New-York tribune., 1918-02-23

nl THE zee on the majors mus
~ tache and the snow on the pri-
Yates pack, by the angle OF the
RITES and the angle OF the Jaws. New
York knew than yesterday for the SOL
ders they have become, those BOYS
who were the other week the awkward
ssssGusd. the rsp-haneer army"
rs they swept down Fifth Avenue
out Of the north. Il might have been
German corps they we're marching
into instead Of blizzard. 1t might
have been The Wilhclmstrassc. Berlin.
they were heading for instead Of
Twenty third Street. New York. That
was in their faces. Certainly all tho
grim lines 10 De seen there were not
ehiseled by tho stinging. wind driven
snow.
Ten thousand strong. they demon
strated 20 the half million who iammed
the sidelines that the age Of miracles
has not gone.
What a Contrast.
Less than six months ago the ci.v
had seen them last en- masse. They
Ecre still civilians then, and it was their
farewell parade.
Good. likely young Americans they
were. but joblots to the military eve.
tach mans feet were his own. to stride
with or shamble with as he chose.
tac'l mans shoulders were his, to
sloueh or to swing without regard to
his neighbor. Each mans clothing
was his'- owr. --nought-~witl, his >ow,7
money and picked to his own taste.
Each man was his own man.
Yesterday every man on the march
was Uncle Sans man. New York's
contribution 10 the great American
National Arm was no longer a rabble.
1t was fighting machne-as com
piete ana potent a fighting machine
as the old Britisn tank which rumbled
along at the rear Of the parade. emit
ting thunder and lightning from its
gun ports.
Eyes Front for All
Discipline could have been no more
perfect than tnat which this provi
sicnal division displayed. Eyes were
invariably 20 tho front. Best girls
and fathers and mothers and sisters
might chorus. "Oh. Bill. Look. Bill,r
tpt Bill kent looking dead ahead.
=. Regulars can march as we'll, but no
pe''cr And aside from regulars. no
body Of troops that Fifth Avenue has
seen in this last couple Of vcars OF Of
every other day parades have shown
ANYTHING like the precision of the
National Army on the hike.
~ ne hiking WAS OF the hardest, too.
me snoW, more than an inch deep
when the head OF the line started south
lsom fifty-seventh Street at > o'clock.
was soon packed into ice which made
looting precarious for the men of the
infantry regiments and the horses Of
'ne artillery battery that followed. A
man or two fell. But a fall was a
.a!l: II was easy enough to scramble
oack into line. Losing step had the
clements of disgrace Ice or no. the
DIVISION held the step.
Street Cleaners Help
South of Forty second Street the go
ing was a bit better hundreds OF
street cleaners had been at work there
Scattering ashes Oh the pavement.
ihcv stayed on the Job to the last
minute to make sure that in front Of
me reviewing stand. at any rate, there
would be no slipping and sliding to
mar the alignment.
A delay to the north gave the street
eeaners several minutes OF grace, OF
which they made good use.
What blocked the way was TYPICAL
r New York crowd The intersection
] at forty-second Street. from the iglc
Of safety in the centre clear back to
me sidewalk, and then on back to the
building lines, was jammed. The crowd
mad begun by descending from the
curb. The inch gained, it took yard
and another. Then, in It's anxiety to
ee within reaching distance of the
paraders, it swclled further and
,urther out onto the pavement. Al
ast there wasn't room for a parade
even in single file. The crowd WAS in
'Vmp!ete possession.
1000 Policemen Busy
Chief Inspector DAILY had detailed
elose to 1000 policemen 20 the lob of
Aeeplng the avenue clear and the pub
~ paC'ic' ABOUT htlt were nelG on
seserre in station houses and the rest
we're supposedly distributed at stra-
npgic. points along the line of march
rosslb!y Inspector Boham in charge
UPTOWN, hadn't considered Fifth Ave
.ue and Forty-second Street a stra-
egle point. Anyhow. MS men there
%sre too few in mum pcrs 20 handle
NE we situation, and even with the as
%ys'ancc OF a company of thc list New
.'r% Infantry, acting as honor guard
ps. ,ne reviewing stand outside the
sTeIic Library, were helpless
=, ne ~ infantry company. With arms
=. .s; ne port, advanced in its best men
ing style. The crowd viewed the
hack h., with some interest, but it stuck
y ''s sector. ard the guardsmen, un-