The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-09-10
WAR.SCARRED
VETERANS OF
''OLD FIRST"
IN REVIEW
Great Throng Sees Pershing
at Head of Famous First d.
vision "Old Timers" in
Line.
TRIBUTE PAID HEROES
(By Associated Press)

tBy Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Sept. 1o.-Countless
thousands Of Americans, flushed with
the pride Of victory. paid tribute here
today, in what probably was the city's
most impressive military spectacle to
the nations leader in the world war.
General John J. Pershing. Commender
in-Chief Of the American Expedition
ary Force, and to the far-famed First
Division.
The sun-burned Missourian, looking
as At as youthful Indian despite his
90 years--the soldier who saidsto the
shade of Lafayette at his tomb in
P1cpus: Lafayette, we are here!" and
whose army of 1.250.000, the largest
force of Americans ever to fight on
foreign soil. turned the tide of pos
sible Allied defeat into victory-today
led down Fifth avenue $4,000 men OF
the First Division in a procession
which stirred the blood Of every spec
tator. Ahead of the bronzed veterans.
mostly regulars" who had been
abroad nearly two years and a quar-
ter, and whose fighting was the admir-
alton of every poilu and British Tom
my, was General Pershing's guard Of
honor, regiment Of $500 men picked
from all seven Of the American reg
ular army divisions in France. This
unique contingent, known as Per
shing's Own" and composed Of two
companies from each regiment of the
division represented. the companies in
turn being formed Of one squad from
each company in the regiment, was a
special feature of the parade.
AZ States Represented.
Accompanying General Pershing at
the head of the division rode Major
General Edward F. McGlachlin, COM
manding, and with him two other for
mer commanders of the First, Major
General William l.. Sibert, who took
the troops to France, and Lieutenant
General Robert L. BuIlard, who took
them into action and later relinquish.
ed command to take a higher post.
With them were a host of other off,
GERS, including Brigadier General
Frank Parker Of Charleston, s.. c.,
and other commanders, some OF whom
saw their first active service with the
division in France
The troops in line represented At
states of the Union and several of the
insular possessions and among the
marchers were more than 1000 "old
time" doughboys whose only recorded
home in the United States army
Trudging along under the weight of
full combat equipment. every pack in
place, rifles clean and bayonets gleam.
ing in the sun, the fighters presented
a picture Of aggressiveness and force
From 10th street where the parade
started, to the Washington Arch,
where it disbanded. the throngs along
the curbs kept up almost tumultous
cheering.
There comes the Sixth Field Ar
tillery!" someone shouted. A few mo-
ments later this famous organization,
Battery c of which, on October %,
1917, fired the first shot at the Ger.
mans, came into sight and was wildly
acclaimed.
Home Folk on Hand.
Delegations of home folk from
southern New York. Connecticut, New
Jersey, Delaware and eastern Penn.
sylvania, whose 2,700 sons or kins.
men were in the First Division, were
on hand to do them honor along with
the men from other sections of the
country.
Many of these fighters, members ol
the 18th Infantry, wore the French
fourragere, the red and green cord
signifying that the CroiX de Guerre
with palm had been twice conferred
for conspicuous gallantry in action
The fourragere was bestowed upon the
18th by Brigadier General BracQuet OF
the French army, while officers and
men were lined up on the decks OF
the transport Mobile just before /,
sailed from Brest.
An epitome of Americas fightine
machine in Europe, the First Division
presented what military men say was
the first parade of its kind in the
country's history. That is, not only
were the doughboys equipped with
rifles, bayonets, packs. helmets. can
teens, belts and ammunition but every
piece of the Divisions artillery was
in line. as we'll as the Ammunition
trains, the rolling kitchens and other
paraphenalia OF a modern fighting
unit.
Even the horses and mules, many
of which had served throughout the
war were decorated with service
stripes and all of the First's insignia
lust as it was marked in France. wa:
shown The Divisions flags all bore
the CroiX de Guerre with which il
was honored by the French nation
the 2sth Infantry having two of these
emblems to its credit.
Among the fighters who won dis
tinction for gallantry and were pro
NOTED on the field and who figured
in the parade was Lieutenant Colone
Clarence Heubner of the 2Sth, who
was a regular army sergeant when tft
war started. He was wounded a
Scissors and left the hospital to re
enter the battle Another was Sup
ply Sergeant Powell of Company M.
also of the 2sth who despite his non
combatant duties, frequently volun
teered and in one engagement gained
his objective after every enlisted man
and ranking officer in his detachm/n1
had been wounded or killed.
Crowds Arrive Early
The units in the parade, in their
order, besides the Division headquar
ters. and Headquarters troop. Quar-
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