New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-31

of the soldiers passed under Washing
ton Arch.
In the interim New York had seen
such sights and experienced such emo
tons as will not soon be forgotten
and the boys in Khaki had learned
what il feels like to hear the voice OF
a whole city lifted in "Good-by, Good
Luck. God Bless You!"
New York had been a city trans
formed and Clorifed-a city swept by
wave OF suddenly and fully aroused
patriotism, too deeply moved TO give
vent TO the whole measure Of cheers
"a which the sight of many uniforms
and the crash Of martial music u'u-
ally stirs the civilian.
War had been brought home to New
York at last in this send-of to the
Guardsmen, soon TO go 70 Southern
camp, and from there overseas-some'
indeed. to step out OF the parade into
waiting trains-and the realization
seemed TO sink in deep that a great
number Of them were likely never 10
re,rrn. Sending them to the oorder
had been a different thing; TINS was
real No picnic was ahead out III"
wsr-the sort Of war that runs INTO
LONG casualty lists and broken hear's'
Crowd Remains in Rain
I'll. weather was in mood to match
49, sr;r;t Of farewell. The air was
close and muggy with no Orea'n %
S sti-ripr Clouds mid the sum-
"a occasionally local showers pA..
"n1 down At one point or other along
'el'1 ,nonno A general and heaV'e,
.hover was threatening ou' 80
a. until the last hour OF tne pAI
g. thousands the rain drove W.
1O" hnt the great majority on 'n'
.;dswalk and in the grahas''| ,,. -
,a;ned in the open until the last "
the troops had gone BY . little
All along the line there were n.y.. ..e
human happenings to pluck 4. m
hoort.strings women e'eiy" >.
Lodging the police and running ous "
o0Ue ,heir loved ones-but II was
n The grandstand at For'y-seeo.,D
ctro.t in front of the Astor L'O'a ~.
49, irterest centred. Here were 'he
..io,,i,c officials-Mayor Mi'ehei
Covsrnor Whitman, Colonei Noos''
and the rest ,.L ~ Red
~ curses in their uniforms OF
,rh;ts and contingent Of vOcife-'
IA men in faded blue uniforms y" 40
..uuned their canes on the ho0t'"S
and raiscd their cracked voices IN pat
,Ia cries of a bygone war as the oOyS
in khaki swung past a.
The police band was repeating
;n,;stent. commanding "Over mere
Over There, Over There! TOT ,ne
fftieth time as it came abreast '"'
grandstand.
Ovation to General Organ
General Organ came in for the mrs
or.,ior. with George T. Wilson OF 'ne
MAYORS Committee, and grayoearo o'
tho C A. r, acting as cheer leaders
in the grand stand. Colonel Corne,."'
vanderbilt, Of the Twenty-second En-
o;r.ers. striding horse that was up
- all sorts of circus tricks got an
the He and his command imme-
diately followed the divisional sta"
.rd the headquarters troop, Tor they
wsro under orders to entrain for spar
..nbpre when the parade disbandeo.
Women in the grandstand' who by
encouragement had come suppheo
with ammunition, showered roses Oh
the Colonel.
Co,oreI Vanderbilt was gone before
the roses were exhausted. what "ei'
loft were pelted down upon the III
fartrvme1 who came next IN hne,
cnma of the soldiers scooped up INC
eower. and stuck them in their rine
hSrrels-a military lapse that later
was made the subject of sharp leS
turo bv Colonel William q, Bates d
tho fist Infantry, who commanded the
Cd Brigade in the march.
Upstate Brigade Next in Line
After the engineers came the 90
Rrigade, from upstate, under brigadler
General James W. Lester, the "a ana
Sd Infantry regiments; then the LIST
Prigade. the 18th, 18th and l4th regi-
n,ents. with Colonel Willard {. FISK
Of the 7th, in command as brigadier;
then the I'd Brigade, under Colonel
Bates, the lst, 23d and list regiments
A provisional brigade of the Coast
Artillery Corps, whose men looked and
marched like the infantry, and carried
practically the same equipment, fol-
lowed. II was made up of the Sth,
9th and 18th Coast Defence commands
and was headed by Colonel f. F..
Austin. After these highly adaptable
artillerymen marched the headquarters
Of the lst Field Artillery, under Ma
jor Leonard B. Smith; the I'd Bat
talon Of the Cd Field Artillery, un-
der Major Wilbur T. Wright; the list
Cavalry. under Colonel Charles !. De
Bcvoise; Squadron A, under Major
William r. Wright; Machine Gun
Troop. Cavalry, under Captain Stan
ton Whitney; LIST Battalion. Signal
Corps, under Major William L. Halla-