Bisbee daily review., 1918-05-12
BRITISH CHEER
 AMERICAN BOYS DURING PARADE
London Declares Holiday to Watch Members of Nation al Army March; King and Premier Praise Sammies.
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 LONDON. May 11.-Three thousand American soldiers marched through London today. They were men of the new national army, of which London CTS had often heard. but whom they had never before been privileged to see in marching order.
 The weather was perfect and Lon don turned out in masses and lined up along the broad avenues of The royal borough of Westminster" the crowds were even greater than on the occasion when the American engin- eers marched ove rthe lsame route, several months ago.
 There was a difference in the wei come which London gave these march CTS. When the engineers marched. American troops were curiosities and were cheered as something new and novel. Today London has become ac- customed to American khaki and to days marchers were greeted as friends and brothers.
 Mostly New Workers
 The Americans, who were virtually all from New York City, marched in columns of fours from Wellington Barracks over a three mile route, cir cling that part of London in which are located the government officers. the embassies and the principal pub lie buildings.
 The first men filed out of the par. ade ground at Wellington barracks into the famous Bird Cage walk at exactly 11:45.
 On the war office balcony were Pre- mier Lloyd George and the war cab inet which had suspended it's sitting in order to view the paraders.
 The highest compliment Mir. Lloyd George c'Nld pay them was to say admiringly: Welsh troops"
 At Buckingham palace King George and Queen Mary, the dowager queen Alexandria and the Duke of Con- naught stood in front of the middle gate where they shook hands with General Riddle. The king took the salute from the guard of honor, which with the famous Grenadiers' band, was drawn up in the street.
 Guests of Tommies
 At the end of the parade the king and queen congratulated General Bid dle who chatted with the royal party for several minutes.
 The Americans returned to Yelling ton Barracks for luncheon as the guests of the British Guards regiment. They returned to camp by an early afternoon train.
 A touch was given the parade along the line of march by several banners and flags. On the front steps of the ministry of munitions, girls held up a banner with red and blue letters on white. reading:
 Gee. this is bully Say, where do we go from here?"
 Ambassador Page reviewed the troops from a point just in front of the embassy steps. To his right and left and slightly in the rear were Vice Admiral Sims and Colonel Slocum and a detachment of the United States troops, as an embassy guard.
 Crowds Line Streets
 The troops took about twenty-five to pass. The greater part ot the crowd was at Buckingham Palace but the sidewalks, windows and porch es about the embassy were black with spectators.
 The approach of the column was preceded by a wave of cheering that reached a volume when the colonel and his staff appeared in front of the The American band imme- diately struck up one of the popular American marching tunes. and, above the chorus of cheers, came the whis- tied accompaniment by hundreds.
 The embassy staff reviewed the pa rade from the windows of the building where also were stationed many Am. orleans identified with war work Near the end of the line of march the band of the Scotch Guards played "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" while passing the embassy. The cheers from thousands were not all for the Small 6etachments of British troops which accompanied the as an escort received their full share
 Two aged representatives of the To- cal G. A. R.. the total membership of which now is only twenty-five. took part in the procession. The old men were accompanied by younger men a banner bearing the in- scription 'U s. civil war veterans. Not for ourselves. but for our country"