The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-10
Indiana Honors Her
World War Heroes

he never would have started the
war;" said one of the thousands Of
men who watched the parade
Wednesday. He said it just as he
stood up on his chair to look over
the long line of khaki clad boys OF
the 150th as they came marching
down the street, their steel helmets
cleaning in the sun.
1t was enough to make anyone
think three or four times before he
picked fuss with those men, and
they were only small part OF
what we were sending and would
continue to send.
A glorious sight it was, watching
those fifteen thousand soldiers,
sailors and nurses marching past,
with spending bands playing all
the time, and with airplanes n.y.
ing overhead along the whole line
of march, doing nose dives and
loop-the-loops, and all the things
you wanted to do, just to express
yourself, but couldn't, and from
time to time giving sudden swoop
downward, coming SO close to the
house tops that some people almost
ducked their heads, they thought
the planes were so close above
them.
Decorations Gay and Effective.
Everywhere were flags! And the
streets along which the parade pro-
crossed were brightly decorated
cleaning white columns and white
standards bearing beautiful new
flags, our own splendid flag chiefly,
though everywhere the flags of our
Allies could be seen flying.
The Circle was decorated the
most, having great columns with
golden balls on top, and many flags
in these balls. At one place on
the Circle there was an Arch of
Triumph, which was closed by a
silken cord. This cord was cut
by veterans of the Civil and Span
ish-American Wars, as the march
ers approached it. AT the same
time girls danced around the arch
tossing roses to the soldiers.
Not far from this was the court
of the Allies, which was also bor-
dered with white columns. Here
were large and beautiful flags of all
of our Allies, and when the soldiers !
marched through this, school chill
dren danced lovely little dances,
also throwing flowers to the sol !,
diers.
On the white standards which
held two large American flags were
banners which said, Welcome
Home Indiana Victors."
First Honor Given to Dead.
At the first of the parade, was
a caisson Ia little cart which was
used for carrying ammunition, and
which was often used for carrying
the bodies of the fallen soldiers to
the cemetery draped in black and
covered with an American flag,
which silently expressed what ev-
eryone was thinking, that the first
honor is given to those comrades
who did not come back. This feel
ing was deepened later as the 150th
Field Artillery (Indiana's contribu-
ton to the Rainbow Division) came
into view bearing a large, beautiful
silk service flag filled with gold
stars, and marched past, the crowds
on either side, silent.
Whippet Tanks a Feature.
Though it was true that the
crowds cheered the loudest for the
Marines and the soldiers of the
150th Field Artillery, they gave
hearty applause and cheers to the
soldiers of the other Overseas Di-
many Of whom displayed
almost as many gold chevrons as
these that we have named first,
and to the men who bore several
silver chevrons who were forced to
serve, without realizing the great
est glory. These other divisions
and batteries were the 334th and
he 151st Infantry, the 325th Field {
Artillery, saith Division, 139th Artil-
cry, Coast Artillery, Sd Division,
It'll Division, 9Th Division, and men
who were in Motor Transport Ser
ice, Ambulance, Airplane (which
vas headed by Captain Walter
Davis of Richmond) Chemical War