Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-27

| The section also included tho Girl
Scouts Of the District and 200 young
in khaki.
School Children in Line.
Last, but not least. came 1000 school
children. each the proud possessor of a
liberty bond button. Headed by their
superintendent. Ernest L. Thurston. the
kiddies pranced along, regardless of
marching formation, shouting and wav-
ing flags as they passed. For them it
was the thrill that comes once in a
lifetime and they were making the most
of it.
Rev. Randolph H. McKim. pastor Of the
Church of the Epiphany. rode on horse
back at the head of d large delegation Of
his congregation, which has been conduct
ing campaign for the sale Of liberty
! bands.
| washington's business establishments
were well represented in tho closing
section of the parade. one of the most
representative contingents being that
Among the larger stores whose en-
Lothrop. Goldenbers's. Lansburgh &
Bro, M. Philipsborn q Co.. Kings Pal
ace. S. Kann. Sons Co. and Palais
Goodrich Rubber Company. United
States Tire Company, American Toe
Company. semmes Motor Company.
Harris & Ewing. Old Dutch Market
Company and the Washington Terminal
William F. GUIDE headed a large dele
CATION Of florists. The Federal National
Bank employees also marched in a body.
The cadets and girl students of the
Thurston in the school section.
| Charles J. Columbus, who acted as
| executive secretary Of the parade for
the liberty loan committee, said today
the event surpassed his expectations in
every respect
Assembling Of Units.
Precision like clockwork marked the
assembling Of the scores Of units max
ing up the monster parade. The dele
cations began gathering in the side
streets on the Avenue near the Capitol
soon after IL o'clock, and by the time
for the head Of the parade to move they
were all in their designated places.
The marching delegations were
parked" in the streets north Of the
Avenues as far west as 9Th street and
north to street. also occupying the
AS the signal came to march. each
delegation wheeled out of its sta
ton and swung into line. No inter-
r ~ t.9n Of the parade occurred because
ready for its signal. the dozens Of aids
and marshals working like Teojans and
keeping the units falling into line like
machinery.
So far as could be seen, not an instance
Of disorder occurred at or near the Peace
Monument. where the parade started, or
on any Of the side streets where the
marching units waited their signals. The
space along the line Of march was quiet,
and apparently the big force Of extra
policemen, besides regular police and Boy
Scouts, was not needed.
Serious Spirit Noticeable.
onlookers as we'll was one Of the notice.
able features Of the parade. The appear
ance OF band, OF a float, a body Of at
tractively uniformed man or woman
ELECTED a burst Of handclappins and
| cheers, but the applause was not Of the
boisterous kind 70 often shown during
parades. The marching thousands and
the other thousands along the streets
seemed to realize that this was not an
occasion for merriment, not spectacle
gotten up for the amusement Of the
ing. and everybody behaved accordingly.
| Thousands Of the marchers were
| strangers to every part OF the District
except that in which they lived and the
| upper end of the down town district"
so that the police and Boy scouts had
many calls to direct persons to the
| streets on which their respective or
CARNATIONS were to form. Each officer
and the greater number Of the Boy
/ Scouts were provided with an Official
list of the divisions, their makeup and
place of formation.
! Selected Draft Men.
/ The selected draft men. with the heads
! or members of their draft boards
! marching at their head, arrived at their
forming point almost an hour before .
n C1n cto inc
eleven platoons, each having one of
! their number as leader.
I ]. H. Parsons of the Hudson Hotel
headed the LIST Platoon. Other leaders
street northwest; Sd. c. L. Sincox of
s211z AZ street southwest: 4th, w. II.
Groverman Of 1916 Euclid street north
west; 6th, Carl Gubisch of 1112 5th
street northeast; 7th, Harry Francis
Magruder Of 1880 Goth street northwest:
| Sth, Frank Hosmer Of COZ Massachu-
sets avenue northwest; 9Th, Benjamin
Loeffler OF 1868 Mount Pleasant street
/ northwest; 10th. James W. Dudley OF
204 Carroll street, Takoma Park; 18th,
nue. northeast.
The school children had the time of
+, their lives and they made very favor
able impression along the line of march.
There were hundreds Of them in line,
and there were hundreds Of them who
were glad there are no school sessions
| today. Every school of the grammar
grades had its instructors with it, and
the latter had a hard time keeping the
children quiet, but succeeded.
| Enthusiasm for Loan.
The enthusiasm for the success of the
third liberty loan permeated the air,
and though the last divisions waited
in line more than two hours for their
turn to w@ik down the Avenue and
."moVe on" everybody was happy. All
took pride i'll the banners they carried.
While the thousands were waiting to
leave their formation places, plenty of
ATTRACTIONS made the stay interesting.
Ruth Law, the aviatriX, swept down the
Avenue at rapid clip and dangerously
near the tops Of the highest buildings.
An aviator in. an airplane equipped with
la liberty motor did hts share toward
ATTRACTING the attention OF the march
lers and the spectators. Both machines
turned Embarrassing stunts and many
,necks were twisted into INDISPENSABLE
angles following the fast-moving air
lbuIzards.
! All in all it. was very good, good-na-
tured crowd that awaited turns at the
mobilization points, and it was evident
from the enjoyment they got from it that
the cause was worth the delay. They had
subscribed for liberty bonds to rebuke
Prussianisn, and those outside the service
were ready to do their .bjt" in any u:lv