral hundred members of the
various fire companies of the bor-
ough department were in charge of
Fire Chief o. F.. B. Malehorn. Each
company was fully uniformed in pa
rade uniforms and nearly everv fire.
| fighter carried an American flag.
Many foreign-born residents, men,
bers of the foreign societies, churches
and organizations were included in
the next section. They were bubbline
over with patriotism. In several In
stances in this division large Ameri-
can flags We're carried by small chill
dren. Creations, Italians, Servians
Austrians, Bulgarians and other for
eign- born paraded in this section
The Creation Soko1 with thirty men,
bers in line made a splendid appear
ance.
The steel company division was
the last section in the parade. With
eighteen bands including the Bethle.
hem Steel Company band. this sec.
tion was a parade in itself
! Between 1000 and 5000 people