The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-05
Men of Yesterday and Boys of
Tomorrow on Avenue.
Twenty Thousand Civilians and
Soldiers, Endless Line.
HONOR TO REGISTERED men
Gigantic Demonstration From
Fifth to Tenth Avenue.
Pretty Girls, School Children,
All Fill Up the Ranks.

Amidst the music of half a dozen
bands; with school children carrying
flags, with 5000 gaily decorated auto
mobiles and trucks, with military,
semi military, social and religious or
CARNATIONS in one long line, $4,000 or
1000 in all, draft day, the first in
Topeka's history was celebrated to-
day by a monstrous parade on Kan
sas avenue. The parade, it seemed,
extended for miles. Kansas avenue
was a mass of humanity, kept on the
sidewalks, and, lessening the danger
of accident, for the first time in To-
peka.
! Old and young turned out to do
their bit for the young men who
today must register for their country.
| Cheer after cheer was heard as the
vast array of automobiles, children,
1 uniformed fraternal organizations,
Topeka's military units and bands
| playing patriotic, inspiring airs, pass
ed up Kansas avenue
The parade started from Fifth and
Kansas avenues and disbanded at
I Eighth avenue and Harrison streets
after passing up Kansas avenue TO
Tenth street, marching west to Har-
rison streets and north to Eighth ave-
nue..
| Headed by Police.
A nlatoon of police warned the crowd
| onto the sidewalks. Bands followed
Then came George Godfrey Moore
/ chief marshal on horseback, VINO ar
ranged the parade for the Chamber OF
| Commerce. Accompanying the mar
shall of the day. also mounted were
| Col. L. NJ. Penwen and J. F. WILSON,
| chief of police. uniformed, ana an
| orderly and trumpet
formed the first division. E L. Over
TON was division commander with H.
w. McAfee and w. E. Eberle as aides:
II b Wilson. superintendent OF
Schools, and members of the poard OF
ed1cation in automobiles followed,
lille Joseph HanIon, fire chief. in
an automobile and a platoon OF flre-
men. on foot, closed up the first di-
vision.
! GRAY haired veterans, men or yes
terdav." followed the youths Of to-
noorrow in the second division. Maj.
/ A. NJ. Fuller was division comma nder'
with Drs. s. G. Stewart and W 5
Lindsey as aides. state OFFICIALS
/ marched on foot, followed by the gov
/ ernor and his staff in automobiles,
/ the mayor and city commissioners IN
ma chimes and the county officials IN
automobiles These marching in the
! division were the Old Abe drum corps
] Sons of Veterans. Civil war veterans
and Spanish war veterans.
| Uniformed fraternal organizations
did due credit to themselves in max
/ ing UP the third division. ]. E Aus
tin acted as division commander, with
/ M T. Watson and H. I. Brockman as
sides Marshalrs band led the
marching division. followed by the
knights Templers, Knights and
/ Ladies' of Security. Modern Woodmen
of America. KNIGHTS of Pythias. An
cient Order of United Workmen, In
dependert Order of Odd Fellows. 10y
nj Order of Moose, Fraternal Aid
Union. Sons and Daughters of Justice,
brotherhood of American Yeomen,
Independent Order of Foresters.
Woodmen of the World. Independent
J Order Redmen. Fraternal Order
Eagles Benevolent Protective Order
E;iks, Benevolent Order of Stays.
The Military Divisions.
Division four was composed Of
battalion from the Industrial school
Mai. H w Charles acted as division
| commander with school officers as
aides .ackson's Military band
marched IN the division.
Copeka's semi-military units march
ed in the fifth division, members of
the Red Cross, Navy League, Junior
battery. Citizens Military company.
how scouts and other se111i-niIitary or
gar fzatiors. Capt. w. wilcox acted as
division commander. with Capt. H. NJ.
Phillips and ]. c. SpTingstead as
Actual military units marched in
the sixth division with Capt. w P.
MacLean as division commander;
Mai. Seth Hammell and Mai. Arthur
Mills as aides The Second Regiment
band led the division, the Engineer
corps, Hospital corps, Supply COM
pany and Signal corps and Battery A
following.
The knights and Ladies of Security
band led the immense automobile
division, the final division in the pa
rade. Three thousand machines, most
of them gaily decorated many filled
with pretty girls, strung their way up
the avenue.
Moore Thanks Helpers.
In only ore detail of the parade did
George Godfrey Moore fear disap-
pointment An aeroplane flight by
Phil Billiard over Kansas avenue while
the parade was in progress and the
dropping of small flags to the ground
was one of the best features planned
Mr. Moore stated today that Billiard
had asked for a considerabl sum of
money to make the flight and he had
been Obliged to refuse, altho realizing
that such flight would be costly to
Billiard Whether Billiard would have
a change of heart and fly Moore did
: not know up until time for the parade
to start
Il wish to take this occasion to
thank the patriotic bands and citizens
Moore. I realize that the parade has
mated, however. gladly for the cause
. Of ps+riotiSu TodaNss celebration is