Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-03-26
View 9th Parade
Continued from Pace Ore

cause. To them Taps has M,
sounded for the boys who ne,c. Win
come back.
Those who have persisted has ru,,eI
! imperial lustre TO The unsinirc,oi
battle flags to which = million m,n
reverently dotted their hats today and
glory guards II silent bivouac
The clark of their hobnails VI y
| the pavement spelled an cporh =,
American history. Never before n7i
| q full division of Yankee veteran
, fresh from European service, pace
, in review in an American city.
! Fighting Jack" C'Evan. Woo led 80
line. was the only major ccncra'
the National Guard who took H. m,
to Franco and brought them ha.'.
still their commander. Never b..
on this continent at lcast had 60,
many thousands cheered Il m.lrr,
spectacle.
Even New York. famed TO- %,
. crowds. never had modified :" mn.
men, women and children along
single street To the city dre''c-
were addeu hundreds Of ihoUsau.s
: "ibS iisho poNfCA III 1ioiu u -. o.
Of the state 10 witness an unp~a
dented pageant any pay hon". 10 n.
men who marched Tens ot tn,..
, sands more had come from ,....
. states.
The police estimated mo-. .'..n
100000 persons were packed UNTO -
mics Of Fifth avcEue in the .ur-'a9"
OF p perfect dav. Stretching aio~;
the east side OF Central Park Fl -
one end to tire other was Il @tarI
stand TWO and half miles Ion: r.
il were some 5000 father ,rl
mothers, wives and sveethcarte. -r,-
teI'' and little brothers. srandfatns-.
and Srandmotilers. uncles and aunt:
Of The men of the 18th Ine o.h,
5000 seats we're filled with uounir.
soldiers from tie army hosp.,.,-
Fedora, officials, governors Of -
! and other states. members Of III"
lesisla .ure. mayors and officia dee.
cations from upstate cities and on.
SIitcenls of New York aldermen
Here and there in the great stari
soothing women sat Some We
young ana some were old some W
rich anG some were poo. bu: t..
were sisters III sorrow, They had ict
the homes OF cloistered sr,ef VIII, tas
gold starred service Tags n the q r.
dowS 20 cheer for the living as t,e
wept for the dead. 1t was their t-i',.
ulc 20 the comrades Of their nc :.
VINO had died that other women y
alien lands might be safe for all I'm
from the savagery Of the Hun,
Ten O'Clock came and ten THOUSAND
patroimen and police reserves be-,
the HOPELESS task of s.raish.snla.
the solid lines of human.jy TIA
surseG over the curb here arc trc-'
To those who were down the a'er-.
came the faint notes of tuslc
New Yc-k's Own wa. az ,he
march again for .tne last ,lrc tose:.-
er Through the marble arc- tte c.It
raised IN recognition OF the dceos t..
Washington. drawn by e:cn, hlscl
horses, came black o.spsd cs.s,c7
covered with the Stars and strip
upon which rested s,mpl. .rea
The esiafalque symbclIzed -: ret
killed in action" or died Of woIna
Behind i; marched a scusrd Of :. Hou-
or men bearing q huge taHr.r pn"
which b.azed a star OF gold :c- s'erN
man who had fallen
But the funeral hush vas G. ~,
broken. The wcuaoed were yeH'u-.
TIE thousand motor carS IN ~.
they rode made Up q heart-xrercf..
caFaica0e which seemed IL have
end Empty sleeves ana ;urHcd "
troussr legs. clutches and ha~ La
heads. told Of wen sho looked ,-''
the land of shadows from ~H..1 g..
comrades ihey lei. owe tacr=
not return Eut on thc EoUn. i,tc
some drawn and hasgard from sun
ING, there was no sign o. e:!.:. r.
laughed and cheered and >;u,o g.
their hats the flowers ina, N".ueN
tossed 20 them. Beneath ;Ae &C
rode Q Ryan and S,aA f:eH,0l =
swept the dcushboy> Of Tie i''
RrisaIe. Thes Inning faces ur'r
meath .he bobeins. ha,tlc--,,t.
steel helmets were tanned y
suns and winds o. tao c"r:.re 3
Thousands were wound stripes =
roar of cheers which street, Il tn
was al once saiutaticn and > hc
d.ction
The -.'n was maintaining - -
'aSt It's famed morale and ii>clp
tHsS front was the order end
sign Of recognition va T., sts
young faces when >vi>,e i!Isnu dion:
the Nay shouted a greeting. Oh IL.
oscNS were overseas pArA> and :"
masks we're slunS at ;heiv hips T.
PITS the rifles bristied 4 forest -
liked eayoae,s giving notice - -
world that this WAS no pcsce-t'H'
parade but re, .sw % veterans.
Where the crowds did not su-f
INT" the street and leave sca9c,-
room for them TO move in column
squads, they marched in maSscd t"r-
mat'"n--a long column ef GONNA, -
IN men TO the marching froat. e
srmhiinS moving succesS,"n
squares o. troops