The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-03-26
18TH DIVISION
PAkAOES IN N. Y.
Thousands Cheer Veterans Of
CTeai War.
! DIsPILY UNPRECEDENTED
Thrcns Freaks Police Line in Wild
Enthusiasm to Greet the March
ing Soldiers.

New York, March 26.-1n one OF the
greatest demonstrations ever witnessed
i'll America. New York greeted tie
Homecoming. veterans uf the T%-,...Tf
seventh Division. AL =? TIE o. avr y. |,
which the metropolis greeted its hcl-
melted heroes it celebrated the close
Of the worlds greacGst y.
Fifth avenue. t'.:a.'"': wh.ch New
York S former mil;tiH.na.l marched! in
triumph. was Il CANYON OF wildly entha-
siastic humanity.
Every window pace CT ever tioGr
III every building from Washington
Square to 10th street. was filled with
eager eyes, the roofs of buildings for
blocks on either side were crowded With
people, while the cross streets were il
dense mass of humanity, surg;a=
sought to hold them back Relatives
and friends of troops were seated in
an immense stand, running the entire
length of Central Park.
The occasion lacked nothing to make
il historic. 1t WAS ,ilc homecoming of
home division. the only o;e-&tate Ma
tional Guard division in the American
army.
Representative OF the Federal Gov
eminent. the acting heads of the War
and Navy Departments, occupied seats
in the reviewing stand: the Governor
of New York and ~" Mayer of Amer
ica's greatest city. 18th high officials
of the army and the navy. as we'll as
the mere millions of the city-all were
crowded along the i enue to pay tribute
to the men wha Il Ii proved the vul-
nerability of what had been regarded
as the worlds Stro,,@a:t battle line.
Shouts of tri!mnh Went IN f""''-
thousands of threats when Sergeant
Reider Waller. OF the 15Oth Vi =,
Gun Battalion. wearing a Congressional
medal of honor and a Distinguished
Service Cross upon his breast. stepped
to the centre of the Arch of Freedom
at Twenty ffth street and Fifth avenue
and after salutin: the colors of the
Allies; drew his s..bre bayonet and cut
the "Hindenburg line Il heavy silken
rope stretched from pillar to pillar.
Sergeant Waller alone and unaided
saved four men from blazing tank
and prevented the tank from falling
into the hands of the Germans at the
battle of Bellelu Wood
The severing of the silken rope was
the signal for the start of the process
sion. Beneath the Arch of Freedom
and along the route of march between
20 pylons from which futtered the
flags of the Allies and over which fo;n
captive balloons tugged at their ropes
carloads of clean sand had beeH
thrown. a reminder of the ancient days
when the Greek and Roman victors
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.
Applause went up from the thou
sands of spectators as Major General
Organ, commander of the division
took his place. He was riding Red
Check. a sorrel stallion, of which he is
very proud.
The head of the parade reached the
Arch of Triumph at Madison Square at
1921 o'clock, led at a considerable in
terval by the caisson, draped in honor
of the dead.
Just as the parade reached the point
the thousands choking the whole
square broke through the lines and
threa tened to block the avenue. Sol
diers and sailors on the side lines join
ed the police to put back the struggling
mob. One policeman was trampled b!
ihe crowd and seriously injured