The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-31
ESQ GOLD STARRED
MOTHERS MILNE
Form Feature Of Imposing
Memorial Day Parade in
Brooklyn.
$4,000 VETERANS MARCH
Monument to Slain Drafted
Men Is Dedicated in
Bronx. j

In the other boroughs, as in Manhat.
tan, the parades and exercises OF Me-
mortal Day had new appeal to patriot.
Ism. Three generations marched to.
sether under the flag whose gloryuthey
had maintained. (
The grandfather OF Gettysburg. the sor
OF Santiago and the grandson OF the
Arsonne received such an ovation from
the crowds as was probably never lifted
before on the day of heroic remem.
brance. And there was another cali 70
tho hearts OF the onlookers. the siaht OF
20 many women in white with gold stars
on their arms leading the parades OF
tie nghting men.
Over In Brooklyn. where the celebra-
ton was memorable one, $50 of these
most of them mothers whose sons lie IN
the carefully tended military cemeteries
OF France, walked at the head of the
procession. Mothers, wives ana sisters
all in spotless white, wore around their
foreheads chaplets Of laurel leaves and
circling their right arms were bands Of
black upon which CLEANED gold stars.
They marched with dry eyes and with
heads proudly upifited. however sad their
parade passed through heavily thronged
streets the applause fairly thunderod
In their honor.
Route shorter Than Usual.
The route of the Brooklyn parade was
shorter than had been the CUSTOM prob
ably in recognition of the fact that the
veterans Of the civil war were feeble
OF body, however valiant of heart. About
$50 Of these marched yesterday, and their
average age, It was estimated, was 70.
The journey under hot sun from Wash
inston and Lafayette avenues to the
grateful shade Of the trees OF Prospect
Park West was quite long enough for
them.
Perhaps 1900 veterans Of the three
wars were in line. and the order of
progress was as follows: The women
led, then came a detail Of mounted DO
hcemen. then a battalion OF men that
had lost sons or very close relatives in
the great war. then Lewis S. Pitcher,
grand marshal; the Fourteen Infantry
under Col Fred w. Baldwin, the Thir-
teenth Infantry under Col. Clarence w.
Smith. the Twenty-third Infantry under
Col. L. ]. Praeger, the Forty-seventh
Infantry under Lieut.. Col Harry B.
Baldwin, the Second Field Artillery I'M
der Col. Walter U. Carlin and Squadron
c under Major Cornelius 8. Debevoise I;
the American Legion, commanded by
Brig Gen. GeoEge W. wingate; the civil
war veterans Under command Of A. Ross
Matheson and the Spanish American
war veterans.
The long reviewing stand extended
diers' and Sailors Monument to Ninth
street and was occupied by perhaps
$4,000 persons. Col. Robert Bacon,
formerly Ambassador to France, who
died Thursday night. was to have re-
viewed the veterans, In his place the
honor was assumed by Col Antoine de
Page Of the Belgian Army. Gen. James
McAleer of the G. A. R., and Gen
James d. Bell.
line Of march and In the reviewing
stand that the keenest attention OF the
crowds was given to the old men Of he
Civil War. few of them under four
score. many obviously quite feeble.
Their commander. A. Ross Matheson.
was picturesque figure with his long
white beard and wearing the uniform
which now looks SO old fashioned. Most
OF the G. A r. posts that turned out
were able to present only slim squads.
no more than a corporals guard in
Devils. the fighting remnant Of the old
Fourteenth. whose red trousers and
tasseled turbans have been so familiar
to Brooklynites. have bowed to Father
Time. Yesterday for the FIRST time In
more than half a century they did not
walk. A large float carried their small
company. One OF the finest cheers of
the day leaped forth when every one
OF the old men stood erect. and sa-
lac T. sI~l n
past the reviewing officers. For the
grandsires of battle 1t took but a few
minutes TO pass the centre of the stand,
though 1t was not SO many years ago
that tho disciplined tread of their feet
made the earth culver.
The 1.-the. spring-steel youths Just back
nom France, many Of them wearing
upon their deep chests the familiar
croix de Guerre or the Distinguished
Service Cross. and some proudly exhibit
ing the brilliant Legion of Honor, all
in their steel helmets. formed the gseat-
est possible contrast to the men Of 81.
These got n reception all along the
line that surely made them proud and
happy. None OF these younger veterans
was more acclaimed than one of Brook
lyn's special heroes, the young Brig,-
Gen. George Wingate, as he went by In
command of the American Legion, and
none OF the onlookers had greater reason
to be proud than the old fighter, Gen.
George w. Wingate. his father.
bronx Monument Unveiled.
Tho day was earnestly celebrated in
The Bronx with a parade in honor OF
the G. A. r. and the unwilling of monu-
ment to the selected service men OF
Draft Board who died for their coun-
try. Only 151 veterans of the Civil War
turned out this year. all that remained
of Oliver Tilden Post No. SO and Wander
bilt Post No. 1875. Many OF these, I'M
able to endure the hours tramp under
a hot sun. rode In carriages.
The parade started at 134th street
and Alexander avenue. proceeded in
Alexander avenue to Third avenue, to
Cortlandt avenue. to 15sth street. to
Elton Place, to Washington avenue, to
st. Paul's Place. to Fulton avenue, to
1Ssth street, TO Mckinley Square, where
the reviewing stand was placed. Henry
Bruckner, the Borough President. re-
viewed the column. Acting as escort to
the q. A. r. were the Eighth Coast
Artillery Corps. the Second Field Artil-