The sun., 1919-08-09


weathered veterans The Union League
Club gave a rousing welcome.
When the parade arrived at the re-
viewing stand opposite Forty-irst street
General" the police horse ridden by
Major-Gen. Lejeune, showed himself TO
be a most Jealous animal.
Here were gathered the oficial party,
including the Mayor, Franklin ID. Roose-
welt. Assistant Secretary Of the Navy;
Vice-Admiral Albert Gleaves. Read Ad-
miral Glennon, Major-Gen. George 3.
Burnett. commandant Of the United
States Marine Corps: Commodore Rob
ert p. Forshew OF the Naval Militia,
Major-Gen. McManus. Major-Gen. Barry,
Major-Gen. Shanks. Francis M. Hugo.
Secretary Of State. and other State and
city officials.
Lejeune's Popularity shown.
The popularity OF the divisional COM
mander was demonstrated by the howl
that went sp from former members Of
his command in the stands, and a woman
In white ran out into the middle of the
street to thrust a large bouquet Of roses
into his hands.
Then the Generals steed showed Its
Jealous disposition. for 1t seemed de-
that h woman should not
get anywhere near its valiant rider.
h animal gave a snort Of dispieasure
n Jumped quickly to one side SO that
the bouquet fell into the street.
Three times the woman picked II up
and a time the horse sidestepped 80
that she was unable to place II In the
Generals hands. Finally a policeman
picked It up and succeeded in delivering
II for her. The division commander
lifted his hat in acknowledgment.
Another officer TO receive great APP
plause from the crowd vas Brig-Gen. W.
c. Neville, commander Of the brigade OF
marines who brought glory to American
arms In the first days OF our participa-
ton. and whose history has been told
many times.
For the original devil dogs" them
selves he throngs that packed the We
had the widest shouts of approval.
These men. together with the infantry
regiments that followed them. repre-
sent the American soldier at his very
best. and the impression that they MADE
was quite noticeable. There were in
Vulnerable favorable comments upon
their physique, their carriage n the
perfection OF their alignment.
Crowds Yell for Favorftes.
Each outfit in line had It's particular
friends. who let the fact be known. and
there were yells for the Second Engineers
and Fourth Machine Gun Battalion when
those d~etachments came into view. but
the Fifth and Sixth Marines probably
had the larger number Of rooters.
The Ninth and Twenty-third Infantry
regiments. which followed the marines,
49, - -gf1l.. -~..tw.-A l~~ waa@wr nuAR
knew something of their history. These
OUTFITS are among the oldest in the ser
vice and have o fame in every war
since 1912.
Many of the tanned marchers In the
ranks OF the Ninth had seen service in
the Philippines, In China during the
Boxer uprising and on the hot sands OF
Mexico. They had been veterans before
this country ever thought OF sending a
force to Europe. In both regiments
decorations were plentiful.
Yesterday was the ninth time that the
color Of the Ninth had come HON offi-
cially from war, and 1t was also but
one of many incidents in the glorious
record of the Tw%enty-third.
Although their fighting was not quite
SO spectacular as that Of the Infantry,
the members Of the artillery brigade, in
Guiding the Fifteenth. Twelfth and Sew
enteenth Field Artillery regiments, had
many friends in the crowd who were
anxious to welcome the boys who gave
the Germans their first taste of ar
American made barrage and who sup
ported the infantry waves with theii
',s~eyenty-hves" and hundred and NIFTY
hves."
The Second Ammunition Train. Sec
and Engineer Train. Second supply
Train. Quartermaster Detachment. Sec
ond Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop. Sec
ond Mobile Veterinary Section. Motoi
Transport Corps. Second Sanitary Trair
and Casual Detachment were all warmly
received.
M. P.,s "Popularity'' shown.
In all the procession Of $4,000 tight
ers there was just one unit that IRON
start to finish Of the parade got what Is
generally and widely known as ths
raspberry"
This outfit a the Second Military
Police Company, and for 1t there wal
an u~nceasing chorus Of bowls, boot and
laughter. Now and then soldiers among
the spectators would shout mark Xix
"There's the fellow that ran me II
for shooting craps and They cost M
four months pay"
All Of this stun. however, was of 9
good natured variety. No n reali,
had. II In for these boys. for the mill
tary police alta ched to a combat divi
sion are a most essential factor in thu
achievement Of success. So with ever,
rub there was a laugh that let the BOY
know that 1t was given in fun.
When the outfit passed the Astoi
home Mrs. Vincent Aston, who wa
watching from one of her windows, re
marked:
.sThey are the boys that won the war
How I'd hate to be a Hun"
In fact that wac the general senti
ment of the crowd all along the line
II was recalled by some that a German
officer had referred to the division II
the earliest days of his activities as al
exceptionally formidable one. remarkini
possibly az assault division"
That was at a time when the German
hated to give any credit at all to TIN
yankee, ard the crowd fully appreciated
his respectful sentiments yesterday h
hey saw the men with their three ant
four gold service stripes sweep past
Uncle SANS First ID. s. c. Man.
Among the watchers was Lieut.. VIII
liam d. Meyering. who was the frs
member of the A. E.. f. to receive tn
Distinguished Service Cross. He los
his right arm In action.
After the parade there was Il recep
ton at the Cardinal Farley Club oil
East Thirtieth street for those VIII
could attend. but most of the boys wer'
obliged TO go back to their camps. ]
was the last day of the existence of tn,
Second Division as an organization,
To-day the famous OUTFIT, which sus