The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-12
Famous Dixie
Division on Parade
Through Macon
For Liberty
Loan Drive

visitors from various sections o
Georgia. Florida and Alabama, troops
OF the Dixie Division moved through
Macon Tuesday morning on the frs
division hike made since the organi
zation of the Dixie Division. The pa
rade was ordered by Brig. Gen. Fran
els II. French, In the interest Of the
third Liberty Loan drive which 1:
waging in Macon and throughout the
country.
With the exception Of distant rum.
BILE of heavy artillery and the buzz Of
the aircraft, Macon resembled city
near the battle front in France as the
2,.-mile swung through the city with
the military rythm, headed by So
leeted band Of one hundred musicians
Frig. Gen. Francis H. French, COM
mander, together with staff officers,
left the head of the long column when
1t reached the city and boarded auto
mobiles for the reviewing stand,
erected on Cherry street, the main
business thoroughfare.
IT. the reviewing stand with Gen.
French and officers. from division
Headquarters were Governor Hugh
Dorsey of Georgia and his staff Of
thirty prominent Georgians, and Gov.
Charles Henderson Of Alabama. to-
gether with his staff. Seated in a re-
viewing stand opposite Gen. French
we're Mayor Glen Toole, city and Lib
erty Bond campaign workers.
Thousands Cheered Soldiers
Headquarters division lead the pa
rade which reached the city shortly
alter o'clock in the morning. As the
big gand moved through the streets
playing popular airs, husky cheers OF
thousand voices rang out.
AS each unit passed the reviewing
stand, the command "eyes right" was
given. Every man was equipped for
field service, just as he would be for
into battle. The parade
made profound impression upon the
of mothers and fathers as
they looked upon the khaki-clad war;
riors file through the street, heads
erect and marching with firm step.
Two sections Of the radio division
followed the headquarters staff and
troop. Headquarters troop was form
erly the Georgia Hussads. Next in
line was the Sixty-frst Infantry bri-
gade, composed Of the One Hundred
and Twenty-first and One Hundred
and Twenty-second Infantry regi-
nents, lead by Brig. Gen. w. A. Har-
rls and his staff. The other units in
lie march were arranged as follows:
olxty-second brigade, under command
IF Brig. Gen. Robert E. Steiner. One
and Sixteen Machine Gun
Battalion, One Hundred and Sixth
Field Signal Battalion, Fifty-sixth
Field Artillery Brigade, under COM
aand of Brig. Gen. J. L. Hayden:
me Hundred and Sixth Train and
Military Police, One Hundred and
sixth Ammunition Train and One
Hundred and Sixth Sanitary Train,
me Hundred and Eighteenth Field
with fourteen motor trucks,
nd all the other motor companies.
he heavy artillery was not to be car
led on the hike. The One Hundred |
nj Sixteenth and One Hundred and
seventeenth Artillery units, however.
arried their three-inch guns and all
ther equipment. 1t took the division
lore than three hours to pass.
At Camp Harris, four miles beyond v
'acon, the division halted for the +
'gnt' This morning they moved t,
upon supposed enemy +
Tho is trying to invade Macon. Actual :,
'aEfare orders were issued when the E,
roops pitched camp last night. =
10 the right the Dixie Division :
imagined another division was sta j,
oned to cut off the enemy division :.
Mould they attempt to enter tho
rate through the northern portion :
ne left or southern end of the State :
being defended by an imaginary d. '
is'on marching to the left Of the !"
ike Division. p
The troops will remain on the b,to II
IT hve days. returning to Camn
heeler next Saturday Problems of y,
'Vancing on the enemy will ha :,
orked out and demonstrated bv the II
en each day of the hike. II will, ba y,
lie flrst actual training of this kind G
%., ieceiEeu' to
on Friday night the fifteen hundred
Ell IN the One Hundred and sixtb q,
Tr''n that let camp last W
eek TO repair and rebuild bridges f.
ong the route Of march Joined the IN
VISION at Camp Harris. Since the en-
neers left camp they built four on Ia
ely new bridges, one of which was m
e hundred and tan foot -.