The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-25
NEW YORK OUT
IN FULL FORCE
To HONOR 27TH
Million Visitors Also Arrive to
See Parade
THE MARCH BEGAN AT 10
IL Took Three Hours to Pass Point
City 10 ElaborateIy Decor
ated

New York, March 25.--MajorGen.
eral John +. Organs twenty.seventh
division. composed of former New
York National guardsmen, veteran
two-flsted fighters who broke the
"impregnable" Hindenberg line last
summer In one of the most gallant
exploits OF the world war, marched
up Fifth Avenue today to the tumulta
GUS acclaim OF million or more
spectators.
At 77th street the crowds broke
through the police lines. Women
carrying babies weer knocked down
and injured and several tainted. An
emergency hospital was set up. Just
before the head of the parade reached
the hotels Savoy and Netherlands,
guests In windows showered the
wounded men in the streets below
with coins, cigarettes and candy.
New York, March 25.--Thls city
and the entire state paid tribute to-
day to their own division, the 9th,
in its parade up Fifth Avenue. The
entire city, seemingly tHrned out to
view the parade, and 1t Is estimated
that fully one million visitors had
come to the city to see the parade.
Promptly at 10 o'clock General
Organ and his staff left Washington
Square at the head OF the column,
and the parade proceeded up the
avenue. 1t took the division three
hours pass point 1t was IL o'clock
before the division reached the offlci-
al reviewing stand at eighty-second
street where Governor Smith and
other officials OF the state and city
made up the official reviewing party.
it was after 3 o'clock when the Red
Cross unit. the lastllin the line,
passed the reviewing party. sRs y
The regiment marched broken into
Naturalization units, equivalent to two
infantry companies TO, the unit. The
lines had about twenty-five men
across their fronts and only a step
separated the lines Of these half.bat.
talon units. so that II was impossible
for relatives in the gfandstands to
single out soldiers in whom they are
interested. A space of twenty-five
feet separated these half battaltons
and the same space intervened be
tween the last rank OF regiment
and the first line of the following
unit.
! None of the artillery regiments
had field pieces, because all this
heavy equipment was turned In be
fore the division left France, and
none Of the maohine-gun battalionf
had their weapons. The individual
soldier had only part of the equip
ment used by him in France. HI
marched with light pack, full canteeI
gas mask slung at hip. rife or side
arms, overcoat, and helmet OF dhrl
green color displaying tile division
insignia. Al lthis equipment excep
the gas masks, was brought from
France.
Each unit carried placard or gui
don so that those who we're WATCHING
the parade were able TO pick out thu
regiments or the companies tina
stormed Guillemont Farm or per
formed some notable feat In the oper
ations as part OF the British armies
Preceding the units Of the division
was symbolic tribute to the deat
in the form Of caisson and hug,
service flag with star for each on,
OF the 1880 men who perished in tn
service overseas with the division
This is the order OF march:
Mounted police escort.
Caisson honoring the dead.
Major Gen. John r. Organ and STAFF
Headquarters detachments.
Headquarters troops.
54th infantry Brigade,
Brig. Gen. P. +. Pierce commanding
lOSth Infantry Regiment
Col. Il. s. Jennings commanding:
l07th infantry Regiment,
; Col. NJ. D. Bryant comanding;
SD infantry Brigade.
Gen. Chas. |. Debevolse commanding
105th Infantry Regiment,
. Col. ]. NJ. Andrews, commanding;
l06th Infantry Regiment,
Col. Franklin w. Ward commanding
Divisional Machine Gun Corps
!. Lieut.. Col. Il. McLeer commanding
105th Machine Gun Battalion,
Lieut.. Col. X, Gardner commanding
, 104th Machine Gun Battalion
Major Il. II. Molyneaux commanding
l06th Machine Gun Battalion,
Major N. II. Eggleston commanding
Auxiliary Troops,
1920 Engineers,
Col T. r. Crlmmins commanding
lO2d Field Signal Battalion
/ Major Arthur l.. Howe commanding
d SGD Field Artillery Brigade
/ Con. G. A. Wlngato commanding
S i04th Field Artillery,
Y Col. Charles b. Pulls commandins
S 105th Field Artillery,
Col. Dewitt c. Weld commanding
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