Arizona republican., 1919-04-22
Campaign To Raise $1,815,O 100000 in County Starts With Parade In Which Veterans Of Three Wars Take Part While Airplane Does Thrilling Stunts And Drops Loan Literature To Thous- ands On Streets.
The Victory Liberty loan is on!

With veterans of three wars march ing in perfect formation to the lifting strains of martial music, with huri ming battlepIane above darting among the clouds and dropping literature and flowers, and with the sidewalks jammed with applauding crowds of Americans of every race, color and creed, the Vic tory Liberty loan began in Phoenix yes terday afternoon in one of the most impressive parades ever seen in thr city.
 Business Halts
 It was the most suspicious and thrill. ing start the Victory Liberty loan cam paign could have got in Phoenix, and it was the spirit of patriotism and hearty willingness to help that moved the hundreds that marched and the thou sands that watched the parade wheel triumphantiy through the business dis trict of the city. Through all the pa rade and all the crowd that cheered as it went by could be seen and felt the thankuflness for victory and the de- terpination to finish up the job Of war in this, the last Liberty loan. It was truly Victory Loan Day.
 The parade started soon after 12.30 o'clock and two hours later the thrills were over and the Victory Liberty loan was on in dead earnest, with sub ! scriptions being asked and given on 1 the street corners in the residences and | throughout the business section. And last night a not at all small list of sub scriptions showed the results of the ! first days work and the promise of ] nf l. fr-- i T.a l loan to come. Three weeks remain after the first fmmemorable day of the drive yesterday, and when the time is up Phoenix and Maricopa county must have said "here" to Uncle Sam's rci. call and subscribed their quota of S1,Sf5, ,oe0.
 Streets are Crowded : It was hardly few minutes after 1 12:30 o'clock that the parade got under. way and wheeled with military preci- sion into Central avenue from the War Works building grounds, under the di- rection of the brand marshal. Col James H. McClintock. All Phoenix was waiting for it. All along Central aye nue and the other streets along which the parade was to march crowds Of citizens were anxiously waiting Stores had been closed since noon, and ali along the way windows flashed back the red, white and blue of the marchins colors, while from cables across the streets the Stars and Stripes floated majestically.
 The parade began with the Victory Liberty Loan band, composed of the City, Indian School, St Johns Mis- sion and Great War Veterans bands with Director James Thorson at it: head. "Over There" Dixie" and oth- CT favorites of past and present war. thrilled the spectators into cheers a. the band played along the way, in tho first parade in which it had eyel , marched
 Service Men 200 Strono
 Behind the band came Colonel Me.
 Cfintock, marshal of the parade. hi. blue uniform and sword of the old reg ulars contrasting with the drab of th. younger service men. With McClintocl . marched his aide, Lieutenant Herne c the British air service, and just benin,
 came the marshars staff-two ful e ranks of commissioned officers of tn | United States army, commanded b, 1 Lieut.. Col. E. Power Conway. Follow T ing the officers marched a rank O e non- commissioned officers, also a par e of the marshaFs staff.
 s After Colonel McClintock and hi 8 staff came the colors. the Stars an
 Stripes to the fore, with a color guar S of the United States Marines ,1nde |, arms.
 d Next marched the returned soldiers q = the Great War Veterans association. 20 @ strong, under Captain Hawley. an
 though they wore the shoulder an s collar insignia of many divisions. ar e had probably never marched tosefbe
  '' strains of their bands.
 e Cheer Wounded Men
 Behind the. soldiers marched the sa il
 ors of the War Vets, in one solid ran 10 with Ensign Norville at their head. an "a thelr step showed the crowds that n sailor can also march.
 l. Then came one of the most appeaiip - features of the entire parade-tfe rf turned wounded men, the bIesses. Z
 the French call them, who have bee . privileged to shed their blood in battl e The wounded men were not so few 7 = might be thought. and they we,
 cheered and cheered over and ov. l. again as they rode along the line ( n march in motor cars, attended hy Re " Cross nurses.
 After the motor car section came tf
 veterans of the Spanish War on foe if and they also had fair attendants d the members of the Mary Brodie Au, ,t Hilary to the organization.
 r More service men followed, this tin e a rank Of twelve swinging colors
 fighters, many of them with overse: and battle stripes. Just behind the marched the Pioneer band, adding i 's (Continued on Page Two)