Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-08-16
CAPT. DARBY SEES
LONDON PEACE PARADE
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grand stands had been erected, except
few here and there solely for the
use of the wounded soldiers and sail
orS who were unable to march.
| was very much impressed with the
bearing of the people composing the
unlocking crowds. During the prelim-
mary waiting there was a significant
silence, which indicated remarkable
depth of feeling, which seemed to be
waiting only for the opportunity to
break forth. This tenseness is easily
understood. Very few families in
England have escaped the heavy hand
of the war.
At noon the head of the procession
approached the reviewing stand. The
king, accompanied by the royal fami-
ly, walked across the parking separat-
ing the Mall from the palace and took
up their places when down through
the distance came the stirring strains
of cover There! Over There! The
Yanks Are COmingr' A few minutes
later the pent up enthusiasm of the
multitudes found its first expression
of relief as General Pershing, on a
prancing charger, was recognized at
the very head of the column. With a
radiant smile of happiness at the out
burst which greeted him and our
American boys, General Pershing,
erect, soldierly and fOrceful, approach
ed the stand, dipped his cOlors and
dismOunted. He then assembled the
dais and stood alongside of the Brit
ish king as the sturdy, clean cut, alert
young American soldiers, representing
the very flower of American manhood,
marched past with proud, erect figures
under the inspiration of Old Glory.
Next in line came the soldiers of
gallant little Belgium, and at once
there sprang to the minds vision a
pede the progress of the hideOus mon
ster at Liege for five days, which prov
ed to be so previously vital to Joffre.
The Belgians received their full share
of plaudits. Next came the Cinnamon
soldiers "Good old Chinks!' | could
hear the crowd call. The sedate Cen
erals Tang and Dan dip their stand
ards and pass on.
Next came ii tremendous roar, which
swells out louder and louder upon an
already reverberating atmosphere
Sitting Stiffly erect, with his shoulders
thrown back, a purple baton carried
in his hand, with the decorations of Il
marshal of France, General FOch, the
generalisSimo of the allied armies,
heads the sons of France. AS he APP
preached the dais he raises high the
baton he carried and with Il wide, i'm
presSive sweep he brings it to his side
in giving the marshafS salute. He
then dismOunts and joins those upon
the dais as the poilus swing by under
the waving standards of France, of
Verdun, of the Marine.
Allied detachmentS then pass by,
and Manuel, former king of Portugal,
standing with his wife on the daiS, re-
ceveS with King George the salute of
the coIors of Portugal. The Polish
soldiers in their light blue ShakoS, the
Serbs, the Greeks pass, and then came
the Italians, the officers Saluting i'll
the quaint Italian fashion as if trying
to shade their eyes. Each detachment
received its measure of the public ap-
plause and greeting. The Roumanans,
the Czecho-SlOvaks and even the SOL
diers of far away Siam passed by amid
the roarS of the multitudeS.
At last came what the vast crowds
had been looking for. Pandemonium
broke loose, all restraints of enthu-
siasm were cast aside, the pent up
feelings of nearly five years of fear
full war We're given free release as Adj
miral Sir David Beatty, the grand old
tar who brought out the German grand
fleet ION piece of string came along
under the first English Union Jack of
the procession. His look is one of
grimneSS and SternnesS. With brisk
naval salute he, too, ascendS the daiS
and points out to King George and
Marshal FOch the various officers and
DOuleS OF men OIL lie SIdllu llecl do
they pass by. A bulldog, the mascot
of one of the ships and Sturdily typi-
cal of truly British characteristic,
particularly in the case of the fighting
men, received special applause as it
tripped along happily with its worship
pers. Sir Roger Reyes, with his men
who immortaliZed themselves at Zee
brugge and Ostend, called forth roar
upon roar as they We're recognized,
and no less so We're the trim and self
reliant Wrens and Dame Purse at
their head Following the British
navy came strange looking men from
the far eastern British provinces, in
Guiding Singalese, Indians and Las
cars, the latter in multi colored tur-
bans and flowing robes, and who am
bled along with shoulders hunched and
out OF step, after the manner of their