The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-05

xatn Osborne, Of California. and Tai.
BOT. of Maryland Wearing the khaki
y the present army was Laguardta.
~ New York. who has entered the
aviation corps.
Drafted Men and Rookie Officers.
Behind the district and local boards
came the drafted men themselves.
keeping step pretty yell. a tribe self
ccnscious. Just q iitfle anxious Eyes
left hands to salute as they passed
b president they marched past.
white boys and black boys.
Following them in solid ranks came
h surprise of the parade. The rookie
Officers of the Fort Myer training
camp. scarcely a week in training,
swung past with the precision Of West
Pointers. ~Sunburned, husky-iocking.
the future officers OF the national
array, in perfect alignment and with
rifles swung across shoulders, tramped
up the street 1890 strong.
Then there were miles Of suardsmen,
regulars. biue5ackets and marines,
the latter the wonder Of the process
sion. There were cavalry, infantry.
field artillery and machine gun COM
-panisS,-Aesp&tsi ~eerf.s p +A-st~raf-Hn-h
taiions.
Secretarv OF War Baker marched at
the head of the war department group.
Accompanying him were Maios Gen
Eraf Hugh l. SC6tT, tbTef-oF-StaH. ard
his assistant. Major-General Trasker
H. Bliss. The entire general STAFF
marched In uniform. ss did every Of
6cer attached 10 the department
Behind a huge sign came the navy
0epartment headed By J0sephua Dan
fels and Franklin z. Roosevelt. The
general board marched headed by Ad-
nnirai Benson. Great signs. quoting
naval hs-oes OF the past. were car
rted a. the head % each group.
Don't give up the ship. Damn
the terpedoes-go ahead'; We've tust
begun to fght";. We have MET the
snemp #Hds- tt4e- arr uurF. rsurted IN
the breeze,
Assistant Attorney-Generai Warren
led the department Of Justice group;
rostnnastsr-General Burleson. Secre-
fary Of Agriculture Nouston, Secre-
farv OF Commerce Peaaeid. Assistant
Secretary OF Commerce Sweet. secre.
tary Of the Interior Lane, led their re-
spectivt department groups
Suffrass~tx sidetrackea.
The militant ultra gtsts had planned
demonstration. bur II was a failure.
b an hour before the parade two
grou Of Eve. attempted to get TO the
reviewing stand with flags TO 1aunt
before the president The flags were
Inscribed:
Mr. President. II is unjust to deny
women a share IN their government
when the government conscripts their
Sons"
They were told by the police 70 move
on and when trey refused were
promptly arrested The FIRST two to
be taken were Miss Eleanor calman.
Of Methuen. Mass. and Miss Edith
Aigne, os jamestown. y. y. On the
way. the poles woman who made the
arrest. Mrs, Faiion. tainted In the
arms Of her prisoners Policemen
went TO her assistance.
Repeated attempts led 70 arrests OF
eight more suTragists. Later in the
day three were taken where they at
tempted - force a way through the
lines Those arrAste4- m4#e
Mrs Pauline Adams. Norfolk, Miss
Lucy Branhara. Baltimore. Mrs. w 7
Bartlett. Putnam. Conn Miss Annie
Arniel, Wilmington, Del Miss Mar
~rre' Fe-therinFhar, Buffalo. Nles ru-
la Emery. Baltimore. Miss william
wallace Chisholm. Huntingdon. Penn,
Miss Taude Malone. New York. Miss
rncv Burns BROOKLYN; Mrs Mary
Winsor. Philadelphia. and Mrs. Ahtey
Scott Baker. washington. They were
released on se5 bail each. Furnished
nv Mrs Lawrence Lewis. ef Philsdel
.ah'a. They will he tried in polite,
court tomorrow.