Evening star., 1919-03-25

miles. and some 5000 prisoners were
taken into the lines of the 9th DiVl-
sion.
These feats of glory are being
celebrated by the home folk today:
They will illumine the pages OF
American history for all time. These
men are worthy of the laurel wreath
New York so generously bestoWs
upon them.
"In the hour of rejoicing we shall
not forget the bravest of the brave
who may only parade 5th avenue
today in spirit-the comrades who
did not return They died or are
suffering in Army hospitals that we
might enjoy the security OF TINS day.
Our hearts turn to them and 10 those
loved ones who mourn their absence.
We see the brilliant spectacle of this
parade through tears for them. yet
we know that they preferred death
and physical torture to diShonoraole
persona! safety.
"An welcome to the 9th Division,
the old National Guard of New York.
brave soldiers and good citizens!'
Comforts Provided
The Salvation Army. knights of
Columbus, the Red Cross and other
organizations provided comforts ,rS roa
the soldiers after the parade. Tne
'dougnut hut of the Salvation Army
at Madison Square turned out 5O,ooo
"iou"hnut hut of the Salvation Army
distributed to the men. The knights
of Columbus furnished $4,000 cakes
at the regimental armories ana the
Red Cross provided cocoa.
Red Cross workers also had
prominent place in the parade. MAJ.
Daniel C. Pomeroy. who was IN
charge of Red Cross supplies where
the 27th Division was engaged IN
fighting, with Capt. Stephen N. Booo,
marched at the head Of the Red
Cross detachment of thirty-seVen
men who served with it overseas
Nineteen of them have been cited for
bravery and Capt. Bobo received the
Croix de Guerre. There also were
ten ambulances, nine of whose
drivers we're cited for bravery
."Cuts Hindenburg Line"
Shouts of triumph went up from
thousands .of throats when Sergt.
Reider Waller of the 105th Machine
Gun Battalion, wearing congress
sional medal of honor and a distin-
guished service cross upon his breast,
stepped to the center of the Arch of
Freedom, at 25th street and 5th ave-
nue., and, after saluting the colors OF
the allies, drew his saber bayonet and
cut the "Hindenburg line" heavy
siiken rope stretched from pillar 10
pillar.
Sergt. Waller, alone and unaided.
saved four men from a blazing tank
and prevented the tank from falling
into the hands of the Germans at the
battle of Belleau wood.
The severing of the silken rope was
the signal for the start of the pro-
cession. Beneath the arch of freedom
and along the route of march between
twenty pylons from which fiuttered
the flags of the allies and over which
four captive balloons tugged at their
ropes, carloads of clean sand had been
thrown, a reminder of the ancient
days when the Greek and Roman vic
tors returning home in triumph from
the wars passed under garlands of
laurel over earth, (which never before
had been trod by the foot of man..
Spectator Falls to Death.
OF the thousands of persons perched
precariously on window lodges and
roofs along the line of march, two fell
and one was killed. A man fell
through a skylight to the basement
of a six-story building and was dead
when rescuers reached him A spec
tator fell from a roof, striking man
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