Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-26
OF
 WAR RECEIVE
 BIG OVATION
3 Million See Triumphal
 Review On Fifth Ave.
TEARS MINGLED
 WITH LAUGHTER
"Fighting Jack" O'Ryan IfNdS thc Gnardsmcn Through Cheer
 ing MmItitmdeS.

New York, March 2J-VictoriOus veterans, heroes of Flanders Fields on which Prussian pride was broken, , 2G,O00 men of the 27th division, came back to Fifth avenue today for their triumphal review. To the thousands who offered all they have to give on l.ibertys altar. the millions who stayed behind poured out to the full measure of their pride. The national guardsmen of yesterday and the civ ilians of tomorrow symbolized today. the martial ideals of q red 'blOOded race.
 The frenzied multitude which al- ternately laughed and wept. cheered or stood silent as the procession passed knew that a grateful people never paid tribute to braver men or to crusaders more chivalrous than these citizen soldiers who looked death in the face and smiled as they went lover the top" with song on their lips to smash the Hindenburg line-that barrier against which Eu- ropes sturdiest troops had swept in vain.
 Thought of Buddies.
 There was no shadow on the hearts of the stalwart marching men save the memory of the 2,000 comrades they left sleeping Where poppies bloom" While they gloried in the soul l-stirring welcome they were given, thoughts of all, their leaders said, turned to the gallant lads who paid the inevitable price of victory There was no man in all the line 1 who did not mourn some buddy" who had fallen.
 The clank of their hob-nailed shoes upon the pavement spelled an epic in American history. Never before had a full division of Yankee veter- ans fresh from European service passed in review in an American city. Fighting Jack O'Ryan, who led the line was the only major general of the national guard who took his men to France and brought them back, still their commander. Never before on this continent at least, had so many thousands cheer ed military spectacle.
 Three Million Spectators.
 The police estimated more than B. 100000 persons were packed into five miles of Fifth avenue
 Ten o'clock came. To those far down the avenue came the faint notes of bugle. Through the marble arch the city raised in recognition of the ! deeds of Washington, drawn by eight ! black horses, came a black draped caissOn covered with the Stars and Stripes upon which rested a simple wreath. The catafalque symbolized 1872 men killed in action," or "died of wounds" Behind it march ed squad of 24 honor men bearing huge banner upon which blazed a star of gold for every man who had ! fallen.
 As the crepe swathed gun carriage moved slowly past, men uncovered and women sobbed, unashamed. Subdued at first as though the throngs were reluctant to break the church-like stiffness, came the sound of cheers blending in a mighty roar.
 Wounded Are Cbeerful.
 The wounded were coming The thousand motor cars in which they rode made up heart -wrenching cav alcade, which seemed to have no end. Empty sleeves and turned-up trouser legs, crutches and bandaged heads. told of men who had looked | into the land of shadows from which the comrades they left lover there" will not return. But on the young faces there was no sign of grief They laughed and cheered and struck in their hats the flowers that wom- en tossed to them. They had gamb- led with death and won.
 Beneath the arch rode O'Ryan and his staff. Behind them, swept the doughboys of the 54th brigade. On their backs were overseas packs and gas masks were slung at their hips. Topping the rifles bristled a forest of fixed bayonets, giving notice to the world that this was no peace time parade but review of veterans.
 Where the crowds did not surge into the street they marched in mass ed formation-a long column of com pact half battalions, IS men to the l o rnhl lno 0xrsv ,or