The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-27
THOUSANDS CHEER
c0L0RED SOLDIERS
Governor and Mayor and Other No
tables Occupy Reviewing stand
As Troopers March by.

Rain failed to dampen the ardor
yesterday afternoon of colored troop
ers who paraded through the streets
OF the city to the strains of martial
music or that OF hundreds of enthusi-
asts who thronged the thoroughfares
and cheered the dusky warriors.
The parade, which left the grounds
of Virginia Union university at 4
o'clock. passed the reviewing stand at
Sixth and Grace streets about 5
o'clock and was reviewed by Governor
Davis Mayor Ainsiie, Adjutant Cen
eral 10 Lane Stern and others. Among
those on the reviewing stand were
Major Lawrence T. Price. Major Allan
Potts, Chairman II. Watkins E,llerson,
]. st. George Bryan. Clyde Saunders
and others.
The soldiers. who nrm hered y ,s14,
including S0sth Pioneer infantrym en-
and members of veterinary and depot
units. arrived in Richmond between
1915 and o'clock yesterday by boat.
train and trolley. Those coming by
train arrived at the earlier hour and
detrained at the university siding OF
the Seaboard Air Line railway, the
contingent embracing $50 men.
The steamship smithfeld. carrying
900 men, arrived at the city dock
shortly before noon and was met by
special street cars, which took the
men to the university grounds.
The Petersburg contingent came to
Richmond on trolley cars from Camp
Lee. and embraced 364 men. the first
half of whom arrived about / and the
others about 2 O'Clock. They boarded
trolleys at the car barns at Seventh
and Perry streets, South Richmond,
and were whisked to the university
grounds.
Upon reaching the grounds. the
men were fed by committees repre-
senting colored welfare organizations.
and relatives of the soldiers were adj
mitted to the grounds to welcome
them
All men participating in the parade
were taken by trolley to the South
Richmond terminal of the Richmond
Petersburg interurhan and on to
Camp Lee. for final muster out.
The column was headed by mounted
notice and moved from Harrison and
Leigh shortly after 4 O'Clock, The
line of march was down Leigh TO
Fifth, south on Fifth TO Clay. west on
Clay to Adams, south on Adams to
Broad, east on Broad TO Fifth. south
on Fifth 10 Grace, thence east under
the Victory arch and into Capitol
square.
Portions Of the route. in the colcred
section of the city. were gaily deco
rared Win bunting and flags. num-
her of the columns used during the
recent parades of white soldiers being
employed.
a committee from local draft
hoard occupied cars Immediately in
rear of the mounted police and were
follow ed bv the chief marshal and his
staff and the Sharon band. Two
other bands were in line The serv-
ice flag, with escort. followed TWEEN
ty-f1ve PAGES in rear Of the first hand.
Other units followed in the order
named: sasth pioneer infantry. mu-
nicipal hand, Fourteenth Arot serv-
ice bsttalion Fourth veterinary corps.
| The column halted on Bank street.
J with its head resting al Ninth, from
/ which point street cars conveyed the
( men to South Richmond.
! The Sharon band turned out of the
column at sixth and Grace streets, OPP
| posite the reviewing stand The chiei
| marshal and his staff turned. out OF
I the column at Eighth and Grace
/ from whi>h point they reviewed the
! parade. taking their position on the
| south side of Grace street, facing
north. and was saluted by the column
as II passed
| Three rests were given along the
| line of march. the first when the po-
! lice escort reached FIRST street: sec
ond. when it reached Adams street,
and third. at Sixth and Grace streets.
/ William H. Anderson was chief
| marshal ard \. r. Roy adjutant.