New-York tribune., 1918-07-05
Photo by Tribune Service
Underwood e. Jjnderwo,

Hecker is the spirit of America" the
veterans banner read.
They were followed dramatically by
float telling the story of young Ger
many in America to-day, the story of
Lieutenant Stein, who was born in Ger
many, but died in France for America
This was a float filled with American
boys in khaki and the fiat trench he'll
NETS that have come 20 mean Pershine
veterans to the war-wise Fifth Avenue
crowds.
Aside from these two sections of the
parade, representing the two nations
which stand in the minds of most
Americans for the essentials of the
vorites. With some of the sunburned d
youngsters in khaki, who are not bur
dened yet by the thoughts of the he
roes they some time may he, it was the
beautiful senoritas of the Spanish
floats, or the rows and rows of white
clad Red Cross workers, or laughing
dairymaid on a peasant truck, or a
dancing Russian.
Again, it was the splendid ranks of
the naval cadets from Pelham Bay that
won a round Of applause from another
group, or the fine pageantry of bit of
Polish or Greek history on float.
Fifth Avenue never saw so much his
tory concentrated in a single parade.
Any humble citizen who learned the
lesson of each float and each banner
could go home last night and write out
a complete history OF the world. from
Alexander the Great down to Woodrow
Wilson.
Alexander was there, and Leonidas,
holding his mountain pass, with SOL
diers in togas and sandals, claiming for
Thermopyla the cry of Verdun, "They
shall not pass!"
Modern Greece, in flowing robes and
laurel wreaths, followed, with signs
"A United Greece, in spite of the
Beast of Berlin and his brother-in-law,
Constantine"
The neutral nations we're as fully
represented as the Allies, showing that
the sons and daughters of those coun-
tries in America are of but one mlnd
American powers, Spain, Switzerland
and Norway and Sweden, all had pictu-
rescue floats and large delegations
marching under the Stars and Stripes.
100 Years Old and in Line
James S. Erickson, one hundred
years old, proud of the name of the
first white man to discover America
but prouder still of the tact tnat ne
fought for America himself, in the
Civil War, and that he has six sons
fighting for America to-day, rode in a
decorated carriage with the Danish
group.
Finland followed with a banner say
"Uncle Sam is the Best Uncle"
Sweden came singing, and Norway
rested it's claims to favor upon q float
which read, "At great sacrifice, Nor
way keeps the seas open for clvlllza-
tion."
The parade was led by Brigadier
General George r. Dyer, grand mar
shal, and Representative George W.
Loft, escorted by the United States
machine gun company, from Fort Ham
ilton, in full marching order, with
heavy packs. They gave the clew to
the first division Of the parade, which
was devoted to America and America s
part in the war. There were Brown
ing guns in action, and camouiiaged
float, which was very popular. 1t
looked like fallen tree when it first
appeared in view, and the crowd NUT
tered and giggled about the "boys that
got left behind" but suddenly the two
"boys" would pop up grinning from
behind the camouhage bushes, and aim
their rifles at the gigglers.
A naval gun crew on another float
showed how they have been hunting
German submarines in foreign waters,
and another float represented u U-boat
attack on a sinking ship. There were
shipbuilders, Red Cross nurses, ready
Tor foreign service, women motor corps
members, Young Women's Christian
Association workers, very pretty in
white covered with light blue capes,
and finally Salvation Army lassies,
with their sleeves rolled up, energeti-
cally frying doughnuts as their truck
rolled down the street.
Whenever they got a batch fried,
they threw them out to the crowd,
wrapped in paper, which bore re
minder that the boys in the trenches
arc specially fond OF the doughnuts the
lassies hand out over there.
AS the paraders reached the grand
stand and passed by they were cheered
by man with megaphone, who read
to them greetings from national lead
ers. and little bits of wit that had
coIne down cut o} The air from the
passing a.rplanes.
Salute the Irsh!" came from some
where above the metropolitan tower
as the wearers Of the green troooed