The Washington herald., 1919-02-28

Fourth Division, the veterans OF the
Spanish war, with uniforms agleam
with war medals and emblems. passed
in review. They, too, were loudly ap-
plauded by those of the Presidential
stand and by reviewers.
Boys of Tomorrow.
Marshalled by Capt. R. C. Malinka
and William J. Latimer. the ffth
division representing the boys of to-
morrow who will answer II their
country needs them, saluted the
President Maj. Charles Myers and
stan, battalion of the d. c. N. G. in
fantry band, and Maj. R. d. Lagar-
din, U. s. A, and staff represented
the Districts National Guard units.
Then followed the military trained
students at the various preparatory
schools OF the District. With faces
bright with the joy OF youth, these
stalwart young Americans quickly
won the respect OF the reviewers as
they marched in automatic preci-
sion. They included the high school
cadet corps, Boy Scouts Band. st.
Johns Cadet Corps and st. Mary's
Industrial School.
The sixth division, composed OF
military and semi-military organi-
cations of the District represented
some fifteen organizations.
Marinettes March Well
Marinettes, 800 strong. marked time
and marched to the military tunes
played by the Cosmos band. Seen
from afar as they came down the
Avenue 1t was impossible to positive
ly determine II they were Marines
themselves or the sisters of the Yam
kee devil dogs"
They were quickly followed by more
than 800 yeowomen.- who in their
splendidly conducted formations
showed how seriously they have been
taking their afternoon drills. In this
group were two divisions of the
color bearers supplied by the Navy
Department and one by the girls
themselves, who carried their De-
partment flag and that Of the United
States.
As enthusiastically as they had
cheered the Stars and Stripes, the red
cross on the field OF white belonging
to the greatest humanitarian organiza-
ton in the world was met with hearty
applause. Every convalescent service
man tried to wave whether he had a
good hand or only the stub of one.
Mrs. Mason GulIck headed the group
Of Red Cross workers who for the
past seventeen months have met
every incoming and outgoing train at
Union Station bearing soldiers. These
are the women. who yesterday wore
their regulation coats with a redlined
scarf, have served hot coffee and
sandwiches and have distributed
cigarettes to more than a million
soldiers of Uncle Sam, whenever the
call came for morning or for midnight
work
Show Their Efficiency.
The third section of the Red
Cross delegation was composed OF
the volunteer motor corps. In their
natty costumes of gray and their
trim puttees these uniformed
women spoke for the efficiency OF
the Red Cross transportation corps.
Large delegations were entertained
by the Navy Yard Red Cross work
ers- Young Mems Christian Asso-
ciatIon- War Camp Community
Service. Government Recreation
League. and Jewish Welfare Board :
The Catholic Women's War Re
lief Society had an especially at
tractive feature with several hun
dred little girls bearing miniature
American flags:
so splendid for girls to belong
to organizations as we'll as their
brothers" were the comments of
several fathers at the diplomatic
reviewing stand as five hundred
young Girl Scouts marched in step
with the same quick step of their
brothers:
They were followed by units of
Knights of Columbus of the third
degree and of the fourth degree
OF the local organizations:
Labor Strongly Represented.
Labor's section at the head of the
Seventh Division was strongly aug
mented by carpenters and joiners. II
didn't know there were so many cal-
penters in the country" declared a
spectator.
The painters local union marched
with a service flag bearing stars that
ran up in the hundreds, and nearly a
score of gold emblems for member.
who had paid the supreme price for
democracy.
The District firemen also were on the
job when it came to marching. Men
on the 'off-shift' under the two
platoon plan swung down the street In
solid. neat and military lines which
eclipsed, il anything, the appearance
Of some OF the companies of service
men which passed.
Wear Working Caps.
The KaIlipolis Grotto Band was the
feature music-making organization OF
the section. 1t played a continuous