The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-04-04
MILLIONS Greet
NEW YDRK's MEN
srueEADoUs 'fhRoNas cHGElH
AND cay All rAG AsRoEs
aARcH rhaouen srsESra
WOUNDED LEAD GIG PARADE
Blask. craeod csiasss ans G&aaky VI
Geld STARE Pay tseaes 10 rAsss
WINE Rave Paid aues@ms
Frses al Patriotism.

I New Segk, Ftetrraozs veterans, he.
ross III Flanders sssAas On wairs PFas.
slas pride waa arokea. ss.eaa msn Of
the sTth atytsaoa eans back 10 Fltsh
| Aysaaa tor tAsss ts4aapAai rsssas, To
the thousands vAe offered all they
bad to give "a liasFty's altar, the taii-
hoas who stayed bshsad poured cat
| the sssa4a saeanuss ~ thsis 4ssptieA =
| TIE frsnsiea multitude alternately
aaxAea ara wsas. sAenrrA OF stoad
silsas ~ the procession passed
Never before had \ full aivssson OF
Yankee veterans fresh trem Esrop%an
service. pAsAea M r~sis~ tn An ksAari.
can city. EVERY msn III the aS.@Se was
volaaseer. "Ffghsiax Jack" o'ssyan.
who led the tine, was the only mAior
general Ut the national guard ~ne took
his naaa to France and hruaxAl tAem
hack. still sAelr commander Never
hefof~ on tails eoaiinens. Al least. had
% many thousands eheered q military
spectacle.
Essa New York. famed 10. IT,
crowds. never had moeiiixed 50 many
men. womeu and ehildsen aiong a ain
Gle street
| Tha police estimated more than g..
eoo 900 persons we're packed into slse
nilea Ut Fifth Avenue The sidewalks
On both sides were checked with hn
nani,s, AID i, every IRterpeciinx
street the crowd huixed out cas-, and
west fot . distance Of BLOCK. Men
and women hung al pertious angles
over window iedsns Men ciung like
flies 80 copings ard ether pferarteas
perchas
Stretching along the east aide of
Central Park tfom one end la The other
wss Erandstand two and q halt
usilss long. In II were some eo.eo0
relatives OF tho svth The other $4,000
teats were titled with wounded sol
diers trosa the array hospitals, federal
officials. governors Of this and other
states. metnhes Of the Legislature,
mayors and official delegations from
upstate cities
Here and there In thu great staads
sohhing women sat. sisters In sorrow
They had lett the homes af eloistered
rries with the Ee.d starred service
flags In the windows TO cheer for the
Twins a. they wept for tho dead
"Sew Yerks Own" WAS on tho
march for the las, time together
Through the marble arch the city
raised In recognition 81 ths deeds uf
Washington, drawn by eight black
/ ursRa, = hsaek sdraped ,rstssoa
covered With the stars and Stripes.
upon which rested simrln wreath
The rafafalaus symbolsred Lear men
( "kiliaa H. action or died OF wounds :"
Behind II marched a saaad " ~ hoser
men. bearing a huge banner open
which hlared a star Of wold Tor every
man whe had fallen
rs A&4ff Nv IF@h ~Atti't kGA NNgF
moved slowly pas, men uncovered and
women anhlsed. usashsmed
Bat the funeral hush vas quickly
broken subdued nj first ~ though
the ,hronxs we're teluctau, 10 break
the ehasrhllke stiffness. came the
sound Of cheers Higher ana higher
rose the sisou,s un,tl th~s blended ia a
mighty roar
The wounded wer~ coming TIE
Thousand naosnr cars In which they
rTyse tmssss. ap heart wrrnehinR tsvsi
cade which seemed io have no end
Empty sleeves ard turned UP troaa~y
legs, crutrhss and hsniagsd heads.
told AZ shadows from which the rom.
r~tes they left over there" will non
return iia, on thu young taces some
drawn and hagssrd frsw suffering
there was no sIgn of grief They
,sughsJ and eaeered ard stack In their
hits the flowers that women tossed
to them
Beneath RE arb rsfe q Rvan and
his staff Behsas them swep' n"
aaaKahova ~ tAs s4,h Brigade On
tnesr backs werA overseas paeas ana
ga r.asss we're slang a. their hips
Topping the rifles hris'ie6 Forest At
'ire6 Ia cress rlTinS rottcs 10 she
word thai shis waa no peace time pa
rsds
Just below the Arch ~ victnrr
which ssass The svenge ~ Ma3.too
semG-s- the gFpceafsca Mas halted by
he spectators who piBnSssi iaia tbs
street /, vas VITA difficulty that III
rclsee tcreea a way for she troops to
ass. In ets'smn ~ squads
A. The bead Of the division v~ni