New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01
Old Guards Celebration
A Gala Pageant of Victory

Memories of the countless parades
down Fifth Avenue. with black bear
skin shakes tossing proudly and bands
playing The Star Spangled Banner
Forever" pAled lase night beside q
splendid reality, Even the magnificent
bhosts of all the Old Guard balls since
1869 faded by comparison.
For the ballroom of the new Commo-
dore Hotel. larger than any Other. in
the world, housed for is first military
spectacle a pageant of victory literally
dazzling IN color. Orchid and white
and gold and green, the decorative
tints OF the ball, were but u part of
TIE scene. The multi-colored uniforms
OF scores of Allied officers. guests OF
New Hor@'s traditional fighting bat
talon, wed with the khaki of Uncle
Sam and The white broadclotn of the
Old Guard itself. Added to these were
intricate olendings of color, evening
dresses Of TIC beautiful women, who
came Wlth N,lCCs known to the ia,
parts % the earth.
The wolid's victory over Prussian-
.sm was wildly cpitomized in the mill
AIRY march which irterrupted the
dancing near midnight. Led by Major
General Harry L. Wilkins. L. s. A..
-nlHtary ard diplomatic celebrities Of
nc Chltcd States and the Allies passed
IA grand review. fpaulettes. and
shoulGer knots, gold gringe and shin
ng buttons. flashed under the myriad
ights.
The OLD Guard came first. and direct
~ FOLLOWING were the foreign consuls
and military attaches. The members
OF the Allied military and naval forces
came next. The officers of ~the United
States army and navy, followed by vet
@ranS and members OF the State Guard,
completed the pageant
prominent among the delegates in
the boxes were those from the Ancient
and Honorable Artillery Company of
Boston, the Putnam Phalanx of Hart
ford, the Governors Foot Guard of
New Haven and the National Lanccrs
Of Boston. Colonel Louis X. Burger
commander at Fort Hamilton. with his
st&h. was also present.
Among The guests of the battalion.
when is the city's living testimonial
OF 1aior We're;
Former Ambassador James W. Gerard
Rear Admiral Nathaniel r. Usher L. S. n.
Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbce. IT, S. n.
= Clre Bayley. British Consul General
General Bird ". Sencer. New Jersey Guard
General Oliver Bridgman: CASTOR Liebert
Consul General France: Commander Charles
4. Adams; L. S. ~; Major Charles A. Du
Bols. I'd Regiment Engineers Sheriff David
H. Knott; Brigadier General Charles II
Sheriff.; Commander Henry Servais, Belgian
Commissioner War Supplies Major B. c.
Crossley. British War Mission Colonel Prem
zee Strong, lst Field Artillery n g. N. y:
Lieutenant Colonel Howard Thayer Kings
bury judge advocate general New York
Guard Major Charles A. Whitney, Boston
lusiliers Commander Blackwood British
naval attache Major William L. Beers. COM
mander Putnam Phaanx, and fifteen Of
ticers Judge Henry Gidersleeve: Lieutenant
George A. Whitfield, British senior naval Of
fcer. Chonosuke Yada. Consul General.
japan; Surgeon NJ. Chirbmg, National Ian
Gers Boston; Sub Lieutenant H. W. Rad
more. British navy Major f. A. Simmons.
L. 5. A; Major Bevington. British assistant
provost MARSHAL d. j. Steyn-parve. Consul
General Netherlands Colonel Robert II.
Patterson, I. S. A.: Colonel NJ A. Winter.
LIST Regiment Washington; DR.. Ramon Ben
goechea, Consul General. Guatemala John +.
Giichrist, Commissioner Department of Ii
censes; Corporation Counsel William p
Burr Major +. Gilbert Schermerho1n; Lieu
tenant Colonel Norman Thwates, British
provost marshall Camille A. Porras Consul
General, Panama Chaplain Captain Howard