South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-21
BY AN EYE WITNESS.

BY AN EYE WITNESS.
and did you see the lovely ladies
casting their eyes on
Alexander"
Home folks may not have seen.
and may not have ssked that about
South Bends own Alexander L. Arch
but a budding Irving Berlin might
put the local warriors triumphant
ride down Fifth av. last week TO an
other melody.
Down the avenue Sergt. Alex did
march, cheered and cheered by hun
dreds of thousands of New Workers.
Several Of the metropolitan dailies
estimated that South Bends hero
received the plaudits OF more than
a million onlookers.
A million onlookersi
They cheered and they clapped.
Pretty girls waved Pershing ban
ners. older women clapped, boys
whistled and gray-haired vets howl
ed as the gun from which Arch let
loose the first compliments Of the
Yanks rumbled down New York 5
most fashionable promenade.
Glorious Day for Alec.
It was a glorius day fer Alec,
And il began like so many days had
in France. At eight O'Clock a heavy
mist ciouded the city. At nine, null
titudes began 10 assemble all along
the avenue. At 10 standing space
was az a premium The weather
cleared. Shortly after II platoon
, Of motorcycle cops raced down the
avenue Two minutes later the
movie men and newspaper photo
graphers twitched and turned and
strained their necks for the first
sight of Blackjack"
He came,
Riding at the head Of the First
division of the regular army. he
pranced into sight. He sat on his
horse as the American cavalryman
has been taught TO do, smiling, salut-
ing with his gloved hand. while i'm
mediately behind him streamed the
American flag and the four-starred
flag of the full general
No conQuering hero ever received
such n welcome as followed There
was never a letup in the roar from
the time Pershing left 10th St till
/ almost an hour later when he left
I his mount near Washington Square
/ and reviewed the remainder of the
parade from the Waldorf-Astoria
He Rises ITO the Occasion
Once on the way down he dis
| mounted and changed horses. For
I Z L.
I lice horse His own had been tied
/ up in quarantine In front Of st.
I Patrick's cathedral he stopped and
/ exchanged greetings with Arch
/ bishop Hayes. on his way back TO
! his mount Kitty Dalton knights
of Columbus girl. who did service
/ overseas and is so pretty she re-
/ ceived 200 offers OF marriage while
abroad. stepped forward and pres
ented him with an armful OF roses
Did the gener rise to the oc-
casion?
I'll say he did
He kissed the blushing Kitty on
both cheeks. Then he asked:
What do we Go next"
How about another kiss Shyly
suggested Kitty.
mot here" returned the general
This isn't the place for it."
Another horse was ready. q
beauty. too. 'Jen'' was its name
so called in memory OF Lieut.. JEFF
ferson Feigl of the Seventh field ar
/ tilery. the first American officer
killed in the war
The general passed.
FIRST Units I'm Line.
Along came the First machine sur
battalion, the Second field signal bat.
talon and the First engineers. both
OF which units went into the from
line and fought with the infantry
in the first great American often
sive and advance in July. 1918. Tn,
10th 18th and 2Sth regiments o1
infantry followed in order.
II was a dong and tiresome stand
watching thousands and Thousands
come tramping down. For -four
long hours men. mules and motor
trucks rolled by, The sixteenth in
fantry drew a round Of applause a
along the line
Wounded soldiers on a platform
opposite Us on Forty Second and
Fifth sv. sang and cheered, cheereC
and sang Time after time the,
hummed and whistled.
They Were All out OF step Blu
Jim"
They-the soldiers-were think
ing perhaps OF the admiring cyei