The sun., 1919-09-11
PERSHING PRAISES
DAYS POLICE WORK
ssFinest / Have Ever Seen"
Says General After Big
Parade.
HUGE THRONGS D0CILE
Girl Spectator Falls Eleven
, Stories When Glass in
Skylight Breaks.
HUGE THRONGs DOCILE

sidewalk, door step, window sill and fire
escape along Fifth avenue to see the
grand finale OF Americas participation
. in the world war The assemblage.
forming lane from 10th street to
Washington Arch. through which Gen
Pershing and the First Division marched
In parade, came early In the morning
and remained in its mass formation un-
til virtually the last element of the
pageant-an ambulance-had gone by.
Then New York went to luncheon. Those
at the extreme uptown end OF the parade
ate after l 40 o'clock. Those at the
south end ate two hours later.
The hundreds of thousands of specta-
tors. whether corrigible through habit
by this time or through awe at the he
roes presented to their view. were at any
rate so docile that the police had nothing
more strenuous to do than yell at them
at times. Only in few instances did
the lines break and these quickly were
restored. There were a few accidents,
but fewer than might have been ex-
pected.
In general. New York came and saw
tiptoed and stretched its neck-and went
away. Also 1t made noise of praise for
the parade and everything in 1t, from
Gen. Pershing to the last marching dele
cation from the Y. NJ. C. A. 1t made
noise of ridicule for the policemen-how
could bluecoat expect otherwise? And
1t made noise like a holiday, because
yesterday was holiday.
Crowd swirIs Out Twice.
According to another, Gen. Pershing
himself had these words with Chief In
spector John DAILY and Inspector George
=. Ldebers: THE police arrangements
to-day have been the finest Of any I
have ever seen in any place in the
world"
One locality where the maddening
crowd forsook the sidewalk was at
Forty-second street. This was Just after
the Tying wedge Of motorcycle police
men had passed, and followed a woman's
siren cry OF there he comes" An hour
later, after Gen. Pershing and his star
had dismounted and driven away from
washington Square in their automobiles
CONFUSION arose at Macdougal street
anu WaVerly place. BY some misun-
uerstanding of orders on the part of
patrolmen there or through orders that
CONNECTED the great crowd was released
IL started-women, with short hair and
long. men. children and everybody
poll neil across Washington Square
North for the arch a block away.
Capt Rohrtg of the police saw the no
hemiaps advancing. let out a yell and
started on the run toward them. Ser
seant Minogue and half dozen police
fien Followed the captain. Scores of per-
sons who previously had been sitting
quietly on front steps of the houses had
by this time ventured outside the gates
But when the police horses were OBJ
served moving toward them along the
: sidewalk these persons went back to
their steps. At length the street was
cleared so that the marching troops
, could pass to Waverly place, where
tne Red Cross was serving lunch.
AS rule along the avenue no one
was permitted to stand within twenty
five feet of the cross streets or on the
Cross streets within fifty feet of the ave-
nue., but in few streets downtown
where traflc was light the rule was sus-
pended. Many persons held back on
the cross streets complained later that
they saw little indeed Of the parade and
were held as far back as Madison ave-
Iue.
Enthusiasm for the parade seems to
have been greatest downtown, from
Forty-second street to Union Square A
anowstorm of paper Uttered the air just
south of Twenty-third street, and out Of
the haze appeared packages of olga
retts, oranges candy and other gifts for
the marching men. One lucky soldier,
picking up an apparently valueless pack
ego which had been thrown from a win
dow in the neighborhood. found In 1t q
: I've dollar bill
81 No one was allowed IN the park at
Washington Square or on the streets
around the block except a few persons
who had TO pass that way to get home
or to restaurants The park at Madi-
son 6uuare, however was crowded.
At Fifty-ninth street order OF traffic
was maintained by Sergeant McEntee
aud six men. A wide space west of the
avenue at this point was filled with tip
toeing spectators Hundreds OF others
sat in bleachers in front Of the Savoy
Hotel
Just before the parade arrived at
FIfty-elghth street a carpet of yellow
flowers was strewn across the asphalt
and as Gen. Pershing arrived man in
livery hurled great punches Of other
flowers in his path
AS early as 8 o'clock the assembly OF
spectators began, chiefly from Four
teenth to Fifty-ninth streets, and within
a half hour there was scarcely room
in the place allotted along the side
walks for another person between Fifty
ninth and Forty-second streets. Police
assigned to the line had arrived at
, o'clock and provided entertainment for
the waiting crowd by taking away
boards and other equipment for grand
stands from various per sons who sought
20 provide seats for themselves There
was at least one patrolman for every
twenty-five feet along the line.
On duty between Tooth and 10th streets
were 400 policemen, including four cap
tains, six lieutenants and forty-seven
sergeants, all in charge Of Inspector
Cornelius CahAlane. North of 10th
street to 18th were 400 more policemen
TO keep the way cleared.
Girl Falls Eleven stories.
There were a score OF accidents yes
terday. chiefly caused by persons falling
from porches on which they had climbed
TO see the parade
Probably the most serious of these
occurred when hfteen-year-old girl,
Celia Tannenbaum. fell eleven stories
through an air shaft from the roof OF
the building st Is and II West Forty
fourth street She was taken to Belle
vue with fractured right thigh. broken
leg and bruised body. The fact that the
bottom of the shaft was filled with paper
is what saved her life, II she lives. The
girls home 10 IN E5l 5neidscker avenue,
Brooklyn.
She and other employees Of a feather
pasting company, with Offices in the
building, had received permission to see
the parade from the roof. When some
one appeared with camera the girl
climbed upon the glass ventilator to
pose with boy friend. When the glass
broke the boy escaped by jumping
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