The sun., 1917-08-31
City's Greatest OutnOuring
for Largest Military Pa
rade in Its History.
FIVE MILE FAREWELL
Fifth Avenue Lined. SOlidly
From Harlem Down to
Washington Square.
ENGINEERS IN TIE LEAD
Col. vanderbilt's Regiment
Proceeds Direct tN Train
Gen. O'Ryan Of, To-day.

UCus " II uu VII. lV-uoss
The goosestep 10 not for them. They
marched like man. not puppets They
followed the gleam. II led them down
Fifth avenue. a lane that has no turn
ming, past an uncounts.ble multitude Of
their own people. Ard we won't come
back till It's over-oves' there" the bands
kept insisting.
II wac good to hear the bands. They
frolicked. as were betting. But every
where one sensed q subtler music. knew
that for all the trumpeting and erum-
ming and cheers that ratified through
the streets an orchestra that nobody
ever hears was playing the professional
to which the National Guard of New
York. now the Twanty-seventh Division
Of the United StateS Army. kept time as
1t strode away.
Not exactly awa.5. Only the Twenty
second Engineers, marked by all for
special goGspeeding. actually struck out
for Spartanburg from the end OF the
parade route. Washington Square Major
Gen. Organ and mis- staff depart to-day.
The other units went back to their
camps or armortes. Their friends will
visit them there next Sunday, just as
u ~ did last Sunday. For most Of the
Is 900 men the leave taking is yet to
Many VOkces Are Unsteady.
So 1t must l,e said at once that al
though yesterdays great demonstration
was Nhot through with sentiment IT was
not particularly fearful. Here and there
along the lane other uses for handker-
chefs were found than mere waving.
This was especially true in the parts
81 the line of march where relatives Of
the paraders were clustered with their
precious tickets. thanks to the thought
fulness Of the Mayor Committee on
National Defence. Here and there a
wsman or a child pressed past a police
n an to touch the hand that wasn't hold
~ rifle. Here and there the voice
Tying Goo d-by and God bless you
Isn't exactly steady.
\ IBut on the whole the emotion most
( lrceptible was that of pride anc great
4 triosity-,pride in the numbers and de-
\ eanor of the Empire State's volunteer
,fntributidn to the eXpeditionary army
Curiosity roused by the assembling Of
uIe first whole division OF troops New
spectacle for which the reviewing Of
nfers coihd find no adequate word of
= taise.
Object I.csson for Hohen.oIlerns.
Ane " New York was proud Of its
Guardsr sn-the name still sticks-its
pride Was obviously coupled with reso-
luton. iJraved alike on the faces Of the
marchii sg youths and of the host that
raw tfem march. Overseas sceptics,
Nictims OF the Yankee bluT" delusion,
would have profited by getting seats on
one OF the reviewing stands and watch
ing, tas proceedings. 1t was a commonly
expressed wish that a batch of the Vons
and Hohenzollern or two might
have been there.
Ma. that the Twenty y-seventh division
~ posfect at this writing. Some OF the
conf,xinies had rifles. a few had none.
Soiiie that had rifles lacked bayonets.
Wnf cdl was. from spectacular view
polit. pity. for bayonets are meant to
naa on day like this and there were
maty hashless intervals. Some soldiers
cal r.ed the old army pack in its poncho
Iolt others the still older gray blanket
roll; less than half Of them had the new
patk, which is strapped to the wearer's
DICK and is known to the regulars as
Inc Caterpillar"
AS there are many new men, recruited
since the Mexican border episode of last
year and not Yet drilled to accurate
teamwork, the alignment Of the paraders
vas not in all cases perfect A Prussian
omcer happening along doubtless would
have found plenty of amusing points
amusing until he remembered that what
ever deficiencies exist will be corrected
at Spartanburg, where equipment waits
or in an encampment within the vision
OF two men of arms named Pershing
and Petain.
Cheered by Many Thousands.
The Prussian's derision might also
have been mitigated by a study of the
faces and bearing OF the troops. They
were a body OF men TO delight a pro-
fessional soldier, as many were delighted
yesterday, and to please beyond words
the hundreds of thousands of men and
women whose trust they bear. Gov.
Whitman, Mayor Mitchell. Col. Roose-
welt. Major-Gen Bell. l.. S. A.. and other
official observers for the people and the
people themselves looked down at the
sight from high stands and called it
good.
Foreigners who know soldiers were
there too What did they think about
II? There's Lord Aberdeen, formerly
Governor-General of Canada a man who
Is not given TO gushing, Standing on the
Union League Clubs platform. which
alternated with the larger stand in front
of the Public Library as the reviewing
post. and watching the last combat
wagon and ambulance out OF sight as
the parade was lost down the avenue.
he said
II was an inspection officer for Great
Britain for many years. One distin-
gushing feature about your troops here
to-day Is the peculiar elasticity OF step
and their freedom from any needless
rigidity. While yield to none In my
admiration for the British troops ! can
rtcognixe merit when see 1t elsewhere -
YES" spoke up British naval officer
standing beside him. this Is a great day
and ought to make old Fritz sit up and
bark"
Major Cunningham Dunlop OF the
Third Canadian Reserve. Just back from
fourteen months of the trenches. Joined
them. sxclaiming, "The finest body OF
osat9sss ss TA'ss PssA