The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY
PARADE BIGGEST
IN CITY HISTORY
Greatest Crowd Bridgeport
Has Seen Turns Out to
Honor Heroes

dOnOr heroes
Not far from 100000 persons yes
terday thronged the streets of Bridge
port, it is estimated by traffic men
| to witness the greatest Memorial Day
| parade Bridgeport has ever seen. When
the lowering skies were seen yesterday
| it was believed that the marchers
would walk through a drizzle Of wa
ter, but as the sun shone forth in the
afternoon people took heart and the
veterans of the wars of America re-
| ceived an ovation they will remem-
Der throughout their days. ..
Four thousand persons paraded
throughout the principal thorough
fares leading to Seaside park. Mill
tary organizations joined with the
civic and juvenile in flonoring the ma
| tons living and dead heroes.
Among the organizations seen for
the first time or but seldom were the
newly organized Home Guard, the Hi
bernian rifles, Remington Artillery
and Guards, the Boy Scouts in full
regalia and the school children Of
Bridgeport Even an Armenian
marching club was in the parade in
respect Of the soldiers and sailors
| AAOAAAO
| out rifles but most of them wore new
shoes of the army type and had shiny
brass buttons which although they
will make a fine target for enemies
after dark at least look good on pa
rade. Their marching; for the COM
paratively short time they have been
in training was highly com mented up
on in the many reviews that were ar
ranged for the benefit of the digni-
| taries present.
Although there were many waits in
the parade, the first big movement of
soldiers in this city was granted to be
a success and brought out nearly L.
| 500 In uniform. Us
| Only, one soldier dropped in the
ranks. He was cared for by the new
field ambulance staff. His name was
not obtained because of the crush of
people among whom he was taken to
a nearby drug store on Park avenue.
| The divisions q were arranged as
follows:
FIRST DIVISION
Grenadier Drum Corps
POLICE ESCORT
| JOHN H. REDGATE,
+ SUPT OF POLICE
Capt. John II. Regain, Commanding. .
| Co. A, Lieut. James O'Neil, Com
manding; Co. B, Lieut.. Thos. H
Flood. Commanding.
GRAND MARSHAL
| J. Henry Brakeman, Senior Vice
Commander, Elias Howe, IT., Post 8,
G. A r.
CHIEF OF STAFF
MAJOR L. J. HERMANN. b
| G. N. G. Reserve
/ AIDES
Jesse M. Parker, Elmer F. Degan,
MerviIle o. Pollock. J. A. Spafford,
R. A Beers, f. 4 Wilder. H. M. Gar
| lick, E. ). Rogan, F. w. Nettleton, DR..
Won Steubener. ]. H. Richardson, H.
A. Burns, w. Hickman
! t.a FIRST DIVISION SIS ).
! MARSHAL
| COLONEL CLIFFORD B. WILSON
CHIEF OF STAFF
captain HENRY c. STEVENSON
Wheeler & Wilson Home Guard
Band
Evelenth Co. c. A C.. Z
| Sanitary Detachment, c. A c.
First Conn. Ambulance Co.
Fourth Regiment Conn Home
Guard.
LIST Battalion. End Battalion.
| co. A.
| Co. B.
| Co. C. a
| Co. d.
| Co. E. VI
| Co. F. p43
| Co. G.
Co. H.
| Co. I.
Co. J..
| Co. K.
| Co. L.
Co. M.
| Machine Gun Co.
Supply Co., Regiment M.
| Ambulance Co.
| Co. F. Hfbernian Rifles
| Remington Guards.
Falcon Guards.
Coast Artillery Band 4
City Officials
Board of Alderman, City Officials
and Members of City Boards, Boy
Scouts of America.
SECOND DIVISION
MARSHAL
VIM M. BARNUM,
Adjutant, Elias Howe, Jr. Post g.
G. A. R.
Miss Olive D. Wells, Miss Louise
Hutchinson, Miss Nellie wheeler,
Mrs. Eleanor Lines Powell, Miss
Lockwood.
Unquowa Drum Corps
Franklin Bartlett Camp, No. II,
| Sons of Veterans.
| First Bridgeport Fife, Drum and
Bugle Corps
| Elias Howe Jr., Post 8, G. A. r.
Carriages containing Civil War Vet
Grams
Derby Fife and Drum Corps
Lieut.. NV. Bishop Camp N 8,
Dept. of Conn, United Spanish War
Veterans.
THIRD DIVISION
| MARSHAL
DIR. SAMUEL J. SLAWSON,
Supt. Public Schools
CHIEF OF STAFF
HARVEY C. WENT,
Physical Instructor
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